> Howard Kurtz on Supreme Blather: “Senators bloviating for the cameras for more than three hours while the likely next chief justice sits there uncomfortably isn’t news. Senators cross-examining the judge is news. I’m usually a fan of cable television covering the events rather than engaging in punditry, but only when the event is real, not prepackaged and warmed-over rhetoric.”
> “Onetime State Department spokesman James Rubin will anchor a new international news program on Sky Television,” the WP notes. “The hour-long ‘World News Tonight’ will air weekdays at 8 p.m., debuting next month.” Rubin was a policy adviser to Kerry last year…
> NBC Weather Plus has competition: “The ten ABC owned-and-operated TV stations plan to debut digital weather services later this year powered by weather data provider AccuWeather,” B&C says…
> TV Week: “Court TV has begun an initiative to produce feature-length documentaries and plans to develop four to six projects per year. Some of the films will also have theatrical releases.”
The Ticker: Kurtz, Rubin, Court TV Docs…
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