CNN From “Best Political Team” To a “King of Comedy” By SteveK on Nov. 10, 2008 - 1:08 PM Three days after TVNewser was in the CNN Election Center studio on Election Night, we were back in a drastically changed environment. Gone were the BPTOT, in was a studio audience. Temporary walls blocked off the studio from the r ...
CNN Mitch Semel at “The Intersection of News and Comedy” By Chris Ariens on Oct. 24, 2008 - 7:30 AM Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist CNN’s first foray into funny is no joke, Mitch Semel says. “This is our opportunity to treat news differently,” says Semel, executive producer of “D.L. Hughley Breaks the New ...
CNN Comedian DL Hughley to Get CNN Show By Chris Ariens on Oct. 15, 2008 - 10:25 AM A TVNewser emailer tipped us off yesterday morning that comedian DL Hughley was going to get his own show on CNN. After several attempts to contact CNN PR yesterday for comfirmation, we got almost no response back, unless you coun ...