Katie Couric joining ABC as contributor
Katie Couric's deal with ABC includes a new syndicated series starting next year, or late 2012, it was announced on June 6, 2011. (May 9, 2011) Credit: AP
From NBC, to CBS, to ABC, Katie Couric now has her hat trick.
The former "Today" co-host and "Evening News" anchor will join ABC News as a contributor this summer, in advance of launching a new syndicated show in late 2012.
Couric's new show will air, as expected, at 3 p.m. on WABC/7, displacing "General Hospital."
No word on where the popular soap will end up, but in a statement ABC said it "continues to support" the program.
"I'm very happy to be returning to the network where I began my career as a desk assistant in 1979," Couric said in a statement.
She'll be reunited with her onetime "Today" producer, Jeff Zucker, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal. He'll be her show-runner.
Couric's new arrangement as an ABC News contributor at least ensures some visibility as her syndicated show -- still nameless -- undergoes a long gestation.
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