Archives: December 2008
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 30
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Morning Media Menu: December 31
Weather Plus, Minus Four More
The Ticker: CNBC, FBN, MSNBC...
60 Minutes Finishes Second for the Week
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 29
Relief Boat Carrying CNN Correspondent Rammed by Israeli Craft
"What a Fascinating Event We Have Just Watched"
Cablers Get Wish: A Breaking News Surprise!
Defending MSNBC's Docs
Oakley and Van Marsh Leaving CNN
"If Someone Referred To Me As 'Tamron Hall, the Magic Negro Anchor Lady,' I Would Never See It As Anything Funny"
Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 22
David Westin's Year-End Note: Challenges Ahead
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Dec. 30
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Dec. 27
Morning Media Menu: December 30
Glick's Take On Caroline Kennedy As Senator
Meet on Top Last Sunday
2008: The News About The News
Brokaw Reflects on Russert in NYT Magazine
The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 26
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Dec. 15
The Ticker: Gaza, Burnett, Madoff...
FBN Dropped From Sirius XM
Nancy Grace Just Misses Demo Victory
Amy Chiaro Leaving the Today Show
Klein on Layoffs: "We Actually Have More People Working at CNN Than Worked Here a Year Ago"
Power Out in Paradise
Conversation Closer: Eisner's CNBC Show To End Run
Chris Cotter Joining FBN
Steve Sando, Formerly of CBS News, Dies
Broadcast Networks Pulling Full-Time Correspondents From Iraq
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 25
Morning Media Menu: December 29
Look Who's Advertising on NYPost.com
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Dec. 24
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 23
Cooper: "I Don't Have the Energy of Arianna Huffington or Tina Brown"
Rachel Maddow and "Morning Joe" Make Shales' List
In "Foot-in-Mouth" Category, Matthews Doesn't Nominate Himself
Rachel Maddow A "Coup" On LA Times Image List
Glenn Beck Story Pulled Because of his Mormon Faith?
"Reliable Sources" Looks Back on the Media in 2008
Correspondents Trade Winter Coats for Board Shorts
A Holiday Sunday Schedule
Happy Holidays, From The Boss
Biz Networks Go Live Tomorrow
A Banner Christmas Eve
Good Morning America's "Circus" of Performances
Former News Facility Transformed Into Home of MLB TV
Mobile Santa
New Years on the Cablers: Varied Options
Murdoch & Ailes Throw a Party for Brit Hume
Evening Newscasts Ending Year Surprisingly Strong
WTVJ "Transaction Terminated;" Will Remain Owned by NBC
Brit Hume Signs Off
Cable Ranker: Week of Dec. 15
"Chasing Bernie Madoff"...And His Accountant
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 22
Bret Baier to be Named Host of "Special Report"
The Ticker (ABC edition): 20/20, GMA, PR...
Hume Reflects on Special Exit
David Spade: FNC Watcher, Gun Donator
The Ticker: FNC, NBC, CNN...
Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 15
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Dec. 21
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Dec. 20
Dramatic Car Rescue On Cablers
Morning Media Menu: December 23
The Ticker: HLN, FBN, PBS...
Brit Hume's Final "Special Report"
The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 19
Beck: "It's Just The Way I Roll"
Chuck Todd Gets His Own Promo
Bob Schieffer's Rhyme Reason
MSNBC Idol?
A Blunderful Media Year
Couch Critic, And Mother of Rick Kaplan, Hazel Kaplan, Dies
Ray Ban Retires From TWC As Network Further Integrates With NBC
Will Thompson Inherit O'Reilly's Radio Spot?
Brzezinski: "It Is Much Harder To Put Yourself Out There"
Capus on Matthews: "If He Were Running for Office, He Wouldn't Be on TV"
Morning Media Menu: December 22
Grayson Leaves CBS Early For NBC Nightly
A Cabler Symphony
Soledad To Be "Mrs. Big Stuff"
Chris Matthews Looks Back on Bush in "The Decider"
Huckabee Talks Host/Guest Relationship
The Ticker: Journos, Matthews, VPs
Gibson and Banner Play Santa for Charities
Ali Velshi Wants You To Get Your Money Back
At Least Someone's Benefiting From Bernie Madoff
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 18
The Cafferty File is Empty
Mason is Friedman's Choice For Broadcast Journalist of the Year
CBS and FNC Embeds To Write Palin Book
Blago: I Won't Be Going on "Meet the Press or on the TV News"
Newsers Don't "Waste" Their Question to Obama On Blago
The Ticker: Biden, Aniston, Young...
60 Minutes Devotes Upcoming Hour to Barack Obama
Blago To Speak, Cablers to Cover
CBS News Producer Found Dead in Apartment
Curry-Warren Interview Already Drawing Reactions
FBN Promo Tweaks CNBC Ads
Myers: "To Think That We Could Affect Weather All That Much Is Pretty Arrogant"
Morning Media Menu: December 19
Pres. Bush and the Auto Bailout
Chuck Todd's "No-Cut" Contract with NBC
Nightline Edges Letterman
The Ticker: O'Reilly, King, Guide...
13 Years at #1 For the Today Show
Huckman's Mad Madoff Moment: "We're The Only Ones With This!"
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Dec. 17
MTP On Top During Gregory's First Week
Mandragona, Kappler Depart NBC News
Larry King: "The Scene was So Romantic, I Almost Lost My Heterosexuality"
Nightly EP's Note to the Staff
Fox Business Network Suing the Treasury Dept.
Morning Media Menu: December 18
Morning Joe Talks Mika Mugging
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Dec. 8
Chuck Todd Named Chief WH Correspondent
Pardon the Interruption...
CNN and MSNBC Get a Jump On '08 Ratings Releases
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 16
Ratigan Talks Money & Madoff on The View
Some Holiday Jeer, From FBN
Nick Dunn Upped at CNBC
Walsh Parents Make Morning Show Rounds
The Ticker: Giuliani, Wong Ulrich, Brown...
Who Was at the White House Christmas Party Last Night?
TV Week's TV News-Related Questions
Around the Fishbowls: Obama, O'Reilly, Cruise...
Headline News Becomes "HLN"
Richard Engel to the White House?
CNBC's "Scam" Special
Morning Media Menu: December 17
Cable Ranker: Week of Dec. 8
The Ticker: CNN, CBS, FBN...
Whitaker: "We Can't Let Up"
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 15
Crowley Asks Bush About Shoe Toss "In a Slightly Different Way"
Two More From Investigative Unit Leaving NBC News
Gibson To Replace O'Reilly on Radio
"60" Third for the Week
What Does Jay Carney's Move Mean For ABC's Claire Shipman?
"Planet" Finishes Last
Vogue Highlights Three TVNewsers "Shaping the News"
Crowley Interviews Pres. Bush at White House
Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 8
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Dec. 14
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Dec. 13
Today Goes Prime Time
Morning Media Menu: December 16
Dateline Tops 20/20 on Friday
NBC's Leno Memo to Affiliates
The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 12
Shep Reflects On What He's Learned
Cafferty Reads Email Comparing Limbaugh and Hannity to KKK
The Ticker: Oz, Ifill, Ailes...
'Express' Camps Out in Chicago
Linda Stouffer and Rusty Dornin Out at CNN
Kudlow Continues Anchoring "The Call"
MTP Wins Big With Gregory's Debut
Tom Cruise on Camera One, and Everywhere Else
Poll: Internet, Cable News Up. Others Stable or Down
Shuster To Be Named Permanent Anchor of "1600"
New Looks for CNN and Headline News
Morning Media Menu: December 15
"Meet the Press, With David Gregory"
bla-GOI-a-vich: A Week of Coverage
Sandler, Foxx, Aniston and...Cheney on ABC Next Week
More Going Home For FBN
Unexpected Interruption During Unexpected Bush Visit to Iraq
ABC News Premieres "Drama"
Manson Doc Premieres Tonight
The Mystery of the Green Logo
Brokaw's Last Week Brings Most Viewers For Political Interview Since 2004
Wolfe Takes a Page Out of an NBC Tradition
More On-Air Talent Out at CNN
Just One Little Letter...
Nancy Grace's Best Ratings Ever
Kathleen Koch Leaving CNN
Layoffs At CBS News
"Thanks, Jamie!"
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Dec. 1
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 11
Hannity Responds To Stewart's Tribute
Another Week For Shuster
CNN "Redeploying" DC Bureau Correspondents, McIntyre Leaves Network
Henry Becomes CNN Senior WH Correspondent
Couric, Gregory And Other '09 Stories To Watch
"You're The Only Non-Douchebag On That Show"
The Ticker: CBS, ABC, FNC...
Cuts at CBSNews.com After Merge With CNET
Nancy Grace Sees Huge Overnight Rating After Caylee News
FBN Goes Live To Cover Bailout Bust
Networks Brand the Crisis
The Fallout From Bleeping "Mr. O'Reilly"
Morning Media Menu: December 12
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Dec. 10
Jamie Dimon's Morning Viewing Habits
FOX Report Moves to New HD Studio
Around the MB Blogs
Breaking: "Hannity" To Premiere January 12
More Out At NBC's DC Bureau
Ware: "I Don't Know How To Come Home"
FOX O&O's Bracing For Cuts
The Ticker: RTNDF, NBC, FNC...
Beck: "The Media Everywhere Misses The Bigger Picture"
Cablers Cover Potential Break in Caylee Anthony Case
Scarborough: "As Long As I'm Fair, I Don't Think There's a Problem At All"
Obama News Conference To Touch On Blago
With Layoffs Abound, CBS Finds Time to Celebrate
Morning Media Menu: December 11
Cooper: "This Is The First Job I've Actually Nailed Things On The Walls Of My Office"
The Ticker: FNC, ABC, NBC...
Greta Talks Joran on "The View"
If It's Wednesday...It's Michael's For Gregory
Planet Still in Peril on CNN
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 9
Layoffs at NPR
Glib No More? Lauer & Cruise One-on-One
See You At The Summit
The Ticker: MSNBC, CNN, FNC...
Who's Covering the Obama White House?
Rather Asks Himself: "WWMD?"
Wiretap Theater, On The Rachel Maddow Show
Nightline EP Relieved by Leno News
Turner's First Trip To The No-Spin Zone
The "Silly and Serious" Morning Show
Morning Media Menu: December 10
Cable Ranker: Week of Dec. 1
Booked...And Then Booked
Now Jay Leno's On At 8pm!
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 8
Stokes Young Upped at msnbc.com
GMA's Jobs Expert Helps Viewers Through Crisis, After Going Through Her Own
The Ticker: Scarborough, Stahl, Fletcher
Cooper Talks Phelps, Peril on Letterman
FBN Adds More Markets, Expands Reach
Roberts Inducted To Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame
Jay Leno On ABC Rumor: "That Was Started By a Disgruntled Employee — Me"
Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 1
Sean Hannity Wants You To Vote In Our Poll
Morning Media Menu: December 9
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Dec. 7
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Dec. 6
Here's One Way to Take the Focus Off the Tribune News
He May Be CNBC...
Nightline Saved By Leno's Move to Primetime?
During Historic News Month, Network Morning Shows See Little Bump
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Nov. 24
Is CNN Still Relying on "Sources"?
The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 5
Stahl on Rather Lawsuit: "I Wish Dan Hadn't Taken This Step"
How Did "Meet the Press" Do Yesterday?
The Ticker (CNBC Edition): Lee, Huckman, Haines...
Nightline's Strong November
De La Cruz and Eccleston Depart CNN
Cablers Cover Tribune Bankruptcy
Zucker on Layoffs: "I Think We've Taken the Necessary Steps"
Matthews is Staying With (Or Leaving) MSNBC
Clark Howard To Debut on HLN
King To Host Four-Hour Sunday Block, Blitzer Re-Ups
Bob Epstein Takes Over at Nightly News
Tom Brokaw is Joe & Mika's First Radio Guest
On Day One, Moderator Meets the Press That Will Cover Him
5 Years at Fox For Chris Wallace
David Gregory Meets his Sunday Competitors
Tom Brokaw on "Young Journalists Coming of Age"
Oops, The AP Alert on the David Gregory Announcement
With Meet the Press, Gregory Gives up MSNBC Anchoring
David Gregory Named Moderator of Meet the Press
Tom Brokaw's Final Meet the Press
The Ticker (Sunday Edition): News, Faith, Cars...
John King Set to Take Over "Late Edition"
CBS Report Cited During Auto Hearings
Bob Woodruff Talks "Green" with Laura Bush
Filmmaker Takes Part in Live Web Chat After MSNBC Doc Premiere
Job Cuts: "The Painful Reality of This Economy"
ABC News Staffers Brace for Cuts in the New Year
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Dec. 4
Kyra Phillips Re-Ups With CNN After Talking with CBS
Has David Gregory Anchored His Final Today Show?
The Ticker: ABC, CBS, CNBC...
Seven Powerful TVNewsers in One Room
Cable News Snapshot: 1:16pmET Today
Mitch Gelman to Leave CNN
Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski Begin Radio Show Monday
Layoffs Spread to NBC's Washington Bureau
Chris Wallace On 5 Years At FNC and Why "The Traditional Meet the Press Audience Will Shop Around"
Is Howard Dean Bitter About Not Being Obama's Chief of Staff?
Williams on Gregory Speculation: "On the Lives of My Wife and Two Children, I Have No Idea"
Alex Wallace Returns To Front Office, Epstein To Take Over Nightly News
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Dec. 3
After The Cuts: Don Teague On His Forthcoming Book And Why Life Will Get "Even Better"
Apprentice No More, Rebecca Jarvis Covers the Financial Storm
The Ticker: Trimming Sails, Buying Toys, Saving Cars...
Ted Koppel On What Really Happened With Meet The Press
Report: Chris Matthews in Contract Negotiations
The Big Idea Shelved
NBCU To Cut 500 Jobs, Layoffs Begin at NBC News Bureaus
"This is Not a Job for Jim Lehrer"
November Ratings: Top Shows, Top Networks
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, Dec. 2
If It's Sunday...
Liz Claman: Hot Off The Press
Josh Howard to Leave CNBC
The Afternoon Ticker: Wolf, MacVicar, Buffett...
November Ratings: 83 Months on Top for FNC
Miles O'Brien To Leave CNN. Network Shutters Science, Space and Tech Unit
Obama Calls on Fox News, Finally
November Ratings: MSNBC's Demo Streak at 7, 8 & 9
November Ratings: CNBC's Best November Ever
November Ratings: CNN #1 in Total Day Demo
Victoria's Secret is Out
Weather Channel Blows In to MSNBC Graphics
The Morning Ticker: Amanpour, Dobbs, Mitchell...
The Scoreboard: Monday, Dec. 1
Cable's Prime Time Demo Gap Narrows
BBC World News America Goes Outside, and Inside, the Box
Evening News Ratings: Week of Nov. 24
Cramer for SEC: "This Isn't My Usual Megalomania Talking"
60 Minutes is the Week's #3 Show
The Scoreboard: Sunday, Nov. 30
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Nov. 29
David Gregory the Buzz at Business Emmys
ZeitGeist's New Front Door
Mumbai Coverage Ratings
Charlie Gibson Named National Press Foundation Award Winner
Around the Bowls: Wallace, Stewart, Gregory....
The Scoreboard: Friday, Nov. 28
CNN Heroes Builds on Last Year's Viewership
All Signs Point to David Gregory for MTP
Powers Tops TVNewser H&C Replacement Poll
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Nov. 27
"A One Way Ticket to New York" for FBN's Cody Willard
What Would Katie Do?
Luke Russert and Amy Robach Join Carson Daly on New Year's Eve
Whither Weather Plus
Who's Who In The "Next Generation Of Television News"
David Gregory to Moderate Meet the Press...Maybe
You Gotta Love What You Do
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, Nov. 26
Who's Scared Shitless at CNBC?
The Ticker: (P.M. Edition): Williard, Cooper, Overshare...
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Nov. 17
Murdered Anchorwoman's Parents Make the Network Rounds
NewsHour Receives Gates Foundation Grant, Expands Global Health Coverage
Glenn Beck's FNC Show to Begin Jan. 19
Nancy Cordes Named CBS News Congressional Correspondent
The Ticker (FNC Edition): 0-5, Murdoch, Hume...
This Week's Best in Eight Years
Mumbai Aftermath: How Cable News Covered the Story
Big Three to Carry Obama National Security Announcement
Why A Cable News Channel is Holding a Newspaper Summit
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