The Ticker: Tapper, O’Brien, Norville…

> Yes, that is South Park’s version of ABC’s Jake Tapper…

> FishBowlNY: “NBC’s Obsession With Predators Beginning To Resemble Predators’ Obsession With Children…”

> Have you seen Deborah Norville‘s blog lately? She’s posting “party line” calls with B&C editor J. Max Robins featuring “dish about the TV business…”

> Following the Bill Clinton TV tour: This weekend he’s on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and The Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo…

> ABC’s new Nightline has topped CBS’s Late Show four out of the last six weeks. Media Life asks: “Is Nightline really doing that well, or is Letterman really slipping? The answer seems to be a bit of both…”

> Michael Massing says Katie Couric seems “to go out of her way to provide plugs for the Bush administration’s war on terror…”

> “Soledad O’Brien was an answer on Jeopardy Thursday night,” a tipster says. “The category was “DAD” and the question the name of the CNN anchor…”