Study on Late-Night Humor Omits Some Comedians - Posted August 24, 2008
Center for Media and Public Affairs did a study on late-night political jokes. LAT's Top of the Ticket Reports: The study covered all jokes between Jan. 1 and July 31 in late-night monologues by Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Apparently, Jimmy Kimmel was not deemed funny... [FishBowlLA]

Study on Late-Night Humor Omits Some Comedians - Posted August 24, 2008
Center for Media and Public Affairs did a study on late-night political jokes. LAT's Top of the Ticket Reports: The study covered all jokes between Jan. 1 and July 31 in late-night monologues by Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Apparently, Jimmy Kimmel was not deemed funny... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 08.13.08 - Posted August 13, 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]

Morning Reading List, 08.13.08 - Posted August 13, 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]

We've Located the Fox News Petitions - Posted July 24, 2008
All those petitions Fox News wouldn't accept yesterday seem to have found a temporary home — the set of The Colbert Report. Last night, Stephen Colbert interviewed Nas literally on top of the boxes of petitions. Later in the broadcast, Nas performed his song, "Sly Fox," which takes aim at FNC and... [TVNewser]

WGA 08 Strike - Posted January 9, 2008
Ray Bradbury pickets FOX. In an amusing twist on the WGA strike theme, Craig Mazin reports: WGAE Executive Director Mona Mangan has somehow managed to enrage her own employees so much...they're now threatening to go on strike This is the woman who has had CBS newswriters working without a contract for years now. John... [FishBowlLA]

Carin Goldberg Tells the Truth - Posted December 15, 2007
Due to our own technical difficulties, we were a bit late to the Cause/Effect game this morning, but waltzed in just as Carin Goldberg took the stage with the history of truth. Opening with the "you can't handle the truth" scene from A Few Good Men, she took us from Plato, to... [UnBeige]

Who's A WGA Strike Winner? Gimme An E! - Posted November 5, 2007
Well, we guess there's a benefit to putting all your eggs in Kim Kardashian's ass after all. As the writers' strike simmers, the network that boasts virtually no writers (nope, that 11-year-old on a stripper pole thing was not scripted), is expected to get a few more viewers, or so says... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: Shaky - Posted November 2, 2007
Salon's readership just gets weirder and weirder: PhD candidate addicted to Potter fan fiction. Ron Rosenbaum needs to stop with the conspiracy theories already. First he stepped into the Theresa Duncan morass and now the Presidential sex scandal. Amy Goodman admits to Bell's Palsy. Stephen Colbert is not a candidate. Slate V... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted November 1, 2007
Moment of Truth(iness): Comedian Stephen Colbert has until today to file the requisite paperwork to run for president. "But South Carolina officials said that as of Wednesday evening, they had not received the paperwork or filing fees -- $2,500 or 3,000 signatures for the Democrats, $35,000 for the Republicans -- to... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 10.25.07 - Posted October 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. McDonalds is King. "One picture you won't see in the soon-to-be-reopened Newseum: Al Neuharth dressed as Jesus Christ." The Baltimore Business Journal reports, "The Federal Communications Commission has fined Sinclair Broadcast Group $36,000 for failing to tell viewers that the federal government paid a conservative pundit for the commentary he made... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.23.07 - Posted October 23, 2007
Good morning Washington. You are rooting for the Red Sox over the Rockies in the World Series. Go Sox! The Onion News Network reports, "For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008." The Hollywood Reporter reports, "About the same... [FishBowlDC]

Colbert's Presidential Bid: Springtime For Journos - Posted October 22, 2007
Ever since Stephen Colbert announced he's running for president (in South Carolina), there has been fanfare, there has been balloons and there have been stories. Lots of them. Colbert's kinda-fake-kinda-not bid for the White House will do nothing to change the political landscape of the primary season -- but it has already... [FishBowlLA]

Kurtz Is Trying A Little Bit Too Hard To Be Like Stephen Colbert - Posted October 15, 2007
You probably already are aware of "The Colbert Report"'s "Formidable Opponent" segment, when Stephen Colbert debates, well, Stephen Colbert. Or you saw Colbert's interview last week with, well, himself: And now this? Howie Kurtz interviewing Howie Kurtz on CNN's "Reliable Sources" yesterday: ... [FishBowlDC]

MoDo's Easy Weekend - Posted October 15, 2007
Okay, okay: So Maureen Dowd's column this weekend -- written by Stephen Colbert -- was very funny (the Colbert portion, at least). But we have to ask: Why didn't the New York Times just have Colbert write his own op-ed (since, as it is, his "Dowd op-ed" made up 710 of... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.09.07 - Posted October 9, 2007
Good morning Washington. Ron Paul is your GOP candidate of choice. Is that because he is fun to cover, or because you dream of having President Paul? B&C reports, "Frontline narrator Will Lyman often lends his smooth baritone to other programs besides the PBS documentary series he’s narrated since 1982. But Frontline’s producers... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 09.20.07 - Posted September 20, 2007
Good morning Washington. Your bet is on Stephen Colbert over Jon Stewart in a fist fight. Roll Call's Moira Bagley celebrates a birthday today. Media Matter's Eric Boehlert reports, "Last Monday, on the same day that Gen. David Petraeus was testifying before Congress about how important progress was being made in Iraq, the Pentagon... [FishBowlDC]

Poll of the Day, 09.19.07 - Posted September 19, 2007
Jon Stewart won the Emmy and Stephen Colbert is none to happy about it. Can he find another way to settle the score? Poll - Take Our Poll ... [FishBowlDC]

Tim Russert: Pumpkin? - Posted September 19, 2007
Before he signed off from "The Colbert Report" last night, Stephen Colbert had the following to say: If I'm not off the air by midnight, I turn into a pumpkin and that role is already taken by Tim Russert.... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 09.14.07 - Posted September 14, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you open up new web pages in a new tab, as opposed to a new window. And most of you are sorta geeky too. A NBC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press with Tim Russert' was the No. 1 Sunday morning public affairs... [FishBowlDC]

Another Award for Luke Hayman; Another Reason for You to Hate Him - Posted September 13, 2007
We have to tell you we're getting pretty sick of Luke Hayman's annoying ability to garner awards from all corners of the earth. Not to mention his dashing good looks. But in the spirit of supporting the design community, we feel compelled to pass along the next in his unbelievable string... [UnBeige]

Ryan Seacrest: Press Conference Wrap-Up - Posted September 6, 2007
This probably would have a been a much kinder wrap-up had Fox PR bouncer Nicole Gonzales not shut us out of the Ryan Seacrest press conference Wednesday. But she did. So it's not. Ryan Will Get Shit-Faced: At least that's the take-home message on one Web site. Ryan Will Shuck His Duties: The... [FishBowlLA]

Colbert Discovers FishbowlNY; FishbowlNY Bans Colbert - Posted August 17, 2007
Ballsy Say what you will about Stephen Colbert, but he knows how to credit (manipulate) bloggers. Last night on the Colbert Report, Colbert acknowledged our report about his trainwreck taping of an interview last week with Sir Richard Branson. "This story hit the blog-o-dome like a tidal wave, look at this piece... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 08.15.07 - Posted August 15, 2007
Good morning Washington. It's close, but you think Sarah Silverman is in fact funny. An ABC release reports, "ABC's 'World News with Charles Gibson' was the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54 for the week of August 6-10. This marks the fifteenth time in sixteen weeks that "World News"... [FishBowlDC]

BookExpo '07: Colbert and Khaled - Posted June 4, 2007
Industry conventions spawn together strange bedfellows. For instance, BookExpo America featured a Saturday breakfast with Stephen Colbert and Khaled Hosseini. Both have new books to promote: Hosseini (The Kite Runner) and his new bestseller A Thousand Splendid Suns and Colbert's new I Am America (And So Can You): "Colbert introduced Hosseini... [FishBowlNY]

Colbert's 'Ballsy' Book Details - Posted May 11, 2007
Fresh off the early success of Stephen Colbert's Daily Show spinoff — and the astonishing 1.8 million copies sold of America The Book — Warner Books (now Grand Central Publishing) worked quickly in March 2006 to lock Colbert into a book of his own. The result, I Am America And So... [FishBowlNY]

Gwen Ifill's Biggest Challenge Yet - Posted March 20, 2007
...moderating a debate between Willie Nelson and Stephen Colbert on tonight's "Colbert Report." ... [FishBowlDC]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted February 9, 2007
Meta-News Story: The LAT covered the Anna Nicole Smith death the way you'd expect -- with a breaking news story that appeared online yesterday and a few timelines slapped up to fill space. But check out the rail on the far right of the Web-version of the story. Under "Related Articles,"... [FishBowlLA]

Times' Managing Editor Gets Her News From Kids Who Get Their News From The Daily Show - Posted January 30, 2007
Jill Abramson, Yale professor and New York Times managing editor, via the Yale Herald: YH: You've said that you want to learn about the news consumption of college-age students, and I think that's really interesting because we're a strange bunch. JA: No! You're hardly strange, and you'll be the next generation that traditional... [FishBowlNY]

Pelosi's 'State Of The Union' Blink-Count: Whose Idea Was It First? - Posted January 26, 2007
Stephen Colbert's?: Jimmy Kimmel's: David Letterman's? Said Letterman in introducing the bit: "This is good — I don't think this is the kind of thing you'll see on any other show."... [FishBowlNY]

Colbert-O'Reilly: Round One - Posted January 18, 2007
Stephen Colbert on tonight's O'Reilly Factor, on Jon Stewart's "stoner" demographic: You have to be high to understand Jon Stewart. That guy is pinker than an Indian River grapefruit. ... He was high most of the time I worked there. I had to get out, Bill. More interesting to us, as Stewart's quasi-demographic,... [FishBowlNY]

Taking Out The Trash, 01.18.08 - Posted January 18, 2007
It's best to never admit you had resolutions to begin with -- then those three martinis last night don't seem so bad. We're so on to you. An ABC release announces that "ABC's World News with Charles Gibson" averaged 9.07 million viewers among Adults 25-54 for the week of January 8-12. This... [FishBowlDC]

Absurd TV Personalities to Interview One Another - Posted January 9, 2007
Photo: Ivan Villegas for Time There's some sort of poetic justice in the news that Fox News comedic blowhard Bill O'Reilly and Comedy Central's faux-blowhard Stephen Colbert will appear on each other's shows on January 18. Certainly Colbert's over-the-top conservative cut-out will enjoy the opportunity to dryly jab at O'Reilly's over-the-top conservative... [FishBowlNY]