View Post NBC Tom Brokaw To Host NBC News Special Remembering 50th Anniversary of JFK’s Death By Alex Weprin on Oct. 17, 2013 - 10:07 AM NBC News will air a primetime special remembering the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw will host the special, which will air 50 years to t ...
View Post TV Biz The FNC Ticker: Mezzanine, Varney, Guilfoyle By Alex Weprin on Oct. 17, 2013 - 9:34 AM TechCrunch writes about Mezzanine, the technology that powers Shepard Smith’s own 38-foot video wall. It was developed by the same company that designed the touchscreens in the movie “Minority Report.” FBN’ ...
View Post TV Biz As Debt Vote Looms, Cable News Channels Weigh Options By Alex Weprin on Oct. 16, 2013 - 5:14 PM As Congress prepare to vote on a possible compromise in the government shutdown/debt ceiling battle, cable news executives are keeping an eye on things to see how it develops. If the deal falls through, or the votes go late, expec ...
View Post ABC Katie Couric’s Future At Disney/ABC: ‘It can go either way’ By Alex Weprin on Oct. 16, 2013 - 1:54 PM TV Guide‘s Stephen Battaglio takes a measured look at the future of Katie Couric’s syndicated talk show, and her future with Disney/ABC. At the moment, the scale seems to be tipping toward her program not returning for ...
View Post CNN | Fox News Piers Morgan To Howard Stern: Bill O’Reilly ‘is a dick’ By Alex Weprin on Oct. 16, 2013 - 12:48 PM CNN host Piers Morgan was a guest on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio program this morning. As Stern often does, he got Morgan to open up about his future at CNN, and his thoughts on the competition. Take for example this anecd ...
TV Biz ‘Johnny Carson’ Author On Late Night, And Kathie Lee Gifford By Alex Weprin on Oct. 16, 2013 - 10:26 AM Mediabistro’s “So What Do You Do? column this week talks to Henry Bushkin, the former attorney and confidant to late night legend Johnny Carson. We talk to Bushkin about his book Johnny Carson, including the revelation ...
View Post TV Biz The AM Ticker: Matthews, Murrows, Kurtz By Alex Weprin on Oct. 16, 2013 - 9:34 AM MSNBC’s Chris Matthews was feted at a book party in Washington DC. “He also beats everybody in the competition — meaning Fox, our big challenger — one out of three nights. And we hope to do that regularly,” Phil ...
View Post Ratings The Scoreboard: Monday, October 14 By Alex Weprin on Oct. 15, 2013 - 5:03 PM 25-54 demographic (Live +SD) Total day: FNC: 285 | MSNBC: 164 | CNN: 141 | HLN: 70 Primetime: FNC: 361 | MSNBC: 252 | CNN: 116 | HLN: 52 4p: 5p: 6/6:30p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11/11:30p: 12a: FNC Cavuto: 234 TheFive: 385 Baier: 432 Gre ...
MSNBC | WebNewser MSNBC’s New Website Goes Live By Alex Weprin on Oct. 15, 2013 - 1:01 PM MSNBC flipped the switch on its new website today, launching a public preview at www.msnbc.com/preview. You can read more about their plans for the site from our report last week. As we noted, the company is putting social front a ...
View Post Fox News | Ratings Nielsen Investigates Megyn Kelly Ratings Surge, Confirms Numbers By Alex Weprin on Oct. 15, 2013 - 10:38 AM Late last week MSNBC president Phil Griffin quipped that the ratings for Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show on the Tuesday of her debut week were “impossible.” “Monday we had a really good day in the key demographic, ...