Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathie Lee Reserves Butt Bumping For Bloggers - Posted October 13, 2009
Yesterday, when we met Kathie Lee Gifford on the "Today" show's fourth hour, she informed us she wasn't shaking hands because of the threat of swine flu. Apparently, this rule only pertains to "Today" show guests because the outspoken talk show anchor had no trouble showing Jimmy Fallon some love. Last night,... [FishBowlNY]

No Shaking Hands for Hoda Kathie Lee. Bumping Butts Will Have to Do - Posted October 12, 2009
Amanda Ernst, editor of FishbowlNY, was on the FHOTS (Fourth Hour of the "Today" show) this morning as the subject of a Jean Chatzky financial makeover. Last year, Amanda was laid off from a staff job at Condé Nast and began working fulltime freelance for us here at Mediabistro. On FBNY, Amanda... [TVNewser]

No Shaking Hands for Hoda Kathie Lee. Bumping Butts Will Have to Do - Posted October 12, 2009
Amanda Ernst, editor of FishbowlNY, was on the FHOTS (Fourth Hour of the "Today" show) this morning as the subject of a Jean Chatzky financial makeover. Last year, Amanda was laid off from a staff job at Condé Nast and began working fulltime freelance for us here at Mediabistro. On FBNY, Amanda... [TVNewser]

What It's Like To Go On The "Today" Show - Posted October 12, 2009
Once you commit yourself to going on a show like the "Today" show, especially when you've decided to open up about something as private as your finances, you just have to give in and go with it. Even if you end up getting teased about it on Gawker. Ever since I... [FishBowlNY]

What It's Like To Go On The "Today" Show - Posted October 12, 2009
Once you commit yourself to going on a show like the "Today" show, especially when you've decided to open up about something as private as your finances, you just have to give in and go with it. Even if you end up getting teased about it on Gawker. Ever since I... [FishBowlNY]

For Meredith Vieira - If It's Monday, It's Washington - Posted July 20, 2009
Last week, the Today show's Meredith Viera was in Los Angeles sitting down with Susan Boyle (airing Wednesday), today Vieira was in Washington sitting down with Pres. Obama (airing tomorrow) and by next Monday she'll be sitting in a canoe in Lake George, NY as part of "Today Takes a Vacation."... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Blitzer, Koppel, Spelling... - Posted July 17, 2009
> CNN'S Wolf Blitzer will anchor a one-hour special commemorating the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. Monday at 4pmET, Blitzer will guide viewers through the historic moments leading up to the moonwalk. And at 4:17pmET, the exact time of the lunar landing, Blitzer will speak with Apollo 11 astronaut... [TVNewser]

Kathie Lee and Hoda Make "Must" List - Posted June 25, 2009
Entertainment Weekly's current issue is the Summer Must List: "The 115 stars, styles, and supercool things we're excited about right now." Co-host Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb are listed as the "must awesomely crazy morning-TV personalities." As The View slipped into a more snoozy cadence, a funny thing happened: The fourth... [TVNewser]

Lunch: Hoda Kotb & Bravo's Housewives Hold Court - Posted June 17, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE It was SRO at Michael's today, and although the place was filled to the brim with movers and shakers of every stripe, all eyes were on table one: Today's Hoda Kotb presided over a raucous lunch with a trio of Real Housewives from Bravo's compulsively watchable franchise. Tongues wagged... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Hoda Kotb & Bravo's Housewives Hold Court - Posted June 17, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE It was SRO at Michael's today, and although the place was filled to the brim with movers and shakers of every stripe, all eyes were on table one: Today's Hoda Kotb presided over a raucous lunch with a trio of Real Housewives from Bravo's compulsively watchable franchise. Tongues wagged... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Barbara Walters, Frank Langella & Kathie Lee Gifford - Posted May 13, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE It was a tasty mix of media mavens, social types and the random celebrity (Frank Langella was in the house!) on the menu at Michael's today: The dining room was so packed, they were shoehorning tables in everywhere. I was glad I got there early so I was able... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Barbara Walters, Frank Langella & Kathie Lee Gifford - Posted May 13, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE It was a tasty mix of media mavens, social types and the random celebrity (Frank Langella was in the house!) on the menu at Michael's today: The dining room was so packed, they were shoehorning tables in everywhere. I was glad I got there early so I was able... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Bill Bradley, Norman Pearlstine & The Media Mavens - Posted March 25, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE It's a lo-cal edition of lunch today. We're chalking it up to near Spring-like weather (I don't know about you, but I'm burning my winter coat when we finally have two days over 60) and plenty of recent rumblings about companies tightening the reins on expense accounts. What's a... [FishBowlNY]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): Giffords, Pelley, B-Cast... - Posted March 12, 2009
> For the first time in more than 15 years, Kathie Lee Gifford will be joined by her husband, Frank Gifford, to host a morning show. Frank fills in for Hoda Kotb (who's back Monday) tomorrow for the 10am hour of the Today show. > Scott Pelley's interview with Ben... [TVNewser]

Hoda, Kathie Lee...and Cramer - Posted February 8, 2009
The Today show's fourth hour was parodied for the second time this year last night on Saturday Night Live, with Kristin Wiig playing Kathie Lee Gifford and Michaela Watkins portraying Hoda Kotb. The awkwardness and underlying tension was on full display. A more subdued Jim Cramer parody was also part of a... [TVNewser]

About That Today Show Interview with the Hero Pilot: Delayed "A Couple Days" - Posted January 19, 2009
This morning, the Today show's Matt Lauer explained the booking of Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot of USAirways flight 1549. NBC News announced Saturday afternoon that Capt. Sully would give his first interview to "Today" this morning. He was scheduled to be with us this morning for his first interview since that... [TVNewser]

"Maddow" Premieres on SNL - Posted January 11, 2009
They've done it for Keith Olbermann. Tom Brokaw. Nancy Grace. And last night, Rachel Maddow was portrayed for the first time on Saturday Night Live. New featured player Abby Elliott portrayed the MSNBC host. The sketch served as the cold open, and featured portrayals of Senate-hopeful Roland Burris and Illinois Gov. Rod... [TVNewser]

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

The Ticker (The Morning Show Edition): CNN A.M., 4th Hour, Joe-Prah... - Posted November 6, 2008
> The morning after the election, viewers flocked to CNN. From 6am-9amET, American Morning topped the other cable news networks with 2.124 million Total Viewers. That compares to Fox and Friends' 2.103 million and Morning Joe's 1.212 million. Among A25-54 viewers, CNN remained #1 with 1.021 million, followed by Fox... [TVNewser]

The "Brassy and Boozy" Host of Today's Fourth Hour - Posted September 5, 2008
Karl Taro Greenfeld writes a lengthy profile of Today show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, in which he dubs her, "The Craziest (and Sexiest) Woman on TV." "Both brassy and boozy, a cross between Mae West and Mrs. Robinson," he writes of the fourth hour host. And Gifford has some classic quotes in the... [TVNewser]

Kathie Lee Getting Buzz — Positive and Negative - Posted August 11, 2008
In the wake of last month's awkward cooking segment with 'Sam the Cooking Guy,' the New York Times' Douglas Quenqua takes a look at the 4th hour of the Today show and Kathie Lee Gifford's impact. It has been four months since Gifford joined, and she, "has been a lightning rod for... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Brown, Iger, Gifford... - Posted July 31, 2008
> CNN anchor Campbell Brown will anchor, "Roads to Ruin: Why America is Falling Apart," tomorrow at 8pmET. The program looks at the nation's crumbling highways and bridges, with guests from across the country (New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger). Roland Martin fills in on CNN... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Brown, Iger, Gifford... - Posted July 31, 2008
> CNN anchor Campbell Brown will anchor, "Roads to Ruin: Why America is Falling Apart," tomorrow at 8pmET. The program looks at the nation's crumbling highways and bridges, with guests from across the country (New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger). Roland Martin fills in on CNN... [TVNewser]

Today Show, USA Today Team up for Summer - Posted July 12, 2008
This weekend marks the beginning of a four-week partnership between USA Today Weekend and the Today show's fourth hour. On the cover of the USA Weekend magazine, co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford talk about their new partnership and Gifford opens up about her prior TV life on Live with... [TVNewser]

Lunch: Anna Wintour & Coming Soon — The Rolling Stones! - Posted March 26, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE We're guessing that spring break with the kiddies kept more than a few bold face names we've become accustomed to seeing away from 55th and Fifth today. Luckily, some of our favorite regulars were on hand — along with the first ever (at least since I've been at my... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Valerie Bertinelli Weighs In - Posted March 12, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE As much as we love our bird's eye perch from the bar, it's always a treat when we're invited to dine in the grown up section — especially when the scene is as head-spinning as it was today. Hallmark Channel's senior vice president Jen Geisser and her power... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch At Michael's: Paging George Clooney! Fern Mallis is Saving You a Seat at Fashion Week! - Posted January 23, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE What recession? The dining room at 55th & Fifth was buzzing with the usual assemblage of bold face names, social swans and television types that tucked into their Cobb salads with gusto while digesting some of the week's harrowing headlines. Hollywood figured heavily into many of today's conversation with... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Peggy Siegal: 'I Want It Now' - Posted June 20, 2007
Perhaps it was the schizophrenic weather that kept most of the familiar faces and celebrity diners away. It was a pretty subdued crowd at 55th & Fifth today. No big stars of stage, screen and nary an editor in sight. (Okay, Kathie Lee Gifford was there.) Since there wasn't much star... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Valentine's Hangover - Posted February 15, 2007
It's the calm after the storm. The biggest — and only — snow storm of the season couldn't keep the movers and shakers away yesterday. On Valentine's Day the bustling dining room was host to a "low-key" birthday celebration hosted by Sherry Westin for Mayor Bloomberg, who received kudos all around... [FishBowlNY]