Word: pauley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lobster shift, and many veterans have graduated to higher things. John Chancellor was anchorman of Today before he joined NBC's Nightly News in 1970, and Barbara Walters had the same job before she jumped to ABC in 1976. As a reward for her a.m. heroics, Pauley already has been given the anchor of NBC's Sunday evening news, and Brokaw is a leading candidate to replace Chancellor when he leaves. Hartman is expected to ask for a chance to do more prime-time work when his contract expires next year...
...Today during the second hour, Dr. Art Ulene may demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver, which is intended to save a choking victim. Critic Gene Shalit may interview Actor Alec McCowen. Jane Pauley, Brokaw's sidekick, may talk to Actresses Valerie Harper and Esther Rolle...
...that it is encrusted with dust, is dominated by an official-looking horseshoe-shaped desk, behind which are chairs for the staff and a giant backdrop of the Manhattan skyline. Brokaw, 40, has something of the manner of a friendly corporate lawyer. The prim and manicured Pauley, 30, could easily be his law school trainee, so efficient does she seem. Fortunately, what they lack in sparkle is made up for by Today's new weatherman, Willard Scott, 46, a good old Virginia boy who has a more engaging grin than anyone else has had since Arthur Godfrey left...
Silverman did urge the hiring of Actress Mariette Hartley, best known for her sassy role opposite James Garner in the Polaroid commercials. She was brought in last summer to substitute for Pauley, who was getting married to Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury). Though no one said as much, it seemed clear that if Hartley had done well, the job might have been hers. She did not impress NBC, however-the result of sabotage from the staff, according to Hartley-and Pauley's contract was extended three years...
...nobody's job is safe in television, and some people on the show complain that Pauley, who had spent only four years in broadcasting before she was hired in 1976, does not work hard enough. "One day she can do a hell of a job," says one of the program's newsmen. "The next day she can blow you right out of the water...