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Covering the Veeps - Posted October 2, 2008
The cablers have been employing countdown clocks more than eight hours before the debate tonight, and all networks are gearing up for coverage: • ABC — Charlie Gibson, Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos anchor from New York. Kate Snow reports from the debate. • CBS — Katie Couric anchors from St. Louis (Maggie... [TVNewser]

Dow Dives as House Votes - Posted September 29, 2008
Breaking: The cable news and business networks are covering the House vote on the $700 billion bailout bill. As the tally continued to an eventual "No" vote, the dow took a nose dive, at one point down 705 points. On MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell and House producer/reporter Mike Viqueira discussed the rules... [TVNewser]

Debate On, Anchors in Place - Posted September 26, 2008
Katie, Brian, Shepard and hundreds of other TVNewsers are breathing a sigh of relief today. Their trips to Oxford, Mississippi will not be in vain. Around 11:26amET, word came that John McCain would participate in tonight's first of three presidential debates. Here's the timing of the confirmation and the reporting of the... [TVNewser]

What Should Charlie Gibson Do? - Posted September 26, 2008
Brian Williams has his blog and had that SNL hosting gig last year; Katie Couric has her Webcasts and YouTube channel. So, what could ABC News do to help "catapult Charlie Gibson back to ratings glory?" HuffPo's Rachel Sklar has a bold idea. Click here to find out what it is...... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams' Seat on the "Supreme Court" - Posted September 24, 2008
The cover story of the current issue of AARP Magazine is a feature on Brian Williams by Joe Conason. Williams describes his role on the Nightly News as that of a Supreme Court justice. "I'm in the Brokaw seat on the Supreme Court," he said. "Tom used to view it as being... [TVNewser]

Broadcasters to Carry Pres. Bush in Primetime - Posted September 24, 2008
ABC, CBS and NBC will all carry Pres. Bush's address to the nation tonight at 9pmET. Charlie Gibson will anchor for ABC, Katie Couric for CBS and Brian Williams, from Galveston, TX, for NBC. Looks like David Blaine will have to hang on a little longer...... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: NBC, CBS, FBN... - Posted September 23, 2008
> NBC Nightly News' anchor Brian Williams interviewed Georgian President Mikheil Saakshvili today before his address at the UN. The interview airs on tonight's broadcast at 6:30pm. > 60 Minutes was the third highest rated program last week. It was also the newsmagazine's most viewed broadcast since January 6. > FBN... [TVNewser]

60 Minutes Wins Three Emmys, PBS Wins 10 - Posted September 23, 2008
CBS' 60 Minutes won more awards than any other program last night at the 29th annual News and Documentary Emmys ceremony. The network with the most awards was PBS, which won 10. CBS won five total awards — CBS Sunday Morning won the other two. ABC won four awards, with two going... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Sept. 15 - Posted September 23, 2008
A split decision for the evening newscasts last week. Charlie Gibson's broadcast had the most total viewers, while Brian Williams won in the A25-54 demo. It was the second week in a row on top in Total Viewers for World News. All three broadcasts were down from the prior week which saw... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Couric, Lehrer, Logan... - Posted September 22, 2008
> The New York Times' Steven McElroy reports Katie Couric will be participating in the upcoming roast of Matt Lauer. Other roasters include Meredith Vieira, Jeff Zucker and Brian Williams. > The Huffington Post's Sam Stein talks to PBS' Jim Lehrer about his upcoming moderating duties. "This has the potential for... [TVNewser]

Williams to Anchor From Texas - Posted September 20, 2008
At the end of the NBC Nightly News last night, Brian Williams announced he would anchor from Texas next week. The broadcast was supposed to originate from Texas this week, but the financial crisis caused them to return to New York. "There's a lot of suffering going on in Texas. We plan... [TVNewser]

Inside CNBC During the "Most Critical Times" In Its History - Posted September 17, 2008
The New York Observer's Meredith Bryan spent Monday at CNBC HQ in Englewood Cliffs, NJ for today's front page story, taking in what CNBC president Mark Hoffman called, "Among the most critical times in the history of the network." She reports how NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams ended up broadcasting from... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams to Anchor From "Business and Economics Division" of NBC News - Posted September 15, 2008
NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams will be making the trip to Englewood Cliffs, NJ tonight, to anchor the program from CNBC's HQ. In what is turning into a historic day on Wall Street, the move signals NBC's reliance on its financial cable network. "We are the business and economics division of the... [TVNewser]

New Yorker Column Short on Facts, Long on Attacks of ABC News - Posted September 15, 2008
The New Yorker's Steve Coll spends a column today blasting ABC News over a variety of issues relating to Charlie Gibson's interview with Gov. Sarah Palin. But the overriding theme — that ABC attempted to turn the interview into an entertainment event — appears factually incorrect. Describing ABC's promo of the sit-down... [TVNewser]

Williams Featured at New York Press Club - Posted September 14, 2008
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams will appear at the 60th Anniversary Celebration of the New York Press Club. The ceremony, at the New York Historical Society, takes place September 22 at 6:30pmET. The Press Club will induct its first members into its Hall of Fame. The journalists will be Gabe Pressman of... [TVNewser]

Gibson's Palin Interview: When, Where, How - Posted September 8, 2008
Expect to hear Gov. Sarah Palin answer her first mainstream media questions shortly after 6:30pmET on Thursday this week. Confirmed last night, ABC News' Charlie Gibson was picked by the McCain campaign to conduct the first interview with Palin, and today we learned more details of how it happened and what the... [TVNewser]

Anchors, Networks Stand Up to Cancer - Posted September 6, 2008
The network anchors are finishing up a week that has taken them to three states in four days: Louisiania, Minnesota and California. The Big 3 emceed last night's Stand up to Cancer event. USA today called it, "an unusual alliance" since ABC, CBS and NBC also aired the one hour special... [TVNewser]

Anchor Movement: Network News to St. Paul, Keith Stays in NY - Posted September 2, 2008
As insiders predicted last night in St. Paul, anchors are beginning the trip back from the Gulf Coast region to the RNC as coverage shifts away from Gustav. The three evening news anchors, CBS' Katie Couric, ABC's Charlie Gibson and NBC's Brian Williams, will be back tonight broadcasting from St. Paul. One person... [TVNewser]

Between Politicians and Pundits, Brokaw Aims for New Target - Posted September 2, 2008
NBC's Tom Brokaw is looking forward to a bit of a break post-RNC before this Sunday's Meet the Press, even if it's only for 48 hours. "I'm trying to get back to Montana, before going back to Washington...It's bird hunting season," the former Nightly News anchor tells TVNewser. Brokaw's designs on... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly Pens NBC Script - Posted September 1, 2008
Bill O'Reilly's current syndicated column takes on a familiar topic for him — NBC News and bias. But this time, O'Reilly wonders how a Nightly newscast, "might look sometime soon," by assuming the voice of Brian Williams and writing a mock script. A portion: Our first story tonight is from Andrea Mitchell,... [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]

Network Newscasts From New Orleans - Posted August 31, 2008
All three network newscasts spent significant time covering Hurricane Gustav, and had correspondents in the area. ABC's World News was anchored by Charlie Gibson from the region, CBS' Evening News was anchored by Russ Mitchell in New York and NBC's Nightly News was anchored by Lester Holt in New Orleans. But... [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]

Look Who Dropped In On the Daily Nightly - Posted August 30, 2008
On Brian Williams' Daily Nightly blog, there's a commenter whose added a link to Bill O'Reilly's blog. And on O'Reilly's blog, O'Reilly writes about Williams and other NBC News personalities. The comment is signed "From your friend Bill." Although it's hard to imagine Bill O'Reilly actually left the comment. But if... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly "Almost Sick" Over MSNBC Chyron - Posted August 30, 2008
A chyron appearing on MSNBC yesterday afternoon around 4:15pmET had Bill O'Reilly fired up last night. The chyron read, "How many houses does Palin add to the Republican ticket?" and teased a segment about Palin's finances (apparently it's one house and two properties). Calling it, "One of the most outrageous things that I've... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.29.08 - Posted August 29, 2008
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]

The Networks End 2008 Convention #1 - Posted August 28, 2008
About an hour before Sen. Barack Obama took the stage:Click continued to see the reaction to Obama's first appearance at Invesco, from the field, and some more pics (and a potential Veep spoiler)...... [TVNewser]

Covering Gustav and the Conventions, and Making Sure "Coverage is Even-Steven" - Posted August 28, 2008
With dire predictions of what Tropical Storm Gustav might do, the news networks are in high gear planning for coverage of the potentially catastrophic storm. That also might mean scaled back coverage of the RNC next week, depending on when and where landfall ends up. Last night on MSNBC, Chris Matthews... [TVNewser]

Making the Move — Invesco - Posted August 27, 2008
Sometime around 3amET, the cable and broadcast networks will be making the move to Invesco Field, to set up for Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech. The move was described to us as a "disaster," by an insider today, but it has to be done. ABC News political director David Chalian said it... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (DNC Day 3, PM Ed.): Nightly, Mornings, Post-Conventions... - Posted August 27, 2008
> NBC's Brian Williams sits down with Michelle Obama for an interview to air tonight on Nightly News and on nightly.msnbc.com. > In the photo below, CBS Early Show EP Zev Shalev meets fellow a.m. EP Jim Bell of the Today show today on the floor of the DNC. Bell's... [TVNewser]

Technical Difficulties in Denver - Posted August 25, 2008
With 15,000 journalists, many of the TV variety, descending one city, technical difficulties will arise. NBC has had its share. During Brian Williams' 1pmET hour on MSNBC, Contessa Brewer had to take over coverage from New York. Williams came back a few minutes later explaining, "We lost our audio from Denver. So... [TVNewser]

The End of an Update - Posted August 22, 2008
Did you see that? Today marks the final airing of MSNBC's Olympic Update, which aired for two weeks from 5-7pmET. While enjoying strong ratings from an Olympic coverage lead-in, it amassed largely negative press. Terms like "Amateur Hour," and "Mean-Girl insults," were used, as were statements like, "The two seem to have... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.20.08 - Posted August 20, 2008
Good morning Washington. A little college tear drops in memory of Leroi Moore. 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... [FishBowlDC]

Brian Williams on CCTV Gives Props To His Predecessor - Posted August 16, 2008
NBC's Brian Williams is doing his part as journalist and diplomat while reporting from Bei-jing. This week, he was a guest on CCTV-9, the English language channel from China Central TV. And the host of that show did her research. She asked Williams how he would compare his generation of... [TVNewser]

You Say Beijing, I Say Beijing: Who's Right, Williams or Costas? - Posted August 16, 2008
So, we come to find out, and if you've been listening closely you may have heard it, that the pronunciation of the host city of the XXIX Olympiad hasn't been consistent on NBC. Nightly News anchor Brian Williams calls is Bay-jing. But Bob Costas and Meredith Vieira and others are calling... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (Olympics Edition): CBS, NBC, CNN.com... - Posted August 15, 2008
> Mark Spitz, who's already made the rounds on NBC News, will be a guest on CBS' The Early Show tomorrow morning. In a few hours, Michael Phelps will swim for a chance to tie Spitz' record of seven gold medals. Spitz set that record at the 1972 Munich games.... [TVNewser]

TVNewser Gets It Right, and Nightly News, Well.... - Posted August 12, 2008
Last night, Brian Williams began Nightly News telling viewers, "as far as we can tell and as far looking back this is the first live network evening newscast to originate from here since 1987, the last time NBC Nightly News broadcast from here." If Brian had only checked TVNewser from his Blackberry... [TVNewser]

The Place For.... - Posted August 11, 2008
For the next two weeks MSNBC is calling itself The Place for the Olympics. With as many as 12 hours a day of events then a two-hour wrap up show, politics will take a back seat, relegated to Hardball at 7pmET and Countdown at 8. And while it may take war... [TVNewser]

Nightly's Live Broadcast From Tiananmen Square - Posted August 11, 2008
Brian Williams anchors Sunday's NBC Nightly news from Beijing. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams will originate live from Tiananmen Square tonight (Tuesday morning in Beijing), site of the 1989 uprising that led to the deaths of hundreds of Chinese students, activists and intellectuals. Williams will be joined live by Tom Brokaw... [TVNewser]

Lifetime Achievement for Producer Who Has "Too Much Stuff" Left To Do - Posted August 7, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist With a face young enough for a milk carton, how does Ken Burns qualify for a Lifetime Achievement Award? That's exactly what he thought when he was chosen to receive the accolade at the 29th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in September. PBS's prolific poster boy turned 55 last Tuesday.... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of July 28 - Posted August 5, 2008
Another split decision for the evening newscasts. Nightly News with Brian Williams won in Total Viewers while World News with Charles Gibson won the A25-54 demo last week. Last Monday saw Williams' interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from Tehran, while World News concluded its month-long series Small World, a single sponsor broadcast. NBC... [TVNewser]

That Nightly Guy on the Daily Show - Posted August 1, 2008
In between trips to Tehran and Beijing, NBC's Brian Williams made a trip to the west side of Manhattan and the Daily Show. Williams talked about his interview Monday with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, complete with words braggadocio and raprochment: And it was apparently a night for NBCU on-air talent to make... [TVNewser]

Matt Lauer to Co-Host Beijing Opening Ceremony - Posted August 1, 2008
The NYTimes' Richard Sandomir reports Matt Lauer is being tapped to co-anchor the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics alongside Bob Costas:. Mr. Lauer essentially replaces Brian Williams, anchor of the "NBC Nightly News," who worked with Mr. Costas at the 2006 Winter Games opening ceremony in Turin, Italy. Williams replaced Katie Couric,... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): Abrams, CNN.com, Purple... - Posted July 31, 2008
> MSNBC anchor Dan Abrams will be switching networks and appearing on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight. Abrams is anchoring Verdict from Los Angeles all week. > CNN.com announced Nielsen named it the "No. 1 news gateway" for June. It is the 19th straight month CNN.com is on top. >... [TVNewser]

NBC's George Lewis Reports on His Cancer Treatment - Posted July 31, 2008
Longtime NBC News Los Angeles-based correspondent George Lewis, recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, reported on his treatment yesterday on the Today show and Nightly News. Lewis, on set with Brian Williams, was introduced by the anchor: "There are a few people who reported from as many places for NBC News as our... [TVNewser]

The Soundtrack to CNN's American Morning - Posted July 31, 2008
The Daily Show took on the curious bump-in music choices made by CNN's American Morning (a practice, admittedly, employed by many networks) last night. Jon Stewart had some suggestions for the program — for example, not using "Changes" by David Bowie for stories ranging from credit cards to China. We're not sure what... [TVNewser]

Cablers Cover LA Earthquake - Posted July 29, 2008
The cable news channels are covering the aftermath of a 5.8 earthquake (now downgraded to 5.4) centered 29 miles east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The quake struck 11:42amPT. MSNBC's Dan Abrams phoned in from West Hollywood while NBC's Chris Jansing reported from the Burbank bureau. "There was definitely a shift that... [TVNewser]

NBC's Access in Tehran A First For American Network - Posted July 28, 2008
NBC's Brian Williams wrapped up his interview with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in time for clips to air on the Today show. Williams told anchor Matt Lauer, "we're broadcasting from the grounds of the presidential compound in Tehran via an American television network on live television. That's never happened before." Williams will... [TVNewser]

The Big Story in Canada? That U.S. Network - Posted July 28, 2008
The Saturday cover story of Canada's Globe and Mail was about the business angle of NBC's upcoming Olympian effort: "a $1-billion cross-platform laboratory designed to capture the exact destination of viewers and prove to advertisers that network television still has the power to reverse trends and reclaim lost viewers." The piece... [TVNewser]

Williams to Interview Ahmadinejad - Posted July 25, 2008
After a quick trip home, Brian Williams will be back on the road this weekend to interview Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Williams and his team will travel to Iran this weekend, with the interview taking place in Tehran on Monday. Excerpts will air on the Today show, MSNBC and msnbc.com. Williams... [TVNewser]

Critiquing the Press and Their Obama Coverage - Posted July 25, 2008
WaPo's Howard Kurtz sums up the media coverage of Barack Obama's week abroad; what the trip meant for the candidate and the press following him. ...even as the likes of NBC's Andrea Mitchell and ABC's Jake Tapper rose to press the Democratic candidate on Tuesday, television viewers back home heard nothing but... [TVNewser]

Obama Makes "Victory" Speech - Posted July 24, 2008
The cablers were live from Berlin this hour, as Sen. Barack Obama made his much talked about speech at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park. With the sun setting and a crowd of more than 100,000, Obama had the cablers locked in for almost an hour:... [TVNewser]

Was Scarborough Actually Aiming at Anderson? - Posted July 24, 2008
When MSNBC's Joe Scarborough talked about how "a couple of hosts" ran with the story of Sen. John McCain's "gaffe" Tuesday night, many people thought he was talking about Keith Olbermann. Scarborough told TVNewser yesterday, "That is simply not true." And today, on Morning Joe, he pointed to an anchor on... [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]

Terry Moran Gets Obama In Baghdad - Posted July 21, 2008
A day after CBS's Lara Logan got an interview with Barack Obama in Afghanistan, ABC's Terry Moran gets the sit-down interview with Obama in Baghdad. It will be Obama's only television interview from Iraq. Portions will air on World News with the entire interview on Nightline. Moran also got the first sit-down... [TVNewser]

And the First Obama Overseas Interview Goes To... - Posted July 20, 2008
CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Lara Logan, who just relocated to Washington DC, was the first correspondent to interview Barack Obama during his just-begun, but much talked-about overseas trip. The discussion happened today in Afghanistan and aired this morning on Face the Nation and on CBS Evening News. Politico's Mike... [TVNewser]

Forrest Sawyer To Anchor CBS Evening News This Weekend - Posted July 19, 2008
The Inside Scoop page on CBSNews.com reveals that Forrest Sawyer will be anchoring the CBS Evening News tonight and tomorrow night. Sawyer spent 11 years at ABC News, he then moved to MSNBC where he anchored election coverage in 2000 as well as other special reports. He was also Brian Williams'... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 07.18.08 - Posted July 18, 2008
Good morning Washington. Above, Luke Russert and James Carville spearhead XM radio's coverage of the MLB All-Star Game. 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... [FishBowlDC]

Brian, Charlie, Katie To Report on Obama Overseas - Posted July 17, 2008
The New York Times' Jim Rutenberg reports that when Barack Obama heads for Iraq and other locations overseas this summer, NBC's Brian Williams is planning to catch up with him in person, as are the other two evening news anchors, Charles Gibson of ABC, and Katie Couric of CBS. And while... [TVNewser]

Tony Snow Tributes - Posted July 14, 2008
Earlier on FishbowlDC: "In Memoriam: Tony Snow" Join us after the jump for a round-up of remembrances of Tony Snow, who passed away on Saturday.... [FishBowlDC]

Tony Snow's Death: Brian Williams Statement - Posted July 12, 2008
Statement from NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams: When I lost my own Sister to breast cancer, Tony was among the first to contact me to offer comfort. He faced his own struggle with the bravery of an infantryman. He was a rare combination of true believer and honest broker — and... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Haddad, Logan, Clinton... - Posted July 11, 2008
> Steve Forrest, the Access Hollywood producer who landed the exclusive the mainstream media couldn't get, appears today on Tammy Haddad's radio show at 1pmET. It broadcasts on XM channel POTUS08, and can be heard online here. Update: Maria Menounos, who conducted the interview, will be a guest on the program... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams To The Rescue - Posted July 10, 2008
Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was busy this afternoon. Sure, he had to prepare for anchoring the number one evening newscast, but he also had a fire to fight. (update: okay, this is tongue-in-cheek...he didn't actually go over to fight the fire.) Williams writes on his Daily Nightly blog about hearing there... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of June 30 - Posted July 8, 2008
The Fourth of July holiday week was not kind to the network evening newscasts. All three were down week-to-week, NBC & ABC both down more than 600K Total Viewers. Last week was also the lowest ever Total Viewer and A25-54 delivery for World News with Charles Gibson since the start of... [TVNewser]

Q2 2008 Ratings: Meet Still on Top - Posted July 4, 2008
NBC's Meet the Press saw its best second quarter ratings since 2004 in Total Viewers, and was the top rated Sunday morning show for the 43rd consecutive quarter in the category. The show has undergone a transformation since the death of its longtime moderator Tim Russert. Last week marked the first for... [TVNewser]

The Garden State and Brian Williams - Posted July 3, 2008
"I see down below in the Meadowlands two guys definitely up to no good. They're about to take someone or something out of the trunk. And I just thought to myself, Man, I love the Garden State." That would be NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who loosens his proverbial tie and... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 03.07.08 - Posted March 7, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | JOBS You think Hillary can still score the Democratic nomination. NEWSPAPERS "Does the Greenhouse Defect Signal a 'Times' Brain Drain?" The Pew Weekly News Interest Index shows, "As is often the case with campaign news, voters say they would like to see more coverage of... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.25.08 - Posted February 25, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | JOBS Most of you would prefer Barack Obama as an editor in the newsroom. Regarding the poll, a reader writes in, "i just voted for obama in your poll as the person i'd rather have... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.12.08 - Posted February 12, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's the birthday of Abe Lincoln and Sen. Arlen Specter. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS It is close, but most of you think that MSNBC handled the Shuster/Pimp episode "Appropriately...he deserved what he got" REVOLVING... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.31.08 - Posted January 31, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's the birthday of Jackie Robinson and Justin Timberlake. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS You think swearing in the office is absolutely allowed. REVOLVING DOOR Adam Blickstein is the new Press Secretary for the... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.28.08 - Posted January 28, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's the birthday of President Sarkozy and Nick Carter. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | RADIO | JOBS You think facial hair is gross. REVOLVING DOOR CongressNow announced that Vicki Needham is the new staff writer covering budget and appropriations. Top of post NEWSPAPERS Kurtz: "Team... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.25.08 - Posted January 24, 2008
Good morning Washington. Five years ago, the Department of Homeland Security opened its doors. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | JOBS Most of you, almost all of you, have invested money in stocks. REVOLVING DOOR "Kathleen O'Malley, an assistant national editor at the Washington Times,... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.14.08 - Posted January 14, 2008
Good morning Washington. On this day in 1952, the "Today" show premiered, in 1973 the Dolphins became the only one of only two NFL teams to go undefeated during the regular season, and in 2004, President Bush announced we're going to Mars. (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio). Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR |... [FishBowlDC]

Williams Addresses Cowan's Comments - Posted January 9, 2008
Brian Williams took to his Daily Nightly blog to address the story sparked by FishbowlDC's post yesterday about remarks made by NBC's Lee Cowan, who said that it's "hard to remain objective covering" Sen. Barack Obama. Says Williams: I see from a tour of the web that we find ourselves in the position... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.26.07 - Posted November 26, 2007
Good morning Washington. Brian Williams would have been a good Thanksgiving dinner guest. "Channel 5 Is Losing News Chief To CNN" An ABC release announced, "For the week of November 12-16, 'World News with Charles Gibson' averaged 9.08 million Total Viewers and a 2.2/8 among Adults 25-54. The ABC broadcast tied for 1st... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.11.07 - Posted October 11, 2007
Good morning Washington. Joe Biden is your choice for POTUS. TVGuide interviews Chris Matthews. Via Wednesday's "Wake Up Call!": "But what's most noteworthy, of course, as we watched the candidates come out on stage, and Fred Thompson was standing there in the middle, is just how tall he is" -- Norah O'Donnell, on noteworthiness ("Hardball").... [FishBowlDC]

Reiss To Replace Haddad On "Hardball"? - Posted October 8, 2007
TVNewser reports that John Reiss is on the shortlist to replace Tammy Haddad as executive producer of "Hardball." Reiss was let go as NBC Nightly News executive producer in March by Brian Williams and we hear that it was a rather rough split. Question: Does Chris Matthews even want an E.P.? Would he... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.04.07 - Posted October 4, 2007
Good morning Washington. Trader Joes edged out Whole Foods as the grocery store du jour. An NBC release announced, "As the competitive gap between 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams' and ABC 'World News' continues to narrow, 'Nightly News' became the most-watched network evening newscast during the week of September 24-28, 2007." NBC also... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 08.30.07 - Posted August 30, 2007
Good morning Washington. You're completely torn on the journalists dating journalists issue. The Pew Weekly News Interest Index shows, "Michael Vick's legal troubles attracted a large news audience last week. ... While 69% of whites say the press has been fair in the way it has covered this story, only 38% of blacks... [FishBowlDC]

Torch-Passing, TVNewser Style - Posted July 26, 2007
For a couple hours, the back room at Michael's was transformed into a television news executive bender, a happy hour in honor of our outgoing TVNewser, Brian Stelter [right], and incoming TVNewser, er, 'Newsers: Chris Ariens, Diane Clehane, Alissa Kinsky and Philadelphia Inquirer TV columnist and Katie Couric nemesis Gail Shister. Some... [FishBowlNY]

The Ticker: Donaldson, Girl Cubed, Nightly - Posted July 24, 2007
> Sam Donaldson will lead the Vote 2008 political coverage on ABC's Digital Channel "ABC News Now." Coverage includes original programming, "backstage vlogs" at the two debates on ABC in August, and the re-airing of those debates on August 5th & 19th. > Obama Girl, Hillary Girl and Giuliani... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of July 16 - Posted July 24, 2007
For the first time in 12 weeks, NBC Nightly News has won the ratings race. The Brian Williams broadcast outdrew World News with Charles Gibson by 290,000 total viewers. ABC News points out Gibson was off last week. Also, World News aired out of its normal time period... [TVNewser]

Gen. Wayne Downing, NBC Analyst, Dies - Posted July 18, 2007
Gen. Wayne Downing, a frequent NBC News military analyst, has died.In a message to NBC staffers this morning, Elena Nachmanoff called him "a friend and colleague to many people at NBC News."She wrote: "General Downing collapsed at his home in Peoria on Monday and was taken to Proctor Hospital. Doctors discovered... [TVNewser]

Big 3 Emmy Noms: Nightly On Top - Posted July 17, 2007
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams leads his evening competitors when it comes to the Emmy awards race. Of its 14 total News & Documentary nominations, 9 are for Nightly. The remaining nominations went to Dateline and the Today show. World News with Charles Gibson has 4 of ABC's 15... [TVNewser]

GE Chief Pulls Plug On Paris, Brian Williams Helps - Posted June 25, 2007
Late last week, it appeared NBC locked up Paris Hilton to a $1 million deal. But sources tell The New York Post that General Electric CEO & Chairman Jeff Immelt personally pulled the plug. "This is the latest in a series of p.r. debacles for NBC - Imus and the... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 06.05.07 - Posted June 5, 2007
Good morning Washington. Christian Science Monitor's John Edward Ames writes, "Reporters used to strive for accuracy, brevity, and clarity. Now it's suspense, setting, and back story." C-SPAN continues coverage of Campaign 2008 with plans to air live coverage of the New Hampshire Republican Party Dinner on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on C-SPAN... [FishBowlDC]

Inside The Time 100 Party - Posted May 9, 2007
America Ferrera and John Mayer It's arguably the most exclusive magazine party of the year. (Graydon Carter's Vanity's Fair Oscar party perhaps being the other.) John Edwards mingled with John Mayer. Sir Richard Branson (just back from dogsledding in Alaska) commandeered the corner of the bar like a Virgin spaceship, and allowed... [FishBowlNY]

Inquiring Minds Want To Know... - Posted May 7, 2007
We've had a few people ask us "what was up" with the Politico's John Harris and his long walks across the stage during Thursday's MSNBC debate. We can't quite dig up the video, but Harris would walk across the stage in order to get closer to a candidate he planned on... [FishBowlDC]

The 'Killer' Backlash Against NBC 'Pornography' - Posted April 20, 2007
As Brian Williams said on Wednesday, airing the Virginia Tech shooter's "manifesto" was a "sick business," and has turned into more than a bit of a P.R. nightmare for the peacock network. Here's a brief timeline/summary of the heat on NBC: Wednesday 6:00PM EST: NBC Nightly News went on the air with... [FishBowlNY]

Couric, Kristof To Host Overseas Press Club Awards - Posted April 20, 2007
CBS News chief Sean McManus and Couric last summer Katie Couric may be mired in third place and has yet to set foot in Iraq, but she's getting the honor rival Brian Williams had last year: hosting the Overseas Press Club Awards in New York. New York Times op-ed columnist Nick Kristof —... [FishBowlNY]

Partying With The King - Posted April 19, 2007
King and his wife flank the Trumps The short hallway between the "Pool Room" and bar acted as a sort of cosmic, generational media portal last night at the Four Seasons, where a pair of cocktail parties — one celebrating Larry King's 50 years in broadcasting (a.k.a the "old people room"), the... [FishBowlNY]

'Killer' Coverage - Posted April 19, 2007
Media notes on the bizarre twist in the Va. Tech shooter case: NYT: The package sent by the killer to NBC forced the network to make "tough decisions," many orchestrated by NBC News prez Steve Capus. It arrived yesterday at NBC headquarters in New York and was almost immediately flagged as suspicious,... [FishBowlNY]

Brian Williams Continues Passive-Aggressive Assault On Bronx, Brooklyn Bloggers - Posted April 11, 2007
First, it was his crack about an NBC page listening to a podcast at the Overseas Press Club Awards dinner. Then, it was his suggestion of "you" at Time magazine's Person Of The Year luncheon ("We're choosing cat videos over well thought-out, well-reported evening newscasts ... Look at the shows that... [FishBowlNY]

Onion News Net Gets 400,000 Plays On First Day - Posted March 29, 2007
We doubt Brian Williams is losing sleep over Onion launches, but with 400,000-plus plays during ONN's first day, it should be enough to give Katie Couric pause. Onion president Sean Mills told FBNY the early returns had been "fantastic," and he was pleased, even though "we really tried not to have... [FishBowlNY]

Times Corrects Stanley's Gibson 'Swipe' — One Of Them, At Least - Posted March 9, 2007
Following yesterday's Alessandra Stanley column on Brian Williams' Iraq anchoring and subsequent note from an ABC News SVP calling the column "gratuitous and unfounded" in its depection of Charles Gibson, you knew this was coming: The TV Watch column yesterday about reports from Iraq by the NBC anchor Brian Williams, and the... [FishBowlNY]

ABC News SVP Slams Times' Stanley: A 'Gratuitous and Unfounded Swipe' - Posted March 8, 2007
Alessandra Stanley sneaks in a few zingers on Charles Gibson at the end her Times piece today on Brian Williams' Iraq tour: Mr. Gibson hasn't exactly overexerted himself in his new job. He covered the State of the Union address from his desk in New York, and also stayed put when tornadoes... [FishBowlNY]

Alex Wallace Named EP Of NBC Nightly News - Posted March 5, 2007
MEMO from Steve Capus President, NBC News Subject: Nighty News Executive Producer NBC News, today, begins a new era with an outstanding announcement. Alex Wallace has been named executive producer of the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. As you know, Alex has been my primary deputy in the front office, serving as a... [FishBowlNY]

Brian Williams: 'A Reporter, Not A Cowboy' - Posted March 5, 2007
Brian Williams is in Iraq. "The decision to come here was mine." Bono is apparently not with him. Good line from NBC News president Steve Capus, lifted from his exchange with "Howie" Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources over the weekend: KURTZ: Steve, did you have any reservations about sending your anchor into a... [FishBowlNY]

Killing Time - Posted March 2, 2007
In next week's New York magazine, pg. 46: The Time of Their Lives (p. 46) by Joe Hagan John Huey and Richard Stengel, besieged by economic forces pulling one of journalism's most storied institutions toward obsolescence, are blowing up Time magazine in an all-out effort to save its life. Hagan, you'll recall, was called... [FishBowlNY]

Poll: Who Will 'Get' Bald Britney? - Posted February 23, 2007
So, which television network and/or talkster has the inside track to what has to be the most salivatingly sought-after interview of 2007? At least we know it won't be Brian Williams.... [FishBowlNY]

Brian Williams Takes Anti-Britney-Anna Stance | Graydon's Oscar Party | Obama In L.A. - Posted February 21, 2007
Obama: And moguls in L.A. [Pop Matters] The Power of Anna: Transcends celebrity weeklies' deadlines. [WWD] Grey's Anatomy Spin-off: Reportedly in works at ABC. [WSJ via ETP] Libby Trial: Winds down, jury deliberates. [Bloomberg] Condé Nast's Photo-blographer Schuman: Heir to Bill Cunningham's throne? [NYO] New York 'Internet Addict': Sues over... [FishBowlNY]

Taking Out The Trash, 02.06.07 - Posted February 6, 2007
Most of you have no interest Sunday talk shows. Too early in the morning? Fox gets the Giuliani love on his big presidential announcement day. B&C reports that MSNBC GM Dan Abrams said, "We want to be ahead of CNN, and I expect that we will be within the year." (Hat Tip: TVNewser) Fox's... [FishBowlDC]

Media's Obama-mania Pauses For Hil'ville - Posted January 22, 2007
Hillary Clinton's television media schedule, next 24 hours: NBC Nightly News (Brian Williams interviews) ABC's World News (Charles Gibson) CBS Evening News (Katie Couric) Today (TBD) EARLIER: Obama Media Mania: He Inhaled, And The Heat's Picked Up Museum Of Sex To Unveil Hillary Clinton's Presidential 'Bust'... [FishBowlNY]

Taking Out The Trash, 01.22.07 - Posted January 22, 2007
Oooh! George Stephanopolous beat out Tim Russert. Will the ratings say the same? An NBC release announced that "Meet The Press with Tim Russert" topped "the competition in all categories during the week ending Sunday, January 14," attracting 4.511 million total viewers. That is 30% more than CBS's "Face the Nation", 44%... [FishBowlDC]

Katie Couric: I Was The Only Skirt At White House Meeting Before Bush Speech - Posted January 18, 2007
From Katie Couric's CBS News blog comes this missive on the state of women in television news journalism, 2007: Last Wednesday, President Bush gave his address to the country about "the new way forward" for Iraq, and lots of journalists—including me, of course—were in Washington to cover it. But before the Big... [FishBowlNY]

YouTube Becomes 'DeathTube' For Saddam - Posted January 2, 2007
Where are those cat videos now, Brian Williams? We avidly track YouTube's most-watched videos page, and it seems YouTube turned a yet another corner with Saddam Hussein's "hasty" hanging this weekend. The networks — like one TVNewser "insider" surmised — seemed to react to what footage was surfacing on YouTube and elsewhere,... [FishBowlNY]

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