‘Katie’s’ fluffy debut panned by this critic

TV critic Gail Shister dismisses the debut of Katie Couric’s long-awaited daytime show yesterday—much of which was devoted to Jessica Simpson’s post-partum weight loss via Weight Watchers—as a glorified infomercial, and adds:

There were so many low-rent plugs, I kept waiting for the 800 number and my free Ginsu knife.