Thomas Roberts

Rep. Sanchez Gets 'Smacked On the Ass' In Congressional Baseball Game - Posted June 14, 2013
Yesterday, Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) revealed on MSNBC while talking about sexual assault in the military that she'd been a victim herself. "Yes, I was in a business situation where I was being sexually harassed and sexually assaulted, unwanted touching and other issues," she told ... [FishbowlDC]

Robin Meade Rocks Out At 'Count On Me' Album Release Party - Posted June 14, 2013
HLN anchor Robin Meade has a new album dropping this week, "Count On Me," available at Target stores across the country. To celebrate, CNN and HLN honchos hosted a party at The Cutting Room in New York City. Following a cocktail... [TVNewser]

President Obama To Speak at 10 AM, As More Correspondents Descend On Oklahoma - Posted May 21, 2013
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Nancy Pelosi Helps TNR Celebrate New Digs - Posted April 27, 2013
Three weeks after moving into 529 9th St. in Chinatown, The New Republic officially celebrated its new office space on Friday. "The convenience of the location played a big part," Chief Operating Officer Sloan Eddleston t... [FishbowlDC]

After-Party: MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, Hubby, Pose With MC Hammer - Posted January 22, 2013
The party was only just getting hopping for many media types when President Obama called it a night just after 10 p.m. Monday night. After the official Inaugural balls, TV personalities, singers and actors jumped over to the W Hotel for the Electronic Arts' after-party. It was hosted ... [FishbowlDC]

Yahoo Yoho Struggles With 'Unanimity' - Posted January 15, 2013
Yoo hoo, Florida GOP Congressman Ted Yoho! We really don't want to refer to you as "some yahoo" but we can't help ourselves as we watched you on MSNBC this morning and watched you get terribly tongue-tied over the word "unanimity." How are voters supposed to believe the GOP can achieve this... [FishbowlDC]

The Ticker: Champion, Shapiro, Williams - Posted December 26, 2012
Following their wedding last week in New York City, ABC's Sam Champion and Rubem Robierb are now having a second ... [TVNewser]

Sam Champion, Lara Spencer and Josh Elliott Put On Another Kind of Show - Posted November 9, 2012
"Good Morning America" anchors Sam Champion, Lara Spencer, and Josh Elliot... [TVNewser]

Sam Champion Getting Married - Posted October 5, 2012
"Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion is planning to tie the knot with his partner Rubem Robierb later this year. The pending nuptials will be reported ... [TVNewser]

Why Washington D.C. Gossip Sucks - Posted October 2, 2012
As many media types know, WaPo's premier gossip column, The UnReliable Sources as we've come to call them, are the town's slowpokes. This afternoon they ... [PRNewser]

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts Weds - Posted October 1, 2012
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts was married to longtime partner Patrick Abner in New York over the weekend. The ceremony and reception was held at the Gansevoort Park Avenue rooftop, with California Lt. Governor (and Current TV host) ... [TVNewser]

Righty Journos Chuckle at MSM's Expense - Posted September 28, 2012
The one jab that never fails to elicit laughs from conservatives is the one about MSNBC and how "nobody" watches it. There was a lot of that at last night's Media Research Center gala. MRC, a conservative media watchdog org, celebrated its 25th anniversary and presented its tongue-in-cheek Dishonors awards at the... [FishbowlDC]

Righty Journos Chuckle at MSM's Expense - Posted September 28, 2012
The one jab that never fails to elicit laughs from conservatives is the one about MSNBC and how "nobody" watches it. There was a lot of that at last night's Media Research Center gala. MRC, a conservative media watchdog org, celebrated its 25th anniversary and presented its tongue-in-cheek Dishonors awards at the... [PRNewser]

Empty Suits Keep Trying Empty Chair Acts - Posted August 31, 2012
Talking to a chair is hardly ever a good idea. In the course of the last year, the act has been pulled by a handful of media types and each time, it flops. Last night actor and film director Clint Eastwood was the latest to give the talking-to-an-empty-chair routine a whirl. He... [FishbowlDC]

It's a Trend! The Empty Chair Of Shame Roars Back To Cable News - Posted August 21, 2012
The old saying is that if something happens three times, it is good enough for the Times to call it a trend. I think we can now call the "showing the empty chair to shame the guest who bailed on you" situation a trend in cable news. Back in March MSNBC's Lawrence... [TVNewser]

With Wedding, a Cable News First - Posted August 20, 2012
[caption id="attachment_142181" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Abner and Roberts, joined by black lab/border collie mix Riley and Pitbull/lab mix Roxie Photo Credit: Ryan Scherb"][/caption] Like any first-time groom, MSNBC's Thomas Rober... [TVNewser]

What Anderson Cooper's Gay Acknowledgment Means - Posted July 2, 2012
I'll take 'Remarkable Grasp of the Obvious' for $200, please, Alex. Though Anderson Cooper's sexuality had been an open secret forever, his emergence from the closet today - ... [Fishbowl NY]

What Anderson Cooper's Gay Acknowledgment Means - Posted July 2, 2012
I'll take 'Remarkable Grasp of the Obvious' for $200, please, Alex. Though Anderson Cooper's sexuality had been an open secret forever, his emergence from the closet today - ... [FishbowlNY]

What Anderson Cooper's Gay Acknowledgment Means - Posted July 2, 2012
I'll take 'Remarkable Grasp of the Obvious' for $200, please, Alex. Though Anderson Cooper's sexuality had been an open secret forever, his emergence from the closet today - ... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Anchor Joins The Avengers - Posted May 7, 2012
There are several reasons why The Avengers shattered box office records this weekend. We'd like to think that MSNBC's Thomas Roberts is one of them. As TVNewser's ... [FishbowlDC]

Nicolas Sarkozy May Have Lost the French Election, But It Hasn't Come to This - Posted May 7, 2012
An unfortunate lower third appeared during a tease on MSNBC this morning. Thomas Roberts (did you hear, he has a cameo in the big... [TVNewser]

An MSNBC Anchor, and a Fox News Snub In Marvel's 'The Avengers' - Posted May 1, 2012
Marvel's Summer superhero movie "The Avengers" releases on Friday, and like so many action movies before it, TV news reports become a part of the story once things get going. In this case *Spoiler Alert* after The Avengers save New York City from alien destruction, a se... [TVNewser]

TIME & People Throw WHCA Cocktail Party - Posted April 28, 2012
The parties are underway in Washington D.C. ahead of the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Last night at the St. Regis, TIME and People threw a cocktail party with drop-ins from a bunch of boldface tvnewsers all enjoying custom flavored custards by Shake Shack. TIME's Managing Edi... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Issues Correction After Reporting Satirical Huffington Post Article As News - Posted April 5, 2012
Thomas Roberts issued a correction on his MSNBC program this morning after he reported a satirical article that appeared in Huffington Post Comedy section as news yesterday. The ... [TVNewser]

A Kiss Before Flying. Jane Velez-Mitchell Has No 'Issues' at NLGJA Fundraiser - Posted March 30, 2012
Actual news got in the way of last night's annual New York fundraiser for the journalism group NLGJA. Soledad O'Brien, who was to co-host with her HLN colleague Jane... [TVNewser]

MSNBC: The Place For Interviewing Empty Chairs - Posted March 30, 2012
Twice this week an MSNBC host interviewed an empty chair, but both situations were not created equal. First, MSNBC 10 PM host Lawrence O'Donnell interviewed an empty chair when a lawyer for George Zimmerman (the man accused shooting Trayvon Martin) bailed at the last minute: ... [TVNewser]

2011 TVNewser Challenge: The Results - Posted December 29, 2011
Time for the results of the TVNewser Challenge. One year ago, we asked, and you answered, making predictions for the Year in TV News. And just to let you, we'll publish our 2012 TVNewser Challenge tomorrow afternoon. Where will Katie Couric be working at the end of 2011? CBS News -- ... [TVNewser]

TVNewsers Wear Purple To Show Their 'Spirit' - Posted October 20, 2011
People across the country today participated in "Spirit Day," wearing purple as a sign of support for LGBT youth. The movement, started by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, counted several visible people as champions of the anti-bullying cause: morning anchors, evening anchors and cable anchors on several networks were... [Fishbowl NY]

TVNewsers Wear Purple To Show Their 'Spirit' - Posted October 20, 2011
People across the country today participated in "Spirit Day," wearing purple as a sign of support for LGBT youth. The movement, started by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, counted several visible people as champions of the anti-bullying cause: morning anchors, evening anchors and cable anchors on several networks were... [FishbowlNY]

TVNewsers Wear Purple To Show Their 'Spirit' - Posted October 20, 2011
People across the country today participated in "Spirit Day," wearing purple as a sign of support for LGBT youth. The movement, started by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, counted several visible people as champions of the anti-bullying cause: morning anchors, evening anchors and cable anchors on several networks were... [TVNewser]

Dylan Ratigan And Ed Schultz Get Heated Over Jobs On MSNBC - Posted October 6, 2011
MSNBC hosts Dylan Ratigan and Ed Schultz, (both guests guests during much-less heated episodes of MediaBeat) got into a very heated argument following Pre... [TVNewser]

Cablers Plan Extended Weekend Coverage for Hurricane Irene - Posted August 26, 2011
It's all hands on deck for the cable news networks, even though many of those hands will be in the path of Hurricane Irene (satellite image above from 2:17pmET.) Fox News is planning to preempt the business block tomorrow from 10am-NoonET as well as "Huckabee," and Jeanin... [TVNewser]

Testimony Temporarily Suspended After Rupert Murdoch Accosted - Posted July 19, 2011
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Ed Schultz to return Monday, June 6 - Posted June 2, 2011
Ed Schultz's unpaid suspension is almost up. He'll be returning to the MSNBC airwaves Monday night, TVNewser has learned. Schultz was suspended last Wednesday for calling fellow radio talk show host and Fox News contributor ... [TVNewser]

Schultz's Favorite Senator Comes on 'His' Show - Posted June 1, 2011
MSNBC's Host ... [FishbowlDC]

MSNBC's Ed Schultz Apologizes On Air - Posted May 25, 2011
Tonight MSNBC Host Ed Schultz apologized at the top of the hour of his 10 p.m. show for crass remarks he made about conservative commentator Laura Ingraham... [PRNewser]

'I lost my virginity to Ann Curry' - Posted March 25, 2011
[caption id="attachment_59343" align="alignright" width="379" caption="MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts flanked by Fox News anchors Kimberly Guilfoyle and Jamie Colby"][/caption] TVNewser headed out last night to the annual NLGJA "Headlines & Headliners" fundraiser hosted by MSNBC anchor ... [TVNewser]

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts to host annual NLGJA event - Posted March 24, 2011
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts will host the NLGJA's 16th annual Headlines and Headliners event in New York tonight. What makes this interesting is that Roberts is the first openly gay TV journalist to host the event which benefits the organization ... [TVNewser]

Martin Bashir MSNBC Show Debuts Feb. 28; Thomas Roberts to Anchor 11am Hour - Posted February 18, 2011
Martin Bashir's MSNBC show will finally hit the airwaves Monday, February 28, at 3pmET. The network also announced that Thomas Roberts, who has been filling in at 3... [Fishbowl NY]

Martin Bashir MSNBC Show Debuts Feb. 28; Thomas Roberts to Anchor 11am Hour - Posted February 18, 2011
Martin Bashir's MSNBC show will finally hit the airwaves Monday, February 28, at 3pmET. The network also announced that Thomas Roberts, who has been filling in at 3... [FishbowlNY]

When is Martin Bashir's show going to debut? - Posted January 21, 2011
Martin Bashir who left ABC News for MSNBC last June is still waiting in the wings at the peacock cable network. Bashir joined MSNBC... [TVNewser]

Thomas Roberts to Anchor 3 PM Hour in December for MSNBC - Posted December 1, 2010
It seems that Thomas Roberts' star is rising at MSNBC. The anchor filled in for "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann during his suspension a few weeks back, and has been appearing regularly during the dayside... [TVNewser]

Thomas Roberts to Anchor 'Countdown' Again Tonight - Posted November 8, 2010
As he did Friday evening, MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts will helm "Countdown" tonight, the network says. As we reported earlier, Keith Olb... [TVNewser]

How Other Networks are Reporting Olbermann's Suspension - Posted November 6, 2010
In addition to Rachel Maddow's show, Keith Olbermann's suspension was mentioned last night on his own show with substitute host Thomas Roberts... [TVNewser]

Cable Nets Cover NYC Bomb Scare Overnight - Posted May 2, 2010
News broke late last night of a car bomb located in New York's heavily-trafficked Times Square (AP story). Here's how the initial coverage looked across the cable networks as well as Mayor Michael Bloomberg'... [TVNewser]

Thomas Roberts Shows Up on NBC - Posted April 26, 2010
Former HLN anchor Thomas Roberts appears in the anchor chair on MSNBC's "First Look" and NBC's "Early Today" this week. An MSNBC spokesperson tells TVNewser that Roberts is doing fill-in, freelance work for the network. Roberts wo... [TVNewser]

Roberts Heading To D.C. - Posted May 7, 2007
From TVNewser: Headline News anchor Thomas Roberts left CNN on May 1, TVNewser has confirmed. "After five years, he has decided to leave us, with intentions to settle in the Washington, D.C., area," Ken Jautz wrote in a memo on Monday. Roberts lost his afternoon anchoring timeslot in September. His final major on-air appearance... [FishbowlDC]