I don't think she had any idea of the depth of that affection. Joan Rivers was one of the biggest celebrities in the world and yet there was something about Joan, about her honesty, about her candor, the ups and downs of her life that everyone could relate to, even though they'll never be at Buckingham Palace with Prince Charles.ĭM: She is so honest. The outpouring of affection for her was amazing.ĭN: Joan would have been blown away by this.
It's disgusting but I'll take it."ĬM: I didn't realize you were such close friends with Joan Rivers until I learned you gave one of the eulogies at her funeral. My son is 19 he says that's what he hears from his friends.
#Why is deborah norville not hosting inside edition tv
I don't think we put that on TV but that was actually what happened. He was crossing the street and got excited and feel asleep and got hit by a car. Whether it's a roller skating squirrel or Skeeter the Narcoleptic Dog - every time he got excited he would conk out. We do stories that touch your heart and have some sort of deeper meaning that you will have for your life.Īnd we almost always end the show with some stupid animal moment. We're very strong with women 25-54 that advertisers want to reach. And we do enough jazzy stories that appeal to a lot of demographics.
That's a tough demo to reach.ĭN: I've been told I'm a MILF. What do you tell advertisers?ĭN: We tell them we're the best vehicle to get to clients you want to reach - women. "One of the reasons we're still here is we've evolved in a way that we think the audience has evolved."ĬM: But some people still think of Inside Edition as a tabloid show. What we tell people now is you can get the highlights of what the celebrities are doing by watching Inside Edition because we will give you just a little tidbit of what that is. But what you’ll get from us is stories that make you laugh, that touch the heartstrings, a lot more lifestyle stories. The audience might have been interested in that at the beginning but they had their fill of it.Īnd so we moved beyond that. It was gratuitous and it was kind of stupid. We know that happens, but how is my life being enhanced or my knowledge base being increased by this? And it just wasn’t. There wasn’t a spring break they didn’t cover and they'd zoom in on the cleavage and the drunken children on the beach. When I first came in they did a lot of these very tabloid - I call them, "Beach Blanket Bingo" stories. One of the reasons we're still here is we've evolved in a way that we think the audience has evolved. If you look at the shows on the air when I came on board, A Current Affair was still on TV, Hard Copy, American Journal. My biggest beef is I'm not here long enough to really enjoy it.ĭN: You have to recognize that if you don’t evolve you become extinct. The thing about Houston is there’s such a good food culture here. My niece lives here, so last night we picked up some takeout. Living in New York you can’t really talk about it very loudly." It’s just like being in a big giant hug because people in Texas they just can’t do enough for you. Living in New York you can’t really talk about it very loudly. And I think Texans and Georgians are very similar. The 56-year-old news veteran co-hosted the Today show, hosted a radio show and was a CBS News correspondent before replacing Bill O’Reilly as host of Inside Edition in 1995.ĬultureMap: What have you discovered on this Texas tour to promote Inside Edition?ĭeborah Norville: When I come to Texas it’s a lot like being at home, because I’m from north Georgia. In person, Norville has the same down-home conversational style she exhibits on the syndicated newsmagazine show, along with impeccable Southern manners (she periodically thanks the waiter) honed from growing up in Georgia. weekdays), Norville met with CultureMap for a breakfast interview at the Four Seasons Hotel, where she covered topics ranging from why the show has a following among randy young men to what she learned from Joan Rivers. In Houston a few months ago to tout a change to a more desirable time slot on Channel 13 (the show airs at 3:30 p.m. In March, she will celebrate her 20th anniversary of hosting Inside Edition and recently extended her contract for another two years.
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