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...week's end NBC finally came up with a six-figure package that may not make her as rich as Walters, but certainly would give her a good shove toward that goal. Pauley accepted, and the network announced that she would take up her duties Oct. 11. Tom Brokaw was elated: "She's bright and enterprising and engaging, and she just happens to be pretty." Barbara Walters was gracious: "It's unfair to be called the next Barbara Walters. I hope she'll be herself." Jane Pauley was. Said she: "I'm going to Indianapolis...
...months about Jimmy Carter's interview with Playboy. But until Interviewer Robert Scheer spelled out details for her two weeks ago, she had no idea of its contents. As soon as she spotted Carter's somewhat vivid language, she got word to Today show Host Tom Brokaw, who broke the story Monday morning...
...Brokaw dutifully read the words "screws" and "shacks up" on the air. That decided the issue for the NBC Nightly News, which also quoted Carter flat out. But not for ABC, which did not make up its mind to allow Anchor Man Harry Reasoner to quote Carter in full until 15 minutes before that network's Evening News went on the air. At CBS, Walter Cronkite grandpaternally refrained, saying only that Carter used "words mild for Playboy but perhaps a little racy for Sunday school...
Second Fiddle. In fact, NBC already has a successor to Walters, Tom Brokaw, 36, who took over last week as prime host of Today after three years on the White House beat. His new leading lady, whoever she turns out to be, will play second fiddle. "The uneasy alliance between our co-hosts did not help the show," says Today's new executive producer, Paul Friedman, 31. "We're getting back to a single person in charge...
...verdict, however, rests with Dick Wald, NBC Chairman Julian Goodman and President Herbert Schlosser, and that jury is still out. "If Miss 'X' walks in tomorrow, we might consider her," cautions an NBC executive. Quite so. During the 1974 talent hunt, Brokaw was the odds-on favorite, followed by other household names. The winner that time: Jim Hartz, almost-no one's first choice...