Doug Brunt

If you have an author on, they don't read the book. They're handed a couple of questions that the producer writes for them about the book. It requires almost no prep. I remember reading something Katie Couric would sort of prep the morning she got in or something like that. I don't know all the stories, but it's not a big lift.

If you have an author on, they don't read the book. They're handed a couple of questions that the producer writes for them about the book. It requires almost no prep. I remember reading something Katie Couric would sort of prep the morning she got in or something like that. I don't know all the stories, but it's not a big lift.

So Stephanopoulos probably works harder than the average morning network anchor, you know, because I think he cares about knowing the news and knowing who the politicians are. And, you know, he's got to have some expertise and you got to stay abreast of all that. But really, once you're steeped in it, it's just incremental each day. It's not a huge lift each day to prep for that.

So Stephanopoulos probably works harder than the average morning network anchor, you know, because I think he cares about knowing the news and knowing who the politicians are. And, you know, he's got to have some expertise and you got to stay abreast of all that. But really, once you're steeped in it, it's just incremental each day. It's not a huge lift each day to prep for that.

So Stephanopoulos probably works harder than the average morning network anchor, you know, because I think he cares about knowing the news and knowing who the politicians are. And, you know, he's got to have some expertise and you got to stay abreast of all that. But really, once you're steeped in it, it's just incremental each day. It's not a huge lift each day to prep for that.

You sort of you've got your sort of standing start already there. Going. So that whole, and by the way, I don't believe that the salaries are, you know, it's hard to bring somebody down. Stephanopoulos is already up at those levels, thanks to having been in the game for years and years. I don't think people who are newer to it, whoever replaces Hoda is not making that money.

You sort of you've got your sort of standing start already there. Going. So that whole, and by the way, I don't believe that the salaries are, you know, it's hard to bring somebody down. Stephanopoulos is already up at those levels, thanks to having been in the game for years and years. I don't think people who are newer to it, whoever replaces Hoda is not making that money.

You sort of you've got your sort of standing start already there. Going. So that whole, and by the way, I don't believe that the salaries are, you know, it's hard to bring somebody down. Stephanopoulos is already up at those levels, thanks to having been in the game for years and years. I don't think people who are newer to it, whoever replaces Hoda is not making that money.

That's the overall, right? So the demo number is probably even uglier.

That's the overall, right? So the demo number is probably even uglier.

That's the overall, right? So the demo number is probably even uglier.

It doesn't support those kind of salaries at all. I mean, the big three anchors of the network, so that's been a long, long decline. Cable news really had its heyday from like, oh, I don't know what you think, but I would say 05 to really 15, 16, 17, something like that. That was sort of the main period.

It doesn't support those kind of salaries at all. I mean, the big three anchors of the network, so that's been a long, long decline. Cable news really had its heyday from like, oh, I don't know what you think, but I would say 05 to really 15, 16, 17, something like that. That was sort of the main period.

It doesn't support those kind of salaries at all. I mean, the big three anchors of the network, so that's been a long, long decline. Cable news really had its heyday from like, oh, I don't know what you think, but I would say 05 to really 15, 16, 17, something like that. That was sort of the main period.

The Trump administration, the Trump show of 2016, 17, 18, really hid an underlying systemic problem.

The Trump administration, the Trump show of 2016, 17, 18, really hid an underlying systemic problem.

The Trump administration, the Trump show of 2016, 17, 18, really hid an underlying systemic problem.

People were leaving, people were cutting cords and leaving cable. You know, the Trump show sort of kept the numbers looking good for a little while there, but now we're seeing it, you know, how, how bad the problem is. Agreed.

People were leaving, people were cutting cords and leaving cable. You know, the Trump show sort of kept the numbers looking good for a little while there, but now we're seeing it, you know, how, how bad the problem is. Agreed.

People were leaving, people were cutting cords and leaving cable. You know, the Trump show sort of kept the numbers looking good for a little while there, but now we're seeing it, you know, how, how bad the problem is. Agreed.