The Ticker: Wentworth, Knox, Harris-Perry…

By Chris Ariens 

  • Ali Wentworth, the comedienne, actress, mother and wife of ABC’s George Stephanopoulos is getting her own Web show on ABC’s parent, Disney. “Daily Shot” will be filmed at the Steph-worth kitchen table and on location, and will provide parents a daily dose of news, celebrity gossip, sports headlines, and more. The show debuts today on Yahoo! Screen.
  • For the first time Yahoo! will have a correspondent covering the president. Olivier Knox, a former congressional correspondent for AFP, joins as Yahoo’s first White House Correspondent. While with AFP, Knox got the on-the-scene report of the infamous shoe-throwing incident at former President George W. Bush in 2008.
  • Melissa Harris-Perry’s MSNBC show has a premiere date: Saturday, February 18 from 10-NoonET. MSNBC says the Saturday and Sunday morning show, hosted by the Tulane professor, will feature “penetrating political analysis and humor.”

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