View Post PBS | Revolving Door Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff Named Co-Anchors of the ‘PBS NewsHour’ By Alex Weprin on Aug. 6, 2013 - 1:40 PM At the Television Critics Association Summer Press tour in Beverly Hills this afternoon, PBS named Gwen ifill and Judy Woodruff as the co-anchors and managing editors of the “PBS NewsHour,” making them the first all-fe ...
View Post PBS | Revolving Door ‘PBS NewsHour’ Lays Off Staff In Reorganization By Alex Weprin on Jun. 11, 2013 - 11:05 AM The “PBS NewsHour” is laying off staff in a significant reorganization, TVNewser has learned. According to an internal memo obtained by TVNewser, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions–which produces the “NewsHour̶ ...
PBS | Politics PBS’ Election Night Plans By Merrill Knox on Nov. 3, 2012 - 4:55 PM Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will anchor PBS’ election coverage on Tuesday night from 8pm-midnight. The pair will be joined by “NewsHour” analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks, and Jeffrey Brown will talk about ...
TV Biz The Ticker: Abdullah, Zahn, Rocca By Chris Ariens on Jan. 19, 2012 - 2:26 PM King Abdullah II of Jordan sits down with “PBS Newshour” Senior Correspondent Margaret Warner for an interview that will air tonight. The interview is expected to focus on the peace process in the Middle East and the s ...
PBS PBS NewsHour Staffers Say ‘Hal-le-lu-jah!’ By Alissa Krinsky on Dec. 25, 2010 - 12:40 PM On this Christmas Day, the folks at the PBS NewsHour’s The Rundown blog present a video roundup of song. It’s a compilation of performances of the famous “Hallelujah! Hallelujah!” chorus from George Frider ...
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 ...
Politics VP Biden Makes the Morning Rounds By kevin on Sep. 1, 2010 - 11:04 AM Following President Obama’s primetime address last evening, Vice President Biden hit the broadcast network morning shows earlier today from Iraq. Later in the morning, Biden announced the official transition from Operation I ...
TV Biz The Ticker (Sunday Edition): Clinton, Clinton, Brzezinski… By Chris Ariens on Sep. 20, 2009 - 11:45 AM > Former Pres. Bill Clinton will be on “Larry King Live” tomorrow night to talk about the news of the day [like, would he have ever done five Sunday show interviews in one weekend?] and his Clinton Global Initiative ...
TV Biz The Ticker: Beck, Pauley, Williams… By Chris Ariens on May. 29, 2009 - 5:12 PM > Glenn Beck is profiled in the Denver Post ahead of his road show which kicks off Monday in Denver to a sold-out crowd. “The people in the mountain west get it, generally,” he tells the Post. “They’re g ...
TV Biz PBS’ Newshour Looks to be “More Engaging” With Format Makeover By Chris Ariens on May. 12, 2009 - 8:40 AM The NYTimes’ Elizabeth Jensen writes about the changes coming to PBS’ long-running nightly newscast, “The Newshour with Jim Lehrer.” Mr. Lehrer, who will turn 75 next Tuesday, isn’t stepping down. But ...