View Post NBC ‘Either Do What’s Necessary, Or Admit You’re Not Up To It’: The Other ‘Today’ Manifesto By Mark Joyella on Nov. 20, 2014 - 2:03 PM The memo described in brutal detail the changes that needed to be made to NBC’s “Today.” Some of the show’s top talent were targeted: “this guy’s killing us and no one’s even trying to rei ...
View Post NBC It’s Homecoming Week at ‘Today’ By Chris Ariens on Sep. 7, 2014 - 4:19 PM As Savannah Guthrie continues her maternity leave, “Today” is calling up some other NBCNewsers to fill in. As we’ve reported, Meredith Vieira subs tomorrow, the same day her syndicated show debuts. Brian Williams ...
View Post ABC | CBS | Fox News | NBC The Story Behind the Ice Bucket Challenge By Chris Ariens on Aug. 11, 2014 - 9:23 AM Matt Lauer has done it, so has Shepard Smith and Rachel Maddow. NBC’s Dylan Dryer did it late last week, then on Saturday challenged her “Today” colleagues Erika Hill, Lester Holt and Jenna Wolfe. They accepted. ...
View Post TV Biz The Saturday Ticker: Beck, Meade, Williams By Chris Ariens on Aug. 2, 2014 - 10:04 AM Glenn Beck will be a guest on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” tomorrow. The CEO of Mercury Radio Arts, and former Fox News host, will talk about where he plans to take his media empire next. HLN’s Robin Meade gets ...
View Post Politics And the CBS News Interview with Hillary Clinton Goes To… By Chris Ariens on Jun. 3, 2014 - 3:57 PM Jane Pauley will interview Hillary Clinton on “CBS Sunday Morning” on June 15 as part of Clinton’s book tour for “Hard Choices.” The CBS interview rounds out the big three broadcasters, as well as CNN ...
View Post ABC Two Dozen Women of TV News, Barbara Walters’ Legacy, Join Her on Her Final ‘View’ By Chris Ariens on May. 15, 2014 - 3:54 PM For weeks we’ve been writing about the legacy of Barbara Walters. This afternoon, that legacy came to life in the finale of her final “The View,” taped at ABC’s West Side studios, and airing tomorrow. TVNew ...
View Post CBS Jane Pauley Talks Faith with Mitch Albom By Chris Ariens on Apr. 26, 2014 - 10:14 AM Jane Pauley’s first “CBS Sunday Morning” story airs tomorrow. In this preview clip, the former “Today” show co-host talks with author Mitch Albom about faith, or the lack of it, in the discussion that ...
View Post CBS Here’s Jane Pauley’s First CBS ‘Sunday Morning’ Interview By Chris Ariens on Apr. 10, 2014 - 9:53 PM As we told you earlier today, longtime “Today” show co-anchor Jane Pauley is joining CBS News as a contributor to “CBS Sunday Morning.” Author Mitch Albom is the subject of her first story airing later this ...
View Post CBS | Revolving Door Longtime ‘Today’ Show Anchor Jane Pauley Joins CBS News By Chris Ariens on Apr. 10, 2014 - 8:28 AM Jane Pauley, who has spent her professional life at NBC News, is joining CBS News as a contributor to “CBS Sunday Morning.” The news was revealed last night in Texas at the annual Schieffer Symposium, hosted by CBS New ...
View Post Fox News ‘Loudest Voice in the Room’ to Debut at #9 on NYT Best-Sellers List By Chris Ariens on Jan. 23, 2014 - 10:34 AM Gabriel Sherman’s unauthorized biography of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes will debut at #9 on the New York Times Nonfiction Best-Sellers list for the week of February 2. “The Loudest Voice in the Room” went on sa ...