Newsbusters found the video from almost four years ago at the Democratic National Convention, showing Chris Matthews gushing over Sen. Barack Obama (sound familiar?).

After Obama's keynote address, the MSNBC anchor says, "I have to tell you a little chill in my, in my legs now. That is an amazing moment in history right there. It is really an amazing moment. A keynoter like I've never heard."

A few seconds later he echoes guest Dick Gephardt's comments, saying, "A star is born." Now, years later, the chills have turned to thrills.

A behind-the-scenes video of Katie Couric's interview with Sen. John McCain and his mother, Roberta McCain, is up on Couric's YouTube page. After meeting Roberta, who is 96-years-old, Couric says, "I'd like to look like her when I'm fifty-six!" Later, Couric and the presidential nominee talk about his recent Daily Show appearance. The full interview airs tonight on the CBS Evening News:

MSNBC debuted a new daytime hour on Monday, a partnership with the New York Times called, "NYT Primary Edition." It had practically no promotion, with TVNewser and other outlets learning of the special programming through a Times internal email.

The New York Observer's Felix Gillette writes about the ratings for the hour, which were, "not great."

The show finished with 271,000 total viewers and 101,000 in the A25-54 demo. That put MSNBC in fourth place behind CNBC but ahead of HLN in Total Viewers. Still, the numbers were not much different than usual. The April average at 2pmET on MSNBC is 276,000 Total Viewers and 104,000 in the demo.

Roger Ailes' domination of the Fox News universe is in evidence today.

This morning FNC anchor/reporter Greg Kelly was filling in on Fox5's Good Day New York co-anchoring with one-time MSNBC/NBC News anchor Jodi Applegate. Kelly even brought in his mom for a Mother's Day segment. The co-anchor role has seen several fill-ins since Ron Corning's contract was not renewed last month, including WNYW's 6pm anchor Rick Folbaum (also a former FNCer).

Meanwhile, this afternoon on Fox News Channel, Applegate was a guest on the Live Desk with Martha MacCallum. Applegate had a Mother's Day story of her own, one that the NYPost's Michael Starr thought would make a good Lifetime movie. Applegate grew up thinking she was adopted. She recently found out the woman she thought was her adoptive mother, was really her biological mother. Margaret Applegate died when Jodi was just 17-years-old, taking her secret to the grave.

The second story from the combined Washington Post/60 Minutes partnership will premiere this Sunday. The investigation, from WaPo reporters Dana Priest, Amy Goldstein and 60's Scott Pelley, uncovers the neglectful conditions and inadequate medical treatment in a U.S. government-run prison system that has caused the deaths of some detainees.

The story is Priest's first as a contributor to 60 Minutes.

The first story, "Evidence of Injustice," was a joint investigation that was recently named the winner of the Sigma Delta Chi Investigative Award. It was broadcast on 60 Minutes Nov. 18, 2007, with a print version appearing in The Washington Post the same day.

After less than seven months in the anchor chair in New York, Fox Business anchor Peter Barnes is returning to Washington to be the Senior Washington correspondent for the network. Barnes had been co-anchor of Money for Breakfast since the channel's launch in October.

Insiders tell us Eric Bolling is among several Fox Bizers who will be rotated in to co-anchor with Alexis Glick. The Barnes move is effective Monday.

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(pictured at the party for "Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power," are CNBC chief Washington correspondent John Harwood, CNBC SVP Jonathan Wald, CNBC president Mark Hoffman and executive Washington editor of the Wall Street Journal Gerald F. Seib, left to right)

A few hours after Brian Williams and Sen. Barack Obama left the building, CNBC held a book party at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. for the upcoming release of "Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power," by John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib.

Some TVNewsers in attendance included CNBC Washington correspondents Diana Olick and Hampton Pearson and Martha Raddatz of ABC News and Bloomberg's Al Hunt.

> More: FishbowlDC has many more photos from the event...

> Tonight on Newsnight (10pmET on BBC America) diplomatic editor Mark Urban travels to Kabul, Afghanistan and talks with two suicide bombers as part of a special investigation into border security and the growing threat posed by the bombers.

> Newsday reports FNC anchor Sean Hannity is on the way to becoming neighbors with his boss, Rupert Murdoch. Two real estate sources confirm that Hannity bought an 8.5 million dollar mansion on Centre Island on April 30.

> MobileContentToday reports that even though NBC shows are no longer available on iTunes, some are going to be available free on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

TVNewser Exclusive: A 24-year-old Fox News Channel production assistant was fired this morning for something she said during the red carpet arrivals at the Time 100 Gala last night.

Insiders tell us the assistant, identified as Jennifer Locke, was on assignment with a camera crew to cover the entertainment angle of the event. When Sen. John McCain walked by, the assistant said, "I voted for you in the primary, you're going to win."

McCain was overheard saying to her, "You're not supposed to reveal that." Locke apparently continued to explain that she is the daughter of Vietnam veteran.

Insiders who were at the event were surprised and shocked to hear the disclosure, which was recorded on videotape. A Fox News insider called it "journalistically unacceptable." An FNC spokesperson would not comment on the personnel matter but did confirm Locke is no longer with the company, where she'd worked for a couple of years.

We twittered about it yesterday (look to the right under TVN Twitter Updates, and click here if you want to follow us), and now Patrick Gavin has the photo evidence of Chris Matthews pulling "a reverse David Gregory."

See for yourself at FishbowlDC...

Two in the News Corp. Family:

• Marketwatch's Jon Friedman continues his month of Friday biz journalist profiles, with today's focus on FBN's Alexis Glick. "Her energy level never abates, whether she's conducting an interview, assessing economic data or analyzing the big deal du jour," he writes. "No news is mundane to her."

Freidman writes about Glick's enjoyment of her current job at FBN and covering business news in general. "Let's be real," Glick said. "I have one of the coolest jobs on the planet."

• War Stories host Oliver North is profiled by Pat Sherman of the San Diego Union-Tribune. The FNC anchor says of his current persona: "All they know is that I was a Marine who served in the Vietnam War and I've got a TV show on Fox."

North's his new book, "American Heroes," has a focus on Iran, an issue he sees coming to the forefront. "There's a lot of discontent, particularly among the young people," he said. "My ultimate prayer is that they do not acquire a nuclear weapon, or weapons."

• And there's one more! TV Guide's Stephen Battaglio has a Q&A with FNC anchor Bill Hemmer. A major topic — the Bill Board. It's a giant walking, moving, breathing iPhone," he says. "I think it's a whole new universe that television is about to explore."

He also talks about waiting his turn after joining FNC: "When I joined Fox there was no room at the inn. We were No. 1 across the board in households and demos. There was no wiggle room. I think we've seen now that opportunity to put all the resources of Fox News Channel together and to do it in that 5 o'clock program."

Gail Shister
TVNewser Columnist

A bunch of eggheads are calling Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" a horrible name.

The J-word! (There, we said it.)

Comedy Central's faux news show "commits journalism on a regular basis, whether they want to admit it or not," says Tom Rosenstiel, director of Washington's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

"It gets people to think serious thoughts about the public square. This is a form of political commentary. They're doing it with razors, for laughs, but they're doing it."

PEJ released a report Thursday on "The Daily Show," comparing its "news agenda" with that of 48 other news sources including Big 3 evening newscasts and morning shows; cable news networks and newspapers.

The group analyzed "Daily Show" telecasts for all of 2007, tracking guests and segments.

No major surprises, Rosenstiel says, but now it's all official, with numbers and graphs and charts.

"There's an earnestness to a study like this that's a little embarrassing when you talk about comedy," he says. "We're easy targets. It's like trying to shoot a hole through cardboard. It's not that hard."

We'll keep our .48 holstered. What's the headline, Tom?

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FishbowlNY's Glynnis MacNicol was all over the Time 100 Gala last night at Time Warner Center's Jazz at Lincoln Center. Among the boldfacers in attendance, Brian Williams, Bill O'Reilly, Suze Orman, Charlie Rose, Mika Brzezinski, and probably a bunch of others. Drop us a line if you were there.

An insider asks: "Which newser didn't make it in for the show this morning after a late night at the Gala?"

> More coverage from the mediabistro.com Morning Newsfeed...

ABC's Barbara Walters made two high-profile appearances to promote her new book, "Audition," last night, in an ABC News special at 10pm and on The O'Reilly Factor on FNC at 8pmET.

On ABC, the special finished third (7.4 million viewers), behind CBS' CSI: NY (12.6 million) and NBC's Law & Order (8.8 million). Walters last special, "Live to be 150 — Can You Do It?" which she anchored drew more than 10 million viewers in April.

Last night's O'Reilly Factor performed well in the ratings, with 656,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo and 2,879,000 Total Viewers, making it the number one program in cable news for the night. FNC had more total viewers at 8pmET than the other three network's combined.

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CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Dobbs:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
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