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Morning Reading List 07.02.09 - Posted 2 days, 2 hours ago
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to NYT's Peter Baker and a big congratulations to Roll Call's David Meyers, whose daughter Sophie Rose Meyers was born on June 16th--... [FishBowlDC]

NBC Gains, As ABC and CBS Shed Evening News Viewers - Posted 2 days, 23 hours ago
As viewers for two of the three network newscasts drop off, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams has grown in viewership over the last year, and had its best Q2 in three years. The broadcast added 86,000 viewers in the second quarter of 2009 vs. Q2 '08. Not huge growth, but... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams Keeps Newbie Dylan Ratigan in Line - Posted 4 days, 22 hours ago
So, this is D-Day on MSNBC. Debut day for two new dayside shows and the network's roll-out in HD. It's a roll-out in that the channel is not yet available in HiDef on all cable systems, including Manhattan's Time Warner cable. Anyway, the Newscast Studio blog has some screengrabs of the... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of June 15 - Posted June 23, 2009
The week of June 15, 2009 will go down as the lowest-rated for two of the three network evening newscasts as far back as the records go - the 1991-92 season. The CBS Evening News dipped below 5m Total Viewers for the first time and ABC World News was below 6.5m... [TVNewser]

Networks to Carry Obama News Conference - Posted June 22, 2009
Pres. Obama has called a Rose Garden news conference for tomorrow at 12:30pmET. ABC, CBS and NBC will all cover with main anchors Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams. Additionally, Fox News' Shepard Smith will provide a special report for FOX affiliates. This is Pres. Obama's fourth solo news conference; his... [TVNewser]

Networks to Carry Obama News Conference - Posted June 22, 2009
Pres. Obama has called a Rose Garden news conference for tomorrow at 12:30pmET. ABC, CBS and NBC will all cover with main anchors Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams. This is Pres. Obama's fourth solo news conference; his first not in prime time.... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Williams, Simon, Wapner... - Posted June 22, 2009
> "Welcome to the Nantucket Film Festival — where Jews come to be honored," cracked NBC's Brian Williams, as he emceed the annual Film Festival this weekend. The event honored actor/director Harold Ramis. "I never thought I'd say this but how do you follow Brian Williams?," joked Ramis. > NPR's... [TVNewser]

President Obama Cracks Up RTCA Dinner Audience, But Not As Much As He Cracks Himself Up - Posted June 21, 2009
President Obama was certainly a hit with the RTCA dinner audience on Friday night, cracking jokes at the expense of Chuck Todd, Brian Williams and Wolf Blitzer-- but no seemed to laugh as hard as the President himself. Check out some of his best lines: • I have to admit, though,... [FishBowlDC]

Obama at Press Dinner: "I Know Where My Bread is Buttered" - Posted June 20, 2009
In case you missed it last night, here's Pres. Obama at the Radio & TV Correspondents Dinner: "It wasn't easy coming up with fresh material for this dinner. A few nights ago, I was up tossing and turning trying to figure out exactly what to say. Finally, when I couldn't get... [TVNewser]

ABC Pre-Special Chatter: TV Critics Weigh In - Posted June 18, 2009
That ABC health care special broadcast Wednesday from the White House? People are still talking. • Time Magazine's James Poniewozik had to scrap his print column this week ("death of print — why can't you come sooner!"), so he wrote a blog on the subject instead. "The test of the news special... [TVNewser]

Nightly News...Now With Walking - Posted June 18, 2009
The blog Newscast Studio, which is about...well, newscasts and their studios... writes about last night's Nightly News with Brian Williams. The first segment originated from the NBC newsroom so it included roving reporters and camera operators, with the occasional light box or handheld camera getting in the way. I still give them... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of June 8 - Posted June 16, 2009
Updated Wednesday at NoonET: ABC's new average has been calculated. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top-rated evening newscast last week, for the 35th consecutive time in Total Viewers (and 29th in the A25-54 demo). NBC's ratings are based on a three-day average due to the NHL Finals. ABC's are based... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of June 8 - Posted June 16, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top-rated evening newscast last week, for the 35th consecutive time in Total Viewers (and 29th in the A25-54 demo). NBC's ratings are based on a three-day average due to the NHL Finals. ABC's are based on a two-day average due to the NBA Finals... [TVNewser]

ABC Asks Nielsen to Investigate After Low 'World News' Friday - Posted June 16, 2009
Breaking: TVNewser has learned ABC is asking Nielsen to investigate their "World News" ratings for Friday - the day of the DTV switch. Insiders tell us Friday's Total Viewer number was 4.09 million - that's off from a 7.34 million Total Viewer average the show had been putting up on Friday's... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of June 1 - Posted June 9, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the #1 evening newscast again last week with a more than 800,000 viewer lead over #2 World News with Charles Gibson. And with an average of 5.18M Total Viewers, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric had its lowest viewership yet. In fact, it's... [TVNewser]

CNN's John King on Obama/Conan Plug: "Way Over the Line" - Posted June 5, 2009
CNN's John King went on Steve Malzberg's radio show today. Malzberg, often a guest on cable news, asked King whether he would have done what NBC's Brian Williams did the other day -- use interview time for a late night comedy bit. Malzberg: You're sitting down with the President. You have unlimited... [TVNewser]

NBC's "White House" Part II Draws 9 Million Viewers - Posted June 4, 2009
Part II of NBC's "Inside the Obama White House" drew about 150,000 fewer viewers than part I. But the Brian Williams-reported special drew the biggest Total Viewer audience at 9pm for the network since last October. The show brought in just shy of 9 million Total Viewers (8.965m) and grew... [TVNewser]

Filmmaker John Ziegler Critical Of Obama Press Coverage On The Menu - Posted June 4, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, filmmaker John Ziegler didn't hold back his opinions about press coverage of President Barack Obama. "The speech that he gave this morning in Egypt was just flabbergasting. And of course as always he's being greeted by 80 percent of the media as another... [FishBowlNY]

Ziegler: "Monica Lewinsky Never Dreamed of Doing to Bill Clinton Some of the Things Brian Williams Did to Barack Obama" - Posted June 4, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu we were joined by filmmaker John Ziegler. He's currently touring the country (in Boston today) with his film "Media Malpractice," about the 2008 presidential election. What does he thinks of media coverage since Pres. Obama has taken office? "I think the answer is pretty... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Brainch, Camerota, Williams... - Posted June 3, 2009
> CNBC has appointed new head for Asia-Pacific operations. Satpal Brainch, the global CFO for CNBC will take over from Jeremy Pink who left Singapore and is now SVP of CNBC based in New Jersey. > FNC's Alisyn Camerota has been named Celebrity Mom of the Year by the Mom's... [TVNewser]

'Inside The Obama White House' Draws 9.1M Total Viewers - Posted June 3, 2009
Part I of "Inside the Obama White House" drew 9.12 million Total Viewers placing second in the time period behind CBS' The Mentalist in Total Viewers but coming in first in both the A18-49 and A18-34 demos The Brian Williams-reported program built on its "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here"... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 06.03.09 - Posted June 3, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Happy Birthday to Mix 107.3's Tommy McFly! Another Happy Birthday goes to Elizabeth Thorp, celebrating this weekend. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. What we know and what we're reading this... [FishBowlDC]

Pres. Obama: "I Don't Find Most of the Cable Chatter Persuasive" - Posted June 2, 2009
During tonight's NBC News special "Inside the Obama White House," as the president and Brian Williams were driving to get burgers, Williams asked Pres. Obama whether when he's watching cable TV and lands on a news channel and sees a debate underway about him, does he stop and watch? I generally don't.... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of May 25 - Posted June 2, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top-rated evening newscast last week in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. Week-to-week, NBC and ABC grew in Total Viewers, while NBC and CBS grew in the demo. Year-to-year, just CBS maintained its demo delivery. Monday's broadcast was excluded from all three networks... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 06.02.09 - Posted June 2, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. That's the top of a ferry boat on the shore of Nassau in the Bahamas- can't escape politics or DC on vacation. Happy Birthday to... [FishBowlDC]

Brian Williams On White House Access: "We Were Pretty Stunned At How Much We Were Able To Record" - Posted June 1, 2009
In advance of the NBC News special "Inside the Obama White House" — set to air tomorrow and Wednesday at 9pmET — Brian Williams tells The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz that among the 150 hours of footage shot for the program, "there's stuff we've never seen of how the White House... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 06.01.09 - Posted June 1, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Catching up on birthdays... Happy Birthday to Pete Seat, CBS' Frank Thorp. What we know and what we're reading this Monday morning... TV | MAGAZINES |... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker: Beck, Pauley, Williams... - Posted May 29, 2009
> Glenn Beck is profiled in the Denver Post ahead of his road show which kicks off Monday in Denver to a sold-out crowd. "The people in the mountain west get it, generally," he tells the Post. "They're going to be the ones that step to the plate and slap... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of May 18 - Posted May 27, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams has reached the half-year mark for consecutive A25-54 demo wins, finishing first for the 26th time last week. However it is the third consecutive week ABC World News with Charles Gibson has narrowed the gap between the programs, with a demo difference of just 170,000... [TVNewser]

NBC News Goes "Inside Obama White House" For Prime Time Special - Posted May 26, 2009
Brian Williams anchors an NBC News special "Inside the Obama White House" which will air in one-hour installments next Tuesday and Wednesday night at 9pmET/PT. More than a dozen crews and cameras will be placed throughout the White House this Friday. And Williams will interview Pres. Obama next Tuesday, the day... [TVNewser]

Peabody Awards: NPR, Washington Week, NYT.com and CNN Honored - Posted May 19, 2009
NBC's Brian Williams hosted the Peabody Awards on May 18th in New York. Winners included Washington Week's Gwen Ifill, the NYT website, and CNN for their "Coverage of 2008 Presidential Primary and Debates." NPR snagged three. Click here for the full list of winners. Embedded video from CNN Video ... [FishBowlDC]

Evening News Ratings: Week of May 11 - Posted May 19, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top-rated evening newscast last week, in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. All three networks declined week-to-week in Total Viewers, while ABC and CBS grew week-to-week in the demo. It was the smallest demo gap between first place NBC and 2nd place ABC... [TVNewser]

From SNL and YouTube to CBS and CNN: Peabody Awards Handed Out To 36 - Posted May 18, 2009
36 awards were handed out today in New York City at the 68th annual Peabody Awards. The master of ceremonies, NBC's Brian Williams (a previous winner himself), said the Peabody is "considered one of the most important awards," and the wide array of winners represented all sectors of entertainment. In the... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of May 4 - Posted May 12, 2009
For the 30th consecutive week, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top-rated evening newscast in Total Viewers last week. But it's getting closer. ABC World News with Charles Gibson pulled to the smallest difference between the two programs since the week of November 3 — more than six months... [TVNewser]

President Obama To WHCD Crowd: "All Of You Voted For Me" (Except Fox) - Posted May 10, 2009
WHCA President Jennifer Loven and President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. President Barack Obama was certainly a hit last night, opening with a teleprompter joke and cracking himself up. Here are some highlights: On his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: "Arlen, you know what I always say, 'If you can't... [FishBowlDC]

"Hardball" EP Named MSNBC EP of Political Programming Too - Posted May 7, 2009
"Hardball" executive producer John Reiss has additionally taken on the role of executive producer of political programming at MSNBC. He'll oversee "Hardball," "The Ed Show" and the cable station's other political programs. Reiss was previously the EP of "Nightly News with Brian Williams." MSNBC's press release after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

John Reiss Upped at MSNBC - Posted May 7, 2009
"Hardball" EP John Reiss has added the title of executive producer of MSNBC's Political Programming. Reiss will continue on "Hardball" while also overseeing "The Ed Show" and other MSNBC political programs. Reiss joined MSNBC in 2007 after serving as EP of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams from 2005 until March of... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of April 27 - Posted May 7, 2009
Nightly News with Brian Williams won the week in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. The NBC broadcast as well as ABC's World News with Charles Gibson gained viewers week-over-week. CBS Evening News with Katie Couric was down slightly in Total Viewers but up in A25-54 viewers week-over-week. Total Viewers: NBC:... [TVNewser]

Network Newsers Reflect on First 100 Days - Posted May 4, 2009
David Bauder of The Associated Press talks to a member of each network news organization about President Obama's first 100 days and recent polls which look at how the current administration has been covered: ABC World News EP Jon Banner: "My eyes are always open to everything, including studies like these. I... [TVNewser]

Covering the Chrysler Bankruptcy - Posted April 30, 2009
Among the big three networks, only NBC News produced a network special report on the Chrysler news from the White House with Brian Williams anchoring. ABC News and CBS News carried it on their respective Websites. The cable news and business networks broadcast the news event just after noonET, as expected. CNN... [TVNewser]

Obama's 100th Day Media Preview - Posted April 29, 2009
UPDATED: As you know, TODAY marks the President's first 100 days in office. FBDC has compiled a list of coverage, events and/or special reports for the event. We'll continue updating throughout the day so send us your organization's info and plans to be added to the mix. Last Night... [FishBowlDC]

Obama's 100th Day Media Preview - Posted April 28, 2009
As you know, tomorrow marks the President's first 100 days in office. FBDC has compiled a list of expected coverage, events and/or special reports for tomorrow. We'll continue updating throughout the day so send us your organization's info and plans to be added to the mix. Tonight On ABC's... [FishBowlDC]

Evening News Ratings: Week of April 20 - Posted April 28, 2009
"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was the most-watched network evening newscast again last week, winning in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. This is the 28th consecutive weekly win in Total Viewers and the 22nd straight week in A25-54 viewers. Total Viewers: NBC: 8,100,000 / ABC: 7,430,000 / CBS: 5,750,000 25-54 demo:... [TVNewser]

Celebrating The "Superior Species" - Posted April 27, 2009
Meredith Vieira is a BFOM: a "Big Fan of Matrix." The Today show anchor not only emceed this year's Matrix Awards, honoring extraordinary achievements by women in the communications industry, she is also a past winner. "This is a room full of such accomplished women, it's a little mind-boggling," Vieira told TVNewser... [TVNewser]

ABC, NBC, CBS Will Carry Obama News Conference — FOX Won't - Posted April 27, 2009
The big three broadcasters will air Pres. Barack Obama's news conference Wednesday night at 8pmET, the 100th day of the Obama administration. But one network will not cover the news conference — FOX. Repeated calls to FOX to check on their plans went unanswered this afternoon, but THR's James Hibberd has a... [TVNewser]

"30 Rock" Allows NBC Newsers To Play Against Type - Posted April 24, 2009
"30 Rock" has brought a sort of pseudo-reality to NBC, where the network is owned by Scheinhardt Wig Company and executives can oversee both television and microwave oven programming. It also provides a place for NBC News personalities to...expand their horizons. Meredith Vieira was part of the plot in last week's show,... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.24.09 - Posted April 24, 2009
Photo by Getty Images Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 95 covering the Obama administration and week 12 for us. What we know and what we're reading this Friday morning... NEWSPAPERS... [FishBowlDC]

ABC World News Wins Overseas Award - Posted April 23, 2009
ABC News picked up an Overseas Press Club Award last night — the only broadcast network to win an award. World News with Charles Gibson won for the David Kaplan Award for best TV spot news reporting from abroad. The winning series of segments, "China's Earthquake," featured correspondents Stephanie Sy and Neal... [TVNewser]

Anchor Chairs: The White House Seating Chart - Posted April 23, 2009
As part of a TIME photo essay — "Obama's First 100 Days: Behind-the-Scenes Photos" — the magazine features a pic of the seating chart used for February's White House press luncheon. The guest list included ABC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, CBS' Katie Couric and Bob Schieffer, NBC's Brian Williams and David... [TVNewser]

Anchor Chairs: The White House Seating Chart - Posted April 23, 2009
As part of a TIME photo essay — "Obama's First 100 Days: Behind-the-Scenes Photos" — Time.com features a pic of the seating chart used for February's White House press luncheon. The guest list included ABC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, CBS' Katie Couric and Bob Schieffer, NBC's Brian Williams and David Gregory,... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of April 13 - Posted April 21, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was once again the top evening newscast last week, for the 27th consecutive week in Total Viewers and 21st in the A25-54 demo. All three networks grew week-to-week, while NBC and ABC World News were up in the demo. ABC narrowed the Total Viewer gap for... [TVNewser]

Covering Columbine: 10 Years Later - Posted April 20, 2009
10 years ago today, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered their high school in a Denver suburb, looking to kill hundreds of their classmates. On the cablers and networks today, the Columbine story was revisited. The story is significant for television news, as Poynter's Al Tompkins told the AP: "Cable news... [TVNewser]

How The Evening Newscasts Covered the Tea Parties - Posted April 15, 2009
• NBC Nightly News led with two stories on tax day. Lee Cowan reported on the tea parties while Savannah Guthrie reported on the White House message of middle class tax cuts. In his open, Brian Williams said the tea parties were, "organized on the Internet and by some cable TV... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams Talks With Captain of the USS Bainbridge - Posted April 13, 2009
NBC's Brian Williams conducted an interview this afternoon with Commander Frank X. Castellano, pictured here with Capt. Richard Phillips on Sunday. Cmdr. Castellano is the captain of USS Bainbridge, which welcomed Capt. Phillips after his four-day hostage ordeal in the Indian Ocean. The only other interview Castellano has done is with... [TVNewser]

Mark Whitaker: The FishbowlDC Interview - Posted April 7, 2009
Say hello "good afternoon, Sir" to Mark Whitaker. One of the most powerful players in news media, Whitaker is Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News... but I didn't need to tell you that. What does your morning reading list include? In print, I read The New... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 04.07.09 - Posted April 7, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 78 covering the Obama administration and week ten for us. President Obama made a surprise trip to Baghdad this morning. Above, that was Sarah... [FishBowlDC]

Brian Williams to Receive Cronkite Award - Posted April 6, 2009
Brian Williams has been named this year's recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Williams will receive the 26th Cronkite Award from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at a ceremony Nov. 18. Cronkite Dean Christopher Callahan called Williams "a great journalist who... [TVNewser]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted April 6, 2009
Twitter is on a hiring spree- FishbowlNY Brian Williams to receive Cronkite Award- TVNewser HarperCollins to posthumously publish Michael Crichton novels- GalleyCat Google to face trademark breach suit for context based ads- AgencySpy E&P names Hispanic Media CEO "Publisher of the Year"- WebNewser... [FishBowlLA]

The "Over-the-Top Feel" for the Coverage of Michelle Obama - Posted April 3, 2009
The big three anchors are wrapping up their anchoring from across the pond. Katie Couric will anchor Evening News from New York tonight, while Diane Sawyer will sub for Charlie Gibson and Ann Curry will be in for Brian Williams. (Couric/Sawyer/Curry - The Three Amigas) Meanwhile, WaPo's Howard Kurtz writes about the... [TVNewser]

Tracey Lyons Upped at NBC News - Posted April 2, 2009
Tracey Lyons has been named Senior Producer for domestic news coverage for NBC Nightly News. Lyons, a longtime NBC/MSNBC staffer, has been with the Brian Williams newscast since 2006. The internal memo after the jump...... [TVNewser]

Peabody Awards Announced - Posted April 1, 2009
The Peabody Awards were announced today and we have many recipients in town. The awards ceremony takes place May 18 at NYC's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and is hosted by NBC's Brian Williams. CNN and "Washington Week with Gwen Ifill" are both honored for their election coverage. From CNN's press release: "A tremendous amount... [FishBowlDC]

ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN Pick Up Peabodys - Posted April 1, 2009
Each network news organization, and CNN, have won Peabody Awards. The awards ceremony takes place May 18. ABC News won for "Hopkins," the series about Johns Hopkins Hospital. "Richard Engel Reports: Tip of the Spear" won for NBC, and 60 Minutes' report, "Lifeline," won for CBS. CNN won a Peabody for its coverage... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.01.09 - Posted March 31, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day 72 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | MAGAZINES... [FishBowlDC]

The Big Three and Big Ben - Posted March 31, 2009
Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric are anchoring their nightly newscasts from Great Britain tonight where Pres. and Mrs. Obama arrived a few hours ago. Two of the broadcasts, ABC World News and CBS Evening News, led with stories on the global economy, while NBC Nightly News led with a story... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of March 23 - Posted March 31, 2009
For the 24th consecutive week, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top-rated evening newscast last week in Total Viewers (18th week in a row in the A25-54 demo). Compared to the same week last year, NBC is up in both categories while ABC and CBS have declined. ABC has extended... [TVNewser]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted March 27, 2009
What we almost missed today... The three network anchors- Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric- will travel to London next week for the G20 Summit. ... [FishBowlDC]

Williams, Bartiromo, Mitchell Pack Bags for G20 Coverage - Posted March 25, 2009
NBC News announced coverage plans for the G20 Summit in London next week. • Brian Williams will anchor Nightly News from London Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. • Maria Bartiromo will anchor CNBC's "Closing Bell" Wednesday and Thursday. • Andrea Mitchell will cover the foreign policy issues for NBC News as well as anchor her... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of March 16 - Posted March 24, 2009
The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the most-watched evening newscast last week in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo, but for the second week in a row, ABC World News cut the gap in both categories. ABC was the only network to grow in Total Viewers week-to-week, while... [TVNewser]

Nieman Speaker to Writers: 'The Business Model Is Broken -- You Are Not Broken' - Posted March 23, 2009
Despite widespread industry layoffs and the closures plaguing many media outlets, 575 journalists, writers and students gathered in Boston over the weekend for Harvard University's annual Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Numbers were down -- last year the event attracted 850 attendees, meaning this year's number of attendees was down by a... [FishBowlNY]

Evening News Ratings: Week of March 9 - Posted March 17, 2009
Make it 22 weeks in a row for NBC Nightly News. The Brian Williams broadcast was the top-rated evening newscast last week beating #2 World News by more than a million viewers. All three newscasts were down in Total Viewers week-to-week. Only the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric was up in... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of March 2 - Posted March 11, 2009
For the 21st consecutive week, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top rated evening newscast last week in Total Viewers. It was also first in the A25-54 demo for the 15th week. In Total Viewers, NBC was up week-to-week while CBS was flat and ABC declined. All three broadcasts were... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 03.09.09 - Posted March 9, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! 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. Its day 49 covering the Obama administration and week six for us. What we know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Where's The Good News? Brian Williams Is Finding Out - Posted March 6, 2009
Wednesday on the DailyNightly blog, and later on his newscast, NBC's Brian Williams appealed to his viewers to share some good news. Here's our request: nominate people who are doing good things where you live or work.. perhaps a random or regular act of kindness in a cruel economy. The comments section quickly... [TVNewser]

Is Bonnie Hunt's Anchorman Crush Shifting? - Posted March 4, 2009
Daytime talk show host Bonnie Hunt has made no secret of her crush on NBC's Brian Williams. But Williams had to break it to her gently when he appeared on her show earlier this year...that he's married with kids. Williams' wife Jane was even in the audience. But ABC's Charlie Gibson is... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: ABC, FBN, NBC... - Posted March 3, 2009
> With American journalist Roxana Saberi still detained in Iran, ABC News' Martha Raddatz writes about her experience in the country last year. She also quotes Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's spokesman, who says, "We're looking into it." > Look for former CNN correspondent Miles O'Brien on cable in the next... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Feb. 23 - Posted March 3, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the most-watched evening newscast again last week, it's 20th on top in Total Viewers and 14th consecutive win in the A25-54 demo. But ABC World News was the only broadcast to grow week-to-week, up in both categories. For the second week, the ABC broadcast cut... [TVNewser]

What Recession? Anderson Cooper Nearly Doubles in Price - Posted February 27, 2009
Last night in Times Square, Bailey House had its annual auction which featured several tvnewsers as items up for bid, including Meet & Greets and studio tours with Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams, and Rachel Maddow as well as VIP tickets for the Today show and GMA Summer concert series.... [TVNewser]

Stewart to Williams: "You Have the Best News" - Posted February 27, 2009
Brian Williams was a guest on last night's Daily Show, and it began with a compliment-off. "It's a man amongst children in the news business...You make Charlie Gibson look like Nick, Jr. news," said Jon Stewart. "I feel equally about you and pretend newscasts," Williams said. The two talked economy, Twitter... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: FBN, NBC, SOTU... - Posted February 26, 2009
> OK! Magazine asks "Real Housewife of New York" Jill Zarin how to meet rich men: "The Waldorf-Astoria shoots a Fox News show at 5:00 every day, at the Bull and Bear. All these really successful financial experts come in and it's a live show." That would be the FBN show,... [TVNewser]

33.6 Million Watch Obama on Broadcast Nets - Posted February 25, 2009
Across the Big Four networks, President Obama's speech averaged 33.6 million Total Viewers from 9 to 10pm, according to Nielsen overnight ratings. Most viewers, 10.5 million, watched on CBS. CBS' coverage got an assist from the lead-in of "NCIS" which drew nearly 18 million viewers. NBC was second with 10.2 million, followed... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 02.25.09 - Posted February 25, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! 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. Its day 37 covering the Obama administration and week 4 for us. Happy Birthday to Bob Schieffer,... [FishBowlDC]

"Better-Than-Average Lunch" With the Anchors at the White House - Posted February 24, 2009
Not a bad guest list for lunch at the White House this afternoon... Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer, David Gregory, George Stephanopoulos, Wolf Blitzer, John King, Bret Baier and Chris Wallance. Oh, and President Obama, accompanied by senior advisor David Axelrod. And just what was served? Stephanopoulos Twittered,... [FishBowlDC]

Anchors Describe Obama Lunch on Web - Posted February 24, 2009
President Barack Obama met with 10 members of the press today over lunch at the White House — two from each network. The guest list consisted of ABC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, CBS' Katie Couric and Bob Schieffer, NBC's Brian Williams and David Gregory, CNN's Wolf Blitzer and John King... [TVNewser]

Meet the Anchors - Posted February 24, 2009
Want to have a meet-and-greet with Brian Williams, or Katie Couric or Charlie Gibson? How about grabbing lunch with Anderson Cooper? You can, if you bid on those and other items at the 21st annual Bailey House Auction and Party. The event, co-chaired by ABC's PR guru Jeffrey Schneider, is happening this... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Feb. 16 - Posted February 24, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams placed first in Total Viewers and the A25-45 demo again last week drawing more viewers than the prior week. ABC's World News, with Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos subbing, finished more than 1.5 million Total Viewers behind Nightly News, but cut the demo gap with... [TVNewser]

Coverage Plans For Obama Address - Posted February 24, 2009
Every network will cover President Barack Obama's Address to Congress tonight at 9pmET (right after our TVNewser Summit party tonight in NYC — it's not too late to RSVP). Following Obama's speech is Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response: • ABC — Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos anchor coverage from the Capitol, from... [TVNewser]

Coverage Plans For Obama Address - Posted February 24, 2009
From TVNewser... Every network will cover President Barack Obama's Address to Congress tonight at 9pmET. Following Obama's speech is Gov. Bobby Jindal's Republican response. Each network's coverage plans after the jump.... [FishBowlDC]

Brian Williams to Co-Anchor Today Tomorrow - Posted February 19, 2009
NBC's Brian Williams will co-anchor NBC's Today show in the morning alongside Matt Lauer, "so Meredith can take a morning off," he announced on tonight's Nightly News. One of the last times Williams was on the show live and in studio was when he appeared with former Today co-anchor Katie Couric... [TVNewser]

Williams on Nightly's Bounce: "We Haven't Seen These Numbers In a Long Time" - Posted February 13, 2009
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist The prince of the Peacock feels your financial pain. "I've had no desire to walk into any store but a grocery store for months," says NBC's Brian Williams, who makes an estimated $10 million a year. "It's just not cool right now to be ostentatious. It doesn't look right. It doesn't... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Feb. 2 - Posted February 10, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was again the #1 network evening newscast last week, besting its prior week viewership. ABC's World News with Charles Gibson and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric were down slightly in Total Viewers. All three broadcasts were down in the A25-54 demo, week-to-week. Total Viewers:... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 02.09.09 - Posted February 9, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! 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're dropping the "Muesli"... just join us after the jump! ... [FishBowlDC]

Obama Meets the Anchors: "It Did Have a 'Picture Taking with Santa' Kind of Feel To It" - Posted February 4, 2009
The AP's David Bauder follows up on Pres. Obama's sit downs with the network anchors. "Gibson was first, followed by Williams, Couric, Cooper and Wallace. "It did have a 'picture taking with Santa' kind of feel to it," NBC's Brian Williams tells Bauder. "The timing, one of the worst days of Obama's... [TVNewser]

Frank Radice Joins NATAS as President/CMO - Posted February 4, 2009
Frank Radice, who spent the last 37 years as a TV producer and marketer, has been named President and Chief Marketing Officer of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Until last year, Radice was EVP of The NBC Agency, a job he'd held since 2002. Radice joined NBC in 1995... [TVNewser]

Obama Tells Charlie Gibson "This is an Embarrassment" - Posted February 3, 2009
On the World Newser blog, Charlie Gibson writes about his interview with Pres. Obama this afternoon. The discussion began with the news of the day, the withdrawal of two of his appointees, including Tom Daschle as head of HHS. We said, "Was it an embarrassing day, Mr. President, for this administration?" And... [TVNewser]

Get Ready For Anchor Baseball: President Obama's Rotating Interview Plan - Posted February 3, 2009
Later this afternoon, five of the most prominent anchors on television will gather outside the Oval Office and wait their turn for 10 minutes with the President of the United States. ABC's Charlie Gibson, CBS' Katie Couric, NBC's Brian Williams, CNN's Anderson Cooper and FOX News Sunday's Chris Wallace will go in... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 02.03.09 - Posted February 3, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! 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. ... [FishBowlDC]

Brian Williams' Oval Office Interview with Pres. Obama - Posted February 2, 2009
On the heels of Matt Lauer's Map Room interview with Pres. Barack Obama yesterday, NBC has announced Brian Williams will sit down with Pres. Obama in the Oval Office. The interview will air on NBC Nightly News tomorrow night. > Update: A network insider tells us Obama is doing interviews with all... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: ABC, FNC, NBC... - Posted January 29, 2009
> Drew Peterson is getting married again (because "I like being married"), and Nightline's Martin Bashir has the first interview with him since his engagement. It airs tonight at 11:35pm. > ThinkProgress, which was named "Best Liberal Blog" in 2006, reports "Fox News came the closest to offering balance" when it... [TVNewser]

Willie, Mika Teach Miss America About "Horrible Business" of Being a News Anchor - Posted January 28, 2009
This morning on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Willie Geist and Mika Brzezinski helped newly-crowned Miss America Katie Stamm learn about her dream job — news anchor. At least it was before the lesson began. Taking over the NBC Nightly News set, Stamm went through a crash course, including the need to change her... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 01.28.09 - Posted January 28, 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]

Brian Williams Talks Swagger in the Swearing In - Posted January 27, 2009
Brian Williams is a funny guy. Maybe they should boot Leno altogether and give Williams the 10pm slot. In this clip he talks with Letterman about the flubbing of last Tuesday's oath of office: "What I think we saw was Harvard vs. Harvard...are we gonna 'faithfully execute,' or what?"... [FishBowlNY]

Williams and Letterman Talk Inauguration - Posted January 27, 2009
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was a guest last night on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman, and the pair discussed the botched swearing in. Williams described it as "Harvard vs. Harvard," and had a theory as to why there may have been some tension between President Barack Obama and Chief... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Jan. 19 - Posted January 27, 2009
For the week of the Inauguration, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was again the top-rated evening newscast in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. It was the 15th consecutive week NBC was #1 in Total Viewers and the ninth in a row in the demo. During Inauguration night, NBC edged... [TVNewser]

KCET Wins Two Golden Mike Awards - Posted January 27, 2009
We are very excited to announce that our little local TV program, SoCal Connected has won two Golden Mike Awards. We like any news that has nothing to do with people losing their homes, jobs, minds (Rob Blagojevich that's aimed at you and your aluminum hat). Anyway, SoCal Connected Executive Producer Bret... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 01.22.09 - Posted January 22, 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]

Katie Couric: "Sometimes I'm Jealous of the Real Estate on the Cable Networks" - Posted January 20, 2009
The LATimes' Matea Gold catches up with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric in Washington, DC where she is anchoring the culmination of an election where she emerged with the most broadcast buzz. And despite the chatter last Spring, Couric is staying put. And least she thinks she is: "As far as... [TVNewser]

USAirways Crash: Broadcast News Notes - Posted January 15, 2009
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric is reporting live from the scene where USAirways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River a few hours ago. Couric is having to deal with honking horns along the West Side Highway while talking with correspondent Randall Pinkston and interviewing the last passenger who made... [TVNewser]

USAirways Crash in New York City: "The Captain Came on and Said 'Brace for Impact'" - Posted January 15, 2009
The cable news networks are providing wall-to-wall coverage, while the broadcast anchors delivered special reports of today's USAirways crash into the Hudson river. The plane had just taken off from Laguardia and was headed to Charlotte, NC. A passenger told CNN: All of a sudden you heard a loud bang and you... [TVNewser]

Bush Address: How Networks Will Cover - Posted January 15, 2009
President George W. Bush delivers his farewell address tonight, live at 8pmET (actually, we're told it's officially at 8:01:30). Here's how the networks will cover: • ABC — Charlie Gibson anchors. World News will be updated following the speech. • CBS — Katie Couric anchors. • NBC — Brian Williams anchors. • FOX — Shepard... [TVNewser]

Inauguration Notes: NBC, TV5, CNN... - Posted January 14, 2009
• While ABC World News moves to 90-minutes on Tuesday, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams will air an hour-long edition on Inauguration Night. • In international coverage, TV5Monde USA ("the only global French language network") will air a live two-hour special from 11am-1pmET on Tuesday, followed by commentary from Paris. It... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Jan. 5 - Posted January 13, 2009
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was the top rated evening newscast for the first week of 2009 in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. It was the 13th consecutive week NBC won in Total Viewers and seventh in the demo. Week-to-week, NBC and ABC grew in Total Viewers, while... [TVNewser]

Journalists, Politicians Toast To Brit - Posted January 9, 2009
As expected, journalists and politicians packed Cafe Milano in Washington, D.C. last night to say goodbye to FNC's Brit Hume. The Hill's Emily Goodin names a few: VP Dick Cheney, Bill O'Reilly, Brian Williams, Maureen Dowd, Bo Derek. Goodin also writes about the speeches, including this joke from Hume's: "He joked... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 01.09.09 - Posted January 9, 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]

NBC/MSNBC/CNBC Inauguration Coverage - Posted January 8, 2009
NBC News, and its cable properties, announced plans for the Inauguration today. NBC News' Brian Williams begins anchoring on NBC at 10:30amET, with Tom Brokaw and Lester Holt. Some notes: • Today will broadcast live from D.C. on Monday and Tuesday with all anchors on hand. Natalie Morales reports on Tuesday from D.C.... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: NBC, CBS, CNN... - Posted January 6, 2009
> NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams appeared on the Bonnie Hunt Show today, who admitted her huge crush on him. Williams also revealed his childhood crush — Joan Embery. > CBS Early Show correspondent Susan Koeppen gave birth to a baby boy on December 27. Declan James O'Toole weighed... [TVNewser]

TVNewsers To Pack Cafe Milano for Brit Hume Salute - Posted January 6, 2009
The salute to Brit Hume event at Cafe Milano Thursday night is shaping up to be one of the hottest pre-inaugural parties of the season. The invitation only event is attracting numerous Beltway and TV news bold face names. In addition to a host of Fox Newsies, TVNewser has learned Charlie... [TVNewser]

Evening Newscasts Ending Year Surprisingly Strong - Posted December 24, 2008
NBC Nightly News EP Bob Epstein has been on the job for two weeks. He's off to a great start. The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams saw its best ratings in nearly two years last week, and the week prior, had some of the best ratings of 2008. "We've just not... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 15 - Posted December 23, 2008
The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric saw their most Total Viewers last week in nearly two years, with NBC winning in the category for the 10th week in a row. NBC had its highest Total Viewer average since the week of February... [TVNewser]

Grayson Leaves CBS Early For NBC Nightly - Posted December 22, 2008
NBC News has named Aurelia Grayson senior broadcast producer at the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Grayson joins NBC from CBS News, where she has been senior supervising producer and broadcast producer of The Early Show since April 2006. She begins in her new role immediately, assisting EP Bob Epstein with... [TVNewser]

Chuck Todd's "No-Cut" Contract with NBC - Posted December 18, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist Chuck Todd never saw it coming. NBC's fast-rising political director -- named today as chief White House correspondent -- was "shocked" when he was offered the plum late last week. "It came out of left field," says Todd, 36, who joined NBC in March 2007. "It's not a job I aspired... [TVNewser]

Don't Know What Books to Buy For Christmas? Let Salman Rushdie (and Others) Help! - Posted December 18, 2008
It's no secret the book industry is in a free fall right now. And like every other industry that's being hit by the economic tsunami rolling through the country the results have been shocking and painful. Of course the publishing industry (much like the newspaper and auto) has been... [FishBowlNY]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 8 - Posted December 16, 2008
For the ninth week in a row, the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams finished first last week in Total Viewers, and finished first in the A25-54 demo for the third week in a row. ABC World News finished in second place. The nearly 10 million viewers was NBC's highest rating... [TVNewser]

Wolfe Takes a Page Out of an NBC Tradition - Posted December 13, 2008
We had been hearing rumblings about the segment months ago, and on Thursday, the Today show aired Jenna Wolfe's day as an NBC page. Some former pages featured in the segment included Willard Scott, Today show director Joe Michaels and many others in the control room (and from other networks: Regis Philbin... [TVNewser]

The Great Depression 2.0: What's in a Name? - Posted December 12, 2008
Needless to say things are really bad right now. Everywhere. And considering that the auto bailout just fell apart in the Senate last night we suspect things are about to get worse. But what is about to get worse exactly? At a party the other night we... [FishBowlNY]

Jay Leno On ABC Rumor: "That Was Started By a Disgruntled Employee — Me" - Posted December 9, 2008
It's official. Jay Leno stays at NBC and gets a prime time slot — 10pmET/PT — most likely to be called "The Jay Leno Show." In a news conference, carried on MSNBC, Leno said the show will be similar to the Tonight Show with "the monologue and news" and "man on the... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 1 - Posted December 9, 2008
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams won both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo last week, but the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric scored big as well — amassing its largest Total Viewer average since the week of March 3. Week-to-week, all networks were up in the demo while ABC and... [TVNewser]

Job Cuts: "The Painful Reality of This Economy" - Posted December 5, 2008
Lester Holt, in for Brian Williams, writes about today's November jobs report through a personal lens. On the Daily Nightly blog, Holt writes: How many of the 533,000 Americans who lost their jobs last month do you personally know? I'm sure you can name several. As can I, including some who are... [TVNewser]

Williams on Gregory Speculation: "On the Lives of My Wife and Two Children, I Have No Idea" - Posted December 5, 2008
As he was getting a new EP in New York, Brian Williams was in LA appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It didn't take Jay long to ask Williams about the big TV news story of the week: Leno:Now, I got to ask you, the speculation that David Gregory... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 12.03.08 - Posted December 3, 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]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Nov. 24 - Posted December 3, 2008
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams came in first in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo during the holiday-shortened week last week. ABC and CBS' weekly average is based on just three days (Monday-Wednesday); ratings for Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 are excluded due to the Thanksgiving holiday... [TVNewser]

Big Three to Carry Obama National Security Announcement - Posted December 1, 2008
The big three broadcast nets will carry Pres.-elect Obama's announcement of his national security team this morning at 10:40amET. Brian Williams will anchor on NBC, Katie Couric on CBS and Diane Sawyer on ABC. Despite the cancellation of some 50 flights from the Chicago airports due to several inches of snow... [TVNewser]

In a Knot Over Brian Williams - Posted November 28, 2008
The Associated Press' David Bauder calls attention to a blog that pays more attention than most to one specific aspect of NBC Nightly News — Brian Williams' ties. "The Brian Williams Tie Report Archive is a snarky, occasionally appreciative and flat-out funny read that will have you looking at Williams as never... [TVNewser]

Nightly News Interns Return....On Air - Posted November 26, 2008
NBC's Brian Williams blogged about it yesterday afternoon, and last night on Nightly News it happened: Tonight will be a first for Nightly News: for the first time ever on the broadcast, TWO former Nightly News interns will appear on the same evening. Correspondent Trish Regan (our CNBC business specialist) and correspondent... [TVNewser]

Network Special Reports at Noon - Posted November 24, 2008
All of the broadcast networks will air a special report around NoonET this afternoon, as President-elect Barack Obama and VP-elect Joe Biden hold a joint press conference discussing Obama's selection of economic leaders in his administration. Charlie Gibson anchors on ABC, Harry Smith on CBS and Brian Williams on NBC. Gibson... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Nov. 10 - Posted November 18, 2008
In the week following the presidential election, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams once again finished first in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. It was the 5th week in a row NBC won in Total Viewers. Despite finishing in third place, CBS Evening News was the only program to grow... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (NBC edition): Williams, Burnett, Gifford.. - Posted November 14, 2008
> Brian Williams joined Suze Orman, Seth Meyers, Elizabeth Edwards and others on a panel to discuss who would be Time Magazine's Person of the Year (hmm, I wonder). FishbowlNY has the details and video. > CNBC's Erin Burnett anchors "The Russian Gamble," a series of special reports from Red... [TVNewser]

American Lion: Jon Meacham's Book Party and a Whole Lot of Presidential Trivia - Posted November 13, 2008
Last night's book party celebrating the publication of Newsweek head Jon Meacham's new book about Andrew Jackson, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, certainly attracted some big names (and presidential trivia buffs it turns out). Spotted by FBNY in the crowd of revelers at Newsweek's offices overlooking Columbus... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Person of the Year Award - Posted November 13, 2008
So FBNY is off to the annual Time Person of the Year luncheon today, where a panel of distinguished guests including Elizabeth Edwards, Seth Meyers, Suze Orman, John Slattery (Roger Sterling!), and Brian Williams will discuss who most deserves to be named Person of the Year. I think we can... [FishBowlNY]

Longtime NBC Nightly News Announcer Howard Reig Dies - Posted November 12, 2008
Sad news from NBC Nightly News director Brett Holey: It is with great sadness that I report that our long-time Nightly News announcer Howard Reig has passed away in Venice Florida.He was 87.Howard was the voice of Nightly News from Chancellor to Williams but that was just part of a long... [TVNewser]

Networks Air Special Reports As Obamas Arrive at White House - Posted November 10, 2008
ABC, CBS and NBC are airing special reports as Pres.-elect and Mrs. Obama are welcomed to the White House by Pres. and Mrs. Bush. Charlie Gibson on ABC, Brian Williams on NBC and Katie Couric on CBS.... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 11.10.08 - Posted November 10, 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]

Morning Reading List, 11.06.08 - Posted November 6, 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]

5,000 Pack Rockefeller Plaza for NBC Coverage - Posted November 4, 2008
As many as 5,000 people packed Rockefeller Plaza tonight, which for the last few days has been dubbed Election Plaza. There were many firsts in this building tonight. Brian Williams' first turn as anchor of a general election, the first general election for the combined NBC/MSNBC newsgathering operation, and the first... [TVNewser]

Where Are The Mystery Reporter Locations? - Posted November 4, 2008
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams took a trip up a few floors to guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last night. After joking that his schedule today would begin with, "heavy drinking, noon to two," Williams revealed something about NBC's coverage not in the original release. "We've got remotes, reporters... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 11.04.08 - Posted November 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Enjoy the day, win or lose. You deserve it. 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... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.29.08 - Posted October 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]

Obama and the Media: ABC, NBC, MSNBC - Posted October 28, 2008
Just as Sen. John McCain (and his running mate) have been making the rounds on the networks and cablers recently, so will his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama. Charles Gibson will interview Obama tomorrow in North Carolina for ABC's World News. NBC's Brian Williams will interview Obama as well from the campaign trail, airing... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams Along with Brokaw and Mitchell to Anchor from Studio 8G on Election Night - Posted October 28, 2008
NBC News and cable news networks, MSNBC and CNBC, have released details about their election night programming. As has been previously reported, Rockefeller Plaza will be turned into "Election Plaza" with an electoral map on the ice rink and, according to the press release, McCain and Obama banners "rising 16 stories up... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Oct. 20 - Posted October 28, 2008
Brian Williams' interviews with Sarah Palin may have been enough to make his the #1 evening newscast last week. NBC Nightly News came in first in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. It was Nightly's best week in two months and the best in six weeks for ABC's World News with... [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]

Lauer Roasted At Friar's Club - Posted October 25, 2008
Today show anchor Matt Lauer was the butt of many jokes during his roast at the Friar's Club, as were many others in attendance. From the TV news crowd, joining Lauer were Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Meredith Vieira, Ann Curry, Diane Sawyer, Al Roker, Jeff Zucker and more. The Los Angeles Times'... [TVNewser]

...And Williams Makes Three - Posted October 22, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin has finished making the rounds to all the national television media. This afternoon, NBC's Brian Williams caught up with Palin and Sen. John McCain in Green, Ohio. The interviews will air over the next three nights on Nightly News. Charlie Gibson was first to interview Palin on Sept.... [TVNewser]

Brokaw on Meet: "I Love Doing It. It's Given Me a Center of Gravity" - Posted October 22, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist How would the late Tim Russert assess Tom Brokaw as moderator of "Meet the Press?" "I would like to think he'd think it's going pretty well," Brokaw said today after addressing the 208th annual meeting of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. "I think Luke [Russert's son] and Maureen [Russert's wife]... [TVNewser]

Todd and Sarah Palin Revisit People - Posted October 22, 2008
Sarah Palin is making a second appearance in People (they point do out that this is not the Sarah Palin of five weeks ago!) in what is turning out to be Sarah Palin Embraces the Media week! (Lately she's been speaking more frequently with the press and even has an... [FishBowlNY]

Sarah Palin to Take Actual Questions From MSM - Posted October 21, 2008
We have to admit that we kind of no longer care that she says dumb, usually contradictory stuff and then smiles and winks. We'll watch it anyway, because we have to see how the season ends. It's how we got sucked into watching the entire season of Rock of Love. From CNN.com: CNN... [FishBowlLA]

Palin Meets More Press - Posted October 21, 2008
With a CNN interview today and interviews with Brian Williams tomorrow, Gov. Sarah Palin has now made the rounds to the national networks. But on CBS News' From the Road blog, Scott Conroy writes that Palin is becoming much more accessible in the final weeks of the campaign to the press... [TVNewser]

King Wants McCain To Make Good on Palin Promise - Posted October 20, 2008
Larry King Live has not seen Sen. John McCain as a guest since July or Gov. Sarah Palin as a guest ever. And now the program is making a public appeal. A post on King's blog asks if "LKL" is next to "make up" with McCain, following David Letterman. Appearing before the... [TVNewser]

MLB Moves In to Former Home of MSNBC - Posted October 20, 2008
Brian Williams worked there, so did Phil Donahue, Charles Grodin, and Maury & Connie and countless other TV talent. Now the old MSNBC studio in Secaucus, NJ has a new tenant: Major League Baseball. MSNBC moved out of the facility in October 2007 and into NBC News headquarters at Rockefeller Center. According... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams To Interview Sarah Palin & John McCain - Posted October 16, 2008
Less than two weeks before Election Day, NBC's Brian Williams will sit down with Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin. The interviews will air next Wednesday and Thursday on Nightly News. Williams is the last of the big three anchors to be granted a sit-down with Palin. The first was... [TVNewser]

NBC's Savannah Guthrie Gets Sarah Palin One-on-One - Posted October 14, 2008
In an update to one of our stories from earlier today, about Gov. Sarah Palin not doing interviews with some of the news media, including NBC, MSNBC and CNN, it turns out Palin did speak with NBC's Savannah Guthrie. The interview happened last week and aired tonight on Nightly News. The... [TVNewser]

Presidential Debate Round #2 - Posted October 7, 2008
Here are some of the coverage plans for tonight's town hall style debate at Belmont University in Nashville moderated by NBC's Tom Brokaw. All the following networks will carry the debate. • ABC: The team of Gibson, Sawyer and Stephanopolous will anchor again, this time from three different cities. Charlie Gibson will... [TVNewser]

"Katie's Airing Part 17 Tonight" - Posted October 5, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin was the topic of discussion when NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams guested on the Late Show with David Letterman on Friday. Williams and Letterman talk the VP debate, Couric and Gibson's interviews of Palin and if he thinks he'll get a chance to interview her as well: ... [TVNewser]

Networks Cover as House Passes Bailout - Posted October 3, 2008
Well, second time's a charm. The House passed the bailout bill this afternoon which was approved earlier this week by the Senate. All the networks (and cablers) took the vote live as it was ending around 1:24pmET. Charles Gibson anchored on ABC, Kelly Wallace on CBS and Brian Williams on NBC.... [TVNewser]

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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