View Post CNN Erin Burnett: Is She Staying or is She Going? By Chris Ariens on Feb. 27, 2013 - 4:48 PMComments Early reports of Erin Burnett moving to the early shift on CNN may have been premature. FTVLive reports: CNN sources tell FTVLive that the Burnett to mornings is “dead in the water” and is not happening. Word is that C...
View Post TV Biz The Most Watched Cable News Shows In February Were… By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2013 - 4:26 PMComments February 2013 was a mixed bag for cable news. While there was lots of news happening, with the exception of the State of the Union and coverage of the Carnival Triumph, not much really broke out among viewers. Fox News, the cable ...
View Post CBS | TV Biz Pope Benedict Coverage: CBS News By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2013 - 4:22 PMComments CBS News is planning a special report for coverage of Pope Benedict XVI’s departure Thursday. The exact timing of the report will depend on when he leaves. Scott Pelley and Norah O’Donnell will anchor from New York, wi...
View Post TV Biz The Docu-Ticker: CNN, BBC, NBC/ID By Chris Ariens on Feb. 27, 2013 - 4:10 PMComments “The Bully Effect: An Anderson Cooper Special” chronicles the journeys of a bullied child, a grieving parent, a victim of violence, and a filmmaker turned activist. Presented in partnership with Cartoon Network the doc...
View Post TV Biz Fake YouTube Video Fools TV News By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2013 - 1:21 PMComments On the surface, it looked to good to be true. Video of a goat, struggling to stay afloat in a small pond, when suddenly a piglet swims up, pushing him to shore where both climb out unscathed. Alas, it was too good to be true. The ...
View Post CNBC CNBC Celebrates One-Year Of Its NYSE Trading Floor Set By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2013 - 12:31 PMComments Today marks the one-year anniversary of “Post 9,” CNBC’s set on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (check out our guided tour of the set here). NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Nederauer appeared on set to commemor...
View Post CNBC | Fox Biz | TV Biz FBN Keeps ‘Booking Wars’ Alive With Ad By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2013 - 12:01 PMComments Fox Business Network has released a house ad taking aim at cable business leader CNBC, while tooting its own horn. The impetus behind the ad was the “booking wars” back and forth last week, which saw a CNBC policy that...
View Post TV Biz Cable Network Ranker: February 2013 By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2013 - 11:13 AMComments February 2013 had lots of news, although as we noted yesterday, none of the cable news channels were able to grow compared to February of 2012. The top four ad-supported cable channels in primetime in February were USA Network, Hi...
View Post NBC | TV Biz | Weather Al Roker: My First Big Break By Kevin Eck on Feb. 27, 2013 - 9:55 AMComments Al Roker, weather guy for NBC’s “Today” Show, can sum up the secret to his success in a sentence, “Don’t be a jerk!” Roker has his own show “Wake Up with Al” on The Weather Channel, ...
View Post ABC | Politics ABC News Ups Rick Klein To Political Director By Alex Weprin on Feb. 27, 2013 - 9:50 AMComments Another day, another change in ABC’s political unit. ABC has promoted Rick Klein to the role of political director. Klein joined ABC in 2007 from the Boston Globe and was named Washington editor of “ABC World News̶...
