ABC finally addressed the train wreck seen 'round the world in this spin-filled article about Merry Miller's unintentionally funny interview with Oscar-winning actress Holly Hunter. For some reason, ABC waited a week, which is never good. The network also didn't explain what's in Miller's future, but they did manage to turn the disaster into a promotional gimmick.

Everyone wanted to know how an unknown Merry Miller landed an interview on ABC News Now to promote the actress' new TV show. Executive producer for ABC News Now Jessica Stedman-Guff told TVNewser that Miller was a booker for Joel Siegel, the late film critic for ABC News, and one of his last wishes was for Miller to get some air time at ABC. Her first experience on camera at ABC was Hunter's live satellite interview, but right before it started, Miller's ear piece failed. When Miller didn't tell anyone about the problem and fatefully decided push forward, YouTube gold was made (emphasis mine):

"I couldn't hear her, and it's very hard to talk to somebody like that," Miller said. "I give credit to Holly Hunter. She was a pro, a class act. She saved the interview."

This disaster of an interview was an ABC News Now segment where someone named Merry Miller interviewed Holly Hunter about her new TV show. Possibly the worst news clip ever to air, the segment was full of long awkward pauses while the reporter repeated out loud the instructions from floor staffers (who can be heard commanding her to "Talk!" and "Ask her the question!"), gave the wrong premiere date for Hunter's show, stumbled over words and injected sorority-girl pep with the unprofessional comeback "Truetruetrue." Instant classic.

Watch out for Miller forgetting which network she's on and the resulting tortured shriek of “Noooooooo!” that can be heard from someone in the studio who is probably about to go back to producing farm reports.

Miller strangely used “we” in the interview, as in “We love the show,” which made me wonder who was the “we” that she kept mentioning? An invisible friend? A Vulcan mind-melded Brian Ross? The voices in her head? The producer who begged her to “talk?”