Her First Guest Was Jessica Simpson???

I didn't see Katie Couric's new talk show today, but based on Howard Kurtz's review at the Daily Beast, it doesn't sound as if it was anything very exciting. ABC's been hyping this show for over a year, and on day one the big guest is Jessica Simpson?? Is that really the best Katie Couric could do? Sheryl Crow was on as well, but still. It certainly doesn't sound very earth-shattering/format-busting to me. Now I'm really interested to see if Katie can make this work.