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Where There is Opinion, There is Revenue - Posted November 16, 2009
In Brian Stelter's NYTimes profile of Rachel Maddow, which focuses on how the MSNBC host and her colleagues are ramping up their criticism of Pres. Obama, there is this conclusion about why opinion on a news channel is good business. MSNBC is projected to take in $365 million in revenue this year,... [TVNewser]

Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN - Posted November 11, 2009
BREAKING: TVNewser has heard from multiple sources that Lou Dobbs will announce he is leaving CNN on his program tonight at 7pmET. A CNN spokesperson could not confirm nor deny that Dobbs would make an announcement about his future at CNN or that he will be leaving the network. Dobbs originally joined CNN... [TVNewser]

Olbermann, Hannity Get Along at World Series - Posted November 5, 2009
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann blogged at MLB.com about his night at Yankee Stadium watching the NY Yankees win their 27th World Series Championship and posted a few photos from the game. This one is our favorite: Olbermann wrote, "A reminder that baseball does erase boundaries. The guy I'm taking a photo of,... [TVNewser]

Late Races, With Early-Ending Coverage - Posted November 4, 2009
With several surprises and late returns, yesterday's races delivered more drama than one would generally expect from an off-year election. Still, after the build up on the three cable news nets, some were disappointed with the extent of the coverage, especially if you were on the west coast. During the 10pmET hour,... [TVNewser]

Larry King, Anderson Cooper Draw Lowest Ratings of '09 - Posted November 4, 2009
The night before the 2009 elections, CNN's prime time line-up continued their ratings troubles seen in October. On Monday night, Larry King and Anderson Cooper saw their lowest Total Viewer ratings for 2009. King drew 450,000 viewers at 9pmET, while "AC360" drew 396,000 and 296,000 viewers at 10pm and 11pmET, respectively. At... [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]

Election Day Coverage Plans - Posted November 2, 2009
• MSNBC: White House correspondent and political director Chuck Todd will anchor the 11am and 2pm hours on MSNBC from Washington tomorrow. Ed Schultz will take over the 4pm hour. Following the regularly scheduled primetime lineup, live editions will air of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" at 10pm, "The Rachel Maddow Show"... [FishBowlDC]

Is Keith Olbermann Hurting America? - Posted October 29, 2009
Bill George, author, former Medtronic CEO, Harvard Business School professor, blogger, thinks Keith Olbermann is hurting America (Updated link). Olbermann perpetuates the single-mindedness and inflexible partisanship that now roil the country, both on and off Capitol Hill. George, who voted for Barack Obama, says he never watches Fox News. Granted, his rivals at... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 10.29.09 - Posted October 29, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... TV | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | AWARDS & EVENTS TV It's a small, small world. Rep. Michele Bachmann used to babysit "Fox & Friends" host Gretchen Carlson back in Minnesota. (h/t Minnesota Independent and Glenn Thrush) Because Keith... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann 10pm Repeat Not Going Anywhere - Posted October 28, 2009
The AP's David Bauder reports that MSNBC is so pleased with the numbers that Keith Olbermann's 10pmET repeat is pulling, that the network is continuing to put on hold a search for new talent to fill the time slot. Still, MSNBC president Phil Griffin says he's looking, "but nothing (new)... [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: MSNBC Solidly #2 in Prime - Posted October 27, 2009
MSNBC is now solidly in second place in primetime, but still far behind #1 Fox News Channel. In weekday primetime, MSNBC averaged 830k Total Viewers and 252k in the A25-54 demo, out-rating CNN by 13% and 25% respectively. MSNBC's gap with Fox News, however, is 1.76 million Total Viewers and 440k in... [TVNewser]

The Video Wall: Grayson, Correction, O'Reilly, Animals - Posted October 22, 2009
> Rep. Alan Grayson says, "Fox News and their Republican collaborators are the enemy of America." > White House apparently emails MSNBC with a correction mid-broadcast. > Bill O'Reilly says the administration is "fighting harder against Fox News than the Taliban." He also criticized Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann's recent trip to... [TVNewser]

Late Reading List 10.22.09 - Posted October 22, 2009
What we know and what we're reading this Thursday (besides "Goatee Gamble" and "Karaoke in the Capital")... TV | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | AWARDS & EVENTS TV Whoops! MSNBC's Contessa Brewer called Jesse Jackson Al Sharpton on live TV yesterday. Video. NEWS NOTES WaPo's Reliable Source: Yul Kwon, winner of "Survivor: Cook... [FishBowlDC]

Maddow/Olbermann Invited to White House Chat with Obama, But Fox Isn't a News Organization? - Posted October 21, 2009
Here's a curious turn in the White House vs. Fox News fight. On Monday, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow were among several people who attended an off-the-record briefing with Pres. Obama at the White House. Sources tell us other attendees at the two-and-a-half hour chat included Eugene Robinson of the... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Ad Touts MSNBC Supremacy - Posted October 20, 2009
On "Countdown" last night, Keith Olbermann aired a tongue-in-cheek ad claiming that "MSNBC Is the Undisputed* Leader in Cable News." The ad is based on the White House's claim that Fox News is "not a news organization." ... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 10.19.09 - Posted October 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. What we know and what we're reading this Monday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | RADIO | ONLINE | NEWS NOTES | AWARDS & EVENTS NEWSPAPERS NYT's David... [FishBowlDC]

Bush Calls Olbermann, Maddow 'Sick Puppies' - Posted October 16, 2009
CBS News reports that, today in a radio interview, former President George H.W. Bush shared his opinion about the current tone of discourse in the country: "I don't like it. The cables (TV) have a lot to do with it." Mr. Bush said the volume of criticism aimed at him when he was... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 10.16.09 - Posted October 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. Congrats to WUSA's Lindsey Mastis, who announced on her blog that she's engaged to her boyfriend of six years, Patrick. Tweet-of-the-day: @jackieraytapper: @thenote just know... [FishBowlDC]

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]

MSNBC Substitutes Anchors - Posted October 13, 2009
Three different MSNBC programs have had substitute anchors filling in over the past 24 hours. This morning, Chris Matthews, sporting a cap for his NLCS-bound Phillies, filled in for Dylan Ratigan who is off today on "Morning Meeting." Keith Olbermann was out last night with Lawrence O'Donnell subbed in and David Shuster... [TVNewser]

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]

Rep. Michele Bachmann Says MSNBC Hosts Are 'Stalkers,' One of them Responds - Posted October 8, 2009
On "The O'Reilly Factor" last night, Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann talked about having "personal stalkers" eluding to certain, though unnamed, MSNBC anchors. O'Reilly: "Does it bother you that NBC News is using its cable arm to make your life difficult?" Bachmann: "You know, not really I grew up with three bothers and... [TVNewser]

Rep. Michele Bachmann Says MSNBC Hosts Are 'Stalkers,' One of them Responds - Posted October 8, 2009
On "The O'Reilly Factor" last night, Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann talked about having "personal stalkers" alluding to certain, though unnamed, MSNBC anchors. O'Reilly: "Does it bother you that NBC News is using its cable arm to make your life difficult?" Bachmann: "You know, not really I grew up with three bothers and... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 10.08.09 - Posted October 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. Happy (one-day-belated) 13th birthday to Fox News Channel! What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | MAGAZINES |... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 10.07.09 - Posted October 7, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Yesterday's featured desk was Christina Bellantoni's new office at TPM. Ken Hanner is the only FBDC reader to guess it correctly. Today we have Uncle... [FishBowlDC]

The Ticker (Programming Edition): Grace, Squawk, Olbermann... - Posted October 6, 2009
> Tonight Nancy Grace speaks with Ronald Cummings, the father of missing Haleigh Cummings. This morning, Ronald filed for divorce from his 17-year-old wife of 7 months, Haleigh's stepmother, Misty. Haleigh, 6, has been missing since Feb. 10. Misty was the last person to see Haleigh. > Tomorrow morning, CNBC's... [TVNewser]

Afternoon Viewing List: Fact-Checking SNL and More - Posted October 6, 2009
• CNN fact-checks "SNL." • And after the jump, video of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann naming conservative columnist George Will one of his "Worst Persons in the World" on last night's "Countdown" for "writing his seventh climate change-denying column of the year." (h/t HuffPost)... [FishBowlDC]

Keith Olbermann on Joe Halderman: 'This is Exactly the Guy We Knew' - Posted October 4, 2009
On his MLB blog Baseball Nerd, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann writes about having known Joe Halderman, the CBS News producer arrested in an extortion plot against David Letterman. ...when I made my television debut as the New York correspondent for CNN Sports in 1981, Robert J. "Joe" Halderman was the chief assignment... [TVNewser]

"DC's Funniest Celeb": All Politics (and Jokes) Are Local - Posted October 1, 2009
FBDC finds out what makes Joe the Plumber a DC celebrity, listens to Julie Mason rage about the Geico Gecko, gets a preview of slightly inappropriate jokes from Chef Geoff and learns that Matt Cooper enjoys wearing a tiara... Last night at the DC Improv, a mix matched group of Washingtonians competed... [FishBowlDC]

Tucker Max: America's Douche - Posted September 24, 2009
Tucker Max's much anticipated (cough) movie is coming out this week. First off, as we have suggested in the past - Tucker Max was your former FBLA editor, Mayrav Saar's drag king name for many many years. And this tool bag blogger totally ripped her off. Her new one? Blazen Wand. Shh.... [FishBowlLA]

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]

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]

Olbermann's Studio Shift - Posted September 13, 2009
Some TVNewser readers wondered why Keith Olbermann hosted his Thursday show from MSNBC's main studio at 30 Rock instead of his usual perch above the "Today" show overlooking Rockefeller Plaza. TVNewser has learned there was a concert in the skating rink which MSNBC was not made aware of until an hour... [TVNewser]

OC Register Makes Worst Persons - Posted September 10, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Keith Olbermann calls out editors Keith Sharon, Todd Harmonson and David Bean by name for allowing Mark Whicker's horrible sports column treating Jaycee Dugard's 18 year detainment by a pedophile like she was in a curious soap opera-like coma where... [FishBowlLA]

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]

Cable Plans for Obama's Address to Congress - Posted September 8, 2009
Wednesday evening, President Obama will address the joint session of congress at 8pmET. On Friday, we reported that ABC, NBC, and CBS would be carrying the address and the subsequent GOP response (FOX broadcasting would not). Now, we've got full evening plans for the three cable news networks: Wolf Blitzer, Campbell... [TVNewser]

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]

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]

Kennedy Funeral: Quotes from the Morning Coverage - Posted August 29, 2009
During today's funeral Mass coverage for Sen. Kennedy, there was ample time for newsers to add their own color to the proceedings. We've collected a small sample of the quotes we heard that supplemented this morning's coverage as we flipped between networks. Shepard Smith anchored FNC's morning coverage and said: "In his... [TVNewser]

Kennedy Coverage on TV Tonight and Tomorrow - Posted August 28, 2009
Tonight a "Celebration of Life Memorial Service" will be held for Senator Ted Kennedy at the JFK Library in Boston. Saturday, the Senator's funeral services will be held in Boston and in Arlington National Cemetery. Here's how it will be covered (via TVNewser): CNN: Beginning at 7pmET, Campbell Brown and Wolf Blitzer... [FishBowlDC]

Kennedy Memorial: Friday Night Special Coverage - Posted August 28, 2009
Here's a quick rundown of the special programming this evening for Sen. Edward Kennedy's "Celebration of Life Memorial Service": Beginning at 7pmET, Campbell Brown and Wolf Blitzer will anchor coverage the memorial. Fox News: Shepard Smith will anchor memorial coverage from 7-9pmET followed by a special edition of "The O'Reilly Factor" at 9pmET.... [TVNewser]

Kennedy Funeral Coverage: Cable Network Plans - Posted August 28, 2009
Saturday, Senator Edward Kennedy's funeral services will be held in Boston and in Arlington National Cemetery. Here are some of the early details about how those events will be covered by the cable networks: Fox News will have "Fox & Friends" at 7amET with Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Brian Kilmeade until... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly on NBC: 'Pinhead Doesn't Begin to Cover It' - Posted August 26, 2009
Here we go. Tonight at the end of his show, Bill O'Reilly put NBC & MSNBC in his Pinheads category after Keith Olbermann put O'Reilly in "Best Persons" last night. Yes, best persons, calling him "factually challenged." "I hate to intrude with the facts," said Olbermann last night, "But ours is the... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly: Does Pres. Obama Hate 'All Powerful' Fox News? - Posted August 25, 2009
O'Reilly Factor producer Jesse Watters is on Martha's Vineyard covering Pres. Obama's vacation. At a White House briefing yesterday, Watters asked Obama spokesman Bill Burton why the administration seemed to be "so thin-skinned with regards to Fox News?" Burton didn't "accept the premise" of the question from Watters, an O'Reilly producer... [TVNewser]

Andrew Malcolm 'Throws FBLA a Bone' - Posted August 24, 2009
LA Times' Andrew Malcolm is in a feud with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. We tried to reach Malcolm for comment and instead just posted about him and waited for his obligatory Google Alert to kick in. He left a comment on our post: I am even more honored to be in highly-read FishBowlLA... [FishBowlLA]

Andrew Malcolm Vs. Keith Olbermann - Posted August 24, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy So the LA Times mixed up the listings for Jackass and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. That couldn't possibly be a commentary, right? Freudian typo? Subliminal goof?... [FishBowlLA]

Olbermann WPITW: Talks Ratings, Rips LA Times - Posted August 23, 2009
In Friday's WPITW, Keith Olbermann slammed the LA Times and writer Andrew Malcolm. We noted on Friday that the LA Times had issued a correction for its TV schedule which had listed the show "Jackass" in place of "Countdown." Pretty funny mistake. But not so hilarious -- for... [TVNewser]

LA Times Corrects Olbermann TV Listing - Posted August 21, 2009
Top of the Ticket points out this correction that had to be published today in the LA Times print edition (remember those?) regarding Keith Olbermann's show. Here is the full text of the correction as it appeared on page A4: FOR THE RECORD TV listings: The Prime-Time TV grid in Thursday's Calendar... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Repeats at 10p & 11p Top CNN - Posted August 18, 2009
It was a good week for the second showings of MSNBC's two primetime opinion programs. Last week, MSNBC's repeats of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and "The Rachel Maddow Show" at 10pmET and 11pmET, respectively, beat CNN's "AC360" in Total Viewers and in the A25-54 demo. Olbermann has been regularly besting his CNN... [TVNewser]

On The Menu: A Former Fishbowl-er Takes On J-School - Posted August 13, 2009
Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven dug up today's most interesting media headlines. First up, a discussion about former FishbowlNY contributor Hunter Walker's recent gig writing about his adventures at Columbia J-School for Gawker. Given Hunter's experience -- he's... [FishBowlNY]

O'Reilly Asks if White House is at War with FNC; Olbermann says O'Reilly Should Be Fired - Posted August 12, 2009
So here's where we stand on day 10 of the non-truce: On his show tonight Bill O'Reilly went after the White House asking, "Has the Obama administration declared war with Fox News?" due in part because, "CNN and MSNBC generally support Pres. Obama especially in the healthcare arena," said O'Reilly. "Our ratings... [TVNewser]

Critic Answers Olbermann's Response - Posted August 12, 2009
Today's mediabistro.com Daily Newsfeed Update features an article from Daily Finance's Jonathan Berr who answers the response Keith Olbermann gave TVNewser after Olbermann read Berr's last article: Keith Olbermann's viewers -- including me -- are used to a certain level of integrity and a certain level of honor. If he intends to... [TVNewser]

Campbell on her Competitors: "They are at War" - Posted August 11, 2009
While Bill O'Reilly went full-bore on GE tonight, Keith Olbermann kept on O'Reilly, putting him on the "worst persons" list for the 1,254,757th time (or something like that). Meanwhile CNN's 8pmET anchor, Campbell Brown jumped into the fray: "...those big swinging anchors have ratings a lot bigger than mine. So out of... [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]

Media Rivals Meet|Preliminary Mag Newsstand Sales Numbers Roll In|Another Look At Olbermann-O'Reilly Truce|Dan Rather Calls For Pres Commission On Media - Posted August 10, 2009
TVNewser: Media rivals met at Columbia University to discuss the challenges of the industry. WWD: Preliminary newsstand sales numbers are in for the first half of 2009 -- and they're not good. Just take a look at these women's magazines numbers: In Style's single copy sales dropped 20 percent decline while Vogue... [FishBowlNY]

Group Calls on GE to Take Pressure off Olbermann. What Pressure? Asks Olbermann - Posted August 10, 2009
While questions remain about the future of the so-called "cease-fire" between MSNBC and FNC, the events of the past two weeks have left GE taking plenty of criticism. Media watchdog FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) are now calling on GE to take the supposed pressure off of Keith Olbermann and... [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]

Morning Reading List 08.07.09 - Posted August 7, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. The latest Auto-Tune the News (featuring Pat Buchanan!) above. Plenty of upcoming birthdays to celebrate this morning- Alex Baldinger, Marc Ambinder and David Bass, plus... [FishBowlDC]

Keith Olbermann Getting it from All Sides - Posted August 6, 2009
Even though he didn't mention him by name -- he would never mention him by name -- Bill O'Reilly's blasting of GE chairman Jeff Immelt last night was, by corporate and competitive extension, a shot at Keith Olbermann. And these days, Olbermann is taking plenty of heat from all sides. There's this... [TVNewser]

Wolffe Shopping Second Obama Book - Posted August 5, 2009
Richard Wolffe is looking to publish a second book on President Obama, a "fly-on-the-wall" glimpse into his presidency tentatively entitled, "30 Days: A Portrait of the White House at Work." The book would follow Wolffe's recent "Renegade: The Making of a President." According to The New Republic, Wolffe's ICM agent Kristine... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann Names Stelter, O'Reilly & Murdoch The Worst|Andersen Blogs At Time.com|The Cheapest & Most Expensive Mags|Time Warner Gets Ready To Dump AOL|Cronkite Myths: Debunked - Posted August 4, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TVNewser: Keith Olbermann targetted Brian Stelter of The New York Times, Bill O'Reilly and News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch on his "World's Worst" segment last night. Time.com Kurt Andersen is blogging over at Time.com this week, where he's writing about Cash... [FishBowlNY]

Wolffe Won't Appear on Countdown until Corporate Job Is Clarified - Posted August 4, 2009
While the response to Keith Olbermann's recent DailyKos diary entry focused on the MSNBC-FNC "truce," Olbermann also stated that political commentator/corporate strategist/"Countdown" guest-host Richard Wolffe "will not be appearing with us" until the "Countdown" staff can fully understand Wolffe's other job. A recent Salon.com article by Glenn Greenwald questioned why and how... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Responds to Salon Piece on Wolffe's MSNBC Guest-Hosting Stint: "He Will Not Be Appearing With Us" - Posted August 3, 2009
As we told you earlier, Salon's Glenn Greenwald raised some red flags about Public Strategies, Inc.'s Richard Wolffe guest-hosting MSNBC programming, saying: "Having Richard Wolffe host an MSNBC program -- or serving as an almost daily "political analyst" -- is exactly tantamount to MSNBC's just turning over an hour every night... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann Mocks FNC; O'Reilly Silent - Posted August 3, 2009
After all the discussion and revelation over the past few days regarding the supposed truce, many expected something big tonight during the 8pmET hour from Keith Olbermann or Bill O'Reilly. It was a one-sided evening. Earlier today, Olbermann posted on DailyKos encouraging people to tune in tonight to see his reply.... [TVNewser]

MSNBC President Meets with Olbermann Staff to Discuss Cease-Fire - Posted August 3, 2009
First on TVNewser: Earlier this afternoon, MSNBC president Phil Griffin met with the staff of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" to discuss the recent news about an agreement between Fox News and MSNBC to end personal attacks. TVNewser has learned some of the details about what was discussed. During the meeting, Griffin told... [TVNewser]

Bill & Keith: Olbermann Responds on DailyKos - Posted August 3, 2009
Following Brian Stelter's Staurday front-page NYTimes story on the calming of the Bill O'Reilly vs. Keith Olbermann storyline, Olbermann responded on the Daily Kos. Alls I Can Say: ...(and if this doesn't sound like the ultimate self-promotion, I don't know what would, but them's the breaks)... Watch tonight. You'll be pleasantly surprised, I hope. As... [TVNewser]

Menu: DJ And Woodstock Chronicler Pete Fornatale Talks Tim Russert, Rubbernecking & "House Hippies" - Posted August 3, 2009
Today's media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast got a visit from a pro, as longtime radio DJ Pete Fornatale joined hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven to discuss the day's media headlines and Fornatale's recent projects. "I miss Tim Russert," Fornatale said while discussing the weekend's story about... [FishBowlNY]

Bill & Keith: Is It True? Will It Last? - Posted August 2, 2009
Some weekend write-ups on Friday's stories on the News Corp. / GE meeting meant to diffuse the Bill O'Reilly - Keith Olbermann feud. • Kansas City Star's Aaron Barnhart: "I'm not buying it." • Orlando Sentinel's Hal Boedeker: "O'Reilly, Olbermann play nice? Do you want that?" • Salon's Glenn Greenwald: "...another example of... [TVNewser]

Hearst Tries New Ads On Newspaper Sites|Clear Channel Turns Down Palin Radio Show|Olbermann-O'Reilly Fued Squashed By Execs|WaPo Posts Profit - Posted August 1, 2009
BayNewser: Hearst Co. plans to use a new kind of ad unit on its newspaper Web sites. FishbowlLA: Clear Channel has said no thanks to a Sarah Palin radio show. New York Times: Brian Stelter reports on the cooling of the feud between MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, which... [FishBowlNY]

July Ratings: MSNBC Fourth in Total Day - Posted July 28, 2009
While the Michael Jackson news was a boon for CNN and HLN, it came at the expense of MSNBC, in both daytime and primetime. MSNBC slipped to fourth place in total day A25-54 demo viewers. The network's most popular show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, is down 11% year-over-year; second in Total Viewers,... [TVNewser]

Howard Dean to Fill in on Countdown - Posted July 27, 2009
Tomorrow and Wednesday, former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean will guest host Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Expect a lot of health care talk as Dean is the author of "Howard Dean's Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform." The question: will there be opposing viewpoints during his healthcare segments? Sitting in... [TVNewser]

Howard Dean To Guest Host MSNBC's Countdown - Posted July 27, 2009
Former Vermont governor, former presidential candidate, Democratic National Committee chairman, author, CNBC contributor, and now guest MSNBC host... Howard Dean's keeping busy. He'll guest host Countdown with Keith Olbermann this Tuesday and Wednesday. Lawrence O'Donnell will guest host tonight and MSNBC analyst Richard Wolffe will guest host again Thursday and Friday. Olbermann... [FishBowlDC]

The P.M. Ticker: Claman, Casone, Wolffe, Kosisky - Posted July 24, 2009
> It makes TVNewser tired just thinking about it, but FBN's Liz Claman and Cheryl Casone are scheduled to compete in this Sunday's NYC Triathlon. It'll be the first triathlon for both women. Claman reports she's been training five days a week (often at 5 a.m.), and Casone spends "six... [TVNewser]

Cable News Giving Rebirth to an Old Obama Theory - Posted July 22, 2009
Earlier, we wrote about Lou Dobbs and his radio coverage of the so-called "birther" movement which was kicked in to high gear this week due in part to this video from a town hall meeting held by Rep. Mike Castle, R-Delaware, on June 30. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and... [TVNewser]

Andrew Blankstein on Countdown - Posted June 26, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The reports of Andrew Blankstein hiking on the Appalachian Trail are false. There has been a confirmed sighting of him on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Again, LA Times reporter Andrew Blankstein has been located. We will keep you updated... [FishBowlLA]

A Booking Battle ... Over Joe Scarborough? - Posted June 26, 2009
For the second time this week, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has apparently gotten in deep with his NBC colleagues. Page Six has an item about how Scarborough was all set to appear on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday to talk about his new book. But on Wednesday night, [host George] Stephanopoulos was alerted... [TVNewser]

Michael Jackson 1958-2009: TV News Coverage Notes - Posted June 25, 2009
• ABC News will present a special "20/20" tonight at 9pmET/PT. "The Life and Death of Michael Jackson" will be anchored by Barbara Walters and Martin Bashir. Walters will then anchor the 10pm special on the life of Farrah Fawcett. • NBC has announced it is producing a 2-hour "Dateline" to... [TVNewser]

Bill Maher Explains His Criticism Of President Obama On "Countdown" - Posted June 16, 2009
Bill Maher appeared on MSNBC's "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann last night to discuss his editorial on "Real Time" Friday criticizing President Obama. On the public's view of Obama, Maher said last night: "They're getting to the point where they're saying 'Yeah, we still like Obama. He's our guy. We're glad he's our... [FishBowlDC]

Remembering Russert: DC And Beyond Reflect - Posted June 15, 2009
This past Saturday marked the one year anniversary of the death of Tim Russert. The journalism icon was remembered this weekend throughout DC and beyond- with tributes in his hometown newspaper, The Buffalo News, on NBC by his former colleagues, and also by his former competitors. "Meet the Press" anchor David... [FishBowlDC]

Joe Scarborough: "Would You Ask a Liberal the Same Question?" - Posted June 7, 2009
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough does a Q&A with The New York Times Magazine for his new book "The Last Best Hope". Deborah Solomon also wants to know about his relationship with his colleagues. What about that spat with Rachel Maddow, when you abruptly walked off the set in the middle of a... [TVNewser]

"Worse Person" Fires Back at Keith Olbermann - Posted June 4, 2009
The Detroit News obtained a letter sent to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann by a man who made his "Worst Persons" list. George Jackson, president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., made the list for voting to raze the remains of Tiger Stadium. The Tiger Stadium Conservancy had raised only $4 million... [TVNewser]

May Ratings: MSNBC Tops CNN Again in Prime Time - Posted June 2, 2009
For the third consecutive month, MSNBC beat CNN in the prime time A25-54 demo in May, while finishing ahead of CNN for the second time in three months in Total Viewers. FNC finished first. Hardball with Chris Matthews topped CNN at 7pmET in both Total Viewers and the demo for 2nd place.... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly Responds to George Tiller Murder - Posted June 1, 2009
Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly began his show tonight with a Talking Points Commentary on the George Tiller murder, specifically those who've blamed him for the crime. "Clear-thinking Americans should condemn the murder of late-term abortionist Tiller," O'Reilly began. "Eventhough the man terminated thousands of pregnancies, what he did was within... [TVNewser]

Rush Here, There, Almost Everywhere - Posted May 29, 2009
Rush Limbaugh was mentioned 39 times yesterday on MSNBC. I know, this keeping track thing is getting old. But we raise the issue today, because while Rush was being criticized during a segment on Keith Olbermann's 8pm show on MSNBC (with pile-on from Arianna Huffington) over on Fox News, Bill O'Reilly... [TVNewser]

Was Mancow's Waterboarding Staged? - Posted May 29, 2009
Gawker has an extensive look into the Erich "Mancow" Muller waterboarding that took place one week ago today. Based on an email exchange forwarded by a source to Gawker, there are questions about whether Mancow's waterboarding was the real thing. Here is one of the emails sent by Muller's publicist, Linda Shafran, as... [TVNewser]

Mancow Appears on Olbermann To Talk Waterboarding, Hannity - Posted May 27, 2009
In what would be seen as a surprise booking this time last week, Erich "Mancow" Muller appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night to discuss being waterboarded last Friday. After being snubbed in his charity offer by FNC's Sean Hannity, Olbermann donated $10,000 to "Veterans of Valor" because of Mancow's waterboarding. "Sean... [TVNewser]

Bill Maher Responds to Sean Hannity - Posted May 26, 2009
You may have been memorializing on Sunday (or just on the beach) so here's your Reliable Sources update: Howard Kurtz led a panel discussion on cable news's prime time partisanship. "President Obama is routinely bashed on Fox News Channel and just as routinely defended on MSNBC, where the Republicans are often portrayed... [TVNewser]

Around the mb Blogs: Saberi Home, White House Snub, Mancow Waterboarded - Posted May 22, 2009
• FishbowlDC: Roxana Saberi Back in the "Land of the Free" • PRNewser: Poll - What Do You Think About the Press Pool Being Left Out Of Coverage? • FishbowlLA: Mancow Gets Waterboarded and Says It's Torture > Update: Keith Olbermann will donate $10,000 to "Veterans of Valor" in Mancow's name. "As to Hannity...... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 05.21.09 - Posted May 21, 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 Ben Weltman! What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | NEWS NOTES | AWARDS |... [FishBowlDC]

CNN, Fox News, HLN, Carry Obama Notre Dame Address. MSNBC Does Not - Posted May 18, 2009
It was the kind of story that was made for cable news, involving religion, passionate debate, one of the most divisive issues in the nation, and at center of it all, the President of the United States. But only two of the three cable news channels carried Pres. Obama's address to... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann on "Sleazy Gossip." Dan Abrams Responds - Posted May 15, 2009
On his show last night, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann responded to a story on CityFile.com, about his previously unexplained absence for several nights in late April. CityFile's story, picked up on a variety of other blogs, quoted insiders who described a booking battle, which Olbermann lost, between Rachel Maddow's staff and Countdown's over... [TVNewser]

Roberta McCain Weighs in on Rush, Olbermann - Posted May 14, 2009
Sen. John McCain's 97-year-old mother, Roberta McCain, appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. Among other topics, she shared her thoughts on Keith Olbermann and Rush Limbaugh. "I can't figure out that type of person, who really gets joy out of denigrating people," she said of Olbermann. "Thank God... [TVNewser]

The Pre-Parties: Time, Fortune, People & CNN - Posted May 10, 2009
Pretty star-studded... Eva Longoria Parker, Jason Bateman, Jon Bon Jovi, Kal Penn, Kate Capshaw and Glenn Close. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Carlos Watson, Time's Rick Stengel, CNN's Jonathan Klein, Dana Bash and John King, to name just some of the many jouros mingling around this party. Time guest Steven... [FishBowlDC]

FoxNews.com Posts an MSNBC Clip - Posted May 8, 2009
WebNewser has the story of how a FoxNews.com video of a two-week old Countdown with Keith Olbermann clip is getting major play right now at TheFoxNation... ... [TVNewser]

Will Ratigan's Show Be "News" or "Opinion"? - Posted May 7, 2009
New host of MSNBC's 9-11amET program Dylan Ratigan made his first appearance as an MSNBC host last night on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. "Welcome to the family, we are delighted," said Olbermann at the end of the segment. But what can viewers expect from the new member of the family? On the other... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Doesn't Think Hannity "Has The Courage To Even Respond To This" - Posted April 29, 2009
When Sean Hannity told Charles Grodin he would get waterboarded for charity last week, he probably didn't think it would still be making news. But then MSNBC's Keith Olbermann offered $1,000 for each second Hannity lasted. The money would go to charity. But Hannity hasn't responded. The AP's David Bauder talks to Olbermann... [TVNewser]

100 Days News Conference: Coverage Notes - Posted April 29, 2009
President Barack Obama's news conference tonight at 8pmET will mark his 100th day in office, and each network plans to carry it differently (and one, not at all). FishbowlDC has a detailed list, and WebNewser looks at how CNN and YouTube plan to cover it online. Also happening online — a... [TVNewser]

Matthews on Specter Switch: "Had No Idea" - Posted April 29, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Hardball's Chris Matthews was a guest of Keith Olbermann on last night's Countdown to talk about Sen. Arlen Specter's party switch. You'd remember Matthews was speculated to make a run in race himself. "Was [Specter's switch] a factor in your experimentations... [FishBowlDC]

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

Matthews to Olbermann: "I Love Being Your Lead-in, Bro" - Posted April 29, 2009
Hardball anchor Chris Matthews appeared as the first guest last night on Countdown with Keith Olbermann to discuss Sen. Arlen Specter's party switch. As Olbermann noted, "nobody in television news has a better idea of Pennsylvania politics" than Matthews, who almost was involved in the race himself. "Was [Specter's switch] a factor... [TVNewser]

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

April Ratings: MSNBC Tops CNN in Primetime Demo Again - Posted April 28, 2009
MSNBC topped CNN the A25-54 demo during prime time (8p-11p, M-F) finishing second for the month behind FNC. Compared to last year, MSNBC is up 44% in Total Viewers and up 18% in the demo during prime. Countdown with Keith Olbermann finished ahead of "No Bias, No Bull" at 8pmET by 89%... [TVNewser]

April Ratings: HLN's Grace Tops Olbermann in Demo - Posted April 28, 2009
HLN's Nancy Grace topped MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann at both 8pmET (411K vs. 384K) and at 10pmET (275K vs. 225K) in the A25-54 demo. For its first run at 8pm Grace was up 103% in the demo and up 88% in Total Viewers — the most growth of any cable... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.27.09 - Posted April 27, 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 98 covering the Obama administration and week 13 for us. Happy Birthday to Dana Milbank and Domenico Montanaro (who celebrated over the weekend).... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann Takes Hannity Up on Waterboarding Charity Challenge - Posted April 24, 2009
Sean Hannity, the ball is in your court. Last night on Countdown, Keith Olbermann took the FNC host up on his offer, made Wednesday on "Hannity" in a discussion with Charles Grodin, to get waterboarded for charity. "For every second you last, $1,000," said Olbermann. "Live or on tape, provided other networks' cameras... [TVNewser]

MSNBC, CNBC Hot Topic at GE Shareholder Meeting - Posted April 22, 2009
THR's Paul Bond reports things got "testy" at today's GE shareholder meeting. When it came time for shareholders to question CEO Jeff Immelt many wanted to ask about MSNBC and CNBC. First up was a woman asking about a reported meeting in which Immelt and NBC Uni CEO Jeff Zucker supposedly told... [TVNewser]

Where Else is Keith Olbermann Blogging? - Posted April 22, 2009
MSNBC host Keith Olbermann can be found on the Web at his Daily Kos blog (but not at a Twitter feed). Now he's blogging (and sharing personal pictures) somewhere else — WebNewser has the details...• Olbermann will be back anchoring Countdown tonight after he was out sick Monday and Tuesday.... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: CBS, FNC, MSNBC... - Posted April 21, 2009
> 48 Hours Mystery was Saturday night's #1 program in households (5.0 rating / 9 share) and Total Viewers (7.26m). Compared to the same week last year, the CBS News magazine is up 25% in households. The show featured the unsolved murder of Air Force Col. Philip Michael Shue. >... [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]

Scarborough Knocks "Childish Sexual Jokes" Made By "People on Networks" - Posted April 16, 2009
Within the first 15 minutes of Morning Joe, yesterday's tea parties were the hot topic, especially how the media covered them. "The larger point is that anyone who gets actively involved in government, no matter what, if they're out there, you say that's a good thing," said Mike Barnicle. "I'd rather see this... [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]

Goldberg to Hannity: "The Right Has To Stop Behaving Like The Left Used To Behave With George Bush" - Posted April 15, 2009
Tonight Sean Hannity will be in Atlanta with Newt Gingrich, Joe the Plumber and others for a Tax Day Tea Party, but earlier this week he got a bit of a talking to by FNC contributor, Bernie Goldberg. As Hannity described the Obama administration's "racing to take credit" after the rescue of... [TVNewser]

"Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Sorkinized? - Posted April 10, 2009
In an Entertainment Weekly story urging Aaron Sorkin back to television, Lynette Rice floats the idea of a behind-the-scenes drama (a la "Studio 60") about a cable news show: Word is that Sorkin is mulling over the idea of a new TV drama that takes a behind-the-scenes look at a cable news... [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]

Rich Lowry: The FishbowlDC Interview - Posted April 9, 2009
Say hello to Rich Lowry- don't call him Richard- co-author of "Banqo's Ghost" with Keith Korman. In Lowry's own words the basic plot: "Left-wing journalist sent on a rogue CIA mission to Iran to assassinate Iran's top nuclear scientist; mayhem ensues. Some people will have fun arguing whether one character, the left-wing... [FishBowlDC]

Extra Ed Tonight - Posted April 9, 2009
MSNBC is going to be airing The Ed Show twice tonight - at 6pmET and in Countdown's normal spot of 8pmET. An MSNBC insider tells us the 8pm edition will have a live first block with the remainder being the 6pm version. "This allows us the opportunity to expose Ed's show... [TVNewser]

The Fake Head of NBC Has Some Thoughts on MSNBC - Posted April 8, 2009
Frequent Huffington Post contributor Alec Baldwin wrote a post today about "why we need the New York Times." But within the column - a critique of two MSNBC programs. He's "a fan of" Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Rachel Maddow Show. But of Olbermann, Baldwin writes, "He wastes too much time... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann Pays Tribute to His Mother - Posted April 7, 2009
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann spent his final segment last night paying tribute to his mother, Marie Olbermann, who passed away Saturday night after a very short battle with cancer. Mrs. Olbermann, a lifelong baseball fan, was famous in her own right because of an errant throw from former New York Yankee second... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann A Shameless Mama's Boy - Posted April 7, 2009
Last night, Keith Olbermann included on his show a moving tribute to his recently deceased mother. ... [FishBowlLA]

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]

Changes At MSNBC - Posted April 1, 2009
Ed Schultz will now host MSNBC's 6pm hour, David Shuster with Tamron Hall will take over 3-5pm and Norah O'Donnell will move to the morning-- more details on that will be announced at a later date. TVNewser: While it's status quo for the 10pmET hour on MSNBC, Ed Schultz will take over... [FishBowlDC]

Ed Schultz to Host MSNBC's 6pmET Hour - Posted April 1, 2009
While it's status quo for the 10pmET hour on MSNBC, Ed Schultz will take over the 6pmET slot currently hosted by MSNBC's David Shuster. The announcement was made by Keith Olbermann at the end of his show with Schultz as his guest. Olbermann said "the new news hour" called "The Ed Show"... [TVNewser]

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

O'Reilly Appears on GMA, Olbermann Ombuds - Posted March 31, 2009
Bill O'Reilly continued his "100 months on top of cable news" media tour today on Good Morning America and he'll be on Letterman tonight. In the interview with Robin Roberts, O'Reilly called the Obama administration's decision to no longer use The War on Terror "stupid," but he called Pres. Obama's decision... [TVNewser]

Exclusive: Cenk Uygur Reacts to MSNBC Calling Off Their Search for a 10PM Show - Posted March 31, 2009
MSNBC has decided not to find another show for the 10PM time slot. Our sister site, TVNewser talked to Keith Olbermann about the announcement: The fact that the 10pm replay is more competitive now is obviously great news, but if a terrific opportunity for a new show presents itself tomorrow, management will... [FishBowlLA]

MSNBC 10pm Plans on Hold...For Now - Posted March 31, 2009
The AP's David Bauder reports MSNBC has shelved plans for a new 10pmET show to follow Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. For now, a Countdown repeat will continue to air at 10pmET. "We're not going to mess with it until we see where it levels off," MSNBC president Phil Griffin told Bauder.... [TVNewser]

Olbermann, Orman Win GLAAD Awards - Posted March 30, 2009
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and CNBC's Suze Orman were two of the winners at Saturday night's GLAAD Awards in New York City. Olbermann won for "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" for his Special Comment about gay marriage. "Accepting the award, Olbermann magnanimously apologized for not having done the segment prior to the Prop. 8... [TVNewser]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted March 26, 2009
In President Obama's inaugural Tweet since taking office, he asked for questions on the economy for today's web town hall. The President had not updated his Twitter account since January 19th. MSNBC's Chris Matthews is interviewed in Diabetes Health here. Poor Ed Henry. On last night's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Eugene... [FishBowlDC]

O'Reilly Attacks Zucker, Ambushee To Guest On Olbermann - Posted March 24, 2009
Bill O'Reilly spent his "Back of the Book" segment last night playing clips of the Amanda Terkel ambush and addressing the controversy that came from his Alexa Foundation appearance. She has since responded, and she'll appear tonight on Countdown with Keith Olbermann (around 9:45pmET, due to Pres. Obama's news conference). But then... [TVNewser]

Tonight's News Conference Coverage Plans - Posted March 24, 2009
ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC will take President Barack Obama's second prime time news conference live tonight at 8pmET. It will also be covered on the financial news networks (CNBC, FBN and Bloomberg) and on cable news. Here's how the newser will affect the cablers: CNN: Wolf Blitzer, Campbell Brown, Anderson Cooper... [FishBowlDC]

Cowboy Schieffer's An AnchorMAN - Posted March 24, 2009
Have you ever watched Face the Nation and thought to yourself, "God he's manly..." Well someone out there has. CBS' Bob Schieffer is one of 11 on this blog's "Manliest Anchormen of All Time" list. Also making the cut- Edward R. Murrow, Eric Sevareid, Peter Jennings and Walter Cronkite, as well as... [FishBowlDC]

Networks and Cablers To Cover Obama's Prime Time Newser - Posted March 24, 2009
ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC will take President Barack Obama's second prime time news conference live tonight at 8pmET. It will also be covered on the financial news networks (CNBC, FBN and Bloomberg) and on cable news. Here's how the newser will affect the cablers: • CNN — Wolf Blitzer, Campbell Brown,... [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]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted March 23, 2009
Keith Olbermann discovers that he's got a Twitter impostor- WebNewser Visual design lead Douglas Bowman leaves Google out of frustration with design-by-committee processes- UnBeige UK newspapers hit by layoffs- FishbowlNY Former DNC chairman and 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean has joined CNBC as a contributor- ... [FishBowlLA]

O'Reilly Writes About Bush/Cheney "Horror Stories," MSNBC - Posted March 23, 2009
In an op-ed over the weekend in the Boston Herald, FNC's Bill O'Reilly "predict[s] some future headlines" to come "from the left about alleged Bush-Cheney atrocities." But before he gets to those made-up headlines, he writes about "left-wing muckraker" Seymour Hersh's claims that Dick Cheney was "running an assassination squad." The other day,... [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]

Taking Out the Trash - Posted March 20, 2009
What we almost missed today... The Hollywood Reporter says networks are reluctant to shuffle their primetime shows for President Obama's address next Tuesday evening. "Fulfilling their scheduling civic duty is starting to seem increasingly cumbersome to broadcasters, however. Between a struggling economy and ratings sagging in midseason, every interruption costs networks advertising... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann Talks Rush, AIG on Leno - Posted March 19, 2009
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann was a guest last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The majority of the interview revolved around the financial crisis — AIG and Bernie Madoff. Leno asked Olbermann about Rush Limbaugh's support of the AIG execs keeping the bonuses. "You can look at some of the things... [TVNewser]

Program Notes: Obama, Hannity, Brokaw, Olbermann... - Posted March 18, 2009
• CNN's The Situation Room (7pmET): CNN will extend The Situation Room for an hour beginning at 7pmET and cover President Obama's town hall meeting in California live. "Campbell Brown: No Bias. No Bull." begins at 8pmET. Also — MSNBC's Hardball will be live at 7pmET for the town hall. • FNC's... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Gets Real Time (Alone) With Maher - Posted March 17, 2009
Those looking for potential fireworks when MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is a guest Friday on Real Time with Bill Maher may be disappointed. TVNewser has learned Olbermann's segment will be the second interview, and he will not appear on the panel which this week is made up of Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders,... [TVNewser]

Letterman on Maddow: "You're Tremendous At This Job" - Posted March 17, 2009
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow continued her late night tour on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman last night, and Letterman had high praise for the host. "This woman is very smart, and can talk great," Letterman says he thinks while watching her show. "Sometimes you see a lot people on TV and you... [TVNewser]

As Cable News Viewership Grows it Becomes "Even More Ideologically Polarized" - Posted March 16, 2009
A snapshot of the PEJ analysis of the state of Cable News in 2008. There is much more information here. • CNN, Fox News and MSNBC all gained viewers, were projected to see record profits, and expected to increase spending on newsgathering and bureaus around the world. • The talk show format that... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Addresses Decision Not to Cover Cramer/Stewart Interview - Posted March 14, 2009
The most-commented post currently on The Daily Kos' front-page "Recommended Diaries" list is a story titled: "Moment of Truth for Keith and Rachel coming up tonight with Update." Within the thread, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has left six comments, including revealing "it is true," that Jon Stewart has something against him and that... [TVNewser]

Did O'Reilly Help Sink GE's Stock? - Posted March 11, 2009
Paul Bond of The Hollywood Reporter asks: "Could O'Reilly have been a factor in GE's stock becoming a dim bulb?" While MSNBC Keith Olbermann regularly attacks FNC's Bill O'Reilly, O'Reilly usually hurls his attacks toward GE and its president Jeffrey Immelt. And Bond writes when a emailer thanked O'Reilly for convincing him... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 03.11.09 - Posted March 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 or let us know in the tips box below. Its day 51 covering the Obama administration and week six for us. What we know and what... [FishBowlDC]

Get A Room! - Posted February 27, 2009
Keith Olbermann and Michael Calderone are now boys... After naming him "worse" of Countdown's "Worst Persons in the World," Calderone has redeemed himself with Olbermann, making his "Best Persons in the World" top three last night. For the count, that's two bronze medals in Calderone's collection. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;... [FishBowlDC]

What Will Roland Martin Mean For "No Bias, No Bull"? - Posted February 26, 2009
Yesterday we reported CNN political contributor Roland Martin will be filling in for eight weeks while Campbell Brown goes on maternity leave in April. But can Martin, who supported Barack Obama during the presidential election and also both Bushes during their presidential runs, continue the "No Bias, No Bull" mantra of... [TVNewser]

The "Oh God" Response, and Reaction - Posted February 26, 2009
As we reported yesterday, Chris Matthews addressed the "oh God" comment during Hardball last night. See what he said, and some reaction below:.msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks... [TVNewser]

He Was Such a Nice Boy Until... - Posted February 26, 2009
He was named one of Countdown's "Worst Persons in the World." Politico's Michael Calderone got on Keith Olbermann's radar for "falsely reporting" that it was Olbermann who uttered "oh God" on MSNBC Tuesday night as Gov. Bobby Jindal came to the mic for the Republican response, when it was in fact... [FishBowlDC]

February Ratings: Program Ranker - Posted February 25, 2009
Fox News had the top six cable news programs during February '09 in Total Viewers, and nine of the top 10. The O'Reilly Factor was once again 1st. CNN's Larry King Live was the only non-FNC program to make the top 10, in 7th. MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann was 11th.... [TVNewser]

And Now a Lesson in Why Mics Are Turned Off... - Posted February 25, 2009
From TVNewser: As Louisana Gov. Bobby Jindal approached the camera to deliver the GOP response to Pres. Obama last night, someone on the MSNBC set whispered "Oh God." But the whisper was loud enough to be heard by anyone who was watching MSNBC. TVNewser has learned Hardball host Chris Matthews was the... [FishBowlDC]

"Oh God" Heard From MSNBC Set As Gov. Jindal Appears for GOP Response - Posted February 25, 2009
As Louisana Gov. Bobby Jindal approached the camera to deliver the GOP response to Pres. Obama last night, someone on the MSNBC set whispered "Oh God." But the whisper was loud enough to be heard by anyone who was watching MSNBC. TVNewser has learned Hardball host Chris Matthews was the anchor who... [TVNewser]

February Ratings: MSNBC's Best February Yet - Posted February 24, 2009
In weekday prime time (8-11pmET M-F), MSNBC was up 31% in Total Viewers and up 4% in the A25-54 demo. In total day (6a-6a), MSNBC was up 17% in Total Viewers and up 7% in the demo. "Morning Joe" continues to be the fastest growing morning cable news show — up... [TVNewser]

February Ratings: HLN Shows Most Growth - Posted February 24, 2009
For the third month in a row, HLN had the largest year-to-year gains of any cable news network in prime time, in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo. In prime time (8-11pm Mon-Sun) HLN grew 56% in Total Viewers and 62% in the demo. At 8pm Nancy Grace beat MSNBC's Countdown... [TVNewser]

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

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

Weigh-In: Seder vs. The Young Turks - Posted February 19, 2009
The LAT ran a story about an open programming slot on MSNBC (we'd argue it's the entire weekend line-up - hello Locked Up? - but no one asked us). From Matea Gold's piece: The grass-roots campaigns were triggered by the news that the cable channel is contemplating creating a new show for... [FishBowlLA]

McCaughey Demands Correction, Apology from Olbermann - Posted February 18, 2009
Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey has responded to MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann's accusations against her calling them "factual errors" and she's demanding an apology. I am requesting that MSNBC and Keith Olbermann apologize and issue a correction.Mr. Olbermann charges that I, Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D. was paid, directly or indirectly, by... [TVNewser]

"Screw-ups" and "Missing the Point": Kurtz on Competitors - Posted February 17, 2009
Howard Kurtz called out two mistakes made by FNC and MSNBC last week on his CNN program Sunday. For FNC it was the graphics taken from a Republican press release. "You should be apologizing for using partisan propaganda from the GOP without telling your viewers where it came from," he said.... [TVNewser]

The McCaughey-Olbermann Volley - Posted February 16, 2009
Former New York Lt. Gov Betsy McCaughey, the ball is in your court. Tonight, Keith Olbermann named McCaughey the "worse" person in the world. This goes back to last week (back story here) when McCaughey wrote an op-ed on Bloomberg.com. Then on his show Thursday, Olbermann called her out on the premise... [TVNewser]

Fmr. NY Lt. Gov. To Olbermann: "Do You Have the Backbone (and the Facts) to Debate Me?" - Posted February 14, 2009
Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey is challenging Keith Olbermann to a debate after he called her a shill for Big Pharma: If Keith Olbermann of MSNBC could defend the health provisions slipped into the stimulus bill on their merits, he wouldn't be resorting to personal attacks on me. Olbermann calls... [TVNewser]

Just The ~~Fat~~ Facts, Keith. Olbermann to Issue Murdoch Correction - Posted February 11, 2009
On his show Friday night Keith Olbermann had a tri-fecta of Worst Persons from the same company. Guess which one? Olbermann crowned News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch Worst Person, but misquoted him in the process. Olbermann quoted Murdoch as saying, "We have never been a company that tolerates facts." What Murdoch really said was,... [TVNewser]

Just The ~~Fat~~ Facts, Keith. Olbermann to Issue Murdoch Correction - Posted February 11, 2009
On his show Friday night Keith Olbermann had a tri-fecta of Worst Persons from the same company. Guess which one. Olbermann crowned News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch Worst Person, but misquoted him in the process. Olbermann quoted Murdoch as saying, "We have never been a company that tolerates facts." What Murdoch really said was,... [TVNewser]

Schedule Shake-Ups As Cablers Cover Obama Newser - Posted February 9, 2009
Every major network will cover President Barack Obama's news conference tonight at 8pmET, which is expected to last the full hour, as will the cablers (and business news networks). How will they shake up their schedule? In very different ways: • CNN — Wolf Blitzer introduces the news conference, and Blitzer, Campbell... [TVNewser]

Zucker on Olbermann's O'Reilly Feud: "He Knows That I Wish It Weren't So Personal" - Posted February 5, 2009
Newsweek's Johnnie L. Roberts talks to NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker in a web exclusive Q&A about MSNBC, Keith Olbermann and more. Roberts asks Zucker if he's "inclined to halt" the growing animosity between Olbermann and FNC's Bill O'Reilly. "It's become part of the fabric of both of those shows, and it probably... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: ABC, CBS, MSNBC... - Posted February 3, 2009
> ABC News will begin a series, "Afghanistan: Where Things Stand," across all platforms on Sunday. Included will be reports from senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz, who was embedded recently with troops in Kabul. > Before the Super Bowl, there was CBS News' 48 Hours Mystery. On Saturday, it was... [TVNewser]

No Spin: O'Reilly's Super Bowl Prediction is Closest - Posted February 3, 2009
Every year, celebrities compete for the Scripps Howard Super Sage Award trophy, in which more than 100 stars of "movies, TV, sports, politics and pop culture" give their prediction for the Super Bowl's final score. Taking home the tvnewser award this year was Bill O'Reilly, who picked Pittsburgh to win 24-17 (they... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Helps Count Down to the Super Bowl - Posted January 31, 2009
On last night's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC host was stationed in Tampa Bay in a loud area near the Super Bowl site. Joining him in the last segment was his former Sportscenter partner, and now fellow member on NBC's Football Night in America, Dan Patrick. The duo talked about the... [TVNewser]

Rather at 10pm? Olbermann Floats the Idea - Posted January 30, 2009
A tipster noted the toss last night between Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow, in which Olbermann asked: "Dan Rather tonight? Want to ask him if he's doing anything weeknights at 10?" Maddow replied, "I will, thank you for suggesting that, Keith." She didn't — but that means another chance to vote... [TVNewser]

January Ratings: Rankers - Posted January 28, 2009
Fox News Channel had the top seven programs during the month of January in Total Viewers, with The O'Reilly Factor once again in the top spot. The top MSNBC program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, finished 8th and the top CNN program, Campbell Brown: No Bias No Bull, finished 9th. In the A25-54... [TVNewser]

January Ratings: Big 3 on MSNBC Remain 2nd - Posted January 27, 2009
MSNBC's 7-10pmET trio of Hardball with Chris Matthews, Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Rachel Maddow Show finished #2 on cable news in the A25-54 demo, ahead of CNN (and behind FNC). This is the 11th consecutive month in 2nd for Countdown, and the fourth in a row for Maddow and... [TVNewser]

Silverman and Olbermann Say "Bye" To Bush - Posted January 25, 2009
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann helped out with a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live featuring Sarah Silverman's tribute to President Bush. She explains what made him great "so the liberal media can understand": ... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann in the Middle of Gibson / Griffin Dinner Exchange - Posted January 23, 2009
Oh boy. Keith Olbermann gave Fox News's John Gibson the bronze last night in "Worst Persons" over this. And today on his radio show, Gibson fired back. "This is absurd. He wasn't there," Gibson said of Olbermann, as both tell a different version of what happened when Gibson ran into MSNBC president Phil... [TVNewser]

Gibson Describes Exchange With MSNBC Boss: "He Was Looking For Ratings" - Posted January 22, 2009
Fox News Radio host John Gibson had some comments about MSNBC's Inauguration coverage yesterday, taking on his usual targets — Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann. But later in the discussion, Gibson describes a dinner he had "two, three nights ago" at Rao's Restaurant ("all these media stars go there"). "Suddenly I hear... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Looking To Add New 10pmET Show - Posted January 22, 2009
Now that Countdown with Keith Olbermann is in place at 8pmET and The Rachel Maddow Show is set at 9pmET, the New York Times' Brian Stelter reports MSNBC is looking to add a new show at 10. "It's almost like we're one personality away," MSNBC president Phil Griffin told Stelter. Olbermann supports... [TVNewser]

Matthews: MSNBC "Has Opened Its Heart To Change" - Posted January 20, 2009
The LATimes caught an exchange on MSNBC just after 11:30amET between Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann. Matthews was talking about the mood of the crowd behind the MSNBC set: "It sure as hell helps to be on MSNBC today...Let's talk straight here: This is the network that has opened its heart to... [TVNewser]

FBLA Meets Al Franken...and Other Politicos - Posted January 17, 2009
We got to take a picture (a crappy one from an iPhone) with soon-to-be Senator-Elect Al Franken at the Media Matters party. And yeah, we are totally stoked about that. So suck it. We also met (and got our picture taken with - but we'll spare you the grainy horrible photo) political consultant... [FishBowlLA]

Griffin: "We're Less About Ideology Than Fox" - Posted January 16, 2009
MSNBC held their Television Critics Association panel yesterday in Los Angeles, and the questions ranged from comparisons of MSNBC and FNC to comparisons of Obama and Bush. Variety's Brian Lowry writes that MSNBC president Phil Griffin fielded questions about the network's "windshield-wiper act" of having Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews again anchoring... [TVNewser]

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

Morning Reading List, 01.14.09 - Posted January 14, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

MSNBC Inauguration Notes: Who (Olbermann and Matthews) and Where (Movie Theaters) - Posted January 13, 2009
Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann were removed from anchoring political coverage in September, and designated as "hosts" in November. On Inauguration Day in a week, they will "lead" coverage. The Los Angeles Times' Matea Gold talks to MSNBC president Phil Griffin about the new new role for the duo. He says he's... [TVNewser]

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

John Harwood to Interview Pres.-Elect Obama - Posted January 6, 2009
So, will Dr. Sanjay Gupta be Surgeon General? Who will be Commerce Secretary? And will the economic stimulus package surpass $1 trillion (damn, that's a lot of money). Find out tomorrow when President-elect Obama is interviewed by CNBC's Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood. The interview will be taped with excerpts airing on CNBC's... [TVNewser]

2008 Ratings: MSNBC Fastest Growing Once Again - Posted December 31, 2008
MSNBC was the fastest growing channel in all of television in 2008 when measured in Total Viewers for both total day and prime time. The NBC cable news channel was the third fastest in growth in the A25-54 demo behind BBC America and History International. The Rachel Maddow Show beat Larry King... [TVNewser]

Nancy Grace Just Misses Demo Victory - Posted December 29, 2008
We received a tip over the weekend asking if Nancy Grace's strong December was going to propel her to a victory in the A25-54 demo over the usual winner, The O'Reilly Factor. After running the numbers, our unofficial tally puts Grace's 8pmET average at 590,000 and Bill O'Reilly's at 609,000 (through December... [TVNewser]

New Years on the Cablers: Varied Options - Posted December 24, 2008
One week from tonight, the ball will drop in Times Square and the cablers will ring in the New Year in various ways: • CNN — Anderson Cooper hosts again with Kathy Griffin from 11pm-1amET. Erica Hill contributes from Times Square, with Gary Tuchman in Central Park, Sean Callebs in New Orleans,... [TVNewser]

The Fallout From Bleeping "Mr. O'Reilly" - Posted December 12, 2008
On Tuesday's Red Eye, High Times Magazine editor and author of "The Official High Times Pot Smoker's Handbook," David Bienenstock was interviewed, joking about how "Fox News has the best weed in the world" after his green room visit. Regular panelist Bill Schulz responded, but it was bleeped: "...does not like it... [TVNewser]

Now Jay Leno's On At 8pm! - Posted December 9, 2008
...one night only, folks. He's on Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight.... [TVNewser]

Report: Chris Matthews in Contract Negotiations - Posted December 4, 2008
Politico's Michael Calderone reports that MSNBC's Chris Matthews is in contract negotiations with NBC this week. Matthews' current deal with NBC/MSNBC is not up for another six months. Calderone writes: What's still unclear is whether the current talks are to renew his contract ahead of schedule — as the network recently did... [TVNewser]

November Ratings: MSNBC's Demo Streak at 7, 8 & 9 - Posted December 3, 2008
MSNBC's prime time lineup continues its hot streak post-election, out-rating CNN at 7, 8 and 9pmET in the key adult demo. (FNC came in first in the demo & Total Viewers). "The Rachel Maddow Show" out-rated "Larry King Live" among A25-54 viewers (672,000 vs. 565,000) for the second month in a... [TVNewser]

"Chaos" Erupts Around CNN Correspondent During Mumbai Live Shot - Posted November 27, 2008
In the second day of the siege in Mumbai, some members of the media are finding themselves in the middle of local anger. CNN's Sara Sidner is the network's New Delhi correspondent. Sidner was reporting about the situation at the Taj Hotel when several locals began interrupting her live shot. Sidner... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Talks Affleck, Makes Pumpking Pie, on Martha - Posted November 25, 2008
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann was busy making a Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Pie on The Martha Stewart Show yesterday when Stewart brought up Ben Affleck's impression on Saturday Night Live. "I thought he was better as you than he is as Ben Affleck," said Stewart. "Obviously an admirer of yours." "He's the first person I... [TVNewser]

Mark Halperin Makes 'Worst Persons' - Posted November 25, 2008
Mark Halperin was dubbed one of the Worst Persons in the World by Keith Olbermann last night for the comments made at the panel we covered at USC this weekend. We asked LAT's Mark Barabak, who disagreed with Halperin while on the panel, what he thinks of the honor bestowed on his... [FishBowlLA]

Couric Accuses Letterman of "Stealing Our Video" - Posted November 21, 2008
Following up on our follow-up about Katie Couric's appearance on Wednesday's Late Show with David Letterman, Couric called in to last night's show to discuss the topic Letterman "forgot to ask" — the day Sen. John McCain canceled on Dave only to show up with Katie. "I was all prepped to chat... [TVNewser]

Media Panel Before "Media Project" - Posted November 18, 2008
Members of the media descended on Michael's today in midtown Manhattan, although this time it wasn't just for lunch (or to be name-checked on FBNY). Arianna Huffington moderated a panel in conjunction with the premiere tonight of "The IFC Media Project," a series hosted by Gideon Yago that takes a look at... [TVNewser]

Alison Stewart to Guest Host Maddow - Posted November 18, 2008
MSNBC alum, and all-around TV sweetheart Alison Stewart (so says Chris, who worked with her too) will be guest hosting The Rachel Maddow Show tonight and tomorrow night. This comes after some not-so-great reviews for Arianna Huffington's guest hosting last night. TV Guide gives a "cheer" to the hour — but it's... [TVNewser]

Watch This, Sir - Posted November 13, 2008
23/6 editors were hard at work again — this time compressing Keith Olbermann's Special Comments into one minute... Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com. • Earlier from 23/6: "My Twitterboard's About to Explode..."... [TVNewser]

Bill O'Reilly Is Favorite (And Least Favorite) Journalist - Posted November 12, 2008
The Pew Research Center has put out their post-election report, and Bill O'Reilly was found to lead both the "favorite campaign journalist" and "least favorite campaign journalist" lists. Tom Brokaw and Sean Hannity were the other two to reach above 2% on the favorite list, and Katie Couric, Fox News in... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann Takes on Prop. 8 - Posted November 11, 2008
We claim Keith Olbermann as our local boy that moved off to the big city to make make something out of his self. Even though we think he was from Boston before he came out here - doesn't matter - we claim him because our local journos have worked with him.... [FishBowlLA]

Olbermann's Deal Will Pay $30M Over Four Years - Posted November 11, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist There are two words guaranteed to make MSNBC's Keith Olbermann break his longstanding personal policy against voting - Chris Matthews. If, as expected, the "Hardball" host runs against Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania in 2010, Olbermann says: "I would definitely suspend my symbolism and vote for him." Color us skeptical. Those... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Signs Contract Extension with MSNBC - Posted November 10, 2008
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann joined the ladies of The View today. But one piece of news he didn't get to report was about himself. TVNewser has learned Olbermann has signed a contract extension with MSNBC/NBC that takes him through the 2012 election. Olbermann had signed a deal in February '07 which kept... [TVNewser]

"The Queen of Cable" on Colbert - Posted November 7, 2008
Rachel Maddow took a visit to Colbert Nation last night, as a guest on the Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert began the interview bragging about his Peabody Awards, and Maddow said she had none. Colbert gave her some advice "that O'Reilly gave me" — "Just say you have some, nobody checks." He also brought... [TVNewser]

1010 WINS Not Breaking MSNBC News - Posted November 5, 2008
A tipster noticed an MSNBC ad running on 1010 WINS radio (described on its Web site as 'New York's #1 source for local news, traffic and weather). The ad is touting a new post-election prime time line-up, featuring Chris Matthews at 8pmET, Keith Olbermann at 9pmET and Rachel Maddow at 10pmET.... [TVNewser]

Matthews and Olbermann Will "Host" MSNBC's Election Coverage - Posted November 4, 2008
When Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann were removed from anchoring duties in September, the question of how they would contribute on political nights was raised. It was answered on debate nights already, and we'll see the plan in action tonight. It appears the change tonight will be from "anchor" to "host." The... [TVNewser]

Olbermann on Olbermann: "Kinda Went on a Bit, But Then Again I Know People Say That About Me" - Posted November 4, 2008
TVNewser columnist Gail Shister reached out to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann before his show last night to talk about Ben Affleck's portrayal of him on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. Shister: How do you grade the 'SNL' bit, and why? Olbermann: As a technical achievement, it was an A+ Seriously: Ben did that... [TVNewser]

Campbell Brown "Breaking Through the Clutter" - Posted November 3, 2008
Marketwatch.com's Jon Friedman thinks Campbell Brown, "has found her footing" at CNN. Brown has established herself as a voice of reason who doesn't shout, preen, make wild predictions, delight in buttonholing people with "gotcha" questions or exploit the gaffes of the hard-working candidates (yes, including Sarah Palin). What's especially striking about... [TVNewser]

Rachel Maddow on TV Success: "It's Like Winning an Ego Lottery" - Posted November 3, 2008
In what is believed to be the 432nd profile of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow (okay, we're exaggerating, but not by much) New York Magazine's Jessica Pressler delivers some new Maddow nuggets, including the fact that Maddow's Air America producer sits in on her MSNBC staff meetings and that her partner, Susan Mikula... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann Responds to Ben Affleck's SNL Skit - Posted November 3, 2008
Over at Swampland Ana Marie Cox caught up with SNL skit subject Keith Olbermann and asked him what he thought of Ben Affleck's impression of him (the second half of which, is far funnier than the first, in our opinion). His response is, how shall we say, lukewarm at best,... [FishBowlNY]

"Recognize That Fellow?" Bill O'Reilly Profiled on CBS Sunday Morning - Posted November 3, 2008
...and Harry Smith asks O'Reilly what he thinks of Keith Olbermann. Says O'Reilly, without mentioning Olbermann by name, "I ignore all of those gutter snipes, because they're just in it to hurt people."... [TVNewser]

Affleck as Olbermann: "It is the Fear and the Tyranny Up With Which We Dare No Longer Put" - Posted November 2, 2008
So, the Keith Olbermann skit made it into the live edition of SNL last night. Ben Affleck, who's been a guest on Countdown, played Olbermann to the extreme, and that's not easy to do. We were particularly fond of Fred Armisen's turn as Richard Wolffe. ABC's Jake Tapper, in what is probably... [TVNewser]

Richard Wolffe Gets The SNL Treatment - Posted November 2, 2008
...or as Ben Affleck Keith Olbermann calls him, "Sen. McCain's butt boy." Fred Armisen nails the impersonation, including Wolffe's trademark (and oh so petite) "Hi Keith..." (sort of political punditry's equivalent of Hannibal Lecter's "Hello Clarice..."). Watch the full video after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

"Keith Olbermann" on SNL - Posted November 1, 2008
Tonight MSNBC's Keith Olbermann gets his big shot on Saturday Night Live, unfortunately, he's being played by host Ben Affleck, in a skit one insider calls "savage." Politico's Michael Calderone also reports the real Olbermann "got past security to watch" the closed-set rehearsal yesterday. Olbermann was complimentary of his first time being... [TVNewser]

What Happens to Cable News Post-Election? - Posted October 31, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchik and Paul J. Gough look to the near-future about what will happen to cable news after Nov. 4. "An election that lifts either the left or right to power will provide a boost to the network imbued with the ideology of the other side," they write.... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 10.31.08 - Posted October 31, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann Builds On Obama Half Hour - Posted October 30, 2008
Hundreds of thousands of viewers who watched the Barack Obama commercial on one of the broadcast networks switched to MSNBC at 8:30. Obama pulled in 3.5 million Total Viewers on MSNBC, the only cable news network to air the infomercial. An abbreviated Countdown with Keith Olbermann at 8:30pmET brought in... [TVNewser]

PRNewser Scores the Plumber Pub Interview - Posted October 29, 2008
Yep, Joe Ciarallo at our sister blog PRNewser got the scoop: So, we called Jim Della Croce, Owner of PR agency The Press Office. Croce spoke with PRNewser from a bus on his way back from a McCain rally and gave us the lowdown on his work with Joe. Believe it or... [FishBowlLA]

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

O'Reilly's "Inflamatory Remarks" Prompt Nielsen Internal Memo - Posted October 28, 2008
TVNewser has obtained an internal memo written by Nielsen Company EVP Susan Whiting reiterating the company's policy on political donations. It comes on the heels of last Thursday's Bill O'Reilly segment in which O'Reilly went after Nielsen: An examination of Nielsen shows that their personnel is overwhelmingly liberal. Twenty-six Nielsen executives, including... [TVNewser]

MSNBC To Air Obama "Program" - Posted October 28, 2008
The Barack Obama campaign has found a fourth network to air its half-hour "campaign-related program" — MSNBC. The Washington Post's Lisa de Moraes reports the original plan was to air the ad at 8pm as a roadblock across the four broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. But ABC had an hour-long... [TVNewser]

Stewart to Brown: "What's Your Bias Against Bull?" - Posted October 28, 2008
CNN's newly-pregnant Campbell Brown appeared last night on The Daily Show. "Your new show, you are up against Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann. How are you going to find some middle ground between those two?" joked Stewart. "Look, they're giants in terms of what they're doing," said Brown. "One's coming at it from... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly Segment Sheds Light on Months of FNC-Nielsen Disagreement - Posted October 27, 2008
Exclusive: A segment on The O'Reilly Factor last Thursday opened a window into a battle between Fox News Channel and Nielsen, the company that provides audience measurement for all networks. At the heart of the matter, time-shifted audience ratings. Fox News and most other networks use Nielsen's C3 method of measurement... [TVNewser]

Will Next Week's Election Spell Doom for Television? - Posted October 27, 2008
Remember how back in the late nineties no one could really imagine what life would be like after 2000? (And really, who among us could have envisioned YouTube?) And then everyone freaked out about Y2K and welded all the manhole covers shut in Manhattan. Well, with only eight... [FishBowlNY]

"Polar Opposities" and "Different Realities" - Posted October 27, 2008
Two of the most high-profile media writers were thinking the same thing over the weekend. The AP's David Bauder and Washington Post's Howard Kurtz each write today about the vast difference between MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and some of FNC's programs. Bauder looks at "polar opposites" Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly. "The... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Ailes, MSNBC, Bloomberg... - Posted October 22, 2008
> Broadcasting & Cable honored the 2008 Hall of Famers last night, including FNC Chairman Roger Ailes. "People always ask me what's the key to success. Well here it is: It's not enough to hire good people. You must also take credit for everything they do," joked Ailes in his... [TVNewser]

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

Morning Reading List, 10.21.08 - Posted October 21, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Live From New York: The Candidates As Comedians - Posted October 17, 2008
While comedians were impersonating the presidential candidates at 30 Rock, a few blocks away the presidential candidates were taking a shot at impersonating comedians. Both Sen. John McCain and Barack Obama took to the podium at the annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel last night, and each... [TVNewser]

Sklar Leaving HuffPost: "Expect to See Me Haunting the Place" - Posted October 17, 2008
Arianna Huffington sent an email to staff late last night (and subsequently published a few hours later on Gawker) announcing that "Rachel Sklar has decided to leave HuffPost." Sklar is a senior contributing editor at Huffington Post and editor of "Eat the Press," part of the site's media page. Sklar tells TVNewser... [TVNewser]

Olbermann's Countdown Episode - Posted October 16, 2008
About 35 minutes into tonight's episode of Countdown Keith Olbermann had an episode of his own. Midway through his McCain in the Membrane segment, he leaned off camera, coughed and tried to make it through his script: ...about the not apologizing, Governor you may have missed this. But Defense Secretary Rumsfeld apologized... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann — ~~Anchor~~ Analyst For MSNBC's Debate Coverage - Posted October 16, 2008
As you probably know by now, last month MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews were removed from election anchor duties and replaced by David Gregory. As Brian Stelter wrote at the time, "Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night. Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Matthews will remain... [TVNewser]

David Frum Mistakes Olbermann for Blogger - Posted October 16, 2008
It was only a matter of time before someone confused Keith Olbermann with the always fun 23/6.com. Behold! ... [FishBowlNY]

Comedy News Network? - Posted October 16, 2008
Yes, the cable news channels have gotten funnier over the years. Sometimes it happens without even trying and sometimes they just try too hard. But a comedian getting his own cable news show? That's news. Fox News tried news-omedy with Half Hour News Hour (canceled) and keeps some overnight viewers laughing with... [TVNewser]

Jonah Goldberg on Worst Persons - Posted October 15, 2008
Jonah Goldberg made it onto Keith Olbermann's Worst Persons list yesterday. Jonah Goldberg is the Alan Colmes of the LAT. Doesn't exactly bring balance because well...he's not that sharp for his side.... [FishBowlLA]

FOX Sends Cease & Desist to McCain Web Operator - Posted October 11, 2008
TVNewser has obtained a cease & desist letter sent by lawyers from Fox News Channel to AirNet Group Corporation, the company that hosts John McCain's campaign Website. The copyright infringement notification stems from this ad currently playing on the McCain-Palin site. It includes grainy images and audio of reporting from Fox... [TVNewser]

Despite Two New Contracts, Olbermann Talks "End" of Hannity's Career - Posted October 9, 2008
FNC's Sean Hannity signed what was rumored to be a 5-year, $100 million radio contract in July, and it was announced yesterday he re-upped with Fox News Channel. With his new deals for radio, TV, books and appearances, Hannity stands to make close to $30 million a year. But last night on... [TVNewser]

In Hannity's America, Obama is a Radical — and Three Million People Are Watching - Posted October 7, 2008
Sunday night, Hannity's America aired a special episode titled "Obama & Friends: The History of Radicalism." It turned out to be the program's highest rated ever. More than three million Total Viewers tuned in, and 645,000 in the A25-54 demo. But what did they see? From the very beginning, ominous music played... [TVNewser]

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

Campbell Brown: "You're Not Going to See Me Ever Be Partisan" - Posted October 5, 2008
The NYTimes' Jacques Steinberg sat down with CNN's Campbell Brown last week as Brown tries to gain a toehold on the competitive 8pmET cable news hour. And she's doing it by way of setting herself apart from the FNC and MSNBC alternatives. "They're partisans," she says of Bill O'Reilly and... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Woodruff, Maddow, CBSEyeMobile... - Posted October 2, 2008
> Stand Up for Heroes takes place November 5 in a benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Regis Philbin hosts and Bruce Springsteen and Ricky Gervais perform. > The newest Rachel Maddow profile comes from TV Guide's Stephen Battaglio, and he asks her... [TVNewser]

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

Cablers Talk Couric/Palin - Posted October 1, 2008
After a back-and-forth on the web about what would be said, tonight it was revealed. CBS' Katie Couric asked Gov. Sarah Palin about the Supreme Court, and the answer had the cablers buzzing. CNN, FNC and MSNBC all had discussed the issue by 8:15pmET. Campbell Brown: Election Center had Joe Klein, Gloria... [TVNewser]

Q3 2008: MSNBC Claims Total Viewer Growth Win - Posted October 1, 2008
MSNBC grew more in total day and prime time than any other cable news network in Total Viewers during the third quarter of 2008. MSNBC was up 48% during total day and up 81% in prime time year-to-year. Countdown with Keith Olbermann remains firmly in 2nd place (behind FNC) at 8pmET. During... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 10.01.08 - Posted October 1, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Obama Campaign Ignoring NBC Cease-and-Desist - Posted September 30, 2008
Despite a cease-and-desist from NBC News, the VoteForChange.com ad on Sen. Barack Obama's YouTube channel featuring NBC and MSNBC remains available. NBC News spokeswoman Allison Gollust tells TVNewser YouTube has agreed to pull down the video (it is still up at this time) and will continue to police it. But the Obama... [TVNewser]

Brokaw on Olbermann, MTP's Future and McCain - Posted September 30, 2008
In a wide-ranging profile of NBC News' Tom Brokaw, as well as an analysis of his Meet the Press moderation thus far, the New York Times' Jacques Steinberg delves into a variety of topics. Brokaw tells Steinberg he "advocated" for a modification to the anchor duties of MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann and... [TVNewser]

Brokaw, Olbermann Featured in Obama Ad - Posted September 28, 2008
Tom Brokaw anchors a mock election night broadcast and Keith Olbermann's voice can be heard announcing Sen. John McCain as the next President of the United States in a new ad from the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama. The YouTube video, titled, "Bad News," is a promotion for the site VoteForChange.com.... [TVNewser]

What About the Veeps? - Posted September 26, 2008
So after the first presidential debate, where did the vice presidential candidates end up? On the Republican side, Gov. Sarah Palin was not on any network. But Sen. Joe Biden made the rounds. He began with NBC before 11pmET and the end of the network broadcasts. His next stop — an... [TVNewser]

Cable News Snapshot: Pre-Debate Edition - Posted September 26, 2008
The lead in to tonight's debate on the cablers appears to be similar to the usual schedule, but with slight variations. First on CNN, Campbell Brown: Election Center is being called, "Debate Night in America," and is co-anchored by Wolf Blitzer. Jeffrey Toobin joked that tonight they were the "best political... [TVNewser]

Olbermann OK With Anchor Change: "I Can Say What I Think" - Posted September 25, 2008
He filled in at the last minute after Sen. John McCain canceled, and still MSNBC's Keith Olbermann was nearly upstaged by the Republican nominee for president Wednesday night on the Late Show. Several times during the two-segment interview with Olbermann, David Letterman showed McCain during various stages of his interview with Katie... [TVNewser]

McCain Out, Olbermann In On Letterman - Posted September 24, 2008
One of the side stories to Sen. John McCain's announcement that he would suspend his campaign, go to Washington D.C. to help with the bailout talks and push to postpone Friday's debate is that he would be canceling tonight's appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. So who takes his place?... [TVNewser]

Eric Burns On Why Bias Does Not Mean Biased - Posted September 23, 2008
Former Fox News Watch host Eric Burns left the network after his contract wasn't renewed earlier this year, but it doesn't mean he stopped watching the news. He writes about the changes at "one of my favorite news programs," Countdown with Keith Olbermann, in a Huffington Post column. Prefacing the column with how... [TVNewser]

"Friendliest Interview I've Seen Since Keith Olbermann Sat Down With Obama" - Posted September 22, 2008
During Howard Kurtz' weekly online Q&A on Washingtonpost.com this morning, Kurtz was asked about last week's highly rated Sean Hannity interview with Gov. Sarah Palin (an issue also discussed during yesterday's Reliable Sources). "It was incredibly soft. The friendliest interview I've seen since Keith Olbermann sat down with Obama," wrote Kurtz. He was... [TVNewser]

Michael Terry Takes on Keith Olbermann - Posted September 22, 2008
This is comedian Michael Terry doing his impersonation of Keith Olbermann. Terry's site is here. Our thanks to Huffpo for bringing this to our attention.... [FishBowlLA]

Olbermann Comments on MSNBC Ratings - Posted September 20, 2008
Fellow MSNBC anchors were weighing in this week on the strong ratings from "good person" Rachel Maddow, as her program on Tuesday was the top-rated on MSNBC (it was again on Thursday). And with The Daily Kos site buzzing about the new duo, Keith Olbermann showed up in the comments section to... [TVNewser]

Matthews Target of Women's Rights Group's Letter - Posted September 17, 2008
In January it was Media Matters. Now it is The New Agenda taking aim at MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews for "on-air degradation of girls and women." The Los Angeles Times reports The New Agenda, a new non-partisan women's right group has sent a letter to NBC CEO Jeff Zucker detailing what... [TVNewser]

Zucker "Incredibly Comfortable" With Countdown - Posted September 16, 2008
FishbowlNY's Noah Davis writes about this morning's Conde Nast Portfolio-organized breakfast, in which NBC CEO Jeff Zucker gave his take on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. "I think I'm incredibly comfortable with that program," said Zucker. "The network seeks, and does an incredibly good job seeking, other points of view, but obviously Keith... [TVNewser]

Who Watched What on a Newsy Friday - Posted September 15, 2008
With Hurricane Ike causing serious damage, Gov. Sarah Palin's final interview portion airing and a deadly train crash in L.A., Friday turned out to be one of the busy end to a newsy week. MSNBC's coverage during Hardball at 5pmET switched from politics to Ike, and the 6pmET Race and 7pmET Hardball... [TVNewser]

"A Perfect Storm of Problems" - Posted September 14, 2008
As expected, one of the topics on the media watching shows this week was the move by MSNBC to make David Gregory the primary political night anchor, with Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann switched to analysts on Monday — and the resulting fall-out the rest of the week. On CNN's Reliable Sources,... [TVNewser]

O'Reilly-Obama Outdraws Olbermann - Posted September 11, 2008
This one wasn't even close. The Sen. Barack Obama interviews from FNC's Bill O'Reilly, airing Thursday and Monday-Wednesday, and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, airing Monday and Tuesday, have been compared for their vastly different tone. When comparing the ratings, O'Reilly's far surpassed Olbermann's. O'Reilly's four-day average of 1,254,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo was... [TVNewser]

Olbermann and 9/11 ^TM - Posted September 11, 2008
There are days when you wish Keith Olbermann wouldn't cry wolf often, so that when he actually spots one, like last night, it would resonate the way it should. Regardless here's his "Special Comment" on the eve of 9/11. ... [FishBowlNY]

Murdoch on FNC's "Popularity and Profit" and Olbermann's "Bad Behavior" - Posted September 11, 2008
From the mediabistro.com Morning Newsfeed: On the heels of a not-so-glowing book excerpt in Vanity Fair of Rupert Murdoch (including his not-so-glowing comments about Fox News and Bill O'Reilly), comes what appears to be quite a different profile of the News Corp. chairman in the October Esquire. Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici has the... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Removes Olbermann & Matthews From Election Anchor Duties - Posted September 7, 2008
With less than 60 days until the election, MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of prime time political coverage and replacing them with NBC White House correspondent David Gregory. For months the network has been criticized for allowing Olbermann to anchor election coverage while he continued to... [TVNewser]

Presidential Bookings - Posted September 5, 2008
The presidential candidates have been busy this week, and their media appearances hit full stride this weekend. • Sen. Barack Obama, fresh off an interview with FNC's Bill O'Reilly, sits down with George Stephanopoulos for ABC's This Week. Then, on Monday, he is interviewed on MSNBC by Keith Olbermann. Meanwhile his VP pick,... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Scarborough, Martin, Van Susteren... - Posted September 5, 2008
> So what does this mean? Yesterday morning Joe Scarborough joked with TVNewser that he and Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews and others at MSNBC were, "going to eat Thanksgiving dinner together." But the day before he tells the Daily Intelligencer, regarding Olbermann, "I don't invite him to Thanksgiving dinner and... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): FNC, MSNBC, CNN... - Posted September 4, 2008
> Greta Van Susteren talked to Jezebel about sexism in the media, Katie Couric and other issues. "Whether you like Katie Couric or not, she's got 30 years of experience and she earned it and she just got hammered by the media," she said. "And the women were just as involved... [TVNewser]

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

RNC & Gustav: Prime Time Coverage Notes - Posted September 1, 2008
We've gotten word from network insiders here in St. Paul, what the plan is for cable coverage tonight: • Fox News Channel will remain live until 2amET tomorrow morning (later if news warrants) with coverage from the Gulf coast and reports from the RNC as well. Greta Van Susteren interviewed Laura Bush... [TVNewser]

Nets Roll with Gustav's Punches, From The Gulf Coast, St. Paul, and Beyond - Posted September 1, 2008
While the big three anchors all traveled to the Gulf to report on Hurricane Gustav, many cable anchors stayed behind in St. Paul, but devoted their shows almost entirely to Gustav, which came ashore at 9:30amCT southwest of New Orleans.• Fox and Friends aired as normal from 5am-9am from St. Paul.... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Chastises AP's Assessment of Obama Speech - Posted August 29, 2008
Huffpo had this. Keith Olbermann got his dander up over what the Associated Press ran about the Barack Obama speech. On the other side, there are reports of reporters cheering during Obama's speech at the DNC.... [FishBowlLA]

Olbermann Tells AP Reporter He Should "Find New Work" - Posted August 29, 2008
Chris Wallace said it was "an exceedingly smart speech." Howard Wolfson "thought it was great." Even Pat Buchanan called it "a genuinely outstanding speech". But the AP's Charles Babington, often a guest on MSNBC programs, wasn't as enthusiastic in his analysis of Barack Obama's acceptance speech, and Keith Olbermann called him out... [TVNewser]

Cable Quotables on Obama Speech: "I've Been Criticized For Saying He Inspires Me. To Hell With My Critics" - Posted August 28, 2008
Brit Hume: "It is clear from the response you are seeing that this audience clearly feels that this is the man and this speech has met the challenge of this venue and this speech was all that he wanted it to be." Keith Olbermann: "Vote for him or do not, but take... [TVNewser]

FNC Exec. Fires Back at Olbermann - Posted August 27, 2008
TVNewser told you about last night's uncomfortable MSNBC moment which included a shot at Fox News. Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews were talking about the characterization of Hillary Clinton as "some victim of foul play." Matthews commented, "Fox News, for example, seems to enjoy it. No accident they hired Howard Wolfson,... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Brings Out the Crowd - Posted August 25, 2008
MSNBC's spot outside Union Station at the 2008 Democratic Conventions turned "The Place For Politics" into "The Place For People Without Convention Credentials." Although it sounds like the place has gotten a bit more rowdy than when we were there this afternoon, there was a crowd of about 40, mostly fans, who... [TVNewser]

Brokaw: Matthews, Olbermann "Not the Only Voices" on MSNBC - Posted August 24, 2008
During a panel this afternoon in Denver about media coverage of the presidential campaigns, NBC's Tom Brokaw found himself defending MSNBC, once again. Politico's Michael Calderone attended the panel which was moderated by PBS' Judy Woodruff with participants Brokaw, ABC's George Stephanopoulos and CBS's Bob Schieffer. Also in attendance, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Going Live Tomorrow - Posted August 22, 2008
Not too surprisingly, there won't be much doc block on MSNBC tomorrow, or Olympics. Instead, the network will be live from 6amET-10pmET, "in preparation for the announcement of Senator Barack Obama's running mate." We tend to think that will already have happened. Alex Witt anchors an hour to start the morning, followed by... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.22.08 - Posted August 22, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Maddow's Show to be Called...The Rachel Maddow Show - Posted August 20, 2008
MSNBC sent out the release on yesterday's news, that Rachel Maddow would be getting her own show on the network. Calling it "a smart look at politics, pop culture and all the day's top stories," the show will air at 9pmET replacing Verdict with Dan Abrams. Insiders tell us the staff... [TVNewser]

Olbermann "Had Something To Do With" Maddow Replacing Abrams - Posted August 19, 2008
On his Daily Kos blog today, Keith Olbermann is taking some of the credit for Rachel Maddow getting her own show at 9pmET. "Let me answer the key questions in advance," he writes: 4) Yes, I had something to do with it.5) Yes, you had something to do with it. An insider tells... [TVNewser]

Dropping in to Denver - Posted August 15, 2008
There's something missing from Joanne Ostrow's Denver Post story about national media types who are about to descend on Denver. Namely, a complete story. Ostrow writes about the coverage plans of NBC News, MSNBC, PBS and NPR. She even talks with Keith Olbermann and Gwen Ifill. But no mention of Fox... [TVNewser]

Making Room for MySpace At MSNBC - Posted August 13, 2008
Remember that announcement that MySpace would be partnering with MSNBC during this political season? Yeah, we didn't either. But Page Six reminds us with an item today. It's about a contest "to choose two 'citizen journalist' correspondents to cover the upcoming national political conventions." Page Six uses the opportunity to go after... [TVNewser]

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

The Ticker: Oil, Homage, Alaska... - Posted August 11, 2008
> Charlie Gibson will anchor World News from Dallas this Wednesday. Gibson will interview ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson. The interview is part of a special series "Oil Crunch" which airs all this week. > In an homage to Keith Olbermann, truTV's Ashleigh Banfield is doing a "Countdown" on... [TVNewser]

If You Thought There Was Brett Favre Coverage Before... - Posted August 7, 2008
...just wait until he settles into New York. Brett Favre became a top story late last night, as he was traded from the Green Bay Packers to the New York Jets. On Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight, it will be like an old school Sportscenter episode, as Dan Patrick comes on to... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Olbermann, Rose, Bashir... - Posted August 7, 2008
> What do Canadians have against Keith Olbermann? Well a columnist at the Canada Free Press has directed his readers to "Americans Fed Up With Olbermann" for a petition against the MSNBC host. > The New York Post gets the scoop from Charlie Rose about his role in the new movie,... [TVNewser]

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

Milbank "Began Contract Talks a Month Ago" - Posted August 6, 2008
Politico's Michael Calderone writes about the Dana Milbank-Keith Olbermann messy TV divorce, with more details about how it came to an end. A source familiar with the situation told Politico that Milbank had been unhappy on the show for a couple of months and expressed this sentiment to friends. During the first... [TVNewser]

Olbermann and Milbank Respond - Posted August 5, 2008
Keith Olbermann responds to Dana Milbank's statement to TVNewser that his departure from MSNBC, "predated" a column he'd written about Barack Obama and that "nothing occurred along the lines Keith described." Olbermann tells TVNewser: Dana appeared with us the night before his column appeared with the truncated Obama quote — and did so... [TVNewser]

Milbank Talks About Olbermann - Posted August 5, 2008
The TV world is a-flutter with the whole Dana Milbank / Keith Olbermann saga (earlier on FishbowlDC: "Olbermann: Milbank Has Left Us"). We heard from Milbank earlier today. See his thoughts after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann v. Milbank: The Poll - Posted August 5, 2008
By now you know WaPo's Dana Milbank has ended his four-year stint as a contributor on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and has joined CNN. So, what do you think: Will You Watch Dana Milbank Now That He's On CNN? ( polls) ... [TVNewser]

Milbank Leaves Countdown, Joins CNN - Posted August 5, 2008
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank has ended his four-year relationship with MSNBC's Countdown, and it's not on the best of terms. Milbank, who, because of a partnership between his paper and the NBC cable news channel, has been a part of MSNBC's programming since at least the 2000 election. The end seemed... [TVNewser]

Olbermann: Milbank Has Left Us - Posted August 5, 2008
On last night's "Countdown," Keith Olbermann reported that Dana Milbank would no longer be with the program. Dana Milbank of The Washington Post, who notified us today that after four years appearing with us, he had accepted another television offer. Why? For nearly a week we'd been waiting for him to offer... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann: O'Reilly "Still Dominating That Important Demographic, 65 to Dead" - Posted August 4, 2008
The Keith Olbermann jabs at Bill O'Reilly continued on Friday, with Olbermann naming the FNC host the "Worse Person in the World" for something O'Reilly said the night before. O'Reilly used the cable ranker to show off FNC's dominance. "Fox News ranked number six in prime time. That's among all cable channels.... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.04.08 - Posted August 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

July Ratings: Program Ranker - Posted July 31, 2008
Fox News Channel had nine of the top 10 programs during July in Total Viewers (Live+SD). The top rated program was again The O'Reilly Factor at 8pmET(2,252,000 viewer average). For MSNBC, the top program was Countdown with Keith Olbermann at 8pmET in 9th place (959,000) and for CNN it was Larry... [TVNewser]

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

Last Night in "Talking Points" - Posted July 30, 2008
The soap opera saga that is the Scott McClellan-talking points comments, in which he implied, than denied and apologized, then MSNBC doubted, that Bill O'Reilly and others at Fox News received Bush White House talking points, continued last night. • O'Reilly replayed his phone conversation with McClellan yesterday on the radio, and... [TVNewser]

Bringing the Talking Points Story Full Circle - Posted July 29, 2008
The logical next stop in the Scott McClellan-talking points story that has developed further today is the place it all started — MSNBC's Hardball. Today Mike Barnicle, filling in for Chris Matthews, and his guests, Pat Buchanan and Joan Walsh, all agreed Bill O'Reilly was not getting talking points from the Bush... [TVNewser]

July Ratings: Countdown Continues Count Up in Viewers - Posted July 29, 2008
Countdown with Keith Olbermann grew 49% year-to-year in the A25-54 demo. The program came in second in the demo at 8pmET during July, averaging 334,000 to CNN's 192,000 (excluding July 4). Rachel Maddow filled in for Olbermann nine times of the 20 weeknights this ratings period. The O'Reilly Factor, again, finished... [TVNewser]

Tracing the "Talking Points" Comment - Posted July 29, 2008
It all started at 5:22pmET last Friday. That's when former White House press secretary (and best-selling author) Scott McClellan told Hardball's Chris Matthews the Bush White House would send Fox News commentators "talking points." McClellan made the distinction, "between the journalists and between the commentators," but when pressed by Matthews if "people say,... [TVNewser]

Olbermann's Soup-er Cameo - Posted July 28, 2008
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann popped up on a different cable channel on Friday — during an episode of The Soup on E! Beginning with a little Ann Curry impersonation ("Good morning, good morning"), Olbermann set up a clip featuring a political analysis by Brooke Hogan (she's, "not that into voting," and thinks women... [TVNewser]

What Makes a Worse Person? - Posted July 24, 2008
Bill O'Reilly made Countdown with Keith Olbermann again last night, this time as the "Worse Person in the World." But in less than one minute it appears Olbermann made three errors. O'Reilly made the list for his Tuesday night segment on the potential "residential fraud" of Rep. Robert Wexler. • Olbermann says... [TVNewser]

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

Olbermann Questions CBS Over Unaired McCain "Gaffe" - Posted July 23, 2008
Katie Couric's CBS Evening News interview with Sen. John McCain is getting some attention, not for what was said, but for what was not said, or at least what was not used. During the Couric interview McCain confused the timeline of the U.S. troop surge. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann took up the issue... [TVNewser]

Football Day In America - Posted July 22, 2008
NBC Sports' TCA panel took place yesterday, with Football Night in America hosts Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, among others. Broadcasting & Cable's Alex Weprin writes about NBC's Super Bowl plans next February, which will include some news programs on location in Tampa, Florida. The network announced that a special Super Bowl Sunday... [TVNewser]

"It Would Make it More Interesting if Bill Was on And Did It Live" - Posted July 21, 2008
It was MSNBC's turn at the TCA today, which has become a hot spot for media stories the past couple of weeks. Matea Gold of the Los Angeles Times writes about NBC News president Steve Capus' response to questions about the dual role of MSNBC's primary team of Chris Matthews and Keith... [TVNewser]

The Cable TV Rising Star, Who Doesn't Own a TV - Posted July 21, 2008
Gail Shister TVNewser Columnist The smartest, gayest rising star in cable news is a self-described dork. "I'm not cool and I don't want to be," says MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "I tend to pursue avenues of interest that are quirky and nerdy and weird." She likes country music, trout fishing and cocktails "from before Prohibition." She's... [TVNewser]

Greta Lobs Bias Charge at CNN - Posted July 18, 2008
Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren is blasting Netroots Nation, which calls itself a "progressive political movement," for for labeling FNC "opinion media." But Van Susteren saved much of her blog ire for CNN. I know someone at CNN — and to protect that person's job won't identify — who said that... [TVNewser]

Olbermann Bill Heading to Congress? - Posted July 18, 2008
Politico's Jonathan Leigh Solomon introduced his "Christmas in July Legislative Agenda," including the "Appropriation of Rush Limbaugh's Salary Act," and "The McCain-Obama Campaign Reform Bill" (not what you think). Two TV news related items that stood out: Reduce Keith Olbermann's Ego Act: Provisions include changing the time slot for "Countdown" from 8 p.m. ET... [TVNewser]

NBC/MSNBC Announces TCA Panel - Posted July 17, 2008
Insiders at the Television Critics Association press tour tell TVNewser that NBC News president Steve Capus, political director Chuck Todd, and correspondents/anchors Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough will make up the network's panel next week. The session is scheduled for 1:30pmET Monday.... [TVNewser]

Page Six v. Olbermann, Part (We've Lost Count) - Posted July 15, 2008
The New York Post says MSNBC's Keith Olbermann "is once again disrespecting the dead." Their latest salvo is about this statement Olbermann released Saturday, hours after the death of Tony Snow. Olbermann praised Snow as "an optimistic, funny, and courageous man...but while we could not have disagreed more on policy, we... [TVNewser]

Chris Wallace On Keith Olbermann, and An Admission from John Moody - Posted July 14, 2008
It was Fox News' turn in front of the TV critics this afternoon, and the network known for playing a tough offense, found itself on the defense over one of its analysts and some recent on air controversies. On the panel, FNC's VP news editorial John Moody, Fox News Sunday host... [TVNewser]

Tony Snow's Death: Olbermann Statement - Posted July 12, 2008
Statement from MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann: Tony Snow was an optimistic, funny, and courageous man who could set aside his politics and inspire others to do the same. It might surprise many at all political points, but while we could not have disagreed more on policy, we were in frequent contact, even... [TVNewser]

Will "Alpha Dog" Role Ever Be Re-Filled? - Posted July 11, 2008
New York Magazine's Kurt Andersen speculates if the death of Tim Russert signaled an end to the era of having, "political media's alpha dog." "As a result of more and more journalists' making names for themselves by morphing into commentators, the pool of candidates to become the clued-in voice of authority, equally... [TVNewser]

The Newest Feud To Rock NBC - Posted July 9, 2008
No it's not Keith Olbermann-Bill O'Reilly or Conan O'Brien-Ted Koppel (who seem to have their feud settled). This one stays in house. This morning on the Today show, Matt Lauer revealed the latest in his ongoing feud with Late Night's O'Brien, which apparently has been simmering for a few weeks. During the 7amET... [TVNewser]

Fred Phelps Remembers Carlin - Posted July 7, 2008
Fred Phelps of godhatesfags.com fame, who's name interestingly enough - sounds like a gay sex act - is giving a send off to George Carlin the in video above. He also goes after Keith Olbermann and Jerry Seinfeld. And HBO. And America. And homosexuals. And is known best for protesting the... [FishBowlLA]

Breaking News! Old People Watch TV - Posted July 3, 2008
Earlier this week, FishbowlLA's Tina Dupuy picked up on this Variety story about the rising median age of TV watchers as a whole. Her takeaway: "Honey, I wish you would turn that TV off — go outside and enjoy your mid-life crisis." One cable news related bit: Among ad-supported cable nets, the news... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 04.02.08 - Posted April 2, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's Carl Kasell's birthday! Charlie Rose is coming to town! Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about George Stephanopoulos. It's the birthday of Thomas Jefferson, but more importantly, it's the birthday of that thing that helps you answer the important question: Is my story idea new? (LexisNexis). And... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.21.08 - Posted March 21, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | JOBS Most of you will watch NCAA basketball this weekend. REVOLVING DOOR A release announced, "Science News, the weekly magazine of the Society for Science & the Public, has named Judy Lewis... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 02.27.08 - Posted February 27, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's the birthday of Ralph Nader and Chelsea Clinton. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | RADIO | JOBS It is close, but most of you think that Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski do like each other off camera. REVOLVING DOOR A tipster tells us... [FishBowlDC]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 26, 2008
Who's Her Daddy? Britney Spears' father, James Spears, and her attorney John Eardley are fighting over who has the right to control her "finances and life" while the pop star's estate is in conservatorship. If we were either one of these guys, we'd quietly step aside and let the other schmuck... [FishBowlLA]

Shuster's Back! - Posted February 25, 2008
MSNBC's David Shuster made his return on Friday's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." "Welcome back," said Keith. He told TVNewser's Gail Shister: "Does it bother me that I was thrown under the bus to pay for the sins of the father? No," he says in an exclusive interview. "As somebody who's covered politics for... [FishBowlDC]

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

Chris & Keith: It's Electric - Posted January 22, 2008
Do you think Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann can set the Internet aflame? The video we posted Saturday of the two MSNBC pundits on Saturday at various points earned the following distinctions from YouTube: #13 - Most Discussed (Today) #1 - Most Discussed (Today) - News & Politics #46 - Most Discussed (This Week)... [FishBowlDC]

Chris & Keith Continue To Laugh At GOP Speeches - Posted January 19, 2008
Remember when MSNBC laughed at John McCain's victory speech in New Hampshire? Well, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann (and the MSNBC folks that can be heard in the background) were equally unimpressed with Fred Thompson's speech: ... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.16.08 - Posted January 16, 2008
Good morning Washington. Kate Moss turns 34 today, which means she's only 18 years away from looking just like Janice Dickinson. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS You are planning on supporting a Democrat in this year's election. REVOLVING DOOR The AP... [FishBowlDC]

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

Morning Reading List, 01.08.08 - Posted January 8, 2008
Happy New Hampshire Primary Day Washington! On this day in 1790, President George Washington delivered our first State of the Union. In 1992, Bush 41 puked on Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi, and, in 2006, Tom DeLay resigned as House Majority Leader. Happy 41st R Kelly! (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio) Quickly navigate Morning Reading... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.27.07 - Posted November 27, 2007
Good morning Washington. You are not encouraging your kids to follow in your journalism footsteps. Television An ABC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research for the week of November 12, 2007, ABC News' 'Nightline' outperformed CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' among total viewers and Adults 25-54. In addition, 'Nightline' continues to... [FishBowlDC]

Where Was Keith Last Night? - Posted October 9, 2007
David Shuster sat in for Keith Olbermann last night on Countdown. Keith pre-recorded some cute intros and bumpers for the show, teeing up David's appearance. Where was Keith? The Yankee's game of course. ... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 09.21.07 - Posted September 21, 2007
Good morning Washington. In the latest media fist fight match-up, you think Keith Olbermann would win over Bill O'Reilly. David McGuire is leaving his post as the Director of Communications at the Center for Democracy & Technology to join 463 Communications. Folio reports, "Consumer magazines posted a one percent increase in the share of... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 09.12.07 - Posted September 12, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you had no plans to remember the 9/11 anniversary. An NBC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams' narrowed the gap with 'ABC World News with Charles Gibson' last week to a mere 26,000 viewers separating the two broadcasts. For... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann Apologizes To Senator Vitter's Wife, Viewers For 'Ho' Reference - Posted July 24, 2007
Last night on Countdown, Keith Olbermann offered a refreshing — if a week late — apology for the graphic aired on the show last week which referred to embattled Louisiana Senator David Vitter's wife as a "'Ho." TVNewser has the transcript: We owe an apology for something that happened on this newscast... [FishBowlNY]

Keith Olbermann Apologizes To Sen. Vitter's Wife, Viewers - Posted July 24, 2007
Last night, Keith Olbermann apologized for "a series of unfortunate and inappropriate terms" which aired on Countdown last week, on a night he was not hosting the show. FishbowlNY recaps the story. Olbermann said, "there was no justification for such a segment about what a woman, a victim of her husband's... [TVNewser]

Olbermann: "Not A Snake-Oil Salesman" - Posted July 23, 2007
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz asks, "Can a cable host who regularly bashes Bush be tough on the Democrats?" After all, Keith Olbermann does frequently challenge the President during his "Special Comments" on Countdown. What say Keith? "Fortunately, I'm a journalist who does periodic commentary, and not a... [TVNewser]

TV Anchors Among Bleary-Eyed Potter Fans - Posted July 21, 2007
Keith Olbermann devoted the final 15 minutes of Countdown last night, to Harry Potter mania. Even reporting live from the Potter party outside the headquarters of Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the series. Olbermann went into a scary amount of detail, leaving no doubt of his idolization of the... [TVNewser]

How About A 5 a.m. Newscast? - Posted July 20, 2007
Jon Friedman profiles C-SPAN host Brian Lamb and depicts his "scary level of news consumption:""I found it amusing when Lamb griped that he couldn't find a decent TV-news or talk show on the air at five in the morning (I mean, network executives have a tough enough time programming primetime.) But... [TVNewser]

Countdown's 'Ho' Graphic: Olbermann's Done This Sort Of Thing Before - Posted July 19, 2007
There's some furor building over a graphic [above] shown on Tuesday's Countdown With Keith Olbermann — guest-hosted by Alison Stewart — which referred to embattled Louisiana Senator David Vitter's wife as a "ho" for her choice of leopard-print at her husband's press conference acknowledging his involvement in the DC Madam scandal. One... [FishBowlNY]

Olbermann Gets Molly Ivins Award - Posted May 9, 2007
Right now in Midtown, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) is giving MSNBC's Keith Olbermann its first annual Molly Ivins Award. The award was is in honor of the muckraking Ivins, who died of breast cancer in January at 62. The award "is intended to recognize a journalist or media figure whose... [FishBowlNY]

IMUS UPDATE: Sopranos Actor Appears On Imus | Imus Says He Will 'Make Every Effort' To Hire Blacks | Advertisers Pull Out - Posted April 11, 2007
Recapping the latest movement in the Imus imbroglio Yesterday, Imus said he would "make every effort" to book and hire blacks for his embattled radio show. Meanwhile, the mounting boycott among advertisers and cautiousness by frequent guests didn't stop Sopranos actor Steven Schirripa [above], a regular on Imus, from appearing on the... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 04.03.07 - Posted April 3, 2007
Good morning Washington. Lots and lots and lots of coverage of the recent Tribune deal. (Hat Tip: Romenesko) Almost no one got busted by an April Fools joke. Are you too smart or no fun? Jack Hurley, "deputy director/senior VP, broadcasting, for the Newseum and its backer, the Freedom Forum" talks to B&C's John... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.28.07 - Posted March 28, 2007
Good morning Washington. Permanent reporter's notebook? Hmm... no. Most of you go for whatever's around and available. An ABC release announced that "World News with Charles Gibson" was "the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers" for the week of March 19-23. Averaging 8.35 million Total Viewers "World News" outperformed NBC's "Nightly News" by... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 03.19.07 - Posted March 19, 2007
Most of your brackets are already broken. Stupid Duke. More on AssignmentZero. "For Bookstores, a Real Page-Turner: Digital or Paper? Take Your Pick." Look out Morning Edition... Deb Howell on "What Riled Readers Last Week." "Radio Deal Could Face Technical Difficulties: XM, Sirius Systems Already Strained" Roll Call and Gallery Watch's CongressNow debuts today. From a tipster:... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash, 03.05.07 - Posted March 5, 2007
Has Anna Nicole Smith finally lost her intrigue? "ABC News nipping at NBC's heels" Amy Gahran asks a good question. "Why is it that I've never seen a public broadcasting site that accepts donations made via Paypal?" PFAW and Political Clout Productions announced, "On Saturday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Tishman Auditorium,... [FishBowlDC]

Olbermann To Interview Valerie Plame In New York - Posted March 2, 2007
Not technically a "get" for MSNBC, but Keith Olbermann will conduct an exclusive public interview with Valerie Plame on what is universally known to be the best day to conduct an intellectual discussion of First Amendment rights — that is, of course, St. Patrick's Day. The event, sponsored by the First Amendment... [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]

MSNBC Gets Four More Years Of Olbermann - Posted February 15, 2007
After the rumored entertaining of offers from CNN and others, Page Six and Bill O'Reilly favorite Keith Olbermann is re-upping with MSNBC for four more years as host and managing editor of Countdown. As reported by TVNewser yesterday, a conference call is slated for noon EST. Interesting note to Olbermann's new deal:... [FishBowlNY]

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

More of Olbermann's Anti-Bush Commentary - Posted January 8, 2007
We missed Keith Olbermann's frothing over President Bush last week, but thanks to Mr. Media, we've taken a look. This time, he goes after the prez: for "sacrificing" 3,003 American servicemen and women for spouting "palpable nonsense" for ignoring Americans telling him "Mr. Bush, you do not own this country!" He also goes after "war profiteers,"... [FishBowlNY]

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