ABC Cokie on Polanski: ‘Just Take Him Out And Shoot Him’ By Chris Ariens on Oct. 5, 2009 - 10:53 AM The “This Week” roundtable gang was planning to give their takes on a couple of celebrity/crime stories this week, but they ran out of time on the TV program. Luckily, on the Internets you don’t run out of time. ...
TV Biz Newsers on Millionaire By kevin on Aug. 18, 2009 - 2:14 PM Tonight, PBS’ Gwen Ifill will appear as a part of the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” special, primetime run. For the 10th Anniversary celebration of the show, original host Regis Philbin returned and introduced ...
Awards Cokie Roberts to Receive WNBA Award By kevin on Jul. 15, 2009 - 1:09 PM ABC News political commentator Cokie Roberts will be the recipient of the 2009 WNBA Inspiration Award as the WNBA announced today. Roberts will receive the award at the WNBA Inspiring Women Luncheon on July 29th in Chicago. From t ...
TV Biz The Ticker: Fairey, Fives, JibJab… By Chris Ariens on Mar. 13, 2009 - 5:38 PM > Shepard Fairey, the artist at the center of a suit-countersuit with the AP will be on The Rachel Maddow Show tonight on MSNBC. Earlier, we wrote about ABC News president David Westin’s take on the matter via an opinion ...
Awards RTNDF Awards in D.C. Brings Out Journalists and More By SteveK on Mar. 13, 2009 - 3:20 PM The 19th annual First Amendment Awards Dinner, hosted by RTNDF, took place last night in Washington, D.C., and FishbowlDC’s Christine Delargy writes about the crowd — from former White House press secretary Dana Perino ...
Awards Cokie Roberts To Receive First Amendment Award; Google Too By Chris Ariens on Mar. 6, 2009 - 6:55 AM ABC’s Charles Gibson and Sam Donaldson will present the Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award to Cokie Roberts at the RTNDF’s 19th annual First Amendment Awards Dinner next Thursday. Also honored at the Washington, ...
TV Biz The Ticker: RTNDF, NBC, FNC… By SteveK on Dec. 11, 2008 - 1:32 PM > The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will honor Susan Grant, EVP of CNN News Services and Cokie Roberts, commentator for ABC News and NPR, during its First Amendment Awards Dinner on March 12. > The video tri ...
TV Biz The Ticker: CNN Wire, ABC Girlfriends, MSNBC Maddow… By Chris Ariens on Oct. 29, 2008 - 11:59 AM > One thing we learned on our visit to CNN’s Atlanta HQ last week is that the veteran news network has a robust R&D department — always looking for the next new thing to communicate with their audience. Now, the ...
TV Biz The Ticker: Georgia, Soviet Union, Hawaii… By Chris Ariens on Aug. 13, 2008 - 3:12 PM > Fox News is preparing an hour-long special about the Russia-Georgia situation. Russia: The Angry Giant, hosted by Megyn Kelly will be reported by veteran Russia correspondent Dana Lewis and FNC’s Steve Harrigan in Georg ...