View Post CNN CNN’s Two New Original Programs Have Strong Debuts By Brian Flood on Mar. 2, 2015 - 3:45 PM CNN’s two new original series, “Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery” and “The Wonder List with Bill Weir,” both debuted last night as the No. 1 cable news programs in their timeslots.
View Post CNN How Bill Weir Landed ‘The Best Job in News’ By Brian Flood on Feb. 23, 2015 - 8:06 AM "The Wonder List with Bill Weir” is the first CNN original series to be produced in-house and CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker has high expectations.
TV Biz 2014 TVNewser Challenge: The Results By Mark Joyella on Dec. 30, 2014 - 10:30 PM Back when 2014 was still sitting shiny and new on the showroom floor, we asked you to make some predictions about the year ahead for television news. (We’ll have brand new, much-improved 2015 questions coming your way tomorr ...
View Post CNN CNN’s Bill Weir: Reporting Around the World, In Part, For His Daughter By Mark Joyella on Nov. 28, 2014 - 8:17 AM CNN’s Bill Weir has had a lot of time to think. He’s been on flights around the world, and recently spent a night with the crew shooting his new series, “The Wonder List”, on a remote and tiny South Pacific ...
View Post CNN Where’s CNN’s Bill Weir Been? Turns Out, Just About Everywhere By Mark Joyella on Nov. 24, 2014 - 5:14 PM When Bill Weir left ABC News for CNN more than a year ago, the speculation immediately involved what Weir’s show would look like, and where in the CNN lineup it would land. One report hinted Weir might grab the 9 p.m. hour f ...
View Post CNN CNN to Announce New Bill Weir Show Monday By Chris Ariens on Nov. 21, 2014 - 5:28 PM In the last four months Bill Weir has traveled to six continents. “It’s the longest I’ve gone without having to put on a tie and be a prompter monkey,” Weir told his former colleagues at WGN in Chicago this ...
View Post CNN Mike Rowe: ‘Somebody’s Gotta Do It,’ Isn’t Another ‘Dirty Jobs’ By Chris Ariens on Oct. 1, 2014 - 9:17 PM CNN toasted their newest host Mike Rowe at Hudson Mercantile on the far West Side of Manhattan tonight. Next Wednesday Rowe takes his bow on the network with his new show “Somebody’s Gotta Do It.” Rowe says it ...
View Post Ratings The Scoreboard: Thursday, April 24 By Chris Ariens on Apr. 25, 2014 - 4:53 PM 25-54 demographic (Live +SD) Total day: FNC: 212 | MSNBC: 104 | CNN: 97 | HLN: 80 Primetime: FNC: 340 | MSNBC: 192 | CNN: 150 | HLN: 93 4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p: 12a: FNC Cavuto: 195 TheFive: 290 Baier: 222 Greta: 240 O ...
View Post CNN | Fox News Cliven Bundy: ‘I Think Fox and I are Right On’ By Chris Ariens on Apr. 25, 2014 - 8:05 AM Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who’s been in a dispute withe the Bureau of Land Management for 20 years, only to escalate recently, was back on cable news last night. Bundy who has gotten support for his stand from some co ...
ABC | Revolving Door Juju Chang Named Anchor of ‘Nightline’ By Chris Ariens on Mar. 27, 2014 - 3:57 PM As Cynthia McFadden packs for NBC, ABC is wasting no time in announcing her replacement at “Nightline.” ABC lifer Juju Chang has been named co-anchor of the ABC News broadcast effective immediately. “Juju is the ...