SportsNewser Cable News Turns To Penn State Punishments By Alex Weprin on Jul. 23, 2012 - 9:31 AM Monday morning kicked off with big news in the college football world, as the NCAA levied a heavy punishment against Penn State for the actions of former coach Jerry Sandusky, and the subsequent cover-up. The punishment was severe ...
Events | NBC Bob Costas Talks Olympics, Sandusky By Alex Weprin on Jul. 22, 2012 - 9:23 AM The Hollywood Reporter‘s Marisa Guthrie profiles Bob Costas–the face of NBC’s Olympics coverage–in a wide-ranging cover story. Among the topics of discussion, Costas’ interview with Jerry Sandusky, wh ...
Awards CBS News Leads The Way In 2012 News And Doc Emmy Nominations By Alex Weprin on Jul. 12, 2012 - 1:00 PM For the second straight year, CBS News led the way in nominations for the 2012 News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations this morning. CBS News secured 43 no ...
Crime News truTV Sees Ratings Spike During Sandusky Trial By Merrill Knox on Jun. 27, 2012 - 2:07 PM The just-concluded trial of Jerry Sandusky led to a ratings spike for truTV, particularly among younger viewers. InSession, the network’s 9am-3pmET programming, averaged 84,000 A25-54 viewers from June 11-22, an increase of ...
Crime News | Ratings Fox News Wins Friday with Sandusky Breaking News By Chris Ariens on Jun. 25, 2012 - 4:10 PM When word got out that jurors had reached a verdict in Jerry Sandusky’s trial Friday night, the cable networks went into breaking news mode. Shepard Smith interrupted “Hannity” just after 9:30pmET; Anderson Coope ...
CNN | Crime News | NBC Sandusky Prosecutor Doesn’t Think NBC Error Will Result in Successful Appeal By Chris Ariens on Jun. 25, 2012 - 2:15 PM Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Linda Kelly told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien this morning she doesn’t think NBC’s mistaken edit of Jerry Sandusky’s interview with Bob Costas will result in a successfu ...
Crime News | NBC Glitch in NBC News Interview Could be Used in a Jerry Sandusky Appeal By Chris Ariens on Jun. 24, 2012 - 9:28 PM It’s been revealed that at Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse trial, jurors were shown a “Today” show version of Sandusky’s interview with Bob Costas that NBC News admits “included a technical glitch ...
Crime News Jerry Sandusky Convicted on 45 of 48 Counts of Sexual Abuse By Chris Ariens on Jun. 22, 2012 - 10:58 PM The first sign of the verdict in the Jerry Sandusky trial emerged at 10:10pm tonight as reporters bounded down the steps of the courthouse in Bellefonte, PA. The indication of what those verdicts were — guilty on 45 of 48 co ...
TV Biz Who is Filling Oprah’s Shoes? By Chris Ariens on Jun. 22, 2012 - 12:03 PM The AP’s David Bauder wonders who is getting the “gets” since Oprah Winfrey left the daily TV airwaves. The answer, increasingly, is Oprah, for her OWN show, “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” Bauder also ...
NBC Bob Costas Explains How He Got the Jerry Sandusky Interview By Chris Ariens on Nov. 15, 2011 - 2:31 PM Just a couple hours before “Rock Center” went on the air last night, word got out that NBC Sports anchor Bob Costas got an interview with Jerry Sandusky. How that interview came to be is a story in itself. This morning ...