The Ticker (Wall St. Edition): Obama, Gibson, Bartiromo... - Posted September 15, 2008
> Sen. Barack Obama will be a guest on Bloomberg TV, his only interview tonight. He will be interviewed by Peter Cook at 9:45pmET. > ABC News was the only network to go live with a special report as the markets closed at 4pmET. Charlie Gibson anchored. Update: NBC News broadcast... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (Wall St. Edition): Obama, Gibson, Bartiromo... - Posted September 15, 2008
> Sen. Barack Obama will be a guest on Bloomberg TV, his only interview tonight. He will be interviewed by Peter Cook at 9:45pmET. > ABC News was the only network to go live with a special report as the markets closed at 4pmET. Charlie Gibson anchored. > Bank of America... [TVNewser]

Networks Live For Bush Economic Statement - Posted September 15, 2008
All three networks, as well as every business news and cable news channel, took President George W. Bush's statement on the economy live just before 11amET. On ABC, Charlie Gibson anchored the special report, with analysis from Betsy Stark. The report lasted from 10:59-11:04amET. CBS News' special report, from 10:58-11:02amET, was... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (Gustav edition): Shep, Anderson, Gibson... - Posted September 1, 2008
> FNC's Shepard Smith gets some high praise from the Kansas City Star's Aaron Barnhart. "Now that Shepard Smith is on Fox, there's really no reason to watch anything else," he writes. "Knowledge of his home state and his experience from the Katrina watch makes him the authority." > CNN's Anderson... [TVNewser]

NBC's Gustav Plans: Brian Williams to the Gulf, Tom Brokaw at the RNC - Posted August 31, 2008
This time, no one is taking any chances. With the potential of being as severe or even worse than Hurricane Katrina three years ago, Hurricane Gustav is challenging network executives like no story in recent memory. Just like RNC planners, themselves facing a scaled back gathering, news executives, too, have been... [TVNewser]

A Night of Nightly - Posted August 27, 2008
TVNewser had a front row seat for tonight's broadcast of the NBC Nightly News at 6:30pmET. Helmed by senior producer Subrata De, with new Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker looking on, about a dozen employees put together the show in a small skybox in the Pepsi Center. The first block ended just... [TVNewser]

A Night of Nightly - Posted August 27, 2008
TVNewser had a front row seat for tonight's broadcast of the NBC Nightly News at 6:30pmET. Helmed by senior producer Subrata De, with new Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker looking on, about a dozen employees put together the show in a small skybox in the Pepsi Center. The first block ended just... [TVNewser]

Couric Tosses to Curry Schieffer - Posted August 25, 2008
In a Today show flashback, tonight on the CBS Evening News Katie Couric was wrapping up a Q&A with Jeff Greenfield and turned to Bob Schieffer, who is, once again, working the podium for CBS News. But just a few feet away was NBC's Ann Curry, wrapping up a live report... [TVNewser]

Today Says Zaijian to America - Posted July 30, 2008
The Today show announced its coverage plans for next week's Summer Olympics in Beijing. And for the first time, all four anchors will report live from an international Olympic Games. The show could also be called "Tonight" for the time they're there; with a 12-hour time difference Today will air at... [TVNewser]

Protesters Disrupt Roker's Weather - Posted July 23, 2008
Activists from the American Jewish World Service organization drowned out Al Roker as we was trying to tell viewers about Hurricane Dolly this morning. According to a press release, the group is calling on NBC "to beef up its coverage of China's complicity with the Sudanese government's genocidal campaign in Darfur... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of July 14 - Posted July 22, 2008
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top rated evening news program last week, winning in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. Just 20,000 viewers separated NBC from ABC's World News in Total Viewers, however. It was the lowest Total Viewers average for NBC in more than a year. Ann... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of July 14 - Posted July 22, 2008
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top rated evening news program last week, winning in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. Just 20,000 viewers separated NBC from ABC's World News in Total Viewers, however. It was the lowest Total Viewers average for NBC in more than a year. Ann... [TVNewser]

Football Day In America - Posted July 22, 2008
NBC Sports' TCA panel took place yesterday, with Football Night in America hosts Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, among others. Broadcasting & Cable's Alex Weprin writes about NBC's Super Bowl plans next February, which will include some news programs on location in Tampa, Florida. The network announced that a special Super Bowl Sunday... [TVNewser]

Football Day In America - Posted July 22, 2008
NBC Sports' TCA panel took place yesterday, with Football Night in America hosts Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, among others. Broadcasting & Cable's Alex Weprin writes about NBC's Super Bowl plans next February, which will include some news programs on location in Tampa, Florida. The network announced that a special Super Bowl Sunday... [TVNewser]

Freedom Means Exclusives For Everyone - Posted July 10, 2008
HLN's Robin Meade sat down with the three freed American hostages earlier today, but yesterday's "former hostage get" was one-time Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt who was held along with the Americans. Ann Curry sat down with Betancourt in Paris, and parts of her "exclusive" interview aired last night on NBC Nightly... [TVNewser]

Robin Meade First with Interview of Three Freed American Hostages - Posted July 10, 2008
Headline News anchor Robin Meade has scored the first interview with the three Americans held captive in a Colombian jungle for five years. Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes and Marc Gonsalves, were all freed during a daring rescue operation last Wednesday. We're told Meade is in San Antonio conducting the interview today, with... [TVNewser]

Beleaguered Miss Teen South Carolina Reveals Career Aspirations; Design Community Mourns - Posted August 28, 2007
There's really no need to rewatch the clip of the conversationally-challenged Miss Teen USA contestant that internet users chugged down like a cheap wine cooler. Aw, heck, let's watch it again. Amazingly, Lauren Caitlin Upton was given another chance to answer the question that brought her web notoriety, on the "Today Show"... [UnBeige]

Nothing But Curry: Ann Curry on Conan - Posted August 2, 2007
Ann Curry is on Conan O'Brien. Ann Curry is on on the Today show. Ann Curry will be on Nightline. And what does Too Much Curry give you? TIP: put the Charmin in the freezer.... [FishBowlLA]

Small World, This Business - Posted July 24, 2007
Today's announcement that Paula Zahn is leaving CNN, reminded one TVNewser emailer of the one degree of separation between Zahn, and another newly-freed up cable anchor. Fresh out of UC Berkeley, a young Liz Claman was the production assistant, gofer, runner, etc. for Zahn who was an anchor at KCBS-TV... [TVNewser]

Small World, This Business - Posted July 24, 2007
Today's announcement that Paula Zahn is leaving CNN, reminded one TVNewser emailer of the one degree of separation between Zahn, and another newly-freed up cable anchor. Fresh out of UC Berkeley, a young Liz Claman was the production assistant, gofer, runner, etc. for Zahn who was an anchor at KCBS-TV... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 07.04.07 - Posted July 4, 2007
Good morning Washington. It seems we can't all be as lucky as those Hotline kids. "BBC Reporter Johnston Freed In Gaza" An ABC release announced, "For the just-completed 2nd quarter (April 2-July 1), 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54. This marks ABC's... [FishBowlDC]

Monday Morning Meta Media Mashup - Posted February 5, 2007
A weekly meta-roundup of our favorite (mostly) New York media pundits, what they're saying, why they're saying it, and an all-important grade, subjective and arbitrary — just like their columns! "Can we take much more good news?" | Peter Johnson, USA Today Peter Johnson, USA Today's classically-named media columnist, takes aim at... [FishBowlNY]

Times' Stanley: Ford TV Eulogies 'Cheery,' Respectful — With The Exception Of Today's Ann Curry - Posted December 28, 2006
New York Times television critic Alessandra Stanley spent yesterday working over her remote, watching the crush of coverage — with the exception of CBS, of course — of Gerald Ford's death: In Gerald R. Ford, who was 93 and served less than one full term, television found the avatar of comfortable presidential... [FishBowlNY]