Archives: December 2005
2005: Fox's Fourth Year On Top
2005: CNN Wants To Be "Essential"
2005: Grace Awakens Headline News
2005: MSNBC Shows Signs Of Life
2005: New Execs, New Shows At CNBC
2005: NBC #1; Changes At The Top
2005: ABC Replaces Two With Five
2005: At CBS, Fixing 'News'
2005: This Year's Interviews
2005: You Heard It Here First
The Ticker: Year-End Edition
Controversial Conservative Bill Bennett Becoming CNN Political Analyst In '06
2005: Broadcasters Air Heartbreaking, Chilling Images From The Gulf Coast
2005: Remembering Peter
2005: Cable News Nets Make America "Safe For Rich White Girls"
2005: Top Stories Covered On TV
2005: Charts, Demos, Gaps, Oh My
2005: "Fierce" Morning Show Wars
2005: FNC Adds Talent, CNN Loses It
2005: TV Types Turn Into Bloggers
2005: Another Bloody Year In Iraq
Celebrate 2006 With FNC & CNN
V&W: "We Almost Need A New Word For It, Other Than Anchor"
2005: The Good News
V&W: WNT's Co-Anchor "Template"
Submit Your 2006 TV News Predictions
60 Minutes' Secret Of Longevity
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 26
"How Do We Solve A Problem Like Maria?"
The Ticker: Cutler, Gupta, Critics' Lists...
Confirmed: Woodruff In Iran Next Week
2005: Charting Cooper's Demo Gains
Today Prod. Moving To GMA Weekend
2005: Greta Up 27% Year Over Year
'Morning' Slide For CNN
2005: Rita Cosby #1 on MSNBC
Brokaw/Koppel MTP on MSNBC Sunday
In Larry's World, NewsNight Is Next
Interview: BBC World's Head of News
Williams #1 In First Anchor Year
The Ticker: MS/NBC, Klein, Straka...
2005: 25-54 Demo Program Ranker
2005: Total Viewers Program Ranker
2005: Raw Numbers: Hourly Data, 2005 vs. 2004, For 3pm to Midnight
2005: 11 Of The Top 12 For FNC; O'Reilly Delivers Almost 2.5 Million
Primetime 360 Delivers Demo Viewers
2005: MSNBC (Barely) Retains 3rd Place, But Headline News Has Momentum
2005: CNN & Headline News Post "Significant" Growth In 25-54 Demographic
2005: Raw Numbers: Primetime
2005: Raw Numbers: Total Day
2005: FNC #1 For The Fourth Year
2005: FNC #5 On All Of Basic Cable
Puppy Love
Koppel & Brokaw "Should Join Up"
Q4 2005: Nightly News #1 By A Million Viewers (But Wins In The Demo By .1)
The Ticker: Spin Zones & Economics
NBC Airs Exclusive Taliban Interview
V&W: Woodruff Flying To Iran
Olbermann Calls On Gibson To "Acknowledge What He Said" & Resign
The Ticker: CNBC's Ticker, Collins, Snow...
Questions: About Couric, Brown, Rosenwasser, Cole...
There's Something You Don't See Everyday
Quake: Dr. Gupta Back In Pakistan
2005: MSNBC.com's Most Peculiar Stories
V&W: "Typical Woodruff Move"
Tsunami Anniversary: "I Still Cannot Believe That A Year Has Passed"
Former NBC News Prez Shapiro Teaching "News From The Inside Out" At Tufts
Santa Is A Republican?
CNBC Has Received "Tens of Thousands" of Complaints About New Graphics & Noises
How About "NBC News Plus?"
2005: "Flashier, Faster" Formats
"Start Showing Some Cleavage"
Tsunami Anniversary: Did FNC Forget?
Tsunami Anniversary: A Force "Beyond Anything With Which Mere Mortals Could Cope," CBS's Allan Pizzey Writes
Tsunami Anniversary: CNN's Atika Shubert Says "It Was Impossible To Fathom"
Lara Logan: "Absolutely Fearless"
"We Got Our Groove Back"
The "Big Bang" Of Media
This Weekend, Fox News Asks "Who Is Jesus?" & "Can We Live Without God?"
FNC Expands Miami Bureau
MSNBC: Microsoft's "Latest Media Miss"
Merry Christmas To All, Including John Gibson & Keith Olbermann
FNC, MSNBC.com Track Santa
The Ticker: Matthews, Stanley, Ailes...
How To Play "Pundit" On TV
Cable Commentators Seek "Truthiness"
This Is Not FNC's Christmas Card
MS/NBC: By The Numbers
Novak Thanks & Says Goodbye To CNN
MS/NBC: Deal Was Completed On Wed.
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 22
MS/NBC: An Asset For NBC Universal
MS/NBC: More Notes & Quotes
MS/NBC: After 9 Years, Filing For Divorce
MS/NBC: Notes & Quotes
NBCU Acquiring Controlling Interest In MSNBC Cable; MSNBC.com Partnership To Continue
MS/NBC: Memo: "This Is A Huge Corporate Vote Of Confidence" In MSNBC
MS/NBC: MSNBC "Increasing Its Share" On Cable; MSNBC.com #1 News Web Site
MS/NBC: Flashbacks
NYDN Readers Say: Keep Schieffer
Making A Splash In The Pool
Gibson Discovers Olbermann's "Shtick"
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Dec. 21
For MSNBC, The Word Is Progress
Remembering Peter: In Munich
Novak's Final CNN Appearance: Friday
CBS Evening News: #2 By February?
O'Reilly Slams Olbermann's Ratings
ESPN Executive, Harvard Law Grad Named ABC News Now Correspondent
Worse, Worser, & Worst
Carrey Teases Couric on 'Today'
Cable Coverage Makes Faulty Landing Gear Seem "More Prevalent" Than It Really Is
Bring Back The Car Chases!
Russert, Koppel & Brokaw
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 20
Intl. Consortium of Investigative Journos Awards ABC News For Congo Reporting
Ailes To Become Chairman-CEO of Fox Business Channel, Variety Says
Greta, Rita, Nancy: "On-Air Opportunists"
NBC Reporters May Decertify AFTRA
Strike: FNC Deploys Double Deckers
Strike Doesn't Hurt Morning Shows
Ailes Signs 5 Year, $25 Mil+ Contract
The Ticker: Cavuto, Cramer, Crier...
"Appropriate Action Has Been Taken" With Dateline Producer?
Shep Returns To Mississippi Today
Congrats Anderson...
Bush in Primetime: 36,600,000 Viewers
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 19
"King Sized" Repeats On Christmas
The Ticker: O'Reilly, Maury/Connie, Moran...
O'Reilly Ignores Kristof's Darfur Challenge
FNC Producer Joining Al Jazeera Intl.
Last Week's Evening News Ratings: Week Of December 12
Dotty Lynch's Departure's Part Of A Political Unit Restructuring At CBS News
Six Months Later, Is A Fox/TWC Deal For The Fox Business Channel Still "Imminent?"
Vargas/Woodruff: "They Were OK, But Damn, I Miss Peter Jennings"
Karl To Replace Raddatz At Pentagon
60 Min. Producer Bill Owens To Become Senior Broadcast Producer of Evening News
Bush in Primetime: Cable Ratings
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Dec. 17: MSNBC Beats CNN In Demo All Day
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Dec. 18
FNC Deal With Sirius Set To Expire
New Squawk Box: Boring & Slow?
Miami Sea Plane Crash: CNN Obtains Exclusive Amateur Video
Dotty Lynch Leaving CBS News
Miami Sea Plane Crash: "The Pictures Were Way Ahead Of The Facts"
The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 16
100+ Squawkers Complain To CNBC
David Kerley Named ABC Correspondent
Memo: Jon Klein Congratulates CNNers For "Tremendous Strides" In 2005
Ken Jautz Thanks HLNers "For A Terrific Year," Including "Record Ratings Growth"
Weekends of Grace
You Can Time A Swim Meet With CNBC's New Graphics -- If You Can Read Them
Les Moonves Would "Aggressively Bid For CNN If It Was For Sale"
Bush Press Conference Funnies
Complaints About New CNBC Graphics
Vargas/Woodruff: "Bumbling Bow"
New Nightline: Jarring & Hyped
CBS Evening News with Brian Lamb?
New "Squawk" Starts This Morning
CNBC Premieres Worldwide Exchange
"Let Us All Pray For Bill O'Reilly"
ABC Reports On Faith & Values
"Freak Show After Freak Show"
Bush In Primetime: Notes & Quotes
Study Reaffirms Media Bias Assumptions
Robert Krulwich Returns To NPR
Party Photos: Media at the White House
Sharon Hospitalized: Coverage Notes
Bush In Primetime: Coverage Plans
Looking Long-Term With Bob Schieffer
We're "In The First Inning" Of A Revolution In News Delivery
The Ticker: Grace, Cooper, Shep...
The Ticker: Castro, Proxmire, Dhaliwal, Floyd, Dimond, Hume...
Novak Has Talked With FNC Over The Years; "I Thought It Would Be A Good Fit"
Novak Leaving CNN: Morning Papers
Bob Novak Gave CNN "True-Blue Conservative Credentials..."
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 15
Steve Harrigan In Bolivia
FLASH: Bob Novak Becoming Fox News Channel "Contributor"
Novak Calls His Split With CNN "Mutual:" "All Good Things Come To An End"
After 25 Years, Novak Out At CNN
Novak: Backgrounders
Win For Richard Gizbert: "Ex-ABC News Reporter Wins U.K. Unfair-Dismissal Claim"
Kimberly Guilfoyle To Host The Lineup
Couric Watch: Is Getting Old
Friedman's 2005 Awards: To Katie Couric, Nightline, CNN, & Bill O'Reilly
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Dec. 14
"Breakdown" Producer Interview: "Peter Was Never Afraid To Tackle Complex Issues"
Jennings Reporting: Notes & Quotes
New MSNBC.com Managing Editor Jennifer Sizemore Also Named NBC Exec. Prod.
Jon Klein Likes Showtunes
The Ticker: Zucker, Couric, Matthews...
Grace Isn't Demanding $$$ From Stalker
New Nightline Up 13% In Demo In Week 2
Williams: "If That's A Watchable Screen, Then NBC News Has To Be On It"
'Good Morning' Launches Radio Show
MSNBC Competing With HLN, Not CNN?
Last Week's Morning News Ratings
Pentagon Launches Investigation After NBC News Uncovers Questionable Database
Tonight: 'Peter Jennings Reporting'
ABC Receives DuPont For Pope Coverage
Revamped Squawk Box Launches Monday: "A Little Looser, Less Structured"
New Nightline: Bashir's The Odd Man Out
New Nightline: Signs Of Progress?
CNN Receives DuPont For Tsunami Covg.
CNBC Receives DuPont For Wal-Mart Doc
"CBS Chief's Hooker Stalker"
Charts: MSNBC "Steadily Grows" Its Share Of The 25-54 Cable News Audience
Nowhere To Go But Up
Katie Couric's (Magazine) Makeovers
Mental Patient Stalking Nancy Grace?
The Ticker: Barz, Jansing, Jostad...
Keith Olbermann: "Judicious Sniper"
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 13
War on the 'War on Christmas'
Tookie, Tookie, Tookie
"Steady Upswing" For CBS Evening News
Ad Buyers Will Applaud If Katie Couric Takes A Pay Cut
FNC #5 On Cable In Prime In 2005
Clemente To Oversee "ABC Digital News"
Pale Male Fan Sues Paula Zahn For $1 Million, Alleging "False Arrest"
ITV Axes U.K. News Network
The Ticker: Hume, Vargas, McCuddy...
Couric Watch: $60 Mil For 5 Years?
Dateline Producer's Request Isn't Unethical Or Unusual, Police Chief Says
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 12
25-54 Demo: FNC, MSNBC Beat 360
'Situation Room' Brings Ratings Growth
CBS News Has Been "Standing Still" For 5 Years, But That's Changing, Schieffer Says
Evening News Ratings: Week Of Dec. 5
Rita Witnesses Death
"CBS News Is On A Roll!"
Did Dateline Producer Go Too Far?
Interview: On His One-Year Anniversary, CNN/U.S. Prez Jon Klein Looks Long-Term
Klein's 1st Year: Losing Market Share
Klein's 1st Year: Ratings Gains
Klein's 1st Year: Quality, Differentiation, Figuring Out The CNN Mission
The Ticker: Woodruff, Holt, Chetry...
Execution: CNN Didn't Have A Witness, & Early Morning Coverage Notes
Couric Watch: "She Would Make Us A Better News Department," Schieffer Says
"I Had My 1st Gun Pointed At Me Today"
The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 9
Dateline Producer Begs For Death Penalty Waiver To Crack Three Murder Cases
BW's Bush Interview: Unedited Text & Video Online; Special On Cable Tomorrow
Chief Stephanopoulos: Notes & Quotes
Asner Says He Faced Fox "Lynch Mob"
Bush Reads Newspapers & Watches TV!
CNN.com, MSNBC.com Highlight Bush's "30,000 Dead" #; FOXNews.com Buries It
Rita Will Watch Williams Die
George Stephanopoulos Named Chief Washington Correspondent For ABC
Brian Williams, Back On The White House Beat For A Day
ABC Makes Media Relations Moves
Neil Cavuto Is James Bond In: "Your Money Or Your Life"
Scarborough: Not A "Cartoon Character"
Who's The Next Katie? The Second In An Occasional Series
For CNBC's Docu Unit, Time To Hire
Cavuto To Couric Critics: Relax!
"Peter Jennings Way"
MSNBC Launching Big Web Ad Campaign
Will A West Coast WNT Be Worth It?
New Nightline: WWTD
Strategy For Fox TV Stations: "To Be Live & Be Fresh & Be TiVo-Proof"
Couric Watch: No-Show At Black Rock!
Maureen Dowd Asks: "Can High Heels Match The Venerable Trench Coat?"
Age Of Anchorwomen? "It's About Time"
CNN Simulcasts Affil's Report For FNC
Two Heads Better Than One?
MSNBC Disconnects "Connected"
Couric Watch: "Perky No More"
Zucker: "It's Not A Sexy Story To Report, But The Today Show" Still Dominates
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 8
CNN Pipeline: "4 Times The Capability"
Williams' Multiplatform Bush Interview
Dogs Love Katie & Matt
CNBC's Hoffman & Howard Say They "Reconnected" Over The Summer
Vargas: Credible, Smooth, Charismatic
CIA Leak Case Special On MSNBC Sunday
Myers "On The Trail Of Terror" Sunday
ABC News Polls & Interviews Iraqis
Anderson Cooper Flying To Baghdad
Bringing Depth To The Anchor Chair
Plane Off Runway: Coverage Notes
HLN Host Hammer Ends Court TV Gig
Meet The Press Netcast Starts Sunday
Questions...About NBC's Task Force, Court TV's Lead Anchor, & CNBC's 8pm Hour
Remember "Peter Pretty"
Hey Katie: Take A Pay Cut!
The Ticker: Wallace, Ailes, Williams' Ratings, Kaplan, Grove The "Turkey..."
Anchoring America: "The Lightweights?"
CNBC Expanding Documentary Unit
Josh Howard Becomes Specials & Long-Form Vice President At CNBC
The Media Has To Produce Journalism "In Whatever Form We Can & Hope Someone Somewhere Figures Out How To Pay For It. Soon."
Capus Is Surprised It's Not Gibson
New Nightline: "What's Not To Like?"
Couric Watch: Trying To Make "Thoughtful Decision" While Ignoring "Media Spotlight"
CNN Pipeline: "Greater Depth"
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 6
ABC News "Putting Americans At Risk?"
Is CNBC Learning To Promote Its Talent?
FNC, CNN Popular Among Cable Subs
Miami Airport Shooting: More Notes
Miami Airport Shooting: Coverage Notes
Colmes Embraces The Liberal Label
Saddam Trial: Cameras Controlled By USA
The Ticker: O'Reilly, Cramer, Iraq...
Couric Wants To Interview Authors & Cover "Hot-Button Issues" Like Abortion
Why Katie Couric Will Go To CBS
CNN Pipeline: Should Be Interactive
Cooper: Media Person Of The Year
Elizabeth, Bob, Katie & "The Moments"
Vargas/Woodruff: A "Real Partnership"
"Brace Yourself For A Bunch Of Bob"
Vargas: The Unofficial Biography
Vargas/Woodruff: "Two Ships Passing In The Night...And I Expect That To Continue"
Couric Watch: The Cour-ometer
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 5
Couric Watch: "I'm Figuring Out What I Want To Do & When I Want To Do It"
Evening News Ratings: Week Of Nov. 28
CNN Pipeline: "Breathtaking," PC Mag Says; "The Beginning Of Real Internet TV"
New Nightline: "Generic," No Personality
New Nightline: 'Sign Of Times' Square
Couric Watch: Credibility Problem?
Vargas/Woodruff: Distinct West Coast Feed
Westin: "New Era For World News Tonight"
Vargas/Woodruff: Two Anchors Is A Risk, "But This Is The Time To Take A Risk"
Memo To ABC: Don't Lose Focus
Gibson: "We Simply Agreed To Disagree"
Vargas/Woodruff: Weekend Of "Nonstop Negotiations" Led To Announcement
Couric Watch: Katie Would Anchor Evening News & Contribute To 60 Minutes
Vargas Wouldn't Give Up 20/20 Gig
Vargus/Woodruff: Morning Papers
Vargas/Woodruff: "It's A Job We Accept With Enormous Excitement & A Profound Sense Of Responsibility"
Vargas/Woodruff: Gibson Wanted The Job; Westin Won't Discuss The Situation
The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 2
Vargas/Woodruff: "We Really Want To Travel Much More," EP Jon Banner Says
Vargas/Woodruff: Ticker, Part Two
Couric Watch: Moonves' Best Idea?
The CBS Evening News With...
CNN Pipeline: Initial Impressions
Gibson Will Keep Waking Up By 4 a.m.
"Cable Exclusive:" O'Reilly & Stern
Vargas/Woodruff: Ticker
It's Official: Elizabeth Vargas & Bob Woodruff To Co-Anchor World News Tonight Beginning January 3
Vargas/Woodruff: To Anchor Live Daily Webcast; WNT Web Site To Be Expanded
Vargas/Woodruff: Quotes
CNN Pipeline: Jim Walton's Memo
Today: Ten Years & Counting
Vargas/Woodruff: "Close To A Deal"
Couric Watch: Hartman Says "Anybody Would Be Thrilled To Have Katie"
Anchor Dilemma? What Dilemma? ABC Has Already Decided On Its Anchor Team
CNN Pipeline: "Is To Online News What The iPod Is To Digital Music," Payne Says
CNN Pipeline: Soft Launch On Sunday
Couric Watch: Keep The Family Together!
Katie Couric: Exactly What CBS Needs? Or Would She "Accelerate The Ratings Slide?"
Fox News Shows Viewers The "Untold Story" Of How We're "Winning Iraq"
Williams: The Last Traditional Anchor?
The Ticker: Cooper, Colgan, D'Alba...
The 11 p.m. Network News
Dear CBS: Please Don't...
"Demagogues" -- O'Reilly, Hannity, Gibson -- Know Christmas "War" Rouses Masses
CNN Pipeline: Launching On Monday
CNN Pipeline: Includes International Feed
CNN Pipeline: In High Definition
Couric Watch: "Yes Or No" Days Away?
Who's The Next Katie?
New Nightline: Town Hall In Green Zone
New Nightline: "We Should Be Patient"
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 1
Questions: About McManus, Nightline, Leventhal, Bedingfield, Brown...
Anniversary Lunch For NN Staffers
Honoring Lou's Lifetime Achievement
Tony Perkins' Last 'Good Morning'
BBC's Finighan: Chance To Work For CNN International "Was Just Too Good To Miss"
Nov. Ratings: FNC #5 In Primetime
"Good Old-Fashioned Competition" Returning To The Evening News Soon
Tiki Barber's "Juggling Act"
New Nightline: "Latest Example Of...Short-Attention-Span Theater"
FNC Online Store Changes "Holiday Tree" To "Christmas Tree" After MSNBC Segment
Williams Wipes The Dust Off His CPU
Page Six Says: Couric To CBS, Gibson To WNT, Ross To Replace Kaplan At MSNBC
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Nov. 30
Nov. Ratings: 25-54 Program Ranker
Nov. Ratings: Charting Cooper's Gap
The Ticker: Schieffer, Grace, Tapper...
McManus "Doggedly Courting" Couric; Today Show Host "Seriously Considering" Move
"Bush's War on the Press"
Nov. Ratings: Greta Crushes Cooper
NBC News Is "Blogging Baghdad," Beginning Next Week
Capus Sets Sights On Digital Platforms; Task Force Explores Options; People "Want News On Their Own Terms"
Couric Watch: Day 4
New Nightline: "Perfectly Respectable"
Brian Williams, Back In New Orleans
FNC/Journal: Was There A "Concerted Campaign To Destroy The Program" On PBS?
The Ticker: Lah, Henry, Mel, Brown...
24 Years Of Headline News-ing
FNC/Journal: Tomlinson Forced PBS...
Go To Heaven With Barbara Walters
FNC/Journal: In The Works For Months
PBS/Dow Jones Spat Led To FNC Deal
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