Ashleigh Banfield

Ashleigh Banfield's Next Stop: ABC News - Posted November 13, 2009
First on TVNewser: Ashleigh Banfield, who made a name for herself earlier in the decade as an anchor/war correspondent on MSNBC, will be joining ABC News, TVNewser has learned. Banfield, who has been an anchor at CourtTV/truTV since 2005, is expected to join ABC News next year. Without confirming the move, an... [TVNewser]

Rick Sanchez's Twitter Suspended - Posted September 30, 2009
WebNewser reports that CNN anchor Rick Sanchez's famous twitter account has been suspended this afternoon: Here's the message anyone going to @ricksanchezcnn got today: "Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity. Mosey along now, nothing to see here." As of 5:30pmET, the account was still... [TVNewser]

Rick Sanchez's Twitter Suspended - Posted September 30, 2009
WebNewser reports that CNN anchor Rick Sanchez's famous twitter account has been suspended this afternoon: Here's the message anyone going to @ricksanchezcnn got today: "Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity. Mosey along now, nothing to see here." As of 5:30pmET, the account was still... [TVNewser]

Party For Joy. Walters, Whoopi and More Gather at the Oak Room - Posted September 24, 2009
"The View" co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Barabara Walters celebrate Behar's new HLN show at the Plaza Hotel last night. The famed Oak Room at New York's Plaza Hotel was the setting for a party last night to celebrate the launch of HLN's "The Joy Behar Show", premiering Tuesday at 9pmET.... [TVNewser]

Diane Sawyer's 'World News' Move More Write-Ups - Posted September 8, 2009
• The NY Times Week in Review: "It's an odd bit of a role reversal: Ms. Couric is a morning-show natural who had to tone down her peppy cadence and casual style to suit the formality of evening news programs, while Ms. Sawyer, born to be an evening anchor, spent much... [TVNewser]

truTV's "In Session" Shuts Down - Posted June 23, 2009
Breaking: TVNewser has learned truTV's 'In Session' daytime programming is shutting down its New York operations leaving as many as 65 staffers out of a job. Executives from Turner Broadcasting, which owns truTV, have been notifying employees of the change this afternoon. 'In Session' includes longtime anchors Jack Ford and Ashleigh... [TVNewser]

truTV's "In Session" Shuts Down - Posted June 23, 2009
Breaking: TVNewser has learned truTV's 'In Session' daytime programming is shutting down its New York operations leaving as many as 65 staffers out of a job. Executives from Turner Broadcasting, which owns truTV, have been notifying employees of the change this afternoon. 'In Session' includes longtime anchors Jack Ford and Ashleigh... [TVNewser]

Ashleigh Banfield Channels Her Inner Lesbian - Posted May 14, 2009
truTV anchor Ashleigh Banfield was filling-in on Air America Tuesday around the time the cable news channels were airing the Donald Trump/Carrie Prejean news conference. While commenting on the wall-to-wall coverage, Banfield blurted out, "I'd hit that! And I'm in an opposite marriage." The married mother of two says, "It was very liberating!... [TVNewser]

"I Will Never Forgive Him For His Cruelty and the Manner in Which he Decided to Dispose of Me" - Posted February 11, 2009
truTV's Ashleigh Banfield has some harsh words for a former boss in a profile in New Canaan - Darien Magazine. Banfield lives in Darien, CT with her husband and two children. Banfield talks about her uneasy split several years ago with NBC News, after making a name for herself on MSNBC during... [TVNewser]

"I Will Never Forgive Him For His Cruelty and the Manner in Which he Decided to Dispose of Me" - Posted February 11, 2009
truTV's Ashleigh Banfield has some harsh words for a former boss in a profile in New Canaan - Darien Magazine. Banfield lives in Darien, CT with her husband and two children. Banfield talks about her uneasy split several years ago with NBC News, after making a name for herself on MSNBC during... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 01.05.09 - Posted January 5, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Ashleigh Banfield Predicted to "Shine" in '09 - Posted January 2, 2009
The NYPost has chosen truTV anchor Ashleigh Banfield as part of its "Five faces with something to look forward to" list. Ashleigh Banfield was supposed to be the new (bespectacled) face of NBC way back in 2000 when - pretty much overnight - she went from afternoon anchor on MSNBC to the... [TVNewser]

"Anchors Gone Wild" - Posted November 5, 2008
PageSix Magazine opens up on the past, present and future of MSNBC, pondering "During the most exciting presidential election in decades, how did NBC become the story instead of covering it?" The story points to Microsoft's exit (the MS in MSNBC) that led to "an era of downsizing" at the cable... [TVNewser]

October Ratings - MSNBC: "We Tamed the Giant of Larry King" - Posted October 27, 2008
Brian Williams couldn't do it. Neither could Joe Scarborough, Rita Cosby, Dan Abrams, Ashleigh Banfield, Deborah Norville or Alan Keyes. But MSNBC's new 9pmET show did. The Rachel Maddow show topped CNN's Larry King Live in the ad-friendly A25-54 demo during the month of October. King still wins the Total Viewer... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Oil, Homage, Alaska... - Posted August 11, 2008
> Charlie Gibson will anchor World News from Dallas this Wednesday. Gibson will interview ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson. The interview is part of a special series "Oil Crunch" which airs all this week. > In an homage to Keith Olbermann, truTV's Ashleigh Banfield is doing a "Countdown" on... [TVNewser]