Archives: March 2009
The Big Three and Big Ben
The Ticker: Dean, Lauer, Cooper...
CNBC Toasts Jonathan Wald
Carlos Watson Joins MSNBC as Dayside Anchor
The Scoreboard: Monday, March 30
Bob Epstein: "The First Quarter Has Proven To Be Quite a Ride"
Q1 2009 Ratings: FNC Tops CNN and MSNBC Combined in Prime Time Total Viewers
O'Reilly Appears on GMA, Olbermann Ombuds
Q1 2009 Ratings: CNN's Best Total Day Since '03
Morning Joe Talks Glenn Beck: "Roger Ailes is the Genius"
MSNBC 10pm Plans on Hold...For Now
With NCAA Lead-In "60" in Top 10 Again
Evening News Ratings: Week of March 23
Q1 2009 Rating: CNBC's Best in Eight Years
CBS' Mitchell Talks Cronkite, Mizzou on the Menu
Q1 2009 Ratings: MSNBC Tops CNN in Prime Time
O'Hearn Rejoins CNN as EP of New Amanpour Show
Q1 2009 Ratings: HLN's Best Ever
The Scoreboard: Sunday, March 29
The Scoreboard: Saturday, March 28
Who's the Real Morning Joe?
CBS' The Early Show Hires New Doc
CBS' Russ Mitchell on the Menu
The Scoreboard: Friday, March 27
One Deadline Pushed Back, As Another Moves Up
The Glenn Beck Program Soundboard
Arianna Huffington Studies Up for Her CNBC Co-Host Gig
Bill O'Reilly on Penn, Blitzer and Meghan McCain
The Story Behind The FOX Nation
The Ticker: FNC, ABC, CNN...
Olbermann, Orman Win GLAAD Awards
Glenn Beck: "If You Take What I Say As Gospel, You're An Idiot"
Klein vs. Johns: It All Comes Down To The Spartans
"On the Case With Paula Zahn" Debuts in October
NYT's Stelter Talks Beck on the Menu
Former RNC Chairman on "Increasingly Biased Journalism"
Who Said This About NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker?
From the "Freakishly Partisan" Olbermann to the "Atavism" of Beck
Ben Stein With The Final Word on Cramer/Stewart
Even Comic Book Journalists Are Feeling the Effects of the Newsroom Blues
Klein Stays On Top, Geist and Glor Gaining
Klein / Griffin Verbal Battle As CNN Cedes Second Place in Prime to MSNBC
National Headliner Award Winners Announced
White House Press Corps Fights Back Against Late Briefings
"Happy Hour" For Dylan Ratigan
The Scoreboard: Thursday, March 26
Who's Going to Take Over For Jonathan Wald at CNBC?
The Ticker (G20 Edition): ABC, CBS, Bloomberg...
Longtime NBC News Correspondent Irving R. Levine Dies
Olbermann's Twitter... ABCNews.com's Show... Red Eye's "News"...
Ratigan Update: Off the Air
Dylan Ratigan Departing CNBC
Cable News Viewership Up Double, Triple Digits
CNN Journalist Arrested Covering Fargo Flooding
Katie Couric's Big Apple Ratings
Fox News, MSNBC Ratings Stories
What We Learned While Staring at "Screens"
CNN Edits Out Pot Purchase from D.L. Hughley's Final Show
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, March 25
President Obama To Face the Nation
The Ticker (p.m. edition): Garrett, Harris, LeBron...
Morning Show Ratings: Week of March 16
Whose Bathroom Is This?
Leno Wins Big With Obama, But Nightline Beats Letterman
HLN, Fox News, MSNBC Showing Double, Triple Digit Growth
CNN's Klein Jokes About Ailes, Talks "Food Fight Du Jour"
Meet Tops Sunday Morning Competition
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Gets New Theme Song
The Ticker: Bellows, Greta, Cloud...
Cablers Take Obama Web Hall Meeting
Fox's "Family Guy" Takes Shots at Fox News Channel
Settlement Reached in ABC News Primetime Lawsuit
Cafferty on the "Menu": "The American Public is an Impatient Group"
GMA's Gift For Matt Lauer
CNN's Jack Cafferty on the "Menu"
Maddow Mixes It Up On "Late Night"
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, March 24
Where Ed Henry Learned The Importance of the Follow-Up
Kyra Phillips Assures CNN Will Remember Martin Bartlett
Williams, Bartiromo, Mitchell Pack Bags for G20 Coverage
Should the TV News Morning Shows be Worried About ...NPR?
Teen Confesses To Murder of George Weber
Detained Journalists Abroad: Ling and Saberi
31.1 Million Watch Obama News Conference on Broadcast Nets
What is The FOX Nation?
White House Tells Members of Press Corps They May Be Called On
Menu: New York Observer's Felix Gillette on Obama's Newspaper Snub
The Ticker (Progamming Edition): CNBC, ABC, FNC...
O'Reilly Adds Post Game Show
Larry Kudlow Not Running for Senate
Obama Gives 60 Minutes Best Ratings of '09
Red Eye vs. Canada, Eh? Gutfeld Apologizes
CNBC Cruising Into High Def
Couric Talks Palin, Sexism, Future at CBS
The Scoreboard: Monday, March 23
O'Reilly Attacks Zucker, Ambushee To Guest On Olbermann
Dan Rather Reports: The 100th Episode
Networks and Cablers To Cover Obama's Prime Time Newser
Evening News Ratings: Week of March 16
Jim Lehrer's 19th Book Out Today, But He's "Still The TV Guy"
Financial Menu With Clusterstock's John Carney
Anderson Cooper To Report From U.S.-Mexico Border
Meet Ed Schultz: Former Conservative, MSNBC's Next Potential Star
Almaguer Named NBC News Correspondent
The Scoreboard: Sunday, March 22
The Scoreboard: Saturday, March 21
Fox Thrives in the Age of Obama
Beck Talks Tim Russert: "If You Miss Him, You Should Become Him"
The Scoreboard: Friday, March 20
San Antonio Really Wants to be Part of GMA's Holiday Windows
The Ticker: CNBC, CNN, Redlasso...
TVNewsers Attend Gridiron Dinner
Anatomy of an Ambush
Howard Dean Joins CNBC as Contributor
How Long Will Gibson Anchor World News?
The Note Takes The Lead
Weeks After Daily Show Takedown #1, CNBC Still Has People Talking
Where In The Hospital Is Matt Lauer?
O'Reilly Writes About Bush/Cheney "Horror Stories," MSNBC
A Temporary Fix For "The Fix"
Matthews, "Fix" on Monday's Menu
Matthews Re-Ups With MSNBC
ABC News Radio's George Weber Found Dead
TV Opportunities at the 'Bistro
The Fix Is Out... for Now
Maher and Olbermann Talk Beck, Cornell
MSNBC Shelves "First Look" For "Maddow" Re-Air
Marsha Cooke Named Asia Bureau Chief for CBS News
Weekend Guide...
The Scoreboard: Thursday, March 19
NBC News Correspondent Tells His Sister's Story
Former NBC Producer Joins GOP Media Firm
Morning Show Ratings: Week of March 9
Sunday Show Ratings: March 15, 2009
CNN's Prime(ary) Problem
Layoffs at Jim Cramer's TheStreet.com
Obama Scores for Leno
Time Warner Center Hosts Annual NLGJA Benefit
Barbara Walters: Retirement "In The Not-Too-Distant Future"
Cooper: "I'm Not Much for Giving Advice, That's Bill O'Reilly's Job"
With One Eye on the Capitol and Another on the Court, Joe Johns Leads The Bracket Challenge
The Ticker: Gibson, Canning, Zahn....
Greta Responds to Reports Her Husband is Advising Palin
CNN's Zakaria Gets First TV Interview With Eliot Spitzer Since Sex Scandal
The Ticker: CNN, FBN, BBC...
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, March 18
Is MTP Now The "De Facto Safe Show on Sunday Morning"?
Olbermann Talks Rush, AIG on Leno
TVNewser Bracket Challenge '09: The Competitors
Maddow and Cooper are "Agents of Change"
C-SPAN Turns 30
Now on WebNewser: Beck #1...Following GMA...Gangel Tweets
Stephanopoulos on Twitter Friends: "It Beats High School"
Hansen Previews Upcoming Financial Special on the "Menu"
Cramer's First Comments About Daily Show Interview
Ailes Responds to Friel's "Date" Joke
Chris Hansen Talks Crisis on the "Menu"
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, March 17
Program Notes: Obama, Hannity, Brokaw, Olbermann...
Meg Oliver Leaving CBS News
Chris Wragge On The "Week Where I Don't Need A Plane Landing In The Hudson"
The Scoreboard: Sunday, March 15
The Scoreboard: Saturday, March 14
60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt Hospitalized
Steve Kroft To Interview Pres. Obama for 60 Minutes
David Shuster vs. Karl Rove (Via Twitter)
The Ticker: Kagan, Kaplan, Friel...
And Now To Charlie Gibson, With Sports
Menu Madness: Deadspin.com's AJ Daulerio Talks NCAA, Newspapers
Two Dans (Rather & Abrams) To Keynote Bulldog Reporter Media Conference
Zucker on Stewart: "Incredibly Unfair to CNBC and the Business Media"
The Scoreboard: Monday, March 16
Megyn Kelly: "Bring It On, Britney"
Olbermann Gets Real Time (Alone) With Maher
The Future of Interviewing?
Was Stewart Coached By Brother Before Cramer Interview?
Letterman on Maddow: "You're Tremendous At This Job"
The Ticker: Worldfocus, Wonks, Williams...
Around the Blogs: Ad $$$....Sneaky Gibbs....CNBC....
FNC To Address Using Misleading Biden Clip
Chetry and Roberts Talk "Leveling the Playing Field," Twitter on the "Menu"
Evening News Ratings: Week of March 9
Beck: "I Don't Think There's a Problem With People Showing Emotion"
60 Minutes' Success, 40 Years Later
"Menu" Podcast Broadcasts Live From CNN's American Morning
Gibbs on Cheney: "I Guess Rush Limbaugh Was Busy"
Glenn Beck's Friday Special is #1 For the Month
The Scoreboard: Friday, March 13
The News About CNN Anchors John Roberts and Kyra Phillips
A Final Look at the Summit
amFIX Launches...FOX Tops Youtube...FixCNBC Petition
Job Day at NBC — and a Mediabistro Jobs Shout Out on CNN
CNN Freelancer Honored For War Reporting
Investigative Producer Jumps from ABC to CBS
Carlson on Cramer/Stewart: "This Was a Partisan Attack"
McCarthy on the "Menu": "We Are Now Able To Do Our Jobs Properly in Iraq"
As Cable News Viewership Grows it Becomes "Even More Ideologically Polarized"
If Network News is To Thrive it is "Clearer to See How NBC Might Succeed"
How To Cope With Covering the Crisis
Insana Returns: "The One Regret I have is We Ended Up Losing Money"
ABC's Terry McCarthy Talks Foreign Reporting on the "Menu"
PBS To Air Biopic Of Betty Ford
Around the Blogs: Jobs... Ads... Advice...
Thomas, Schieffer Honored with Murrow Award
Fake Keith Morrison on SNL, Real Rick Kaplan on HBO
Olbermann Addresses Decision Not to Cover Cramer/Stewart Interview
Cheney's First Post-VP Interview Goes to John King
The Last Word (We Think) on Cramer vs. Stewart
The Question Every "J" School Student Wants Answered
Cramer Talks About Stewart Appearance, Just Not That Stewart
The Ticker: Fairey, Fives, JibJab...
Shep Promotes "Glenn Beck Friday": Doom Room, Fear Chamber and "Ginormous Ratings"
The Scoreboard: Thursday, March 12
MSNBC Producers Asked Not To Highlight Cramer/Stewart
RTNDF Awards in D.C. Brings Out Journalists and More
John Roberts Inducted Into Canadian Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Bernie is the New Britney for News Shows
George Stephanopoulos To Conduct First Twitterview
Cramer vs. Stewart: The Day After
For Today Show's Newsreader, May Sweeps Stunt is News To Her
Friday's Menu: Cramer v. Stewart and What We Learned This Week
ABC's Westin: Don't Let "the Free Be the Enemy of the Flow"
Live Blog: Jim Cramer on The Daily Show
The Ticker (p.m. edition): Giffords, Pelley, B-Cast...
U2 Rocks GMA, But There's No "Elevation" in the Ratings
Meet the Press Wins, But This Week Gaining
CNN Sponsors, O'Brien Hosts NLGJA Benefit
ABC News Takes Another Look at "Where Things Stand" in Iraq
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, March 11
Jim Cramer Says He's Treated "Shoddily" By the Today Show
Even With A Week of U2, Nightline Still Tops Dave
CNN To Spend Entire Week Covering Crisis
The Ticker: Beck, Greenberg, Golodryga...
Did Chip Reid Just Say That?
Madoff Jailed: Cablers (and NBC) Cover
Billionaires in Media...CNNMoney.com's Stats...FoxNews.com's Webcast
Jim Cramer + Daily Show = Live Blog
Velez-Mitchell Talks "Issues," Octomom, Sully on the "Menu"
Cable News Snapshot: 7:19amET, March 12, 2009
"Chris, Do You Ever Not Interrupt Your Guests or is That All You'd Like to Do?
Jane Velez-Mitchell on Tomorrow's "Menu"
The Ticker: CBS, Bloomberg, MSNBC...
The Cuomo/Roker Feud Escalates
Beck Tops Hannity; Second Biggest Draw in Cable News
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, March 10
TVNewser Summit Roundup
Burnett's Celebrity Apprentice Appearance: "Denting the Credibility"?
Did O'Reilly Help Sink GE's Stock?
Rumors Swirl as Ed Schultz Guest Hosts on MSNBC
Evening News Ratings: Week of March 2
CNN Thinks "Policy" and "Stimulus" Are "Stinky"
Tom Brokaw To Travel Route 50 To "Hear What People Have To Say Out There"
Cuomo Talks "Impressions," Twitter, Roker on the Menu
First Lady's First Interview Goes To Roberts
Cramer vs. Stewart Goes Corporate, Cramer To Appear on Daily Show
GMA's Cuomo on the Menu
The Scoreboard, Monday, March 9
Katie Couric Wins Award Named for her Evening News Predecessor
What is Morning Joe? Morning Joe Answers
Tweets from TVNewser Summit: Alexis Glick Keynote
Twitter Debate, With An Eye To The Future By All, at the Summit
Covering the TVNewser Summit
Stewart Takes on Cramer For Bear Predictions
HLN Expands "Issues" to Seven Days
Ariens Talks Summit on the "Menu"
The Scoreboard: Sunday, March 8
The Scoreboard: Saturday, March 7
Awards for CBS News, Summit for All
Pre-Summit Twitter Chatter From Panelists
The Scoreboard: Friday, March 6
Will Stephanopoulos and Wife Share Guests?
Erin Burnett Sees "Real Time" on "Celebrity Apprentice"
ABC's "Fix"...BBC's Twitter...CNN's Award...
Cramer "Uncomfortable Being in the Crosshairs," Rush Tries to Help
The Ticker: Maddow, Martin, Friel...
CNBC's Past Three Weeks: "Moment in the Spotlight" or "Going Overboard"?
Christopher Upped at NBC's Peacock Productions
Long: "We're Moving From Meet the Press, and Now We Can Meet the People"
Is NBC Nightly News Going to One Hour?
Jim Long Talks New Media on the Menu
FNC Takes Look Back at Campaign Trail
Geist Talks Bunking With Joe, Mika's Boots
In Defending Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich Swipes Chris Matthews
The News/Fake News Intersection: Beck, Cramer
Glenn Beck, A Ratings Hit for Fox, Takes His Show to the People
The Scoreboard: Thursday, Mar. 5
Where's The Good News? Brian Williams Is Finding Out
"Big" Talk from Sam Champion at U2 Performance
The Ticker: MSNBC, ABC, Trivia...
Why Did Gupta Turn Down the Surgeon General Job?
Joe and Mika Address How the White House is Addressing the Press
"How Can You Reduce a Day's Worth of Work Down To Meaningless Sound Bites?"
Morning Show Ratings: Week of Feb. 23
Haddad on the "Menu": "You Have to be Do-It-Yourself"
CNBC and Santelli's 'No Comment' After Daily Show Segment
As The Irish Invade GMA, "Today" Goes to Ireland
Cokie Roberts To Receive First Amendment Award; Google Too
Tammy Haddad on What's Next in Media
The Ticker: Golodryga, Bolling, O'Brien...
Meet the Press #1 With Gates Interview
D.L. Hughley To End Run
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, March 4
Around the mb Blogs
Rome Hartman Won't Be Tweeting Anytime Soon... um, Except For Next Tuesday
Has Gupta Taken Himself Out of Running for SG Position?
Colbert to Beck: "Crank Up the Crazy and Rip Off the Knob"
Nightline Up 14% YTD, Tops Letterman Again Last Week
Santelli Has A Tea Party Partner in FBN's Willard
How A Multi-Platform Journalist Gets it All Done
Olbermann/Coulter Take Cornell Debate To Andy Bernard-Like Level
"This Is It": Cablers Cover Michael Jackson's Comeback
Limbaugh: White House "Playing Manipulative Games With Washed Up Talking Heads Targeting Me"
Cramer Responds to White House: "I'm a Fight-Not-Flight Guy"
Klein: "This is a Time of Grand Experimentation in Journalism"
Stewart Unloads on CNBC After Santelli Cancellation
Look who Jumped on the Rachel Maddow Show Conference Call
Not All Fun and Games For Al Roker...Just Mostly
ABC's Klein Talks New Media on the Menu
Hume Commentary Touches on Cramer, Gergen
Morning Joe Gets "Exclusive" with Michael Steele
Next Generation Networks
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, March 3
Following The Today/GMA Interaction
Tom Brokaw To Speak to Fordham Class of '09
Squawk Box With Buffett
Maddow: "I'm More of a Quiet Angry"
The Ticker: CNN Wire, FNC Baby, NBC Chat...
Glick: "These Economic Times Have Forced Everbody in the Media Industry to Widen Their Tool Belt"
Charlie and Weezy On Kimmel, and a News/Entertainment "Throw"
The Scoreboard: Monday, March 2
Joe and Mika Talk Obama, Twitter on the "Menu"
Is Bonnie Hunt's Anchorman Crush Shifting?
Morning Joe on the Morning Media Menu
The Ticker (P.M. Edition): Schieffer, Weather, Gibson...
Twitterati at the Summit
CNN's Ed Henry Makes Limbaugh's List, ABC's Jake Tapper Doesn't
The Ticker: ABC, FBN, NBC...
"Early" Webcast....Biz On Demand....FCC Pick
White House Knocks Jim Cramer For Calling Obama Budget "Greatest Wealth Destruction By a President"
"60" in Top 10 Again
Today in Rick Santelli News
The Scoreboard: Sunday, March 1
The Scoreboard: Saturday, Feb. 28
Evening News Ratings: Week of Feb. 23
Moonves Closes Door on CBS-CNN Merger; Bewkes Keeps Network Options Open
Hosts of "Rotten Tomatoes Show" Talk Web/TV Interaction
Rush Limbaugh A Weekend Cable Draw
"Issues" Working For HLN's "Niche-Target" Strategy
Male To The Chief: Where Are TV's Women Chief White House Correspondents?
What Hath Rick Wrought? Playboy Takes Down a Post; CJR.org Prints "Off the Record" Comments
CNN Atlanta To Get Its Own Magic Wall?
Tammy Haddad kicks off TVN Summit on March 10
The Scoreboard: Friday, Feb. 27
Senator Kudlow? Fire Up The Rumor Mill
Ron Insana Returns to CNBC
Never A Snow Day In News
Around the mb Blogs
Glor on the "Menu": "I Think We're Really Doing Some Very Cool, Different, Unique, Interesting Pieces"
Gibson on Tapper: "He's One of the Hungriest Reporters I've Run Across"
CBS' Jeff Glor Talks New Role on the "Menu"
CNN To Air Second "Black in America" Series
American Reporter Detained in Iran
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