Cindy Adams is convinced that Katie Couric is going, going, gone: “It’s a done deal. A go. She’s gone. Done. G-O-N-E. Bye-bye Miss American Pie. Finito. Outta there. History. You’ll hear about it next month.”

Why? Adams says: “She’s done this early gig forever. It’s exhausting. No opportunity for a life. A personal life. A romantic life. An any life. What happens is, you start to look at A) the mirror, B) the future, and wonder where your career will be five years down the line. This is a once-in-a-lifetime confluence of events. A news show without a hotshot name. A hotshot name with an opening in her contract. We’re talking Katie’s 24-kt. opportunity.”