Jeff Fager

Safer, Sawyer, Gibson, O'Reilly Turn Out to Remember Don Hewitt - Posted October 19, 2009
This morning the Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center was packed with friends and colleagues of legendary CBS Newsman Don Hewitt, who died in August. In attendance, Hewitt's "60 Minutes" correspondent corps including Morley Safer who spoke at the service. Andy Rooney sat in the third row, just across the... [TVNewser]

Deborah Norville: 'I Don't Think Anybody Tunes in to a Broadcast Because it's a Chick Anchoring It or a Guy Anchoring It' - Posted October 15, 2009
We headed out to Michael's last night for a party for Deborah Norville's new book "The Power of Respect." In the room, "60 Minutes" EP Jeff Fager, "48 Hours" EP Susan Zirinsky, CBS News anchor Russ Mitchell, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein and correspondent Alina Cho and other tvnewers. Even Wonder Woman... [TVNewser]

Newsers Step Out for Byron Pitts Book Party - Posted September 30, 2009
After dropping in at the TVNewser party downtown, we headed uptown to the Plaza Hotel where friends, family and colleagues gathered to celebrate the publication of CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts' book "Step Out on Nothing: How Family and Faith Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges." The room was packed with CBS, ABC... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Claman, 60 + Vanity Fair, Gibbs... - Posted September 28, 2009
> FBN's Liz Claman is featured in Forbes for her "business sexy" wardrobe. Claman described herself as "the MacGyver of fashion." > "60 Minutes" EP Jeff Fager and Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter announced that the two organizations have teamed up to create a monthly poll with results revealed on... [TVNewser]

Wow! Lesley Stahl's Online Surprise?: 'That We're a Success' - Posted September 1, 2009
When will "60 Minutes" get another full-time female correspondent, Lesley Stahl? "Good question," says Stahl, who joined "60" in 1991. "I have no idea. They [my bosses] know I think we should have more women. I think it would be wonderful. It would be great for the audience." Over 40 seasons, Stahl is... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 08.24.09 - Posted August 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. Happy Birthday to Mike Memoli, who celebrated yesterday, Major Garrett and David Gregory. It is Restaurant Week in DC! What hot spots are you hitting... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 21, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and a roundtable with PBS' Tavis Smiley and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 21, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and a roundtable with PBS' Tavis Smiley and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 20, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and a roundtable with PBS' Tavis Smiley and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and a roundtable with 2008 Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, WaPo's Kathleen Parker, former Clinton Labor... [FishBowlDC]

Remembering Don Hewitt: "Don was Among the First to Realize: Television without Context Amounts to Pictures with Noise" - Posted August 19, 2009
Statements from TV news executives on the death of Don Hewitt: • CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves:"In the history of journalism, there have been few who were as creative, dynamic and versatile as Don Hewitt. The depth and breadth of his accomplishments are impossible to measure, because since the very beginnings of... [TVNewser]

CBS News Remembers Hewitt - Posted August 19, 2009
• CBS President Leslie Moonves: "In the history of journalism, there have been few who were as creative, dynamic and versatile as Don Hewitt. The depth and breadth of his accomplishments are impossible to measure, because since the very beginnings of our business, he quite literally invented so many of the... [FishBowlDC]

TVNewser Newsstand: Rather, Imus, O'Reilly... - Posted August 17, 2009
• The LATimes' Matea Gold writes about the high price Dan Rather is paying in his ongoing lawsuit against CBS. Says "60 Minutes" EP Jeff Fager: "It's like he is in some paranoid nightmare where everybody is out to get him. I can't for the life of me understand why he's... [TVNewser]

CBS Statements On The Death Of Walter Cronkite - Posted July 19, 2009
Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor, CBS Evening News, correspondent, 60 Minutes: "When I think of Walter Cronkite, I think of his high journalism standards, integrity - but most of all his humanity. I think he was so trusted because he exhibited a sense of purpose and compassion, night after night.... [FishBowlDC]

CBS Statements On The Death Of Walter Cronkite - Posted July 19, 2009
Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor, CBS Evening News, correspondent, 60 Minutes: "When I think of Walter Cronkite, I think of his high journalism standards, integrity - but most of all his humanity. I think he was so trusted because he exhibited a sense of purpose and compassion, night after night.... [FishBowlDC]

CBS Statements on the Death of Walter Cronkite - Posted July 17, 2009
• Sean McManus, President, CBS News and Sports: "It is impossible to imagine CBS News, journalism or indeed America without Walter Cronkite. More than just the best and most trusted anchor in history, he guided America through our crises, tragedies and also our victories and greatest moments. No matter what the news... [TVNewser]

"60 Minutes" Up Double Digits, Finishes As 13th Most-Watched Show, Best in Nine Years - Posted May 28, 2009
Venerable "60 Minutes" has just wrapped up its best season in seven years averaging 14.29 million Total Viewers -- good enough to rank as the 13th most-watched broadcast show of the 2008-09 season, its best ranking since the 1999-'00 season. The last time "60" had as many viewers was the 2001-'02... [TVNewser]

"60 Minutes" Up Double Digits, Finishes As 13th Most-Watched Show, Best in Nine Years - Posted May 28, 2009
Venerable "60 Minutes" has just wrapped up its best season in seven years averaging 14.29 million Total Viewers -- good enough to rank as the 13th most-watched broadcast show of the 2008-09 season, its best ranking since the 1999-'00 season. The last time "60" had as many viewers was the 2001-'02... [TVNewser]

"NBC News Team" Tops TV Week's "10 Most Powerful" - Posted April 20, 2009
For the 2nd year in a row, NBC News president Steve Capus occupies the #1 spot in TV Week's "10 Most Powerful in TV News" list. This time he's joined at the top by Jeff Zucker, MSNBC's Phil Griffin and CNBC's Mark Hoffman as well: "It's increasingly impossible to separate the... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 03.23.09 - Posted March 23, 2009
From the Silicon Valley Insider 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 63 covering the Obama administration and week eight for us. Congrats to Politico's Patrick O'Connor who got engaged Saturday to... [FishBowlDC]

60 Minutes' Success, 40 Years Later - Posted March 17, 2009
In the current issue of Newsweek, Matthew Philips talks to both the current and former EP of 60 Minutes' about the shows success over the past 40 years. "It took off like a big-assed bird," says Don Hewitt, the show's EP until 2004. "Our success is a direct reflection of America's hunger... [TVNewser]

Ailes, Lauer, 60 Minutes Set For Hall of Fame - Posted October 20, 2008
10 new members to the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame will be inducted tomorrow night, spanning the tube from Showtime to ESPN. A few will be from the TV news world as well, and each of the inductees are profiled on the B&C site: • Marisa Guthrie describes FNC CEO Roger... [TVNewser]

Loeb Awards: Chris Anderson Wins Best Book - Posted June 26, 2007
The Loeb Awards--the Pulitzers of the business journalism world--were handed out last night by the dean of UCLA's Anderson School of Management at a dinner in New York. The West Coast winner is Chris Anderson, of Wired, won for his book, The Long Tail. Full list below.... [FishBowlLA]

More "News War" Tonight - Posted February 27, 2007
From the release: Correspondent Lowell Bergman continues his look at the news business in Part III of "News War" this Tuesday night. Bergman and producer Stephen Talbot are asking a question that is on the minds of many of us in the business: what's happening to the news? And there is no... [FishBowlDC]