An e-mailer asks: “Did you notice that CBS premiered its first Katie Couric promo after Wednesday’s evening news?” According to a couple viewers, the ad featured Bob Schieffer talking about how he’ll be going back to Washington in September, stressing that the show will be in capable hands. “She’ll be terrific. Just watch,” he said. His endorsement of Couric ended with some shots of Katie and a “coming in September: CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” graphic. In the words of the e-mailer, “did they wait until they had gotten rid of Dan to do this?” The promo ran again on Thursday night…
> Update: 9:04am: NewsBusters has the text of the promos…
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