Tina Fey

Tina Fey's Sarah Palin: 'I just hope the lamestream media won't twist my words by repeatin' em verbatim' - Posted May 8, 2011
A week after the real Sarah Palin was hanging out with the media, the fake Sarah Palin -- aka Tina Fey... [FishbowlLA]

Craig Ferguson to Tina Fey: Twitter isn't like heroin... except in one way [Video] - Posted April 20, 2011
If you're a 30 Rock fan, you likely already know that Tina Fey doesn't have a Twitter account. And while on "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson this week, she told the audience why: she's afraid she'll become addicted. But, interjects Ferguson, Twitter isn't like heroin - except you... [AllTwitter]

TNT Apologizes For Tracy Morgan's Comments About Sarah Palin - Posted January 27, 2011
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East Coast Media Can't Handle the Chelsea Truth - Posted January 24, 2011
Female entertainers who make $20 million a year normally get a little more media respect than Chelsea Handler. According to an ... [FishbowlLA]

Betty White Is the AP's Entertainer of the Year - Posted December 20, 2010
Thanks in large part to a successful Internet campaign to get her Saturday Night Live, Betty White has been named the Associated Press's "... [FishbowlLA]

Tuesday Morning Stir - Posted November 2, 2010
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Tina Fey Explains Her Eye-Popping Cover - Posted October 14, 2010
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Thurber Prize Finalists Announced for the 2010 - Posted August 12, 2010
This year's $5,000 Thurber Prize is down to three contenders. They are: Why is My Mother Getting a Tattoo: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask by Jancee Dunn, How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hel... [GalleyCat]

What You Didn't See on Saturday Night Live with Betty White - Posted May 10, 2010
Overnight ratings are in and Saturday Night Live with host Betty White was the most-watched SNL in 18 months. The show has a preliminary 8.8 household rating in the country's 56 largest markets. The best since the the Nov. 1, 2008 show, which feature Sen. John McCain a fe... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

NBC Promotes Big Numbers for Betty White Hosted Saturday Night Live - Posted May 10, 2010
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Oprah Winfrey Honors 'MSF' Gayle King at NYWICI 2010 Matrix Awards - Posted April 19, 2010
You'd think Oprah Winfrey would be too bothered by a certain you-know-what to mention it at a high-profile event like New York Women in Communications' annual Matrix Awards. Yet, she says, it's her 'MSF' (mother sister friend) ... [FishbowlNY]

The Sarah Palin Network - Posted April 12, 2010
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The Sarah Palin Network - Posted April 11, 2010
Tina Fey reprised her role as Sarah Palin last night as Fey hosted SNL. Taking a page from Oprah Winfrey, Palin launches her own network, with a full slate of shows including, "That's So Palin," and "Hey Journalist, I Gotcha!" Using the 2008 ... [TVNewser]

Ten Years Of Magazines In Two Minutes - Posted January 13, 2010
You may have already seen this video floating aroun... [FishbowlNY]

Tina Fey, Sheryl Crow 2010 Matrix Honorees - Posted January 11, 2010
Sorry, sometimes we can't help the clever headlines: New York Women in Communications, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women in all communications disciplines, today announced the honorees for the annual Matrix Awards. The Matrix Awards has for 30 years celebrated strong women in the field of media and communication, and on... [FishbowlNY]

Brian Williams Leaves 30 Rock to Tape "30 Rock" - Posted December 16, 2009
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams left the real 30 Rock today to film a scene of the TV show "30 Rock." Insiders tell us Williams was at the studios of NY1, which was supposed to be the studios of CNBC. But NY1 is on the west side of Manhattan, while the... [TVNewser]

Celebrity Book Toolkit - Posted November 24, 2009
Celebrity book deals have multiplied this year, as everybody from Sarah Palin to Tina Fey inked contracts. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. To ease your frustration, GalleyCat has compiled a Celebrity Boo... [GalleyCat]

Brian Williams: 'A Non-Fiction Person in a Non-Fiction Line of Work' - Posted November 2, 2009
Brian Williams last week reporting from Afghanistan. (Photo: Subrata De/NBC News) In a Q&A with the New York Post, NBC's ... [TVNewser]

Live From New York, It's The Barneys Holiday Window Display - Posted October 13, 2009
Now here's a holiday window display we can get behind. After reliving the 1960's last year with his "Peace & Love: Have a Hippie Holiday" theme, Barneys New York's creative director Simon Doonan has cooked up a plan to commemorate timeless New York City-based sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" and its... [FishbowlNY]

Primetime Emmys Bring Network TV's Challenges Into Sharp Focus - Posted September 21, 2009
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Sarah Palin's Resignation Catches Media Off Guard - Posted July 6, 2009
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Celebrating The "Superior Species" - Posted April 27, 2009
Meredith Vieira is a BFOM: a "Big Fan of Matrix." The Today show anchor not only emceed this year's Matrix Awards, honoring extraordinary achievements by women in the communications industry, she is also a past winner. "This is a room full of such accomplished women, it's a little mind-boggling," Vieira told TVNewser... [TVNewser]

'Kenneth the Page' Responds to Jindal Comparisons - Posted February 26, 2009
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NBC.com Milks Fey as Palin with Valentine's ECard - Posted February 13, 2009
NBC.com has added this Valentine's Day e-card featuring Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. Interesting, if a bit old. But I suppose the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Golden Globes Actually Interesting This Year...Kind Of...Thanks to Tina Fey - Posted January 12, 2009
Okay, we're going to admit that when the Golden Globes was canceled... [FishbowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 12.29.08 - Posted December 29, 2008
Good morning, Washington. What DC museum is featured above? Think you know? Email us with your best guess. AND: Join us after the jump to find out if you guessed our last contest correctly. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning... [FishbowlDC]

AP Votes Tina Fey 'Entertainer of the Year' - Posted December 24, 2008
No one's going to be arguing with th... [FishbowlNY]

Arianna Huffington is Media Person of the Year - Posted December 9, 2008
I Want Media has named Arianna Huffington their Person of the Year, presumably based ... [FishbowlNY]

WGA Awards Want 'Simpsons,' 'Breaking Bad' And Tina's '30 Rock' - Posted December 8, 2008
Tina Fey is likely to be lauded for more than just impersonating Sarah Palin with the Writers Guild of America awa... [FishbowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 12.02.08 - Posted December 2, 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... [FishbowlDC]

I Want Media's 'Media Person of the Year' - Posted December 1, 2008
A the year draws to a close get prepared for the usual onslaught of lists! We all know Time's Person of the Year is a non-compete, but I Want Media, which ... [FishbowlNY]

Rachel Maddow Makes TVWeek's Tops List - Posted November 17, 2008
Rachel Maddow has arrived. The MSNBC host has made a list the includes such TV luminaries as Tina Fey, ... [TVNewser]

2008 Over, But Who's Next For Republicans? - Posted November 9, 2008
The election is only five days gone, but the Republicans (if you can ever believe anything that AOL posts) are already huddling to find a candidate to challenge Barack in 2012. A few names near the top of their list include ... [FishbowlLA]

Lunch: The Special Post-Election Edition - Posted November 5, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE The Michael's crowd was in full party mode today as television titans, media mavens and talking heads mingled gleefully with politicos who were celebrating Barack Obama's historic victory. "Fina... [FishbowlNY]

John McCain on Saturday Night Live - Posted November 3, 2008
SNL has turned into must be seen on TV for the candidates, particularly in these last few weeks. John McCain appeared this last Saturday in what could alternately be viewed as a last ditch attempt to reach voters, or, a last ditch attempt to salvage what remains of his tattered... [FishbowlNY]

Vote for Time's Person of the Year - Posted October 29, 2008
The show must go on! They may be laying off and restructuring but apparently Time still has the ability to nominate the Person of the Year...with your help. Time managing editor Rick Stengel has posted this video on YouTube ask... [FishbowlNY]

Tina Fey on Conan: Portraying Sarah Palin is the 'Craziest Thing That's Ever Happened to Me' - Posted October 29, 2008
Also, during her visit to SNL Sarah Palin offered to have Bristol babysit Tina Fey's toddler. Who needs fiction anymore when we have this election! ... [FishbowlNY]

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]

SNL's George W. Bush Endorsement: 'The Hot Lady and the Tiger Woods Guy' - Posted October 24, 2008
Will Ferrell's George W. Bush meets Tina Fey's Sarah Palin. ... [FishbowlNY]

Todd and Sarah Palin Revisit People - Posted October 22, 2008
Sarah Palin is making a second appearance in ... [FishbowlNY]

Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live: 'All the Mavericks in the House Put Your Hands Up!' - Posted October 19, 2008
We actually only saw the cold open of SNL last night, and were a bit disappointed by Sarah Palin's appearance — the Tina Fey walk-by just didn't live up to...any hype actually. However! Turns out we missed the best part. The Sarah Palin Rap! ... [FishbowlNY]

Sarah Palin's News Conference, Starring Tina Fey - Posted October 18, 2008
Well, she did it. Gov. Sarah Palin appeared during the opening sketch of tonight's Saturday Night Live. Without going in to too much detail Tina Fey, playing Palin, holds her first news conference, tellin... [TVNewser]

Sarah Palin's $15 Million Emails - Posted October 17, 2008
If you're Tina Fey you can get a $6 million dollars book deal based on a handshake and a verbal pitch. However! If you're Sarah Palin you can apparently ask the press for up to $15 million dollars for... [FishbowlNY]

Politico Confirms What FBLA Has Been Saying - Palin To Do SNL Tomorrow - Posted October 17, 2008
As we have previously reported, Sarah Palin will be on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Rumor is she'll spoof ... [FishbowlLA]

The New Yorker Covers the 'Red Death' on Wall St. - Posted October 14, 2008
We're a bit late to this, but then again, there was no mail yesterday. Anyway, if someone were to make a time capsule of this stranger-than-fiction election year they would do well to include the New Yorker's covers along with SNL's Tina Fey, ... [FishbowlNY]

Does Frank Rich Read His Own Comments Section? - Posted October 14, 2008
Yesterday at the Time Politics Summit 2008 we chatted with Frank Rich about the fact the ... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch: Joy Behar, Star Jones & Another Sarah Palin Doppelganger - Posted October 8, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE What recession? The joint was jumping at Michael's today. Media mavens, television types and fashionistas were still trying to digest the week's head spinning events but, in true New York style, weren't letting a worldwide tanking economy get in the way of a good time. There was... [FishbowlNY]

Sarah Palin to Spoof Tina Fey Amex Commercial on SNL - Posted October 8, 2008
Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is going to be on... [FishbowlLA]

If You Can't Beat'em Join'em: Sarah Palin Does Tina Fey? - Posted October 6, 2008
Via Daily Intel comes word that, yes indeed, there is still time for ... [FishbowlNY]

The Dow Jones: Monday Morning Coming Down - Posted October 6, 2008
That was a fun weekend. Lots of Sarah Palin and Tina Fey. Also bailout packages ... [FishbowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 3, 2008
You Betcha: Mary McNamara notes that the real losers of last night's VP debate were the pundits who were handicapping it: "If the bar had been placed any lower for t... [FishbowlLA]

SNL Portrays Various TVNewsers - Posted September 28, 2008
It was a busy political week, and two of the major TV news events were parodied on Saturday Night Live last night. Friday's presidential debate was the focus of a lengthy sketch, featuring a return appearance by Chris Parnell as PBS' ... [TVNewser]

Frank Rich Thinks Joy Behar is the New Edward R. Murrow - Posted September 22, 2008
"In our news culture, Behar, a stand-up comic by profession, looms as the new Edward R. Murrow." Actually we're not sure Frank Rich means it literally -- one interview does not a journalistic cornerstone make -- but still, point taken. Why is it the comedy world always seems to be doing... [FishbowlNY]

Greta/Todd Done, Sean/Sarah Up Next - Posted September 17, 2008
Greta Van Susteren's two part interview with Todd Palin, the first since his wife was named the VP nominee, garnered big ratings for FNC. The 10pmET program had a two-day average of 665... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 09.16.08 - Posted September 16, 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... [FishbowlDC]

Tina Fey Takes on Sarah Palin - Posted September 15, 2008
NBC has successfully (at least for now) taken all the clips of this off YouTube. It's available at NBC.com but there's not code to embed it. So we improvised. Link is here. This is ... [FishbowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 09.12.08 - Posted September 12, 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... [FishbowlDC]

Like Sands Through the Hour Glass: Obama and the Press - Posted July 25, 2008
Obama and the press: it's not easy to keep up. In lieu of a flow chart, a brief recap. Over the winter the Press had such a crush on Obama that SNL's parody was considered an act of intervention, and Tina Fey... [FishbowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 25, 2008
Last Laugh: It's been argued that Jimmy Fallon would be nothing without Tina Fey. We'll get a chance to find out when he takes over for Conan O'Brien after Conan succeeds Jay Leno next... [FishbowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 28, 2008
Tina Fey A Fan of The Envelope: We've always had a soft-spot for Tina Fey, but it grew 10 times softer when we got to the end of this interview and heard her explain how The Envelope fuels her paranoia during the ... [FishbowlLA]

Well, At Least It's Better Than Having Jimmy Fallon Pick Your Outift - Posted May 11, 2007
From Wake Up Call!: Did you know? "Tina Fey gave Chris the now-famous green tie he wore to moderate" ("Hardball Briefing"). ... [FishbowlDC]

Inside The Time 100 Party - Posted May 9, 2007
America Ferrera and John Mayer It's arguably the most exclusive magazine party of the year. (Graydon Carter's Vanity's Fair Oscar party perhaps being the other.) John Edwards mingled with John Mayer. Sir Richard Branson (just back f... [FishbowlNY]