Oh, snap!

Katie Couric has successfully swiped this year's biggest interview to date from her former Today show colleague, Matt Lauer.

Today's Lauer initially landed an 'exclusive' chat with Chelsey Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully landed that US Airways jet on the Hudson River.

The interview was eventually cancelled because of investigation business.

NBC fully expected Sully to come by and chat with them once he was cleared by investigators, but instead, he's going to sit down with CBS's Katie.

An NBC mouthpiece released this statement about the Sully swiping, "What Captain Sullenberger did in the cockpit on Flight 1549 was heroic and admirable. Unfortunately, people close to him have not acted nearly as admirably over the past few days. They gave us their word, and then broke their commitment. We wish Captain Sullenberger the best."

Poor Matt!

But, congrats, Katie!

We always knew you had dirty drive in you!

[Katie and Matt images via WENN.]

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Former GOP VP-candidate Sexy Sarah sat down with 'conservative' filmmaker John Ziegler this week for his upcoming documentary film, How Obama Got Elected.

Excerpts from the Palin interview were posted on YouTube Wednesday evening.

The gun-toting granny claims the following:

- Caroline Kennedy is getting softer press treatment in her pursuit of the New York Senate seat than she did as the GOP vice presidential nominee because of Kennedy’s social class.

- The press coverage of her and her family was and continues to be 'unfair'.

- Katie Couric and Tina Fey have been “capitalizing on” and “exploiting” her.

You sound a little defensive, Gov!

And, maybe she's a little jealous of Caroline K!

Click here to watch the clip.

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Katie Couric might be back in the game, thanks to a little help from Sexy Sarah! (Remember her?).

Though her anchoring gig on the CBS evening news still find her in third place behind NBC and ABC, her overall viewership was up for the past 4 weeks, with last week's newscast performing better than any preceding it since her move from NBC's Today.

After an initial poor reaction, it seems that people are willing to give Couric another chance.

It's also been suggested that Katie's "monumental" interview with Sarah Palin may have also revived her career. Sarah's obvious lack of preparedness during the interview provided ample fodder for Tina Fey's hilarious impersonation.

They're also saying that bad weather might have also worked in Couric's favor, with more people staying in and watching television.

Couric ain't out of the woods yet, but senior vice president of CBS News, Paul Friedman said, "It is certainly better than the alternative."

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Once more, Katie Couric has Repub Veep nominee Sarah Palin on the CBS Evening News last night, Wednesday.

This time, the Governor from Alasks talks abortion, Roe vs. Wade and Supreme Court decisions.

Sexy Sarah brings the LOLs!

Check it out (above).

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While the "Palin Effect" has proved to be ratings gold for SNL, it didn't do much for Katie Couric.

Guess people find Tina Fey's Palin a little more entertaining!

Still, the Couric-Palin interview garnered the newscaster and The CBS Evening News some raise in viewership, as modest as it might have been. And, hopefully audience numbers will continue to rise as the interviews with Sexy Sarah was the first in a series of interviews in which Katie asks each of the candidates the same questions.

Katie, who famously left The Today Show and a hefty raise to switch to another television network altogether, has a questionable future on CBS. Ratings for the news program haven't been as healthy since Katie joined two years ago.

In fact, Couric's ratings are down now as opposed to this same time last year!

But, Katie has a another interview scheduled with the now famous Alaskan governor, so here's hoping that as the election draws closer ratings will climb!

[Image via WENN.]

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In case you missed it….

Check out (above) Katie Couric's latest interview - from Tuesday night - with Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

Thoughts????

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Click here to watch Couric's new interview with Governor Palin.

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For those of you that didn't like the Charlie Gibson interview or didn't get enough out of her……

Katie Couric will be accompanying Governor Sarah Palin on the campaign trail from Sunday September 28th to Tuesday September 30th.

It's part of an exclusive interview for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.

In addition to the interview and documenting Palin's travels, the show will include behind-the-scenes footage as Palin battles for some of the states stil sitting on the fence. Couric will conduct her interview just days prior to the Vice Presidential debate between Palin and Senator Joe Biden in St. Louis on Thursday October 2nd.

We wonder what Couric might uncover!

[Photo via Getty Images.]

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We love us some Cindy McCain!

The potential First Lady of the United States was just interviewed by the Last Lady of the evening news, Katie Couric, at the Republican National Convention.

Click here to watch Cin talk Palin, abortion and much much more!

P.S. Are you creeped out by Cindypoo's creepy smile too????

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