ABC Signs Katie Couric to Multi-year, Multi-platform Deal

June 7, 2011 5:13 PM | 1 min read | Make a Comment

Disney/ABC Television Group (DATG) has signed a multi-year, multi-platform agreement with Katie Couric, award-winning journalist, best-selling author and popular TV personality, to host and produce her own nationally syndicated talk show and to join the ABC News team, it was announced today by Anne Sweeney, president, Disney/ABC Television Group and co-chair, Disney Media Networks.

The program will be distributed by Disney/ABC Domestic Television and will premiere in September 2012.

Couric, the former

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