View Post TV Biz The Morning Ticker: ‘NewsHour’ Weekend?, Williams, Olbermann By Alex Weprin on Mar. 5, 2013 - 10:56 AM Could the “PBS NewsHour” be coming to the weekend? The New York Times reports that it is being strongly considered. If it moves forward, potential anchors include former CBS News correspondent Jeff Greenfield or “ ...
PBS | Politics PBS Only Broadcaster To Offer 3+ Hours Of Convention Coverage In Primetime By Alex Weprin on Aug. 23, 2012 - 10:13 AM We already noted last week that the team of Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will be the first ever all-female anchor team to lead a network’s political convention coverage. Now the rest of “PBS NewsHour'”s plans are ...
PBS A Return to the NewsHour for Robert MacNeil By Alissa Krinsky on Apr. 17, 2011 - 11:34 AM For the first time since his retirement as co-anchor in 1995, Robert MacNeil will report a major series for the PBS NewsHour. The six-part “Autism Now” will start tomorrow. It’s described as “the m ...
PBS | Politics PBS Sets ‘NewsHour’ Election Plans By Alex Weprin on Oct. 22, 2010 - 11:57 AM PBS “NewsHour” has announced its coverage plans for the 2010 midterm elections. Jim Lehrer will anchor a special election night broadcast from 11 PM to midnight, with Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and David Chalian joining ...
ABC ‘World News Now’ Stage Manager to Give his Final Cue By Chris Ariens on Apr. 29, 2010 - 11:23 PM Friday morning on World News Now (yes, you’ll either have to stay up really late, or wake up really early) the show will say goodbye to Peter Grimm who has been World News Now’s stage manager for the past 17 years. Gri ...
TV Biz New ‘PBS NewsHour’ Debuts Next Week By kevin on Nov. 30, 2009 - 11:55 AM The NY Times’ Elizabeth Jensen and WaPo’s Howie Kurtz both write about the major changes for PBS’ Jim Lehrer and “The NewsHour,” which are some of the most significant since Robert MacNeil retired in ...
Revolving Door Hari Sreenivasan Leaves CBS for NewsHour By Alissa Krinsky on Nov. 22, 2009 - 7:54 PM First On TVNewser: CBS News correspondent Hari Sreenivasan is leaving the network to become a news anchor and reporter at PBS’s The NewsHour, TVNewser has learned. A formal announcement is expected Monday morning. Sreenivasa ...
Weather As Ike Gets Closer to Shore, So Do the Networks By Chris Ariens on Sep. 12, 2008 - 10:02 AM ABC’s Sam Champion had arrived in Texas in time for Nightline last night. CNN’s Anderson Cooper broadcast live from Houston as well, and while getting an update from meteorologist Chad Myers asked Myers to email him th ...