View Post TV Biz Thanks TVNewser Readers… By Alex Weprin on Oct. 18, 2013 - 5:18 PM After three and a half years, this is my final post for Mediabistro and TVNewser. I am moving on to Capital New York, where I will be covering TV as the site expands under the ownership of the Allbritton family. When I first joine ...
View Post TV Biz The Evening Ticker: Layoffs/ABC, Zahn/ID, Verjee/1D By Alex Weprin on Aug. 21, 2013 - 6:45 PM The Disney/ABC TV Group delivered layoff notices today to some 175 employees, mostly in the TV stations group and technical operations. TVSpy has more. The 100th episode of “On the Case with Paula Zahn” delivered its h ...
View Post TV Biz The Sunday Ticker: Piers, Politico, PBS By Merrill Knox on Jul. 21, 2013 - 11:08 AM With Piers Morgan off next week, CNN has slated guest hosts for “Piers Morgan Live”: Matthew Perry on Monday, Morgan Spurlock on Tuesday, Donny Deutsch on Wednesday and Anthony Bourdain on Thursday. Friday’s gue ...
View Post Ratings The Scoreboard: Sunday, June 30 By Chris Ariens on Jul. 2, 2013 - 4:08 PM 25-54 demographic (Live +SD) Total day: FNC: 131 | MSNBC: 148 | CNN: 120 | HLN: 107 Primetime: FNC: 98 | MSNBC: 185 | CNN: 144 | HLN: 153 4p: 5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p: 12a: FNC NewsHQ: 88 NewsHQ: 95 FNSunday: 89 Report: 98 Huc ...
View Post CNN Ratings: ‘Inside Man’ Second In The Demo For CNN By Alex Weprin on Jun. 25, 2013 - 10:16 AM CNN debuted two more of its acquired series Sunday night. at 9 PM, the channel launched crime series “Crimes of the Century,” and at 10 PM it debuted Morgan Spurlock’s “Inside Man.” Spurlock’s s ...
View Post CNN Morgan Spurlock’s Media Diet By Alex Weprin on Jun. 23, 2013 - 8:53 AM While interviewing CNN “Inside Man” host Morgan Spurlock for our profile last week, we asked him about his media diet. Spurlock may be producing and starring in a show for CNN, but cable news is not typically where he ...
View Post CNN Morgan Spurlock, CNN’s New ‘Inside Man,’ In His Element By Alex Weprin on Jun. 21, 2013 - 7:01 AM Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has been busy the last few months, weaving between tales of immigrants, marijuana growers and–yes–John Stamos and English boy band One Direction. At any given moment his production office is b ...
TV Biz The Morning Ticker: Spurlock, Bondy, Williams By Chris Ariens on May. 28, 2013 - 10:41 AM Morgan Spurlock’s CNN show has a name and a launch date. “Inside Man” debuts Sunday, June 23 at 10pmET. The 8-episode run explores topics ranging from migrant farm workers, the elder care industry, and drought. ...
View Post CNN Morgan Spurlock’s CNN Show Pushed Back By Alex Weprin on Apr. 29, 2013 - 4:08 PM Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s upcoming CNN series has been delayed until later this year, TVNewser hears. The show, “Inside Man,” has Spurlock sharing “an insider’s view into rarely-seen sectors of American ...
View Post CNN | Events Zucker: ‘Parts Unknown’ ‘The True Measure of What We Want This Network to Be’ By Chris Ariens on Apr. 11, 2013 - 2:03 PM Calling it a “huge part of what CNN is going to to be,” CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker welcomed hundreds of guests to Porter House at Time Warner Center for a launch event for the network’s newest show hoste ...