Gail Shister

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What Anderson Cooper’s Gay Acknowledgment Means

By Gail Shister on Jul. 2, 2012 - 3:55 PM

I’ll take ‘Remarkable Grasp of the Obvious’ for $200, please, Alex. Though Anderson Cooper’s sexuality had been an open secret forever, his emergence from the closet today – via an email to The Daily Beast’s Andrew ...

Will a TV Show About the News be More Compelling Than the Real Thing?

By Gail Shister on Jun. 20, 2012 - 7:02 AM

I admire Aaron Sorkin, but he gives me a headache. By the time his characters finish a monologue, I’m ready for a nap. Sorkin’s latest work, “The Newsroom,” which debuts Sunday on HBO, is no exception. In the pilot ...

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What Bryant Gumbel Watches in the Morning. (Hint: It’s Not the Shows He Once Anchored)

By Gail Shister on Jun. 4, 2012 - 6:02 AM

When “Good Morning America” recently snapped “Today’s” 16-year winning streak, former “Today” star Bryant Gumbel was underwhelmed. “I didn’t really have much of a reaction,” says Gum ...

In Memoir, Former ABC News President David Westin Recalls Iraq Regret, ABC Layoffs

By Gail Shister on May. 22, 2012 - 8:15 AM

Over his 13 years as ABC News president, David Westin says his biggest regret was in not heeding Peter Jennings’ skepticism about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. “We had all sorts of sources — reliable sources ̵ ...

Want To Interview The President? How And Why The White House Chooses The Interviewer

By Gail Shister on May. 11, 2012 - 9:07 AM

Aside from expedited timing, President Obama’s bombshell endorsement of same-sex marriage to ABC’s Robin Roberts on Wednesday was business as usual in terms of White House media manipulation. So says Charles Bierbauer, Dean of ...

Sex, Single ‘Girls’ and Their News Dads

By Gail Shister on Apr. 18, 2012 - 7:00 AM

Actress Allison Williams, daughter of NBC anchor Brian Williams, isn’t the only one with paternal news cred on HBO’s new comedy, “Girls.” Story editor Sarah Heyward also has a famous news-dad — former CBS New ...

Memories of Mike Wallace, Off Camera

By Gail Shister on Apr. 9, 2012 - 6:00 AM

I admit it – I always had a soft spot for Mike Wallace. Not the on-camera Wallace, who in his glory days as “60 Minutes’’ chief inquisitor struck fear into the hearts of evil-doers, large and small; but the real Wallac ...

Will Katie Couric’s Morning Return Give Rise to GMA?

By Gail Shister on Apr. 2, 2012 - 1:42 PM

ABC went dancing with its star today, and she didn’t miss a step. Katie Couric’s guest-hosting stint on ‘Good Morning America’ came off with nary a hiccup. Despite a six-year absence from the a.m. game, she seamlessly pick ...

Invaluable Resource, Sleep Aid. How C-SPAN Stands the Test of Time

By Gail Shister on Mar. 26, 2012 - 7:00 AM

If founder Brian Lamb had to do it over again, C-SPAN wouldn’t be called C-SPAN. “It’s not the greatest name around,” says Lamb, 70, who steps down Sunday as CEO. “Three people know what it stands for. I don’t even kno ...

For Melissa Harris-Perry, TV Show is ‘Absurd in a Wonderful Way. This is Not My Real Life’

By Gail Shister on Mar. 19, 2012 - 8:34 AM

Despite her new-found fame as an MSNBC weekend anchor, self-described ‘scholar activist’ Melissa Harris-Perry is in no hurry to leave her day job. “TV is not forever; the academy is forever,” says Harris-Perry, a tenured p ...

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