'Katie' to Premiere Sept. 10

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Disney-ABC's new talk show, Katie, will premiere on Monday, September 10, 2012, the company said Thursday. The show, starring former CBS News and Today Show anchor Katie Couric, is cleared in 94% of the country for its fall launch.

During an internal webcast to television stations who have acquired the show, executive producer Jeff Zucker, who also will serve as day-to-day showrunner, announced that Joe Terry, who directed Oprah for 14 years, will direct Katie. Kathy Samuels will be co-executive producer, which Disney-ABC confirmed earlier this week. Zucker also unveiled the show's new logo.

"Katie and I are thrilled to share these updates with our partners and Katie's fans," said Zucker. "We now have our studio, a great-looking logo that exudes all of the qualities that we want the show to convey, and a terrific team with a diverse background of experience. We couldn't be more excited about September 10. It's going to be a lot of fun."

Katie will be produced at Disney-ABC's TV One studio in Manhattan.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.