I suspect many of you read FISHBOWL – DC (yes, I do) but in case you missed it today, I have posted Betsy Rothstein’s article about 10 years of ON THE RECORD at 10pm. (It is posted at the end of my note.)
Today is the exact day we launched…..February 4, 2002. Incidentally, right before Feb. 4, 2002, I had just had the bags under my eyes fixed and because I was still swollen, I did still look a bit like the Pillsbury Doughboy, didn’t I? I got so much media attention for being open about plastic surgery that ON THE RECORD at 10pm got a huge media launch. Everyone one was talking about it. It was incredible – even the cover of People Magazine! Although it was certainly not planned to be a marketing ploy, it ended up being a phenomenal to launch a show. Even when the critics had something to say about me they mentioned our new show…and mentioning the new show – regardless of what was said – was big for our launch! It is buzz! It didn’t matter what they were saying – it mattered that they were saying it and paying attention and telling everyone else about the new show. Buzz gets everyone paying attention. No other cable news show has ever gotten a media launch like that and the funny thing? It did not cost Fox a dime. It was total luck. At the time I thought – if only I were smart enough to have planned it to work out this way…but it was just plain luck.
Besides working with great people, and having great friends, I have had lots of luck. I was extraordinarily lucky to have been chosen by Roger Ailes to anchor the new Fox cable show at 10p. Frankly, he could have picked a lot of people – there are a lot of good people out there – but he picked me.
I also know and have told ALL OF YOU many times here on GretaWire, you are a GIANT part of the success of ON THE RECORD at 10pm for 10 years straight. Without you, we would not be successful – and we sure would not be #1 for 10 straight years without you.
And, of course, with GretaWire, I feel like I know many of you and that you are my friends – even on those occasions when you are clobbering me for something I said or did (and yes, many times I may deserve it.) But, what is fun is that even when we get into the occasional dust up with each other we all get over it and move on. I love good strong debate.
After reading Betsy’s article below it occurred to me that I left so much out – there are so many trips and interviews not mentioned. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu? Mexico? or how about the time in Afghanistan when President Hamid Karzai and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton helped me pick out a tie to buy my husband? and I could go on and on..but you have been with us for 10 years…so you remember the interviews and times, too.
I don’t want to get too sappy (I really am not the sappy type) but let me repeat one more time: I really do enjoy all of you and thank you for everything.
Here is Betsy’s article in which she asks me several questions:
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