Stone Dropped

[RobbO]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 2:19pm

NBC News is dropping "Dateline NBC" anchor Stone Phillips in a cost-cutting move when his contract expires at the end of June.

Phillips won't formally be replaced. His co-anchor, Ann Curry, will continue and other "Dateline NBC" reporters will serve as on-air hosts when the newsmagazine presents stories they're working on, the network said Tuesday.

"It's been a wonderful 15 years," Phillips said in a statement issued by NBC. "I'm profoundly appreciative of the many friends and colleagues, past and present, who have been a part of the `Dateline' family. This is a great news division with a bright future. I wish the people of NBC News all the best."
stone phillips canned from "dateline"

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 2:19pm

NO!!! I love Stone Phillips.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 2:37pm

Katie Couric better step it up a bit.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:06pm

as well as John Seigenthaler (who I can't stand).

Not a fan of Stone Phillips, but I was surprised to read this.

[lildogs]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:09pm

Did he call Katie a bob-headed ho?

[RobbO]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:13pm

not on the air, no.

[lildogs]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:14pm

Must have called her a fag then...or did he say she wasn't bouyant?

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:14pm

Stone is great. This is sad.

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:14pm

Why couldn't they let that overpaid bore Katie go instead?

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:18pm

Blue - NBC did let her go - that is why she is now at CBS.

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:21pm

Okay. Well, CBS should let her go, too. :-P

She's just too chirpy and insincere to me. I've never liked her.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:23pm

Does this mean Stone will go into gay porn by any chance?

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:40pm

Yes, doodle. His first film's working title is A Stone's Throw from Desire.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:44pm

I think he'll change his name to Bone Phillips.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 3:47pm

But I feel like the name "Stone" conveys a certain rigidity that's appealing to the gay folk among us. Call me crazy. Maybe I'm just making assumptions.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 4:51pm

Maybe he'll model for "Undergear Mature" which could be a new underclothing line for guys over 40.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 5/22/07 at 4:56pm

I hear mesh is the new cotton!