View Post Weather Networks Plan Sandy Anniversary Coverage By Chris Ariens on Oct. 26, 2013 - 3:20 PM News networks are planning special coverage ahead of the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. The storm made landfall Oct. 29, 2012. NBC Brian Williams will join David Gregory on Sunday’s “Meet the Press.” O ...
View Post Events ‘I Have a Dream’ 50th Anniversary Commemoration Coverage Plans By Chris Ariens on Aug. 27, 2013 - 6:22 PM As the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream speech” gets underway tomorrow morning, much of the ceremony will be covered live on cable news channels and streamed on news sites, while selec ...
NBC ‘Early Today’ Celebrates 8 Years with 9 Originals By Chris Ariens on Jan. 5, 2012 - 4:53 PM “Early Today,” which airs before the early morning news on NBC affiliates, is celebrating 8 years and more than 2,000 shows today. Nine staffers, including EP Andy Jones, have been with the show the entire time — ...
ABC ABC’s Dan Kloeffler Comes Out, While Joking About Actor Zachary Quinto Coming Out By Chris Ariens on Oct. 17, 2011 - 10:05 PM Former MSNBC/NBC News anchor Dan Kloeffler, who’s been filling in on ABC’s “World News Now,” came out as gay during the show Monday morning while reporting on an actor who had also recently come out. Kloeff ...
MSNBC Dan Kloeffler and NBC News Part Ways By Chris Ariens on Dec. 16, 2009 - 8:29 AM After nearly four years at MSNBC/NBC News, anchor Dan Kloeffler is moving on. Kloeffler has anchored MSNBC’s First Look and NBC’s Early Today as well as anchoring breaking overnight coverage for both NBC News and MSNBC ...
TV Biz Flight 3407 Crash: Cable News Notes By SteveK on Feb. 13, 2009 - 12:46 PM Below are some notes about the cable news coverage of the Flight 3407 crash (and some Twitter reaction and anonymous tips after the jump). Also, last night a tipster noted how long it took any cable news network to report the news ...