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What's Glenn Beck Planning? - Posted 22 hours ago
Glenn Beck will be in Florida tomorrow wrapping up a two-day, seven-city speaking and book-signing tour. During his stop at The Villages retirement community north of Orlando, Beck promises to reveal how his Fox News show will look come January, which is the one-year anniversary of the show: ... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck, On Tour Together - Posted 5 days, 2 hours ago
Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly are taking their acts on the road this winter for the Bold & Fresh Tour. (Guess which one is Fresh?) The title, based on O'Reilly's best-selling "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity," will hit four cities in late January. Beck, who earlier this month became the... [TVNewser]

Who Will Be TIME Person of the Year? - Posted November 13, 2009
FishbowlNY's Amanda Ernst has the picks from last night's TIME magazine Person of the Year panel. Barbara Walters, Gayle King, Rudy Giuliani and Top Chef's Tom Colicchio gave their picks. During the debate Giuliani discussed the influence of Roger Ailes, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck this past year. To that Gayle... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 11.13.09 - Posted November 13, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! MSNBC threw Jeff Corwin a party at Occidental last night to celebrate "100 Heartbeats," a book and documentary on endangered species and climate change. What we know and what we're reading this Friday the 13th... TV | NEWS NOTES | AWARDS & EVENTS TV Barbara Walters will interview Jenny Sanford. Speaking of... [FishBowlDC]

Glenn Beck Returns - Posted November 11, 2009
•Glenn Beck returned to the air today after undergoing emergency surgery for appendicitis last week. "I'm sorry, New York Times, I'm back," he said, leading off the program. A few moments later, he joked, "I always knew the news of the day would make an organ explode."... [TVNewser]

Daily Show Accuses Hannity of Misrepresenting Protest Footage - Posted November 11, 2009
Jon Stewart and company catch Sean Hannity using footage from Glenn Beck's 9/12 protest coverage in a segment about last Thursday's anti-health-care-reform rally, which had a smaller attendance: ... [TVNewser]

Fired Post Editor Comes Forwards With Allegations - Posted November 10, 2009
Rupert Murdoch just can't catch a break these days: He's waging war against Google, The New York Post's readership is down, and he's got to deal with this Glenn Beck debacle for calling Barack Obama racist. On top of that there has been this scandal of Sandra Guzman, the editor who... [FishBowlNY]

Rupert Murdoch on Glenn Beck's 'Racist' Comment - Posted November 9, 2009
In an interview with Sky News Australia, News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch responded to a question about Glenn Beck's comment from July when Beck said he believed President Obama is "a racist." Partial transcript from Business Insider: "On the racist thing, that caused a (unintelligible--grilling?). But he (Obama) did make... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Makes Bestseller History with New Book - Posted November 9, 2009
Fox News' Glenn Beck will now have five consecutive New York Times Bestsellers with the release of his new book, The Christmas Sweater: A Picture Book. The book will debut at #1 on the November 15th children's picture book bestseller list, which, according to his publisher, will make history: Beck's publishing house,... [TVNewser]

Wanda Sykes on FOX, Makes Fox News a Punchline - Posted November 9, 2009
Wanda Sykes' new show premiered Saturday night on FOX-TV, and for much of the show the comedienne took shots at Fox News and conservative talkers. Sykes began her monologue with, "Let me be the first person on FOX not to pick on President Obama." From there, most of the show came from... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 11.09.09 - Posted November 9, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! SNL spoofed Fox News' Election Day coverage with Greta Van Susteren, Shepard Smith, Glenn Beck and Karl Rove. Happy Birthday to John Harris (h/t Playbook). And Kaylee Hartung who celebrated at Cleveland Park Bar & Grill Saturday with CBS friends, including Bob Schieffer, who sported a TCU "Schieffer"... [FishBowlDC]

Stewart: Glenn Beck Is Under Siege From Within - Posted November 6, 2009
We're not sure how many Glenn Beck fans read FishbowlNY, but if you are familiar with the talk show host's conspiratorial style, you'll appreciate Jon Stewart's impression from last night's "Daily Show." The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe 11/3 Projectwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis Related: FishbowlNY... [FishBowlNY]

Could Glenn Beck Take Over Oprah's Syndicated Slot? - Posted November 6, 2009
With the news that Oprah Winfrey may take her daily talk show away from broadcast affiliates and to her own OWN cable network, that got us wondering: should Glenn Beck, now the #2 show on cable despite airing in he afternoons, be Oprah's syndicated replacement? Beck is well-rounded. Between his #1 best-selling... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Recovering from Surgery - Posted November 5, 2009
An update posted on GlennBeck.com reports that Beck is doing well and in recovery following the appendicitis attack that caused him to miss his FNC show yesterday: After being in pain most of the night, Glenn ended up leaving the radio program early yesterday to see a doctor. Turned out the pain... [TVNewser]

New Mom Julie Chen Returns to Early Show - Posted November 5, 2009
New mom and Early Show anchor Julie Chen returned to the show this morning to chat with her co-anchors about the joys of motherhood. Chen, who is married to CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves, gave birth to her first child, Charlie, Sept. 24. This was just a one-day return, we're... [TVNewser]

FishbowlNY Editor On The Menu: Layoffs, Glenn Beck and Election Night - Posted November 5, 2009
FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst joined the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast this morning, where she and hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven talked about the media layoffs and other big industry news. Of course, Amanda wanted to talk about news of layoffs at Time Inc. and Forbes over... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 11.05.09 - Posted November 5, 2009
Washington City Paper presents "Fisticuffs at the Washington Post," starring Andrew Beaujon as Marcus Brauchli, Jason Cherkis as Chris Richards, Erin Niedowski as Lynn Medford, Erik Wemple as Manuel Roig-Franzia, Amanda Hesse as Monica Hesse and Mike DeBonis as Henry Allen. Happy belated birthday to Christie Findlay and Kevin McVicker! Good morning... [FishBowlDC]

Glenn Beck's Got Appendicitis - Posted November 4, 2009
FNC host Glenn Beck had an appendicitis attack during his radio show today. Chris Balfe, President of Mercury Radio Arts, Beck's production company, confirmed that Beck had his appendix removed today at an undisclosed hospital. "Before going under Glenn asked the doctor to draw out the surgery procedure on a blackboard,"... [TVNewser]

John Stossel: 'Suddenly, Now that I am at Fox, Critics are Leaping to Attack Me' - Posted November 4, 2009
Before most of the election day results started coming in last night, Bill O'Reilly took some time to talk with FBN's John Stossel about the criticism he got in this New York Times story for speaking to anti-health care reform forums organized by the group Americans for Prosperity. O'Reilly said it comes... [TVNewser]

The Video Wall: O'Reilly, Olbermann, Sawyer, Berman - Posted November 3, 2009
> FNC's Bill O'Reilly discusses polarization in the news media with Bernie Goldberg. > MSNBC's Keith Olbermann responds to Campbell Brown's remarks about his network in the "Best Persons" segment. > ABC's Diane Sawyer uses a clip from Glenn Beck in her interview with Al Gore on "GMA." > ABC's John Berman explains... [TVNewser]

Hannity, Beck Follow Race in Upstate NY - Posted November 3, 2009
Do Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity have an unusual interest in one of today's elections? Mediaite's Steve Krakauer writes that both Hannity and Beck are supporting Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in the 2009 special election for New York's 23rd congressional district because his race represents something larger: Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity... [TVNewser]

Joy Behar and Her 'Cooler Head' - Posted November 3, 2009
•Politico takes a look at how Joy Behar has settled into her role at HLN. In the profile, Behar, who is using much of Glenn Beck's old HLN staff, says, "I don't know if I should rat them out, but they are much more on my page than Glenn Beck's."... [TVNewser]

Limbaugh Discusses Beck, Conservative Media - Posted November 1, 2009
Rush Limbaugh appeared in an interview with Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" this morning. The discussion turned to Glenn Beck and whether or not Beck is tapping into "the fear and the anger" on the right. Limbaugh also said he is "kind of proud" of Beck's success. "Fox... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly on White House Fight: 'There's Two Commentators on Fox That Really Don't Like Barack Obama: Glenn Beck & Sean Hannity' - Posted October 30, 2009
FNC's Bill O'Reilly, in Halloween get-up, on ABC's "The View" this morning. This is one for the ages. Bill O'Reilly, dressed as a vampire, joined the ladies of "The View" this morning to talk about the feud with the White House, the cable news landscape, and his book, A Bold Fresh... [TVNewser]

Democratic Operative Turned Glenn Beck's Publicist - Posted October 28, 2009
The Washington Post profiles Matthew Hiltzik, personal publicist to, among others, Glenn Beck. The story wonders how a former democratic operative -- he worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate campaign -- ends up representing "arguably the most influential and incendiary conservative critic in America." PRNewser has has Hiltzik's answer. There is not just... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Is Voldemort? - Posted October 28, 2009
At a Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) referred to FNC's Glenn Beck as "He Who Shall Not Be Named," which is the nickname used for Voldemort, the villain in the Harry Potter series. She was discussing the recent focus on the White House policy "czars." In the past,... [TVNewser]

October '09 Ratings: Fox News Unchallenged at the Top - Posted October 27, 2009
Fox News won every major ratings category in October, especially with its dominant prime time line-up. In total day, FNC averaged 1.23M total viewers and 337k in the demo. In prime time, the averages are 2.59M and 692k, respectively, with no one else coming close. The Huffington Post notes that the network had... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's Armed Guard - Posted October 21, 2009
Page Six reports Glenn Beck is now "traveling with an armed guard." Guests at the other day's preview of Broadway musical "Memphis" noticed Beck was closely accompanied -- even to the men's room -- by a bodyguard with a gun partially concealed under his jacket. Beck, who famously accused President Obama... [TVNewser]

What's MSNBC Saying with that FOX Graphic? - Posted October 19, 2009
Today on the 5pmET edition of "Hardball", Chris Matthews had a "WHITE HOUSE vs. FOX" graphic in the lower right corner. While Matthews and guests Pat Buchanan and Eugene Robinson discussed the White House's feud with "Fox News," the graphic on the bottom corner simply read White House vs. "FOX" and the... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Tops 1M Viewers in Demo Thursday, #1 on Cable News - Posted October 17, 2009
On Thursday, with the Anita Dunn-FNC frenzy still percolating, Glenn Beck had the #1 show on cable news in the A25-54 demo averaging 1M viewers. Beck was second only to Bill O'Reilly in Total Viewers with 3.22M. And this is where we remind you Beck's show airs at 5pmET/2pmPT.... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Gets Choked Up Talking About Common Sense and Breaking Curfews - Posted October 15, 2009
In a segment that began with a montage of old videos, including the Mean Joe Green Coke commercial, set to the old Paul Anka song "Times of your Life," Glenn Beck equated teenagers staying out past curfew, with what's happening in the U.S. today.... or something like that. And he got... [TVNewser]

Olbermann on Malkin: 'A Big Mashed-up Piece of Meat with Lipstick on It.' Malkin Responds - Posted October 14, 2009
Keith Olbermann went after conservative pundit Michelle Malkin last night saying her "knee jerk fascistic hatred" led to threats against an author who spoke at New Jersey elementary school the same day that Barack Obama song/rap was performed. Olbermann called Malkin, "A big mashed-up piece of meat with lipstick on it:"... [TVNewser]

The Video Wall: Gupta, Batt, Matthews, Ferguson - Posted October 14, 2009
> CNN's Sanjay Gupta sits down with Stephen Colbert to talk about his new book. > Joy Behar brings in Mad Men's Bryan Batt (a.k.a. Salvatore Romano) and columnist Dan Savage to discuss gay discrimination on HLN. > Chris Matthews on Rush Limbaugh during his "Morning Meeting" fill-in: "...at some point somebody's going... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Installs Red Phone for White House 'So You Can Correct the Mistakes as They Happen' - Posted October 13, 2009
Glenn Beck stayed on offense during his show today, installing a red phone on his set. The office of White House communications director Anita Dunn was given the number -- the only ones given the number, according to Beck. "Anita. Call me. Call me at anytime. We want to have a... [TVNewser]

Donny Deutsch Calls Limbaugh More Names; Gets Bleeped - Posted October 13, 2009
On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Joe Scarborough and company had Donny Deutsch on to discuss Rush Limbaugh's "Today" Show interview. At 8:26amET, they showed a clip of Limbaugh claiming to "have spawned" Glenn Beck. Afterward, Deutsch described Limbaugh as a "megalomaniac" and a "scary, distasteful human being." Clip: Then, a few... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck: 'They're More Worried about the War on Fox Than the Actual War in Afghanistan' - Posted October 12, 2009
On his show today, Glenn Beck mocked the White House's new anti-Fox News press strategy, which we reported on earlier. Here is the clip, complete with communications director Anita Dunn graphic in the bottom right corner: ... [TVNewser]

Today's Reading List 10.12.09 - Posted October 12, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video Hope you're enjoying a three-day Columbus Day weekend. Happy Birthday to Chris Wallace (h/t Playbook). And now, hopefully, everything you need to know in DC media today in one post... NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | NEWS NOTES | AWARDS & EVENTS NEWSPAPERS How's M. E. Sprengelmeyer doing at... [FishBowlDC]

The Video Wall: Beck, Stephanopoulos, Deen, Gregory... - Posted October 10, 2009
> Stephen Colbert defends "silver gopher" Glenn Beck by comparing him to...himself. > ABC's George Stephanopoulos appears on "Hannity" and discusses Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education. > Very strange developments during a Paula Deen and Al Roker cooking segment on the "Today" show. (via BWE) > David Gregory... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 10.09.09 - Posted October 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. The President woke up this morning a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Above is the photo that was brought to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in... [FishBowlDC]

Stephen Colbert Takes On Glenn Beck...Some More - Posted October 9, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cBend It Like Beckwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorMichael Moore Stephen Colbert defends the "Grey Gofer," Glenn Beck. "It's like looking into a mirror after you've done a ton of coke off of it," declares Colbert.... [FishBowlLA]

The Video Wall: Miller, Smith, Kids, Olbermann... - Posted October 8, 2009
> Dennis Miller talks/criticizes CNN, MSNBC, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity on "The O'Reilly Factor" using 17 different metaphors. > FNC's Shepard Smith has evidence the world is coming to an end. > Those kids are back. CNN invited the students from the Ron Clark Academy (of super-viral, "You Can Vote However... [TVNewser]

Early Imus Ratings Arrive - Posted October 7, 2009
As we await ratings for day two of "Imus in the Morning" on Fox Business, two Websites are reporting on Monday's numbers -- which improved the timeslot by more than 1000%. According to Mediaite, Imus' show averaged 177,000 Total Viewers Monday morning from 6-9amET. FBN had been averaging around 21,000 for their... [TVNewser]

Around the MB Blogs: Tweets, CBS, Beck... - Posted October 6, 2009
> PRNewser has a great list of the top 5 kinds of PR tweets out there. Even if you don't work in PR, you've probably still been guilty of at least one of these. > Speaking of Twitter, BayNewser highlights CBS News' recent reporting on Twitter's co-founders. > FishbowlDC has Glenn Beck's interview... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck: Neither Party Likes Me Inside the Beltway - Posted October 6, 2009
Eh, what the Beck...it's a slow afternoon. As part of Newsmax's cover story, CEO Christopher Ruddy sits down with Fox News' Glenn Beck to discuss the values that guide Beck's defense of conservative ideals. He warns of a coming event that could change Americans' liberties forever and explains why neither... [FishBowlDC]

Is HLN's 'Issues' the Best Value to Reach Republicans? 'CBS Morning News' for Dems? - Posted October 5, 2009
Tivo, the dvr company, has developed a ratings system that allows networks and advertisers to draw more detailed information about a show's viewing audience. In a study taken during the month of July, Tivo combined an opt-in panel with set-top-box viewing data to cull some elaborate information about news network audiences. Among... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: SCOTUS, Red Eye, Beck... - Posted October 5, 2009
> It's "Supreme Court Week" on C-SPAN. To commemorate the reconvening of the court, C-SPAN has a series of specials scheduled, including interviews with all the Justices, which is a TV first. Here's a behind the scenes video from their coverage. > Mediaite checks in on FNC's "Red Eye" and its... [TVNewser]

Imus at FBN: Day One. 'Congratulations and Condolences' - Posted October 5, 2009
Don Imus' debut on Fox Business was appropriately subdued: "I thought we were on last week," Imus said at 6:05, after business and news headlines. "Trial run," said news sidekick Charles McCord. Guests on the three hour radio/TV program included Sen. John McCain and Glenn Beck. And while we may not see... [TVNewser]

Sunday Show Notes - Posted October 5, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy • Senator Rachel Maddow? The MSNBC host and Mike Murphy stuck behind after "Meet the Press" Sunday for "Take Two" with David Gregory. A viewer asked whether Maddow would make a good Senator. "I don't think I'd be a good... [FishBowlDC]

Imus at FBN: 'I'm More Likely to Believe Shep Smith than Katie Couric or Brian Williams' - Posted October 4, 2009
Don Imus is back on TV. (Yes, he was on RFD-TV, but even he says his move to Fox Business Network is, "the difference between being on television and being on an Etch A Sketch.") Imus talked with WaPo's Howard Kurtz about joining a team that includes Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck a Hot Topic on the Sunday Shows - Posted October 4, 2009
On Fox News Sunday, with substitute host Bret Baier, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham was asked whether Glenn Beck represents the Republican party. "No," was Graham's answer, adding, "It's not the kind of political analysis I buy into." Then later on CNN's State of the Union with John King, which, about the... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Has Two NYT Bestsellers Now - Posted October 1, 2009
On October 11th, Glenn Beck's "Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government" will debut at #1 on the New York Times hardcover non-fiction bestseller list. Beck's other book, "Glenn Beck's Common Sense" is already #1 on the New York Times paperback non-fiction list, where it has... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 10.01.09 - Posted October 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. mediabistro's Laurel Touby is going on a six-month sabbatical to travel the world- and blog about it, of course- but not before a FishbowlNY "exit... [FishBowlDC]

FishbowlDC Interview: Stylin' & Profilin' with DC's Karen Sommer Shalett - Posted September 30, 2009
Trading Spaces alum Mario De Armos called her "the most stylish journalist in Washington" and he just might be right. She's the Editor-in-Chief of DC magazine. She's stylin and we're profilin' Karen Sommer Shalett... What staple outfit should every reporter own? I once got great... [FishBowlDC]

FNC Airs Obama's CBC Speech; MSNBC, CNN Don't - Posted September 26, 2009
Here's a switch. Tonight, Fox News Channel aired, in its entirety, a speech given by Pres. Obama at the Congressional Black Caucus Phoenix Awards Dinner. While MSNBC remained with "Lockup" and CNN aired a "Larry King Live" from earlier this week, from 9:26pm to 9:51pm, FNC broadcast a tape-playback of the... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Doesn't Kill Frogs (or "Zombi-fy People") - Posted September 24, 2009
You might have seen a video floating around from yesterday's "Glenn Beck" of the host tossing a frog into boiling water. It was faked. Beck spent seven minutes today explaining how he went Criss Angel on everyone: TVNewser would like to point out that not all bloggers live in basements. ... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck, the 'Post-Modern Conservative?' - Posted September 24, 2009
Nate Silver, king of all things Microsoft Excel, posted today about the new NBC/WSJ poll that quietly gauged public opinion of FNC's Glenn Beck. Silver writes: While just 24 percent of Americans have a favorable view of him (13 percent strongly so), only 19 percent have an unfavorable one (14 percent... [TVNewser]

Scarborough on Beck: 'You Cannot Preach Hatred;' Beck Responds - Posted September 22, 2009
First it was Olbermann v. O'Reilly, then O'Reilly v. GE, then Olbermann v. Beck, and Beck v. NBC now it's Scarborough v. Beck and it only took a couple hours for Beck to respond. On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" today, Joe Scarborough, as a NYTimes blog put it, "castigated some commentators and Republicans,... [TVNewser]

Afternoon Viewing List 09.22.09 - Posted September 22, 2009
Your must-see clips of the day... First, via Politico, a montage of Tom DeLay dancing clips from last night's debut on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," where he earned a modest score of 16, placing 4th. Next up... Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) made an appearance on Jay Leno last night. Leno asked if... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 09.22.09 - Posted September 22, 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. Happy Birthday to CNN's Brianna Keilar! What know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | BOOKS | NEWS NOTES |... [FishBowlDC]

Glenn Beck: "I Think John McCain Would Have Been Worse for the Country than Barack Obama" - Posted September 21, 2009
In her new CBSNews.com show @katiecouric, the CBS Evening News anchor sat down with Fox News host Glenn Beck. Beck, who has been one of Pres. Obama's fiercest and most vocal critics, says last year's GOP nominee, John McCain, "would have been worse." The entire show can be seen on CBSNews.com tomorrow.... [TVNewser]

'Morning Joe' Discusses Why Obama Skipped FOX - Posted September 21, 2009
This morning, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, and Mike Barnicle discussed the president's Sunday show rounds and the absence of FOX from his schedule. After showing the clip of Chris Wallace calling the White House "cry babies," the conversation moved to a discussion about the president's decision. Here's an... [TVNewser]

Should FNC Producer Shoulder the Blame For Rallying 9/12 Crowd? - Posted September 21, 2009
Over the weekend another angle of the 9/12 rally story emerged. It involved a Fox News associate producer caught on video, rallying the crowd. Friday evening Media Matters aired a clip of "behind the scenes footage" of the staffer whipping up the crowd during a Griff Jenkins live shot. By Saturday afternoon... [TVNewser]

Katie Couric Staying with CBS For the Foreseeable Future; To Host Interview Show on CBSNews.com - Posted September 20, 2009
The NYTimes' Brian Stelter catches up with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric and news executives Sean McManus and Rick Kaplan as the chorus of "when will Katie leave CBS" is nearly silenced. Couric reiterates that she'll stay with the network at least until her contract expires in 2011. On April 9,... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Encore Staying Put - Posted September 18, 2009
TVNewser had heard rumors earlier today that Fox News was having discussions about moving a replay of Glenn Beck's show to 11pmET and moving Bill O'Reilly's replay back to 12amET. Right now, "Glenn Beck" airs at 5:00pmET with a replay at 2amET. Beck's program has delivered remarkably high ratings with a 5pm... [TVNewser]

On The Menu: Author Mark Goulston Knows How To Listen - Posted September 18, 2009
Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven welcomed author Mark Goulston -- who once trained FBI hostage negotiators. Goulston talked about his book, "Just Listen," and the philosophy behind it. "'Just Listen' is a very tactical book that the average... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 09.18.09 - Posted September 18, 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. What know and what we're reading this Friday morning... TV | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE TV Cable and networks are beginning to announce their coverage... [FishBowlDC]

Look Who's on the Cover of Time - Posted September 17, 2009
In a Time magazine cover story, on newsstands tomorrow, David Von Drehle asks, "Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?" The article is a primer for those who don't know Beck, and a refresher for those who've flocked to Beck in the last few months. Beck, however, does not give a new... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck & The Woman Who Didn't Kill Her Husband...or Maybe She Did - Posted September 16, 2009
Glenn Beck aired another of the James O'Keefe ACORN videos yesterday. This time, Tresa Kaelke, an ACORN employee in San Bernardino, CA tells O'Keefe, who was posing as a pimp, that she once was an escort and got away with killing her abusive husband. After playing the clip, Beck gets riled up,... [TVNewser]

Newsers Make "Atlantic50" - Posted September 16, 2009
The Atlantic Wire, The Atlantic's latest opinion aggregator, has released a list of the "Atlantic50," made up of "the columnists and bloggers and broadcast pundits who shape the national debates" that the site will monitor. The methodology included audience measurement, a survey of Washington insiders, and web data to arrive at the... [TVNewser]

Another Cable News Ad Boycott Target: Lou Dobbs - Posted September 16, 2009
Well, since that Glenn Beck boycott seems to be working so well, Media Matters is now rallying for an ad boycott of CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight." Media Matters reports 11 organizations have joined together to launch the Drop Dobbs campaign and DropDobbs.com. For years, Lou Dobbs has been one of the most... [TVNewser]

Opinion Aggregator Atlantic Wire Launches - Posted September 16, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media has launched a new stand alone site The Atlantic Wire, to aggregate some of the best opinions and debates on the Web. The Atlantic has long been a source for well-thought out opinions and discussions, and some of the voice from the magazine and its Web site, like columnist... [FishBowlNY]

Glenn Beck's Saturday Ratings - Posted September 15, 2009
Update: We had the wrong numbers for Beck's special in an earlier post. New numbers below. Beck was up triple digits from the previous week. The 1pmET hour of Glenn Beck's 9/12 special drew 2.34M Total Viewers and 608K in A25-54 demo -- up a whopping 144% in Total Viewers and up... [TVNewser]

Fox News Refutes Latest Claims from Beck Boycott Org - Posted September 14, 2009
A PR firm representing the group Color of Change sent out a press release today touting the boycott of Fox News' Glenn Beck with headlines reading, "Ad Boycott Costs Glenn Beck Over 50% of Ad Dollars" and "62 Companies Refusing to Advertise with Beck Cost Fox Nearly $600k Per Week." The... [TVNewser]

Shepard Smith, 10 Years @ FOX Report: 'I Never Even Thought About Being an Anchor' - Posted September 14, 2009
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith celebrates his 10th anniversary as host of "FOX Report," now the #3 7pm show in basic cable averaging 1.8M viewers each night this year. Tonight, the program will feature a special montage to commemorate the occasion. "It's been a crazy ride," he tells TVNewser. "10 years later... [TVNewser]

As CNN and MSNBC Air Obama Health Care Speech, FNC Broadcasts a Live Glenn Beck Special - Posted September 12, 2009
A Saturday shake-up on the cable news channels. While MSNBC interrupted its taped programming to air Pres. Obama's healthcare reform speech in Minneapolis, FNC's Glenn Beck was in on a Saturday, on this 9/12/09, hosting a live, two-hour "9 Principles, 12 Values" special. FNC chose to air the Beck program instead... [TVNewser]

CNN Live Shot Drowned Out By Shouts of 'Glenn Beck' - Posted September 12, 2009
At the start of segment with CNN Radio Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins this afternoon, CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield forewarned the audience there might be some yelling during the report. There was. Including shouts of "go home, CNN" and the crowd chanting the name of Fox News host Glenn Beck. Desjardins held... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's Best Numbers Yet - Posted September 11, 2009
Nothing like a boycott to really hurt ratings. Glenn Beck had his highest viewership ever Thursday averaging 3.34M Total Viewers. His was the second-highest rated program in Total Viewers in cable news behind The O'Reilly Factor's 3.61M. And Beck was even bigger with the ad-friendly demo, putting up his second best numbers... [TVNewser]

Columnist Archerd Dies|CBS Tries Bribing Blogger With $20 Gift Card|What Do New Yorkers Say They Like To Read On The Subway?|Daily Beast Hires 24-Year-Old Editor|Fallon Ends Olbermann-Beck Beef - Posted September 9, 2009
USA TODAY: Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd has died at age 87. Deadline Hollywood: CBS tried to bribe Nikki Finke into writing about upcoming show "The Good Wife" with a $20 Amazon gift card. She said -- in so many words -- no thanks. New York Times: A survey of 8,000 readers has... [FishBowlNY]

CNN Searches For Conservative, Liberal Voices To Square Off - Posted September 8, 2009
Our colleagues at FishbowlLA have some exclusive news today: CNN is auditioning talent in the hopes of casting one conservative and one liberal host for a new "Crossfire" type of show. FBLA has some ideas about who the news network might be looking at: A few on the liberal side were Steve A.... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA Exclusive: CNN is Auditioning Talent for New Show - Posted September 8, 2009
According to our CNN source, the "most trusted name in news" is casting for a new Crossfire type of Hannity and Colmes show. Meaning: they're auditioning liberal personalities and conservative personalities to co-host one show. Way to really break the mold, CNN. No word on who or what the show would be replacing... [FishBowlLA]

Olbermann: 'Send Me Everything You Can Find About Glenn Beck' - Posted September 7, 2009
It appears Keith Olbermann is arming himself for an all out cable war with Glenn Beck. And he's asking his Daily Kos readers for help. Find everything you can about Glenn Beck, Stu Burguiere, and Roger Ailes. Tuesday we will expand this to the television audience and have a dedicated email address... [TVNewser]

After Pressure, Much of it from Glenn Beck, White House Green Jobs Adviser Resigns - Posted September 6, 2009
Van Jones, Pres. Obama's green jobs czar, resigned late yesterday amid growing criticism about his past comments. According to the NYTimes, Jones said in a statement released early today, "I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past." In recent weeks, Jones, and... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Deconstructs Beck's Building Tour - Posted September 3, 2009
Tonight, after defending him in WPITW, Keith Olbermann made Glenn Beck his number one story, deconstructing a Beck segment yesterday during which he showed images, reliefs, and sculptures of the fascist/communist ilk from around New York, but mostly Rockefeller Center, "the headquarters of NBC, what?" exclaimed Beck. Olbermann culminated with the... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Loses More Advertisers|Sports Reporters Take A Gamble|Taylor The Favorite For Globe|Is Kushner Looking To Sell The Observer?|Consumerist Probes Cash4Gold - Posted September 3, 2009
AgencySpy: Glenn Beck has lost a total of 57 advertisers. Editor & Publisher: Ironic news of the day: a survey has found that 40 percent of sports reporters say they bet on sports, with 5 percent betting on sports they cover. Boston Herald: Stephen Taylor may be the favorite to buy The Boston... [FishBowlNY]

The Ticker (Glenn Beck Edition): Art, Memes, Keys to the City - Posted September 3, 2009
Glenn Beck is in the news again today because...it's a day of the week. Here's a quick summary of the stories that caught our attention today: > mediabistro.com family blog UnBeige looks at Beck's segment last night regarding supposed fascist and communist art in New York's Rockefeller Plaza. > Mediaite examines a... [TVNewser]

57 Companies Keeping their Ads off Glenn Beck - Posted September 2, 2009
Oh his show today Glenn Beck continued to look into Van Jones, the White House special adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation who four years ago co-founded the group ColorofChange.org. That group just announced another 11 companies have pledged not to run ads on Beck's Fox News program. ColorofChange.org says Capital... [TVNewser]

Allbritton and VandeHarris Make VF's "New Establishment 2009" List - Posted September 2, 2009
Politico's Robert Allbritton, John Harris, and Jim VandeHei join the ranks of Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett and Eric Schmidt (though we question his #5 ranking we suffered through Gmail glitches for hours yesterday) for the first time this year on Vanity Fair's annual top 100 Information Age powers list. By our count,... [FishBowlDC]

Glenn Beck Goes Off on Van Jones: "Do You Think I Want To Get on the Air Every Night and Tell You This Stuff" - Posted September 1, 2009
Tonight on his show, Glenn Beck went off again on Van Jones, the special adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Four years ago, Jones co-founded ColorofChange.org, the group that launched an ad boycott of Beck's show earlier this summer. Beck questioned whether the... [TVNewser]

CBS Correspondent McCormick Injured In Afghanistan|Newspaper Ad Revenues Down 29%|A Closer Look At Nemanzee|Glenn Beck Can't Spell - Posted August 28, 2009
TVNewser: CBS News correspondent Cami McCormick was injured in Afghanistan today. While traveling with the U.S. Army, McCormick's convoy was struck by an IED. She underwent surgery and was transported to Bagram Air Base for additional treatment. Associated Press: Newspapers' ad revenues dropped by 29 percent during the second quarter of... [FishBowlNY]

ABC Passes on Ad Critical of Healthcare Reform - Posted August 28, 2009
With all the talk about advertisers moving -- or not moving -- their spots from Glenn Beck to other FNC shows, there's this: ABC, adhering to a long-standing policy, has passed on an advertisement that is critical of healthcare reform. The ad by the League of American Voters features a doctor... [TVNewser]

Fox Tops Ratings During Kennedy Coverage; CNN Sees Boost - Posted August 27, 2009
Here come the numbers. Fox News topped CNN and MSNBC during the first day of Kennedy coverage. As the TVNewser scoreboard indicates today, Fox won the total day and primetime averages handily. We also have numbers from the initial moments of coverage. Early Wednesday morning, FNC (1:28-2amET) had 864K Total... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck: 'I've Been Rich and I've Been Poor, But I Was Only Miserable When I Was Lying to Myself' - Posted August 26, 2009
On his show tonight, Glenn Beck let his viewers know he's prepared for anything -- ad boycott or no ad boycott. "They can take my job and they can take my wealth but that's okay....even if the powers to be, right now, succeed in making me poor, drum me out, and I'm... [TVNewser]

Beck Returns, Goes After Boycott Org Co-Founder - Posted August 25, 2009
Back from vacation, Glenn Beck blasted the co-founder of the organization that coordinated the effort to get advertisers to pull their spots from his show. During a six-minute segment, Beck talked about Van Jones, currently the special adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on... [TVNewser]

Cramer: Beck Advertisers Will "Come Back in the End" - Posted August 24, 2009
Today on "Street Signs," CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer discussed the recent advertiser withdrawal from Glenn Beck's show and other opinion programs. Cramer mostly talked about Unilever's advertising strategy during the time period and how the boycott would not affect Newscorp, but he also added, "I used to follow Glenn... [TVNewser]

On The Menu: 4-Steps To Better Writing From Professor And Writing Coach Jill Dearman - Posted August 24, 2009
Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven were joined by Jill Dearman, a writing coach and profesor who has recently written a writing handbook, "Bang the Keys: 4 Steps To a Lifelong Writing Process." Jill had some great advice... [FishBowlNY]

Beck Comment Changing Ad Landscape? - Posted August 24, 2009
A new Associated Press article has the count of advertisers who've removed their spots from Fox News' "Glenn Beck" at 33. But the pull-out -- or, more accurately, the rearranging -- could have a more widespread effect. It seems the incident has reminded many sponsors that advertising on political... [TVNewser]

Beck "Best of" Airs Friday Evening - Posted August 21, 2009
With Glenn Beck on vacation -- a vacation TVNewser questioned yesterday -- Judge Andrew Napolitano had filled in Tuesday and Wednesday with Eric Bolling in Thursday, but tonight, you may have noticed Beck was back on, sort of. The show was composed of segments from previous episodes "best of"-style, packaged... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Off This Week: Vacation or Something More? - Posted August 20, 2009
First on TVNewser: Tipsters inside Fox News tell us Glenn Beck's vacation this week from his Fox News show was not planned. We hear Beck was told to take this week off to let some of the heat surrounding him die down. That heat began July 28 on "Fox & Friends"... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Takes on Glenn Beck on Health Care - Posted August 20, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cGlenn Beck's Operationwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealthcare Protests Jon Stewart of The Daily Show fame, finds that blowharder Glenn Beck was against the health care system before he was for it. Do they know the camera is recording?... [FishBowlLA]

On The Menu: Heathrow's "Writer In Residence," Fox News' High Ratings & Hunter S. Thompson - Posted August 19, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven chatted jovially about today's biggest media headlines. First on the docket, Fox News' big ratings week. "The craziest thing is Glenn Beck, who has been facing tons and tons of problems lately with advertisers...had... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 08.19.09 - Posted August 19, 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. Happy Birthday to Emily Goodin and Mary Matalin! What know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE... [FishBowlDC]

Maddow Brings up Beck on Meet the Press - Posted August 16, 2009
In her first appearance on Meet the Press, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow brought up one of those other cable news talkers: Democrats have a huge 60-seat majority in the Senate. And therefore they've got big majorities on every committee too. But Max Baucus, who is a democratic senator, has decided on the Senate... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly Follows Big Ratings Night with Slamming of "Evil Empire" GE - Posted August 11, 2009
Monday night's "O'Reilly Factor" was the leader of a big ratings night for FNC. Bill O'Reilly saw his first 1 million-plus viewer telecast in the A25-54 demographic for the year (1.07M A25-54, 3.81M Total Viewers). In prime-time Total Viewers, FNC averaged 3.107M with none of it's programs dipping below... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Chokes Up Talking About His Daughter, Born with CP - Posted August 11, 2009
During his Fox News show today, after airing a story on the practice of eugenics during Nazi Germany, FNC host Glenn Beck got choked up talking about his daughter who was born with Cerebral Palsy. He also made clear, "No one is saying that eugenics are coming..." ... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 08.11.09 - Posted August 11, 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. Check out Washington Examiner Yeas & Nays columnist Kiki Ryan enjoying truffle fries at Poste wrapped in her own column... Speaking of good eats, Playbook spotted... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann's Special Comment on Town Hall Scare Tactics - Posted August 10, 2009
Meanwhile, over on MSNBC at 8pm, Keith Olbermann delivered a special comment on the healthcare debate, specifically the "orgy of fantasized violence and imagined revolution whose fires have been stoked for weeks, for months, for years by conservatives." Part one was saved exclusively for Sarah Palin. Part two, below, included Glenn... [TVNewser]

Republican Congressman About Glenn Beck: "Here's What I Suggest: Turn That Television Off" - Posted August 9, 2009
Those town halls continued over the weekend across the country, and at one, held by South Carolina Republican congressman Bob Inglis Thursday night, Fox News host Glenn Beck came up. Responding to a woman toward the front of the crowd, Rep. Inglis said, "There's a suggestion up here. A suggestion to watch... [TVNewser]

And as for That Other Feud - Dobbs on Olbermann: "He's Not Man Enough to Take Me On" - Posted August 8, 2009
Lou Dobbs went off on Keith Olbermann again on his radio show Friday, after saying earlier in the week he was done talking about the MSNBC host. "He is desperately in need of a recalibration of his medication," said Dobbs of Olbermann. And, like Bill O'Reilly on that other network, the... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's 'Racist' Comment Sends Advertisers Elsewhere - Posted August 6, 2009
Three companies who had run ads during Glenn Beck's Fox News show have distanced themselves from Beck, including LexisNexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance. We're told a P&G spot inadvertently aired during a weekend Beck broadcast, but that the company never had a regular buy for the show. The group... [TVNewser]

Do MSNBC and Fox News Have a Deal? - Posted July 31, 2009
> Update: The NYTimes is running a front-page story on this tomorrow morning. In it, Brian Stelter writes: ...even though the feud had increased the viewing audience of both programs, [Murdoch and Immelt] instructed lieutenants to arrange a cease-fire, according to four people who work at the companies and have direct... [TVNewser]

Countdown to Beer Summit - Posted July 30, 2009
Okay, the countdown clock craze is getting out of hand. CNN and MSNBC both have countdown clocks to the White House Beer Summit. We're guessing Glenn Beck will steer clear. ... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 07.30.09 - Posted July 30, 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. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | MAGAZINES | NEWS NOTES | JOBS NEWSPAPERS WaPo online features an interactive... [FishBowlDC]

Glenn Beck: "Let's Talk About Why I Said, What I Said" - Posted July 30, 2009
On his radio show Wednesday, Glenn Beck explained why he called Pres. Obama a "racist" on Tuesday's Fox & Friends. He also described the media coverage of the flap: "The Today show was bashing me this morning, along with the rest of the mainstream media...liberal blogs as well, although I don't really... [TVNewser]

FNC Responds to Glenn Beck Calling Pres. Obama a "Racist" - Posted July 28, 2009
This morning on Fox and Friends, Glenn Beck said he thinks Pres. Barack Obama has "a deep-seeded hatred for white people." Brian Kilmeade questioned him on it, but Beck persisted: "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people, I'm saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist." This... [TVNewser]

Shep Smith in the Boston Globe - Posted July 27, 2009
Fox News' "most prominent anchor" Shepard Smith appeared in a Joanna Weiss-penned Boston Globe feature Sunday that explores his broadcaster mentality, his place at Fox News, and his Mississippi roots. Also, Smith's neutral approach amidst a number of opinion programs is examined in some detail: Smith's own perspective is hard to attach... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 07.10.09 - Posted July 10, 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. Happy Birthday to Shawna Thomas and to Garrett Graff, who celebrates tomorrow. Kudos also to Jill Jackson, Brian Haefeli and Mark Preston who also correctly... [FishBowlDC]

Fox's Baier: Special Report's "A Job Of A Lifetime" - Posted July 6, 2009
Fox Special Report anchor Bret Baier tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a profile about his still fairly new gig-- "It's a job of a lifetime for a guy like me who loves politics and being in the middle of things." On ratings: "I did interviews before [Barack] Obama came into office,... [FishBowlDC]

Cablers Scramble to Cover Michael Jackson News - Posted June 25, 2009
The cable news networks have been covering the news that Michael Jackson was rushed to UCLA Medical Center after suffering a heart attack. At 5:20pmET TMZ.com reported Jackson had died after paramedics were unable to revive him. As of 6:20pmET, the cable and broadcast news outlets have not confirmed that. •... [TVNewser]

Why is Glenn Beck Playing With Barbies? - Posted June 24, 2009
Wow. Glenn Beck - an American treasure. We are sitting here trying to think of the pre-po that went into this bit. "Okay, I'm going to be doing a thing trying to demonize ACORN. Okay, acorns are nuts. I'm nuts. Ken Dolls don't have nuts. We should use Barbies!" Via TVNewser.... [FishBowlLA]

Welcome to Glenn Beck's Dollhouse - Posted June 24, 2009
If you've been confused about the twists and turns in the ACORN story, never fear, Glenn Beck is here - with Barbies - to explain how he sees it. And this wasn't even on his own show. This is from The O'Reilly Factor last night: • Time's James Poniewozik adds: "...there's a... [TVNewser]

Ambushing an Ambusher: Griff Jenkins Meets "Open Left" - Posted June 18, 2009
Gawker still hasn't tracked down Jesse Watters for an ambush interview, but Adam Green of Open Left found a different ambusher to ambush last night — Griff Jenkins. The result — an ambush-off. Check it out below (with FNC's take after the jump). Also, Gawker promises: "John Cook is still hot... [TVNewser]

Getting To Know Glenn Beck: Reactions - Posted June 17, 2009
FNC's Glenn Beck has been all over the media recently, and a behind-the-scenes video from his tearful GQ photo shoot by Jill Greenberg is up on YouTube was posted by Gawker. John Cook talked to Greenberg about the experience. "The crying was my idea, and Glenn was cool with trying it," she... [TVNewser]

Beck: "If I Wanted To Be A Journalist, I Would Be Charlie Rose And Bore The Snot Out Of People" - Posted June 16, 2009
FNC's Glenn Beck spoke candidly with Jason Horowitz for a GQ Q&A recently "I'm not a journalist," he says. "If I wanted to be a journalist, I would be Charlie Rose and bore the snot out of people and have fourteen people watching me. I am a guy that firmly believes what... [TVNewser]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted June 16, 2009
Will Tacy out at Newsweek.com- FishbowlNY Facebook's new digs- BayNewser Glenn Beck: "If I wanted to be a journalist, I would be Charlie Rose and bore the snot out of people"- TVNewser Douglas Rushkoff on Twitter and totalitarianism- GalleyCat Wall Street Journal cuts ad column to 2x/week- AgencySpy... [FishBowlLA]

The Ticker: Beck, Cramer, King... - Posted June 16, 2009
> Glenn Beck's radio show is expanding to three hours in New York. The WOR program will run from 9am-NoonET beginning Monday. > Jim Cramer hosts a Father's Day special edition of Mad Money, "It's a Family Affair," on Friday. The show includes a live studio audience and Q&A segments. >... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 06.16.09 - Posted June 16, 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. What we know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | MAGAZINE | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE |... [FishBowlDC]

Glenn Beck: "The Fringe Groups Hate My Guts" - Posted June 15, 2009
FNC's Glenn Beck is featured today in a Q&A on WashingtonPost.com. He's asked about a wide range of issues, including how he balances "providing your viewpoint with making sure not to push fringe groups over the edge towards violence," and the comments made by Shepard Smith last week about "hate-filled emails": Anybody... [TVNewser]

20/20's Glenn Beck Interview Brings High Ratings - Posted June 15, 2009
Friday's "20/20," featuring interviews with American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert and Fox News' Glenn Beck averaged 5.98 million Total Viewers - making it ABC's #1 show for the night. The program beat a re-run of CBS's Numb3rs, but came in second to NBC's Stanley Cup final. This was also 20/20's best... [TVNewser]

Menu: World Record Breaking Author TJ Walker Gives Public Speaking Advice - Posted June 5, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, TVNewser's Steve Krakauer talks to author and "Guinness Book of World Records" record breaker TJ Walker. Walker and co-author Jess Todtfeld spent 24 hours giving interviews for 112 talk radio shows earlier this week in order to promote their book "TJ Walker's Secret... [FishBowlNY]

Reviewing Glenn: "Fantasitc Showman" with "Garrison Keillor-with-a-Bee-in-his-Bonnet Delivery" - Posted June 5, 2009
Some reviews are in for Glenn Beck's comedy road show. And, like his previous tours, if Beck wasn't in your town... he was probably still in your town - in a movie theater. That's how reviewers from The New York Times and The Daily Page (Madison, WI) saw him last night,... [TVNewser]

Layoffs At The Hollywood Reporter|Glenn Beck Earns $23M, Makes Forbes List|Mortgage Originator Magazine Closes|Times Admits To Big Oops|TweetDeck Slows Times Computers - Posted June 4, 2009
FishbowlLA/TheWrap: The Hollywood Reporter cut about 10 staffers including Rose Einstein who joined THR in June 2007 as Vice President, Associate Publisher. TVNewser: Glenn Beck makes it on Forbes' Celebrity 100 list, raking in an estimated $23 million in the last year. Folio: Summit Business Media has folded monthly financial pub Mortgage... [FishBowlNY]

Glenn Beck: The 23 Million Dollar Man - Posted June 4, 2009
What list includes Angelina Jolie, Tiger Woods and Glenn Beck? This year's annual "ranking of the world's ultra famous," the Forbes Celebrity 100. Beck was the only TV news personality to make the list. Here's how Forbes broke down the reasoning: Beck's rapidly expanding media empire includes multiple revenue sources: a TV... [TVNewser]

May Ratings: FNC Beats MSNBC and CNN Combined Again - Posted June 2, 2009
Fox News was the top rated cable news network in May 2009, beating CNN and MSNBC combined in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo in prime time. Fox News had the top 9 programs on cable news during prime time (Total Viewers), with The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity, Glenn Beck Program, On... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck on "The Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment" - Posted June 2, 2009
Fox News host Glenn Beck gives an "exit interview" to Philadelphia Magazine's Richard Rys. On his FNC program: The show is the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment. I always try to make my point in an entertaining way, so it causes you to think. On the "anchorbabes" at FNC: I think there are some beautiful... [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]

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]

Jill Sobule Serenades 'Her Man' Rupert Murdoch - Posted May 28, 2009
Jill Sobule sings,"You said you got a secret plan, you hired Glenn Beck and ruin the Republicans." We like Sobule. She volunteers at Write Girl, which makes her totally awesome. Via Sobule's Huffpo blog Previously on FBLA: Merry Christmas From the Family... [FishBowlLA]

Tables Turned on Roland Martin - Posted May 28, 2009
As his guest hosting gig on CNN draws to a close, CNN's Roland Martin opens up about filling in for Campbell Brown. He sat down for an interview with Julie Menin who hosts "Give and Take" on WNBC's digital channel NY Nonstop. They talked about Monday's New York Post story on... [TVNewser]

Larry King on Glenn Beck - "That Don't Impress Me" - Posted May 21, 2009
Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove attended last night's party celebrating Larry King's new memoir, "My Remarkable Journey." Among those in attendance, Anderson Cooper, Mort Zuckerman, Phil Donahue, Regis Philbin and Barbara Walters whose guest earlier in the day on "The View" came up in conversation. Meanwhile, Larry was talking to Barbara about overwrought... [TVNewser]

Whoopi Goldberg to Glenn Beck: "You're a Lying Sack of Dog Mess" - Posted May 20, 2009
Sometimes when Fox News personalities, like Bill O'Reilly, make a stop at "The View," there are heated discussions, but today's appearance by Glenn Beck was in a different category. Beck was immediately confronted by Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters about a story he told after the White House Correspondents Dinner on the... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (FNC Edition): Gutfeld, Friedman, Beck... - Posted May 19, 2009
> The libertarian magazine Reason has posted a video of Red Eye host Greg Gutfeld's appearance during Reason Weekend. He talks about Bill Maher, The Huffington Post and his "surreal" FNC program. > Fired FoxNews.com entertainment writer Roger Friedman has joined The Hollywood Reporter, effective immediately. Friedman left Fox News... [TVNewser]

TWT Partners w/ CBS Radio Affiliate WHFS 1580 - Posted May 18, 2009
The Washington Times kicked off a partnership WHFS-1580 AM today that will provide listeners with a 'top of the hour' newscast plus 30-second features from TWT's newsroom. WHFS features a daily lineup of conservative talk-radio hosts, including Glenn Beck, Fred Thompson, Lou Dobbs, Michael Smerconish, and Dr.Laura Schlessinger. The TWT newscasts will... [FishBowlDC]

Monica Novotny Sets Off "Real Joe" Firestorm - Posted May 15, 2009
For weeks we've monitored the growing escalation of a not-so-average Joe feud between MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and CNBC's Joe Kernen, which has come to a head in the past two days. After an appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box yesterday in which MSNBC anchor Monica Novotny declared Kernen the true "Morning Joe," she... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Beck, Cohn, Roberts... - Posted May 13, 2009
> TV Guide Magazine's Stephen Battaglio talks to FNC's Glenn Beck about his early radio days, why he owns a gun, and what he likes about Pres. Obama. "I think he's brilliant. I think he is an effective communicator. He is a very good politician," he says. > Remember Sir Allen... [TVNewser]

Griff Jenkins Doesn't Identify Himself During Garofalo Run-In - Posted May 13, 2009
FNC's Griff Jenkins scored an impromptu interview with Janeane Garofalo Friday night before her comedy show that evening, and parts of the video aired Monday night on every prime time program and yesterday on Fox & Friends and the Glenn Beck Program. It has been prominently featured on TheFoxNation, with the... [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]

Beck to ACORN Spokesperson: "Get The Hell Out of My Studio" - Posted May 7, 2009
ACORN spokesperson Scott Levenson was a guest on the Glenn Beck Program yesterday, and after a, well, spirited nine-minute debate (including one "shut his mic off"), the real action took place during the commercial break. Beck said he told Levenson, "You sir and your organization are bad for America," and Levenson... [TVNewser]

"Some Folks Want to Know More About Our Friend, the Cube" - Posted May 6, 2009
FNC's Jonathan Hunt takes viewers inside "The Cube," the huge, six-sided, sometimes cantankerous studio fixture of FNC's 7pmET show "Fox Report." For example, did you know The Cube, "sits silently watching the human tornado that is Glenn Beck?" ... [TVNewser]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted May 4, 2009
Relix music mag relaunches under new ownership- FishbowlNY Glenn Beck to share in book profits in new deal- TVNewser 100 jobs saved at Cambridge University Press- GalleyCat Separate but equal: Washington Post bylines- FishbowlDC ABCNews's disappearing torture interview- WebNewser... [FishBowlLA]

Janice Dean Goes "Glenn Beck" As She Returns To FNC - Posted May 4, 2009
Janice Dean, The Weather Machine, returned to Fox News from maternity leave today. She had a baby boy, Matthew, on January 24. "Thank goodness [Glenn Beck] made crying okay on television," said an emotional Dean. (via Johnny Dollar):... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck to Share in Book Profits in New Deal - Posted May 4, 2009
Last week BusinessInsider.com estimated Glenn Beck would make $18 million in 2009 — now it appears he's headed for even more. Beck's new book deal with Simon & Schuster will give him more of a share in the profits of each book, as well as increased creative control, reports the Wall... [TVNewser]

CNN's Time 100 Special: Ted Turner, Bono and More - Posted May 1, 2009
Where can you see Bono chat with George Clooney, or Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens reminiscence about billions made and lost? Tonight at 11pmET on CNN, for the Anderson Cooper 360 special highlighting this year's Time 100 list. "These people are really good friends. They know a lot about each other on... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's Way to Become FNC's Top Rated? A Cheney Hunting Trip - Posted April 30, 2009
FNC's Glenn Beck sat down for a Q&A with EW.com's Hollywood Insider and he clearly shows who, among the Fox News hosts, has the best sense of humor: Q: Glenn Beck trails only The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity in the cable news ratings. What should you do right now to take both... [TVNewser]

April Ratings: FNC Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined - Posted April 28, 2009
How's this for cable news domination - Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC combined in every hour from 6amET to MidnightET in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo for April 2009. FNC had the top 11 cable news programs in Total Viewers and 12 of the top 15 in the demo.... [TVNewser]

Hemmer: "We Size It Up and Shoot Down the Middle" - Posted April 25, 2009
Fox News Channel's Bill Hemmer is profiled by his hometown Cincinnati Enquirer. "Fox is a special place," Hemmer said one recent morning after wrapping up his newscast. "We have fewer people, and less staff challenges us to work smarter, faster than our competition. You hit the door in the morning and if... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.20.09 - Posted April 20, 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 91 covering the Obama administration and week 12 for us. Happy Birthday to Politico's Carol Lee. What we know and what we're reading... [FishBowlDC]

Telling Tales: Radio Talker's New Book Reveals Cable News Secrets - Posted April 19, 2009
Philadelphia radio talk show host and perennial cable news guest Michael Smerconish has written a new book about his life as a professional talker. In Morning Drive: Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking Smerconish argues the cable TV news presents a too-simple and ultimately unrealistic, "liberal or conservative"... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.16.09 - Posted April 16, 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 87 covering the Obama administration and week 11 for us. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV |... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Fox News' All-Day Party Coverage - Posted April 15, 2009
While CNBC's Rick Santelli, who the tax day tea party planners say was the inspiration for the parties across the country today, will not be involved, the folks at Fox News are out in force covering the partying. Their "Anti-Tax Tea Party" coverage includes: • Neil Cavuto live from Sacramento at 4pmET • Glenn... [TVNewser]

Guest Passes Out Live During Glenn Beck - Posted April 13, 2009
A guest on Glenn Beck's Fox News show passed out as the opening segment was coming to an end. Beck and his guest, David Buckner, professor of organizational leadership at Columbia University program, were standing at a monitor talking about what is leading American companies to bankruptcy. Around 5:11pm, as they were... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's Comedy Tour: Coming to a Theater Near Year - Posted April 13, 2009
FNC's Glenn Beck will be hitting the road in June for "The Common Sense Tour," his six-city live one man comedy show. Although the logo may continue the 9/12 Project branding, the tour will focus on the funny. ("After all, if we don't laugh, we'll cry," it says in the release.) But... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck and Larry King Get "Super" - Posted April 11, 2009
Current TV's "SuperNews" regularly skewers celebrities and other public figures (and Twitter). A couple recent segments have taken on the cable news community. There's Glenn Beck below and a Larry King clip after the jump (one tip: check out the ticker on 2nd viewing): Click continued to see the Larry King clip...... [TVNewser]

New Beck Special: "Destined to Repeat(?)" - Posted April 9, 2009
Glenn Beck announced a new special on his show today — "Destined to Repeat(?)" The special airs tomorrow at 5pmET. From his Website: "Beck sits down with some of the greatest historians and authors to put the current crisis in context." "A lot of shows you can hop in and out but... [TVNewser]

Frei: From The "Stiff Upper Lip" To "A Quivering Lower Lip" - Posted April 9, 2009
BBC World News America anchor Matt Frei is a European in D.C. — and from this perspective he weighs in on the Emo-anchor rise in a column today on BBC's Website. "The traditional stiff upper lip of newscasters has morphed into a quivering lower lip," he writes. He brings up the usual suspects... [TVNewser]

9 Principles, 12 Values...And Now, 6 Ideas - Posted April 9, 2009
First there was Glenn Beck's 9 principles and 12 values. Well tonight Sean Hannity gets into the numbers game with a special called "6 Ideas To Save America." Hannity's "Ideas" are a bit more concrete than Beck's "principles" and "values" — they include economic recovery, energy independence and healthcare, and each have... [TVNewser]

Fear and Jenga at Fox: The Success of Glenn Beck - Posted April 9, 2009
"On March 23, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the Obama Administration's toxic-bank-assets plan. The stock markets cheered the news, sending the Dow up 497 points. This meant one thing: it was time for Glenn Beck to break out the Jenga set." Thus begins next week's media column from Time Magazine's James Poniewozik.... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.09.09 - Posted April 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. Its day 80 covering the Obama administration and week ten for us. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV |... [FishBowlDC]

Carlson Talks Obama, Beck, Bailouts on the Menu - Posted April 8, 2009
Former CNN and MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson joined us this morning from D.C. to talk President Obama and more. We talked about the bailouts, which Carlson said he's been against since the Bush administration. "I don't think anybody has a right to a federally subsidized job," he said. "I certainly didn't. I... [TVNewser]

Morning Media Menu Welcomes Back Tucker Carlson - Posted April 8, 2009
When last we spoke to Tucker Carlson the entire world was in the process of descending on Washington DC ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration. At the time Tucker described the all the security surrounding the event as anti-American. You probably won't be surprised to hear that he has equally... [FishBowlNY]

The Rise of the Emo-Anchor - Posted April 8, 2009
What's with all the on-air emoting? The New York Observer's Felix Gillette writes about this trend in the cover story for today's paper. "Not long ago, television news was a no-cry zone," he writes. "The top newsmen were celebrated for their emotional control in the face of gut-punching developments." But that's changed.... [TVNewser]

Listen: Tucker Carlson Back on the Menu - Posted April 8, 2009
"I'm excited about it, I live here, I want my kids to see it...On the other hand, in the end he's a politician taking a political office, 52% of the public voted for him, 48% didn't vote for him, so let's not pretend this is the second coming of Jesus." That was... [Newsfeed]

Morning Reading List 04.08.09 - Posted April 8, 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 79 covering the Obama administration and week ten for us. Happy Birthday to NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd! Couldn't resist this... [FishBowlDC]

"The Ed Show" Premiere: Post-Mortem - Posted April 7, 2009
Ed Schultz' new 6pmET MSNBC show premiered last night, and so far the reaction to "The Ed Show" on the Web has been mixed. We'll have ratings soon, but first, here's a look at some first-night thoughts: • Variety's Brian Lowry thought MSNBC wants Schultz "to be its Glenn Beck." Although he... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Scarborough, Paxman, Cramer... - Posted April 7, 2009
> "The Joe Scarborough Show" debuts this week on 630 WMAL in D.C. The radio show, hosted by Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski from 10-11:45amET, is up 89% from January to February '09 in NY in the A25-54 demo, topping WOR at 10amET and lead-in "Imus in the Morning" for the month.... [TVNewser]

Beck: "I'm a Crybaby. I Cry at Commercials" - Posted April 6, 2009
New York Magazine's Michael Idov takes a car ride with Glenn Beck from FNC HQ in New York City to his "lakefront mansion in Connecticut." Beck says he's "grateful" for his wealth "because we've been able to help people." He also talks about the emotion on his show. "I'm a crybaby," he says.... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.02.09 - Posted April 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. Its day 73 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | NEWS... [FishBowlDC]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted April 1, 2009
Another round of layoffs at Forbes- FishbowlNY Ex-Google designer Douglas Bowman moves to Twitter- UnBeige ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN pick up Peabody awards- TVNewser Borders total sales fell nearly 13 percent last quarter- GalleyCat Glenn Beck's is the only cable news website to crack top 10... [FishBowlLA]

Colbert Begins The 10/31 Project, Mimics Beck - Posted April 1, 2009
Morning Joe speculated yesterday Stephen Colbert may gain some new material with Glenn Beck, and last night Colbert delivered. He announced the launch of The 10/31 Project ("10 principles 31 flavors, four seasons, 10 lords a-leaping and 525,600 minutes"), and focused on the emotion and doomsday discussions seen on Beck's program.... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly Talks Rush, Beck, Penn on Letterman - Posted April 1, 2009
FNC's Bill O'Reilly spent a rare three segments on the Late Show couch talking to David Letterman last night. The interview had none of the '06 fireworks, but did touch on some more serious topics. O'Reilly and Letterman had a lengthy discussion about whether Rush Limbaugh was the head of the Republican... [TVNewser]

Q1 2009 Ratings: FNC Tops CNN and MSNBC Combined in Prime Time Total Viewers - Posted March 31, 2009
Fox News Channel was the 2nd highest rated cable channel on all of television during the first quarter of 2009 in prime time Total Viewers. CNN was 17th and MSNBC 24th for the first three months of the year. FNC beat CNN and MSNBC combined and gained the most compared to... [TVNewser]

Morning Joe Talks Glenn Beck: "Roger Ailes is the Genius" - Posted March 31, 2009
The Morning Joe team explored the Glenn Beck phenomenon today, as Willie Geist put together a collection of some of the most emotional clips of the FNC host. Immediately following the video, co-hosts Mika Brzezinski asked, "What the hell was that?" while Joe Scarborough couldn't stop laughing hysterically (he later blamed it... [TVNewser]

The Glenn Beck Program Soundboard - Posted March 30, 2009
What's with these Glenn Beck noises? WebNewser has the details about the "nine principles behind [Beck's] meteoric rise" (the noises are one):... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly on Penn, Blitzer and Meghan McCain - Posted March 30, 2009
As Bill O'Reilly enters his 100th month as the host of the top-rated cable news show, The Hollywood Reporter asks him who will one day knock him off the top spot. "It's hard to speculate," says O'Reilly. "We're so far ahead now, and my competitors have been around long enough so... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck: "If You Take What I Say As Gospel, You're An Idiot" - Posted March 30, 2009
Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck, "suddenly one of the most powerful media voices for the nation's conservative populist anger," is featured in a front page story in the New York Times today. "With a mix of moral lessons, outrage and an apocalyptic view of the future, Mr. Beck, a longtime radio host... [TVNewser]

Fox News, MSNBC Ratings Stories - Posted March 27, 2009
Keep an eye out over the next couple of days for cable news ratings stories in your local newspaper (and online, of course). TVNewser hears the New York Times is prepping a feature on Glenn Beck. Since Beck's "You Are Not Alone" special March 13, his show has been averaging 587,000... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 03.24.09 - Posted March 24, 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 64 covering the Obama administration and week eight for us. Happy Birthday to Mary Ann "The Sleuth" Akers (Playbook). What we know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Beck Talks Tim Russert: "If You Miss Him, You Should Become Him" - Posted March 23, 2009
Glenn Beck began his program tonight with a lengthy, wide-ranging "The One Thing" segment about his entire political philosophy, the media, recent criticism and more. He responded to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and the rest of the Real Time panel who discussed the danger of Beck Friday night. He also had an Andy Bernard... [TVNewser]

Maher and Olbermann Talk Beck, Cornell - Posted March 21, 2009
Keith Olbermann appeared last night on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher as the second guest and later as a member of the panel. The conversation began with Cornell University (both are alumni) and the origin of their political beliefs. Maher also asked Olbermann why he continues to use the "Mission... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 03.19.09 - Posted March 19, 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 59 covering the Obama administration and week seven for us. We're back after a few... [FishBowlDC]

Beck: "I Don't Think There's a Problem With People Showing Emotion" - Posted March 17, 2009
Lloyd Grove talks to ratings-juggernaut Glenn Beck in a lengthy, personal interview on The Daily Beast. Beck describes the transition from CNN to FNC. "We've just hit the ground going 200 miles an hour and the best thing here is the entrepreneurial spirit of Fox," he says. "They leave you alone and... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's Friday Special is #1 For the Month - Posted March 16, 2009
Glenn Beck's "We Surround Them, You Are Not Alone" 5pmET special, featuring a studio audience and viewing parties around the nation, was the top-rated show on cable news in the A25-54 demo last Friday, with 993,000 viewers. In fact it was the #1 show in that demo for the month of... [TVNewser]

Shep Promotes "Glenn Beck Friday": Doom Room, Fear Chamber and "Ginormous Ratings" - Posted March 13, 2009
Fox News has been promoting "Glenn Beck Friday" all day today, in anticipation of Beck's 5pmET special. During Studio B Shepard Smith promoted the special as only he could. "It's Glenn Beck Friday — details of the event of the new millennium coming through this hour, we wait with bated breath," he... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Beck, Greenberg, Golodryga... - Posted March 12, 2009
> FNC's Glenn Beck is featured in a lengthy car-related profile in Motor Trend magazine. "Make no mistake, Beck is patriotic and thus he owns American cars," reports K.S. Wang. > CNBC premieres "Crusie Inc: Big Money On The High Seas," on March 24 at 9pmET. Correspondent Peter Greenberg takes a... [TVNewser]

Morning Media Menu With HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell - Posted March 12, 2009
Today on the Menu we're joined by HLN anchor Jane Velez-Mitchell. Velez-Mitchell's "Issues," which launched last year as a replacement for Glenn Beck has since brought in record ratings for HLN -- significantly higher than its predecessor. Just this week HLN announced it would expand the show to repeat... [FishBowlNY]

Jane Velez-Mitchell on Tomorrow's "Menu" - Posted March 11, 2009
HLN anchor Jane Velez-Mitchell will be a guest on tomorrow' mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. Velez-Mitchell's "Issues" has brought in record ratings for HLN, significantly higher than last year when "Glenn Beck" occupied the spot. Yesterday HLN announced it would expand the show to repeat over the weekend. Click here to listen LIVE... [TVNewser]

Beck Tops Hannity; Second Biggest Draw in Cable News - Posted March 11, 2009
Glenn Beck on Fox News Channel continues to be a ratings hit. Yesterday's show drew 662,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo, making it the second most-popular cable news show with younger viewers, even topping, for the first time, Sean Hannity's show at 9pmET. However, Hannity beat Beck in Total Viewers (2.376 million... [TVNewser]

Rumors Swirl as Ed Schultz Guest Hosts on MSNBC - Posted March 11, 2009
With the hypothetical possibility of a new MSNBC show at 10pmET, each guest hosting spot gets extra scrutiny. This was the case with radio host Ed Schultz, who filled in for David Shuster on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday. The New York Observer's Felix Gillette writes the news, "touched off a fresh set... [TVNewser]

HLN Expands "Issues" to Seven Days - Posted March 10, 2009
TVNewser has learned HLN is expanding "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell" to seven days a week. This means two Atlanta-based HLN shows, "Not Just Another Cable News Show" and "News to Me" will be canceled. We're told one New York staffer will lose their job in the programming shuffle. Other staffers are expected... [TVNewser]

The News/Fake News Intersection: Beck, Cramer - Posted March 6, 2009
On Wednesday night, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart delivered a lengthy rant against CNBC, of which Jim Cramer was a major part, and The Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert parodied Glenn Beck's doomsday scenario segments "War Room" with his own "Doom Bunker." But that was just the beginning. Cramer, who has been locked... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck, A Ratings Hit for Fox, Takes His Show to the People - Posted March 6, 2009
The Glenn Beck Program, an out-of-the gate ratings sensation for Fox News, announced today that next Friday's show will air before a live audience, outside. "I hope it's not too chilly for you," said Beck. "Bundle up, baby, because you're going to be on TV and across the country." Beck is also... [TVNewser]

Cheney's "Favorite Channel" Doing Just Fine in Obama Admin - Posted March 5, 2009
LATimes' Matea Gold profiles Glenn Beck in tomorrow's paper. Some DC highlights below and check out the entire piece here. So much for the predictions that Fox News, reportedly the favorite channel of former Vice President Dick Cheney, wouldn't fare well in an Obama administration. "I read some Internet postings that we... [FishBowlDC]

Colbert to Beck: "Crank Up the Crazy and Rip Off the Knob" - Posted March 5, 2009
While The Daily Show was tearing into CNBC last night (or, as The Huffington Post put it, "locking down their Peabody Award"), The Colbert Report was complimenting new FNC host Glenn Beck for "rocking it." Stephen Colbert focused on the War Room segment of Beck's show, where, as Beck said: "We're... [TVNewser]

"Issues" Working For HLN's "Niche-Target" Strategy - Posted March 3, 2009
"Jane Velez-Mitchell is a true-crime author, a television talking head, a lesbian, an animal activist, a recovering alcoholic and a vegan. She was until recently a glorified freelancer for Headline News, the sister channel of CNN." This is how the New York Times' Brian Stelter begins his profile today of HLN's newest... [TVNewser]

February Ratings: FNC Beats CNN and MSNBC Combined in Total Viewers - Posted February 24, 2009
Fox News was the ratings leader during prime time and total day during February 2009 — its 86th month on top. FNC averaged more Total Viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined in prime time and total day. FNC had nine out of the top 10 programs in cable news last month in... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Claims to be Scientific, Postulating that Arctic is Melting Because 'Heat Rises' - Posted February 24, 2009
If we can't trust Glenn Beck for our climate change information - who can we trust?!... [FishBowlLA]

Glenn Beck Thinks Bret Baier Looks Like He "Should Be On 'Leave it to Beaver'" - Posted February 19, 2009
During last night's "Special Report" tease on Glenn Beck's 5pmET show, Beck abruptly changed the topic after Bret Baier finished. "You look like somebody who should be on 'Leave it to Beaver,'" he said. "That's really wonderful," said Baier sarcastically. After the exchange, Beck said "He's going to hate me" (via... [TVNewser]

Beck Talks "Twilight," Clooney, Jolie - Posted February 17, 2009
FNC anchor Glenn Beck is profiled in Patricia Sheridan's "Breakfast With..." series, and discusses a variety of issues (and makes a variety of pop culture references). The difference between FNC and CNN: "This is just much more of an entrepreneurial spirit and much less corporate. Do your thing." The economic stimulus: "The government... [TVNewser]

Beck: "I Will Never Say What I Don't Believe" - Posted February 8, 2009
Camilla A. Herrera of The Stamford Advocate spent a day with Glenn Beck for a profile of the new FNC host. Beck talks about the move from HLN to FNC. "He makes no apologies for feeling more at home at Fox News than he did at CNN, where he had his own... [TVNewser]

With Obama in White House, FNC's Ratings Grow - Posted February 6, 2009
Two weeks into President Barack Obama's time in the White House, with a changed line-up to go with the change on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Fox News Channel is posting stronger ratings than during the end of George W. Bush's time in office. So far during prime time (through Wednesday's ratings), FNC is... [TVNewser]

Beck: "The Cavalry Has Arrived. FOX Is Here" - Posted February 4, 2009
Glenn Beck got choked up last night during his program while interviewing a father whose step-daughter has been missing since 2004. Beck said he made a promise to the step-father to help find his daughter, and now that he's at Fox News, "I can finally tell you sir that I am not... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck, the "Recovering Egomaniac" - Posted January 27, 2009
The Houston Chronicle's David Barron profiles FNC's Glenn Beck, who explains one of the differences between himself and his new colleague Bill O'Reilly — he's not looking out for you. "I know that we have created this box for ourselves on talk radio where you must be a Republican," says Beck. "But... [TVNewser]

As The Blago Turns... - Posted January 27, 2009
This morning, Gov. Rod Blagojevich appeared on CBS' The Early Show and Fox & Friends. So where is he headed for the rest of the day? • Fox News Radio (Tom Sullivan Show) • FBN (Happy Hour — pre-taped) • Associated Press TV • truTV/In Session (Jami Floyd) • FNC (Glenn Beck and Greta Van Susteren) •... [TVNewser]

Beck Begins With Total Viewer Win - Posted January 21, 2009
Glenn Beck's new Fox News program premiered Monday, and the 5pmET show debuted with 2,388,000 Total Viewers and 467,000 in the A25-54 demo. It placed first in the time period in Total Viewers and 2nd, behind CNN's The Situation Room. In Total Viewers, "Glenn Beck" was up 92% over the January '09... [TVNewser]

Bill Shine on the "Win-Win" of Glenn Beck - Posted January 19, 2009
At 5pmET today, Fox News premieres one of the biggest free agent signings in the network's short history, as Glenn Beck takes over to compete with MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and CNN's The Situation Room. "He's an established star, he's huge on radio, big on TV," SVP Bill Shine tells TVNewser... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's First Guest: Sarah Palin - Posted January 15, 2009
Glenn Beck's 5pmET Fox News program premieres on Monday, and Politico's Michael Calderone reports his first guest is already set: Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin has been in the news recently for her scathing critique of the media in an upcoming conservative documentary. FNC tells us the interview will be live, and Palin will... [TVNewser]

"Hannity" Goes HD, Embraces New Media - Posted January 14, 2009
Since the network launched in October 1996, Fox News Channel has had just two programs at 9pmET — "Hannity & Colmes" and the two-day-old "Hannity." Sean Hannity's new solo program premiered on Monday to strong ratings, with an interview of President George W. Bush highlighting the show. For those who expected "Hannity &... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Appears on CBS Before FNC Premiere Next Week - Posted January 14, 2009
Ahead of his Fox News Channel program's premiere on Monday, Glenn Beck appeared this morning on CBS' The Early Show. Beck talked to anchor Harry Smith about the financial crisis, and didn't hold back about his solution. "Failure is a part of life, failure leads to success," he said. Beck previously served as... [TVNewser]

TVNewser Challenge '09 Poll Results - Posted January 10, 2009
With more votes cast this year than last year, the TVNewser Challenge '09 has come to an end. Let's take a look at the results: In two repeat votes from last year, 68% thought the Today show would "maintain its dominance" in the year ahead and 59% picked the NBC Nightly News... [TVNewser]

Still Time To Vote... - Posted January 7, 2009
The 2009 TVNewser Challenge started on December 31, and more than 25,000 votes streamed in over the long weekend. But there's still time! Voting closes tomorrow night. Some notes so far: • Unlike last year's razor-thin margin, NBC Nightly News is currently predicted by 59% to take 1st place this year. Think it... [TVNewser]

Bret Baier Drops "Fair and Balanced" in Sign-Off - Posted January 6, 2009
This is day two for Bret Baier as anchor of "Special Report." WaPo's Howard Kurtz talked with Baier about his new role and how he differs from his predecessor. The 38-year-old reporter alters one very important thing with his presence in the "Special Report" anchor chair. Hume was a proud conservative who... [TVNewser]

CNN Edits Kathy Griffin's Blue Moment - Posted January 1, 2009
In the first 15 minutes of CNN's New Year's Eve Special, Kathy Griffin managed to antagonize, provoke and entertain in her own unrivaled way. Early comments included, "Can I get a pap smear from Dr. Sanjay Gupta?" "Has Ryan Seacrest been shot?" and, about former CNNer Glenn Beck, "He's a heroin... [TVNewser]

Top 10 TVNewser Stories of '08 - Posted December 31, 2008
From a Matt Lauer tease to a disturbing Glenn Beck video (and his new place of employment). From what David Shuster said on-air to what Jesse Jackson said off-air, here are the top 10 TVNewser stories, by page view, from 2008. And since it's the holiday season, we included a little... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Story Pulled Because of his Mormon Faith? - Posted December 27, 2008
James Dobson's Focus on the Family pulled an article about Glenn Beck's book "The Christmas Sweater" from one of its Websites after complaints from followers, the Mormon Times reports. Earlier this week an anti-Mormon group called Underground Apologetics issued a release through Christian News Wire: "Glenn Beck was a CNN host and... [TVNewser]

Beck: "It's Just The Way I Roll" - Posted December 22, 2008
Foxnews.com has a promo for the upcoming Glenn Beck show, premiering January 19 at 5pmET. "Politicians — do they know what they're doing or are they just blatantly stupid?" Beck asks. Take a look... > Update: Video now in the jump, due to some technical problems...... [TVNewser]

Nancy Grace's Best Ratings Ever - Posted December 12, 2008
"Nancy Grace" saw its best ratings ever last night while covering a potential major break in the Caylee Anthony case, and Headline News topped all cable news networks in the A25-54 demo during prime time. Grace's 1,003,000 in the demo and 2,375,000 Total Viewers far surpassed her previous day's high, on... [TVNewser]

Beck: "The Media Everywhere Misses The Bigger Picture" - Posted December 11, 2008
"Glenn Beck is not known for his compassion. As host of the third highest rated radio talk show and a new program soon to debut on Fox News, Beck courts controversy regularly," begins a Q&A with the host in this week's Time Magazine. Beck talks about his time at CNN. "I liked... [TVNewser]

Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski Begin Radio Show Monday - Posted December 5, 2008
First on TVNewser: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski begin hosting a radio show on WABC in New York Monday morning. The show will air from 10am-Noon, following Imus in the Morning. Scarborough and Brzezinski will continue with MSNBC's Morning Joe from 6am-9amET, before heading to the WABC studios for the late... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's FNC Show to Begin Jan. 19 - Posted December 1, 2008
First on TVNewser: Glenn Beck's new Fox News Channel show will debut January 19, one day before the inauguration, TVNewser has learned. The show will be called Glenn Beck and will air at 5pmET. We also hear Gresham Striegel will be named the senior producer of the new program. Striegel is... [TVNewser]

Beck Tops NYT Best Seller List - Posted November 24, 2008
As expected, Glenn Beck's new book, "The Christmas Sweater," debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list. It was last year at this time that Beck's "An Inconvenient Book" was reaching #1 as well. This book, however, falls under the "fiction" category. On the nonfiction list, Bill O'Reilly's "A Bold... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck's "The Christmas Sweater" to Debut at #1 - Posted November 19, 2008
Breaking: Glenn Beck's latest book "The Christmas Sweater" will debut at #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list this weekend. The book, Beck's third, was released last Tuesday and insiders tell us it's already in its sixth printing. Based on a true story, "The Christmas Sweater" is about, "boyhood memories,... [TVNewser]

"Glenn Beck" To Begin Early on FNC? - Posted November 11, 2008
Glenn Beck's show could begin airing on Fox News Channel earlier than planned. When Beck left Headline News last month, it was announced his show would premiere on FNC in the spring. But insiders tell us the show could launch in January. We're told Beck has been released from his Headline... [TVNewser]

FNC's Jay Wallace: "People Tuned in to Us for the First Time and They Liked What They Saw" - Posted November 7, 2008
Tuesday at 11pmET was the culmination of almost two years of Election 2008 coverage, and now the news networks move on to covering the advent of an Obama administration. In an interview with TVNewser, FNC VP of news editorial Jay Wallace reflects on election night: "I thought it was a great success.... [TVNewser]

FNC's Growingly Expensive Lineup - Posted October 23, 2008
Just in the last three weeks, Fox News Channel re-signed Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, arguably its two biggest stars, to expensive new contracts. They also added a new big name, Headline News' Glenn Beck. The New York Times' Bill Carter looks at how they're going to pay for everything. FNC is still... [TVNewser]

Just Another Day at the Office - Posted October 23, 2008
Well this is new. So, someone has decided to send a letter addressed to Glenn Beck of CNN Headline News (not anymore) to the mediabistro.com offices here at TVN HQ. The return address indicates it is clearly from Sen. Barack Obama. Anyway, inside we found a letter and a DVD, featuring a few... [TVNewser]

Why Conservative Talker Michael Smerconish Endorsed Obama - Posted October 17, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist Philadelphia radio talker Michael Smerconish, a life-long Republican, swears he's not using his Obama endorsement today to land a fulltime spot on increasingly liberal MSNBC. Smerconish, an MSNBC regular, shares the lineup at WPHT-AM with staunch conservatives Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Though Smerconish denies he's in their category,... [TVNewser]

Jane Velez Mitchell to Anchor HLN's 7pmET Hour - Posted October 17, 2008
First on TVNewser: Headline News has placed Jane Velez Mitchell in the 7pmET slot being left vacant by Glenn Beck. Velez Mitchell is being brought on as interim anchor for the hour. How interim, is not known. The program to be called Issues with Jane Velez Mitchell premieres live tonight at 7pmET.... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck To Join Fox News Channel - Posted October 16, 2008
It's official. Glenn Beck is bringing his TV program to Fox News Channel in the Spring of 2009. The program currently airs at 7pmET and 9pmET on Headline News and will occupy the 5pmET slot on FNC. Beck will continue his daily radio show The Glenn Beck Program as well. Said... [TVNewser]

Beck Headed to Fox News? - Posted October 16, 2008
The Drudge Report has posted a "developing" item about a potential network switch for Headline News' Glenn Beck: "Glenn Beck close to deal with FOX NEWS CHANNEL for 5pm show." We're looking into it, but here's what we know. In March, Beck and FNC CEO Roger Ailes were "breaking bread" in New... [TVNewser]

Beck Takes Viewer Calls Tonight - Posted October 6, 2008
Do you have something you want to ask Headline News' Glenn Beck? Tonight you'll get a chance, as Beck hosts his second-ever live call-in show. The first show was on September 24 (pictured) as part of his "Exposed: The End of Oil" series. Tonight's show will be part of the "Economy in... [TVNewser]

Q3 2008: CNN's Best in 5+ Years - Posted October 1, 2008
CNN had its best quarter in more than five years, in total day and prime time in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. The network also showed more growth year-to-year than any other cable news network in the younger demo. Headline News also performed well, with Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck both... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Beats Glenn Beck - Posted July 22, 2008
In a 9pmET face-off against himself, Glenn Beck (on CNN) topped Glenn Beck (on Headline News) last night. Filling in on Larry King Live on CNN, Beck drew 269,000 A25-54 demo viewers and 950,000 Total Viewers. His 9pmET show on HLN (which has its first airing at 7pm) drew 118,000 in the... [TVNewser]

Cablers Cover Rejected McCain Op-Ed - Posted July 21, 2008
One of the big topics of the day on the cable news channels is Drudge Report's story about the New York Times rejecting Sen. John McCain's proposed Op-Ed about Iraq. Fox News has Carl Cameron reporting the story, MSNBC's Chris Matthews talked about it on Hardball and Howard Kurtz gave his... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck to Host Larry King Live - Posted July 21, 2008
Look for some cross-network show hosting tonight on CNN. Glenn Beck will be filling in for Larry King tonight on CNN at 9pmET while hosting his Headline News show at the same time. The HLN show is taped earlier in the evening with the first airing at 7pmET. Beck tells TVNewser, "Some... [TVNewser]

After Brit Hume: Who Will Be the 6pm Host? - Posted July 16, 2008
With yesterday's news that longtime FNC anchor Brit Hume would be stepping away from the anchor desk, we got to thinking: who should be the next host of Special Report, or whatever show will be on at 6pmET on Fox News? The easy choice is Bret Baier, who is the main... [TVNewser]

Good Morning Other Network's Stars - Posted July 15, 2008
Fox Business Network VP and anchor Alexis Glick appeared on ABC's Good Morning America today — her third crossover appearance in less than a month. Glick first appeared on GMA June 18 discussing the economy. GMA gets a Wall Street insider-turned journalist, while Fox Business Network gets publicized in front of an... [TVNewser]

Michael Smerconish's Multi-Channel Tryout For "The Big Leagues" - Posted July 7, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist He may not look it, but Michael Smerconish is as Swiss as the Toblerone triangle. The ubiquitous TV/radio talker, who subbed for Bill O'Reilly and Chris Matthews on the same day twice last week, swears he's a neutral in the Fox News-MSNBC blood feud. "I'm aware they're in the midst of... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 04.03.08 - Posted April 3, 2008
Good morning Washington. Perez Hilton is a WHCA guest! And Donatella Versace, too! And it's the birthday of Politico's Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen's Mom. Speaking of Jonathan Martin's b-day, Mike Allen has this to say: "Without J-Mart, Politico readers would know a lot less and the campaign trail would have... [FishBowlDC]

Schadenfreude Special: Wild Fires - Posted October 23, 2007
Natural disasters really bring out the worst in people: Glenn Beck takes a swing at the residents of Malibu. Jezebel is glad all those rich people in San Diego are losing their ill-gotten McMansions. VH1's Harold Goldberg thinks a video game based on the fires is a great idea. Where the fires predicted on Art... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 06.18.07 - Posted June 18, 2007
Good morning Washington. An NBC release announced that since "Meet the Press" did not air at its normal time last Sunday, it was labeled a special by Nielsen "and therefore this edition of 'Meet the Press' will not be included in the week or season-to-date average." Slate's John Dickerson writes, "No way Scooter... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Olbermann Slams Anderson: 'He's The Only Person Who Has Not Been Informed That He Is A Marketing Experiment' - Posted February 22, 2007
Is that the new contract talking? Keith Olbermann sounds off on the cable competition in the latest issue Rolling Stone [via TVNewser]: Anderson Cooper: "...He is the only person who has not been informed that he is a marketing experiment." Glenn Beck: "A wolf in sheep's clothing. A very dangerously bigoted guy who's... [FishBowlNY]

John Griffiths Talks Recovery In Pop Culture with Ted Casablanca - Posted January 29, 2007
John Griffiths, television critic for Us Weekly, is also the host of The Hollywood Pitch on CRNTalk. He has a great show set for tonight from 7-9 p.m. (PST). From the release: Principles before Superstardom? Screenwriter Bennett Yellin (Dumb and Dumber) discuss the media's reporting of the rising spate of celebrities... [FishBowlLA]

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