View Post Bloomberg Bloomberg’s David Westin Makes Debut as Morning Show Anchor By Brian Flood on Oct. 5, 2015 - 4:44 PM "Today was a big day for me, seeing the TV news world from the other end of the camera as an anchor for the first time."
View Post TV Biz The Morning Ticker: More ‘Sunday,’ Less LeBron, Celebrating Ann By Chris Ariens on Sep. 25, 2014 - 10:49 AM Smithsonian Channel will begin re-airing “CBS Sunday Morning” Sundays at 2pmET, after the program has cleared CBS affiliates. The network will also re-air the show up to four times later in the week. Smithsonian Channe ...
View Post ABC ABC Brings ‘Tonight’ Back to ‘World News’ By Chris Ariens on Aug. 28, 2014 - 12:33 PM Following Diane Sawyer’s sign-off last night, the first promo to air teased what’s ahead on tonight’s show. Eagle-eyed viewers also noticed something different. As of today, ABC’s flagship broadcast is know ...
View Post ABC | Evening News | Revolving Door The ‘Subliminal Message’ Behind David Muir’s Ascent to ‘World News’ Anchor By Chris Ariens on Jun. 25, 2014 - 1:42 PM Come September, three white men will anchor the three network evening newscasts. Is it 2005 — or 1975 — all over again? Some think so. “The evening news anchors are the face of the network,” says Karen Turn ...
View Post ABC | Awards Barbara Walters to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award By Chris Ariens on Jun. 5, 2014 - 9:54 AM The Barbara Walters send-off continues. On Tuesday, Quinnipiac University will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to the veteran journalist at the university’s annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award luncheon. This is j ...
View Post Evening News Evening News Ratings: Week of April 21 By Chris Ariens on Apr. 29, 2014 - 2:32 PM 2014 2013 NBC 8,128,000 / 2,189,000 ABC 7,523,000 / 1,869,000 CBS 6,445,000 / 1,714,000
Evening News Evening News Ratings: Week of September 24 By Chris Ariens on Oct. 2, 2012 - 11:09 AM Leading into a presidential election, one might think the tune-in to the evening news programs would increase. But one would be wrong. While the “CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley” showed year over year growth in Tota ...
ABC ABC News Producer Marries Subject of Story By Chris Ariens on Jul. 17, 2012 - 11:13 AM Eric M. Strauss, a producer for ABC’s Newsmagazines has married Bridget Kelly, who was the subject of a story Strauss had covered over the years. Kelly first told her story to ABC’s “Primetime,” in 2004, re ...
Politics Who Else is in ‘Game Change’? By Chris Ariens on Feb. 18, 2012 - 10:46 AM The other day we told you about some of the tvnewsers who, via clips from their networks, make cameos in the upcoming HBO docudrama “Game Change,” which is based on the best-selling book by cable news mainstays John He ...
TV Biz HBO Releases Full-Length ‘Game Change’ Trailer, And TV News Has a Starring Role By Alex Weprin on Feb. 1, 2012 - 10:10 AM HBO has released the full-length trailer for its upcoming movie “Game Change,” and television news seems to be a major plot point. There is a lot of talk about “creating a dynamic moment,” YouTube and the 2 ...