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The New York Post THE STARR REPORT By MICHAEL STARR May 9, 2003 -- Jane Pauley signs off on her 27-year NBC run with a one- hour special Tuesday (10 p.m./Ch. 4). Included: An interview with Michael J. Fox and wife Tracey Pollan and plenty of retrospective clips and remembrances (Bill Cosby, Cher). The Starr Report can be reached at [log in to unmask] SOURCE: The New York Post http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/57450.htm * * * Pauley to end ‘Dateline’ stint on Tuesday Monday, May 12, 2003 By FRAZIER MOORE AP television writer When she began the “Today” show as its 25-year-old co-host, Jane Pauley was described by one reporter as looking “like what she once was: A smart sorority girl from Indiana, pretty enough to gain acceptance among the men, but not striking enough to rattle the women in the morning hours of pin curls and frog face.” For all this, according to another story, she earned an annual salary “around $70,000.” That was in October 1976. Pauley stayed at “Today” until 1989 with, presumably, more than one nice raise. Then in March 1992, she premiered with “Dateline NBC” — which she helped usher into a success after the network had flopped with at least 17 prior newsmagazines. Tuesday night, after a remarkable stay at NBC, Pauley, now 52, makes her final “Dateline” appearance, interviewing Michael J. Fox and his wife, Tracey Pollan. The balance of the hour looks back on Pauley’s NBC years, including remembrances from Tom Brokaw (her former “Today” colleague), Stone Phillips (her “Dateline” co-anchor since the beginning), Barbara Walters (a “Today” predecessor), and former “Today” cronies Bryant Gumbel, Gene Shalit and Willard Scott, as well as interviews with celebrities who have talked to Pauley over the years, including Bill Cosby, Bill Murray, Cher and Garth Brooks. There are also career highlights, including her first “Today” on Oct. 11, 1976. “I don’t want to peak too early,” Pauley told a reporter shortly after that debut, wary of having gone too far too fast. It may be that, 27 years later and now ready for new challenges, she still hasn’t. In an interview with TV Guide for its May 10 issue, Pauley said she wants to start a magazine and work on a television series. “I’ll probably work on a series that would be called ‘How We Learn,’ something like you might see on PBS. I’m interested in that,” she said. Pauley also has talked to people about a women-oriented magazine, and gotten favorable responses, she said. “It’s not Oprah, not Martha Stewart Living, not Rosie. But it will be of interest to women in my age group.” Pauley’s husband, Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau, supports the career change. “He said: ‘Being married to you is never boring.’ That was a huge compliment, because 25 years ago, when we were still dating ... I might’ve worried that I was going to be boring, too careful, too cautious. And it’s the one thing I didn’t turn out to be,” Pauley said. SOURCE: The Repository, Canton, OH http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=20&ID=99441&r=1 * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn