Maria Shriver

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 16, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, John Podesta, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Maria Shriver • CBS' Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. John Cornyn (R- • ABC's This Week: White House Senior Advisor... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 16, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, John Podesta, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Maria Shriver • CBS' Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. John Cornyn (R- • ABC's This Week: White House Senior Advisor... [FishBowlDC]

Early Sunday Show Listings - Posted October 15, 2009
• NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory has Valerie Jarrett and John Podesta. Maria Shriver will also make a special appearance to premiere "A Woman's Nation," a week of reporting on the state of women in American life. • CNN's "State of the Union" with John King has Rahm Emanuel... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Ratings: August 30, 2009 - Posted September 3, 2009
NBC's "Meet the Press" topped the Sunday show ratings once again. Sunday's episode featured a special interview with Maria Shriver the weekend of her uncle's funeral. CBS' "Face the Nation" tied ABC's "This Week" in Total Viewers and tied "MTP" in the A25-54 demo. "Face the Nation" had Senators John... [TVNewser]

Maria Shriver to Appear on 'MTP' - Posted August 29, 2009
David Gregory sat down with Sen. Kennedy's niece, Maria Shriver, for an interview that will air tomorrow on "Meet the Press." "MTP" will devote the hour Sunday to Sen. Kennedy. FishbowlDC has text and video excerpts from the interview.... [TVNewser]

"Meet" Interviews Maria Shriver for Sunday's Show - Posted August 29, 2009
David Gregory interviewed Maria Shriver, Senator Kennedy's niece and daughter of Eunice, for tomorrow's "Meet the Press," the hour of which will be dedicated to Senator Kennedy. Shriver is a former NBC correspondent. The Shriver interview will air in its entirety tomorrow. FBDC has these excerpts for now: Shriver: I think both of... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 07.10.09 - Posted July 10, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Shawna Thomas and to Garrett Graff, who celebrates tomorrow. Kudos also to Jill Jackson, Brian Haefeli and Mark Preston who also correctly... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out the Trash - Posted March 24, 2009
What we almost missed today... Maria Shriver introduced her new HBO film series on Alzheimer's disease at an event this morning at the Hay Adams. She shared with the audience, which included NBC's David Gregory and Norah O'Donnell and HBO's Sheila Nevins, stories of her father, who has had Alzheimer's since 2003.... [FishBowlDC]

Schwarzenegger Is Happy About One Thing -- Peace In The Bedroom - Posted November 10, 2008
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's party might have been clobbered by President-elect Barack Obama's Democrats, but the Terminator tells CNN's John King he's happy about one thing -- his life is better in the bedroom. Just days after Schwarzenegger announced his support of Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, his wife Maria Shriver, an... [FishBowlLA]

Talking Heads' 'Once in a Lifetime' Unavailable -- Except to Oliver Stone - Posted October 11, 2008
The Talking Heads ironic, biting ballad "Once in a Lifetime" was the song we wanted for our documentaryabout the Governor of California, "Running with Arnold," last year. After striking out time after time trying to get the rights to use the song, imagine our surprise last week when we saw the... [FishBowlLA]

The Politics of Bailing Out - Posted September 26, 2008
This is a video of our Senator Barbra Boxer busting on John McCain's theatrics. Is the credit crisis too close to home? The Columbia Journalism Review asks if Andrea Mitchell should be covering anything about the financial crisis. Hm? That would be like Maria Shriver covering the recall. Right? Or the budget... [FishBowlLA]

Powerful Foursome - Posted August 26, 2008
Alright, the picture's not fantastic. But when Hilary Rosen, CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein, Maria Shriver and Donna Brazile (l. to r.) struck up a conversation at the entrance of the CNN Grill, a dozen or so onlookers pulled out their cameras and cameraphones. ... [TVNewser]

Saving the Best for Last - Posted August 19, 2008
As always, Tina Daunt's Cause Celebre column is fantastic. She attends a Women for Obama function in which Maria Shriver tries to woo Clinton supporters. Our one quibble: Why save the juiciest bit for the very end? "I know many of the people on McCain's campaign," she said. "A lot of them... [FishBowlLA]

Saving the Best for Last - Posted August 19, 2008
As always, Tina Daunt's Cause Celebre column is fantastic. She attends a Women for Obama function in which Maria Shriver tries to woo Clinton supporters. Our one quibble: Why save the juiciest bit for the very end? "I know many of the people on McCain's campaign," she said. "A lot of them... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 9, 2008
Digging Up The Dirt: Charles Ornstein discovers the identity of the UCLA Medical Center employee who is said to have snooped the private medical records of 60 celebs, including Paris Hilton and Maria Shriver. Lawanda J. Jackson, a low-ranking administrative specialist who resigned in July, told Ornstein she didn't sell... [FishBowlLA]

Maria Shriver's Enormous Goodbye - Posted March 17, 2008
While journos everywhere are considering buyouts, here's a bit of news that will make you sick: NBC paid Maria Shriver "between $100,000 and $1 million" in each of the last three years as part of an "exit agreement," according to the L.A. Times. ... [FishBowlLA]

Kim Kardashian's UnCut Sex Tape--Now on DVD - Posted November 8, 2007
While E! is enjoying the success of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Vivid Entertainment is enjoying even more of the ample charms of Kim K. The adult entertainment powerhouse is re-launching the Kim Kardashian Superstar website, which promises: over 60 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage including never-before-seen sex The uncut DVD of Kim Kardashian... [FishBowlLA]

Maria Shriver Not Going Back to TV News - Posted October 25, 2007
Maria Shriver says she's not going back to news, even after Arnold's out of the governor's office. The reason: the media carnival surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Shriver said It was then that I knew that the TV news business had changed and so had I. I called NBC... [FishBowlLA]

Running With Arnold at SxSW--and So is Maria Shriver! - Posted March 9, 2007
Director Dan Cox writes: I'm here in Austin for the world premiere of "Running with Arnold" at South by Southwest Film Festival. Guess who was on the late flight from LA and is in Austin? Maria Shriver is here in Austin. Could she be in town to deflect the furor that is sure to begin... [FishBowlLA]