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...called family atmosphere of TV's morning shows [Dec. 1] seems to be right out of Dallas, with staff members throwing darts at a picture of Rona Barrett, describing Jane Pauley's work as erratic and Tom Brokaw as frosty, and delighting when Muhammad Ali calls Hartman "the Great White Dope...
...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...
...viewer who sees her only on the screen, Pauley also seems easily flustered if an interview goes in a direction different from the one she had prepared for. She is slow at shifting gears, an essential ability for anyone who must appear live on-camera. Still, no one can anticipate everything, especially at that hour. Once on Today, when Barbara Walters was interviewing the author of a book about Albert Schweitzer, she asked how the good doctor was doing. Not very well, replied the unhappy writer: "He's dead...