At his TCA press tour appearance yesterday, Roger Ailes “noted that Fox News Channel hadn’t lost to CNN ‘in almost 60 months now.’ He added that Fox News had kept a stable primetime lineup while ‘our competition has canceled 54 shows’ in the interim,” Variety reports.
“Ailes couldn’t resist tweaking CNN, noting that CNN/U.S. prexy Jonathan Klein told the TCA critics two weeks ago that the cabler had met its three main goals. ‘We’re very happy about that,’ Ailes quipped” (via ICN). Related:
> B&C: “We are beefing up our foreign coverage, not cutting it back,” Ailes says…
> TV Week: “For now, the Fox-owned MyNetwork TV stations will not have a Fox News component as part of their schedules.” Does that mean “On Scene” isn’t happening?…
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