All I want to be sure of is that viewers understood it was a giant self-parody. If anyone took it seriously, they really need to get a life.
As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.
But essentially, it will be a news oriented program. It will be a news program with spinoffs of the news of the day, not unlike what you do, Larry.
But, you know, sometimes - many - they all understand. That's the nice thing. They were all very happy for me and they understand why I decided to come to CNN. So in that respect, I know that they think it's the best thing for me to do.
For instance, he says I let him play golf, and he says, he lets me be miserable in my job. Now - that doesn't quite sound right, does it? But nonetheless, I think for the first time in my life, I'm not going to be miserable in my life when I come and work at CNN.
For the most part, my husband is home in the evening and maybe there is something that I can do to figure out how I can balance all of this.
He was always calm, clear and concise. If you told him the world was coming to an end, he would still report it factually.
I don't know what all of us can do to continue to press for more women, more minorities, but it's just something that we all have to work on.
I don't know when network executives will get out of the Dark Ages.
I mean, all the ratings wars are silly. But, I mean, someone has to be concerned about the ratings because it means, you know, it translates into revenue.
I mean, I was very, very fortunate that the president of ABC News, David Weston, was kind, generous, fair, from the beginning.
I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby.
I once bought an old car back after I sold it because I missed it so much and I had forgotten that it never ran. It was a British racing car. You know, because I just wanted it back. I could only remember what was good about it.
I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.
I think that they had afforded me many opportunities to do good work there, and I think I did. It was a wonderful four years. I really worked with some great people, terrific producers, terrific editors.
I think, you know, it was something that I really wanted. I wanted so much to have a son or daughter. We adopted a son. And it was just the most wonderful thing. I think the only thing that was difficult for both Maury and myself were the sleepless nights.
I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.
I was just going at this career - boom, boom, boom! Then all of a sudden, at 38, Oh, my God - I forgot to get married!
I'd say I was determined. I wouldn't necessarily say I was ambitious. But I was determined to be the best reporter around.
Just about any story we think about doing, whether we've read it in a newspaper, heard it on the radio or come upon it through word of mouth - by the time you get there, every other network, cable station and talk show is already racing to the scene.
Our son is in school now. You know, he's six-and-a-half and so a big chunk of the day is taken up by school. So I'm hoping that I'll be able to certainly take him to school in the morning, maybe pick him up in the afternoon and come back to work.
Today, especially, when there are so many stations for viewers to choose from, if they want news, they always come to CNN and that's where I wanted to be.
Walter Cronkite sang me a little sea chantey. The verse ended, 'Just watch your back with Dan Rather, dear, just watch your back with Dan.'
We decided that you have to let the other person do whatever he or she loves, and not intrude on that. You don't have to do everything together.
We're going to develop - what we want to do is to provide the viewers with what they want from CNN and that is the news. So when people tune in, they'll get the latest news, but they'll also get the biggest story of the day in depth, as CNN does so well.
Well, honestly, both my husband and I tend to ignore the tabloids. We see them every once in awhile or it comes to our attention that we are in a tabloid for one reason or another. But it's always false.
You know, I like to be competitive. I mean, it's all part of the game. But, yes, sure, I'd rather not have it. I'll go with Ted Turner on that.
You know, there are not only - all of the networks, and I mean every television news operation and print and radio and magazines, newspapers, all of them, are remiss in the diversity area. I mean, none of these organizations have reached a level of parity.
Connie is the youngest of 10 children, 5 of whom died in China. She has 4 older living sisters.
Connie married famous talk show host Maury Povich on December 2nd 1984. They adopted one son together, Matthew Jay Povich, in 1995.
Connie is the only person in history (male or female) to have served as a substitute anchor for all three network nightly newscasts NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News and ABC World News Tonight; as well as all three network morning newscasts Today, CBS This Morning and Good Morning America.
Her show, with hubby Maury Povitch, Weekends with Maury and Connie , which just rapped up it's six-month run ended with Connie infamously singing on a piano a remake of Thanks for the Memories grossly off key. It get the show which never really took off ratings wise very popular which was talked about on Entertainment Tonight , USA TODAY and several other news outlets. A reported 500,000 people downloaded her singing on YOUTUBE.com . Much more than the series ever got in veiwers.
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