Katie Debuts: Morning Papers, Part 4

> NY Daily News: “The sole element needing work was the interview segment. Couric’s taped interview with columnist Thomas Friedman added little, and ate minutes of precious airtime…”

> Denver Post: “The debut was a familiar stew of actual news and celebrity piffle, the war in Afghanistan plus Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ baby…”

> Hollywood Reporter: “TV’s first solo woman anchor, it seems, will preside over a news-flavored broadcast that consists of one or two news pieces, a few headlines and a host of soft features…”

> Newsday: “But by the time 7 p.m. rolled around, some viewers could be excused for wondering, ‘What happened in the world today?'”

> Boston Globe: “Stay classy, CBS. Wait for the crisis. In the meantime, things will sail along just fine…”

> Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “Much of the new stuff seems to have roots in the whistle-stop tour Couric did of several cities…”

> Newark Star Ledger: “Mixing condescension, winking self-awareness and bogus ‘inclusiveness,’ the Couric edition of The CBS Evening News seems targeted toward Homer Simpson…”

> Cincinnati Enquirer: “Watching Katie Couric’s debut as CBS Evening News anchor, a group of Enquirer readers was impressed with Couric — but not with her lack of news…”

> San Diego Union-Tribune: The CBS Evening News, “from now on, it seems, will let no gimmick go untried…”

> The Oregonian: The show “boiled down to this: something old; something new; something borrowed; and nothing that was, unto itself, going to send you sprinting to ABC’s seasoned anchor, Charles Gibson, or NBC’s sharp-tongued whippersnapper, Brian Williams…”