View Post NBC Megyn Kelly Fires Back at Jane Fonda: ‘She Has No Business Lecturing Anyone on What Qualifies as Offensive’ By Chris Ariens on Jan. 22, 2018 - 10:11 AM "I have no regrets about that question."
View Post CBS | Evening News New Petition Calls for a Woman to Anchor the CBS Evening News By Alissa Krinsky on Jun. 2, 2017 - 7:50 AM "It’s 2017, long past time to have at least one woman anchoring the weekday evening network news."
View Post TV Biz ‘Newsroom’ Gets a Season Three By Chris Ariens on Sep. 4, 2013 - 1:16 PM Real newsman Brian Williams has returned to the anchor chair, so has fake newsman Jon Stewart. And now, we’ve learned real fake newsman Will McAvoy will be returning to the real fake “News Night.” Jeff Daniels Tw ...
View Post TV Biz Jane Fonda: ‘Newsroom’ Character ‘Rupert Murdoch that’s been marinated in a little Ted Turner’ By Alex Weprin on Dec. 10, 2012 - 1:16 PM Actress Jane Fonda is a guest on tomorrow’s edition of “Katie,” and among other things she talks to Katie Couric about her character on the HBO series “The Newsroom.” Fonda plays Leona Lansing, the ...
TV Biz Will a TV Show About the News be More Compelling Than the Real Thing? By Gail Shister on Jun. 20, 2012 - 7:02 AM I admire Aaron Sorkin, but he gives me a headache. By the time his characters finish a monologue, I’m ready for a nap. Sorkin’s latest work, “The Newsroom,” which debuts Sunday on HBO, is no exception. In the pilot ...
TV Biz Introducing ‘Atlantis Cable News,’ The Cable News Channel On Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’ By Alex Weprin on Feb. 8, 2012 - 11:24 AM Say hello to “Atlantis Cable News,” or “ACN” for short. ACN is the fictional cable news channel at the heart of Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO drama “The Newsroom,” slated to debut this Summe ...
TV Biz Jane Fonda Joining Sorkin’s HBO Series ‘Newsroom’ By Alex Weprin on Dec. 15, 2011 - 10:45 AM HBO has cast Jane Fonda in its upcoming cable news series from Aaron Sorkin, currently titled “The Newsroom.” According to TV Line’s Michael Ausiello, Fonda “will play Leona Lansing, the CEO of cable news ...
Awards Amanpour, Crowley, Maddow Honored By Chris Ariens on May. 19, 2009 - 3:17 PM CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Candy Crowley and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow are among the honorees of the Women’s Media Center’s first annual WMC Media Awards. The ceremony will be held June 17 at the Sackler Fou ...
TV Biz The Ticker: O’Brien, Claman, Fonda… By SteveK on Oct. 28, 2008 - 4:37 PM > CNN’s Soledad O’Brien reports for the one-hour documentary, “CNN Presents: One Crime at a Time,” premiering Saturday November 22 at 8pmET. The special looks at the “crime, corruption and bureaucr ...
