Archives: June 2009
Cable Ratings Delayed
Q2 Cable Ratings: FNC Dominance; Up Across the Board; 10 Top Shows
Q2 Cable Ratings: MSNBC Tops CNN in Prime
Q2 Cable Ratings: CNN Finishes Third in Prime Time
Q2 Cable Ratings: HLN's Best in 27 Years
Katie Couric to Anchor Michael Jackson Special Tonight
TV News Devotes 28 Hours to Michael Jackson; 93% of Cable Airtime
Roger Friedman Sues News Corp. For $5.1 Million
Ratings for "Living With Michael Jackson"
The Scoreboard: Sunday, June 28
The Scoreboard: Saturday, June 27
Evening News Ratings: Week of June 22
Breaking News Monday
The Scoreboard: Friday, June 26
CNN Carries Michael Jackson Momentum Into Friday Night
Glenn Beck Tops Two Best Seller Lists; Hits Trifecta of NY Times Lists
"Nightline" Beats "Letterman" and "O'Brien" For Third Straight Night
Fox News, MSNBC Share Chopper During Dallas Chase
NBC News Picks up Five Murrow Awards
CBS Evening News Wins Murrow for Best Newscast
Brian Williams Keeps Newbie Dylan Ratigan in Line
TV News Snapshot - 11:35amET. June 29, 2009
Friday Ratings - Michael Jackson Specials
Bending the Rules to Report the Story
Health News Injected with Opinion
Dana Milbank vs. Nico Pitney: It's On.
TV Pitchman Billy Mays Found Dead in His Tampa Home
MSNBC Buys the Rights to "Living with Michael Jackson"
MSNBC Tests New Graphics Look Ahead of Monday's HD Debut
Is "Fusion" a Stretch or the New Metric?
CNN's Weekend Michael Jackson Special
The Weekend Ticker: Chopra, Pitney, Woodruff...
Terry McCarthy Jumps from ABC to CBS
FNC's Weekend Jackson Plans
The Scoreboard: Thursday, June 25
CNN Wins With Michael Jackson News
ABC News Adds "20/20" Michael Jackson Special Tonight
"Nightline" Takes First with Michael Jackson News
At Home With Bret Baier
More Farrah & Michael Tonight on NBC
21 Million Tune in for Networks' Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcett Specials
ABC's Health Care Special: Reviews
A Booking Battle ... Over Joe Scarborough?
"Everyone Is Waiting For The Next Great Katie Moment"
What's a CBS Guy Doing at NBC?
Michael Jackson: Morning Show Notes
Michael Jackson. Anderson Cooper. Studio 54. Discuss
The Big 3 Live at 10
Michael Jackson 1958-2009: TV News Coverage Notes
Cablers Scramble to Cover Michael Jackson News
Terry Moran Explains "Stupid" Comments About Farrah Fawcett
Martin Savidge To Interview Sir David Frost For Upcoming Special
NBC Rushes Farrah Fawcett Special To Air; Will Run Against ABC's Barbara Walters Special
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, June 24
Sunday Show Ratings - June 21, 2009
Health Care Special Last At 10, But First at 11:35
Morning Show Ratings: Week of June 15
Statement from Walter Cronkite's Family
Ratigan, Snyderman Program Updates
ABC Rushes Barbara Walters Special On Farrah Fawcett
FNC Exec: "We're Paying Attention to the Non-News Networks Because Now We Want to Catch Them"
ABC's White House Health Care Special: What Do You Think?
Kathie Lee and Hoda Make "Must" List
Bill & Barney Round 2: "We're Making A Lot of Progress Here. Pretty Soon We'll Be Going Camping Together"
Fox News Identifies (R) Gov. as a (D)
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, June 23
TVNewsers Weigh In On Reporting From — And On — Iran
"Today" Series Breaking The Bank For Charity
Gov. Sanford Vacation Explanation: "I Have Been Unfaithful to my Wife"
"Tapper Did What Few White House Reporters Do"
The Ticker: Schieffer, Frei, Wilson...
Yes, Mike Barnicle Went There
ABC News Sponsors an Event That Targets the Network
MSNBC Criticized For Staying in Taped Programming During Iran Breaking News
Can We Just All Agree That Getting Warren Buffett is no Longer "Exclusive?"
Morales, Barber to Host Macy's Fireworks Spectacular
Welcome to Glenn Beck's Dollhouse
HLN Shows Praised For Coverage of Missing Girl
FNC Ranked Third in All Of Cable Last Week
The Scoreboard: Monday, June 22
GOP Charge to ABC: "It All Gives the Appearance of a State-Run Television Network"
truTV's "In Session" Shuts Down
A Midday "Nightline" All About Iran
Iran Crisis Coverage Ratings
Margaret Brennan Jumps from CNBC to Bloomberg
The Scoreboard: Sunday, June 21
The Scoreboard: Saturday, June 20
Evening News Ratings: Week of June 15
New All-Time Lows for Both CBS & ABC Evening Newscasts
Is This CNBC or a Barnes & Noble?
Former CBS News Boss Consulting for NBC
Networks to Carry Obama News Conference
The Scoreboard: Friday, June 19
CBS News Looks at "Life After Debt"
Fox News Producer Ambushed
The Ticker: Williams, Simon, Wapner...
Nancy Brings Joy to HLN Fold
"No Job Is 'Safe'...Including Mine"
Diane Sawyer Responds to "Mickey Mouse Sponsored Infomercial" Charge
Mike Viqueira Honored With Joan Barone Award
David Cohen Joins mediabistro as Editor of WebNewser
WaPo to MSNBC: "Is The Recession Over?"
Special "Studio B" Today at 3pmET
"I've Always Been Struck By How Obsessed the President and the White House are with Fox News"
Shep Smith: "There Can't Be a Fox News Without News"
Mika Brzezinski On Women TVNewsers: "A Constant Battle To Be Taken Seriously"
John King: Father's Day and Fenway
Fox Fan Night at Citi Field
FNC Review....CNN iReport...CBSNews.com Repeats
U.S. Open "Weather Issues" Shift Meet the Press Airtimes
CNN and FNC Go Wall-To-Wall With Iran Protest Coverage
Obama at Press Dinner: "I Know Where My Bread is Buttered"
Cooper, Brokaw, Turner Among The "Sexy Gray Haired Men"
CBS Newsers Remember Their Dads
Andy Rooney, Others Update Walter Cronkite's Health
Last One...
ABC's Ward "Mortified" By Campaign Donation Mistake
The Scoreboard: Thursday, June 18
Campbell Brown "Breakout Star"
Twitter Hijacking?...CBS.com #1...ABCNews.com's Wire...
"The Big Three Nightly Newscasts Are Hardly Dead"
Fox News Denies Receiving Letter Regarding Ensign Affair
"Appointment TV": MSNBC's Morning Show Names Revealed
Cablers to Carry Pres. Obama Remarks at RTCA Dinner Tonight
Menu: What We Learned Over The Last Six Months
Like His VP, Obama's Sunday Show Appearance Drawing Fewer Viewers Too
Former MSNBC Boss to WNYC/Public Radio
Fox News Mom on Son's Surgery
VP's Sunday Appearances Drawing Fewer Viewers
Mark Lukasiewicz to Head up NBC News Specials & Digital
Walter Cronkite Gravely Ill
Late Night Race Tightens, Nightline Finishes #2 in A18-49
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, June 17
Ambushing an Ambusher: Griff Jenkins Meets "Open Left"
Sunday Show Ratings - June 14, 2009
Chris Matthews Hosts Event Honoring Fathers
Jim Cramer: "Everybody Wishes That Obama Would Just Kind of Go Away For a Little Bit"
ABC Pre-Special Chatter: TV Critics Weigh In
The Ticker: Hemmer, Orman, Tedesco....
"Hi, This Is Katie Couric, Jason's Radio Wife"
Cablers Cover Death of Pilot Mid-Flight
EP Changes At CNBC
Nightly News...Now With Walking
CNBC's Live U.S. Open Special
Menu: "Life Inc." Author Douglas Rushkoff on Iran and More
Tom Brokaw Appointed to Pres. Commission on White House Fellowships
Meet Your New GMA Contributor: Melissa Rycroft
Former FNC EP Heads West; Will Produce Relationship Show
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, June 16
Prescription For Controversy: Newest Storyline in ABC Special Uproar
Twin Girls For Carl Quintanilla
Shalev: "I'd Rather Be In Third And Growing Than In Second And Dropping"
Meade Jump With Former Pres. Bush Gives HLN Best Demo Ratings
Now on WebNewser: msnbc.com #1...CBSNews.com Changes...Maddow Bartends...
Getting To Know Glenn Beck: Reactions
Updated Evening News Ratings Now Up
Dan Rather: "The Revolution May Not Be Televised...But It Very Well Could Be Twittered"
Menu: NYT's Stelter on Iran Coverage and More
Ann Curry: "I Think Journalism is a Battle And I Feel The Scars"
FNC Anchors Respond to Obama: "He Should Speak to the Fox Audience, Too. He is the President for ALL"
White House Health Reform Communications Director is Former ABC News Correspondent
John Harwood Is Taken By Pres. Obama's Fly-Killing Skills
The Scoreboard: Monday, June 15
Alec Baldwin: "I'll Never Do Today Again, Ever"
Iran Cracks Down on Foreign Media Coverage
Beck: "If I Wanted To Be A Journalist, I Would Be Charlie Rose And Bore The Snot Out Of People"
Reports of New, Low FBN Ratings
Evening News Ratings: Week of June 8
Talking Money at Time Warner
Morning Show Ratings: Week of June 1
Mike Viqueira Looks At D.C., Own History
The Ticker: Beck, Cramer, King...
Menu: Iran Media Angles: Twitter, Keller and More
ABC Responds to RNC Accusation That Health Care Special Will "Become A Glorified Infomercial"
ABC Asks Nielsen to Investigate After Low 'World News' Friday
The Scoreboard: Sunday, June 14
The Scoreboard: Saturday, June 13
Campbell Brown Hits A New Low
The Scoreboard: Friday, June 12
Rick Sanchez: "It's a Compliment That You Expected Us To Cover It More Than Our Competitors, And We Did"
Glenn Beck: "The Fringe Groups Hate My Guts"
The Ticker: CNN, Bloomberg, PBS...
Another Hour Filled: Carlos Watson Gets 11am Slot on MSNBC
Jeff Macke Officially Out at CNBC
Soledad O'Brien Joins Puerto Rican Day Parade, Promotes "Latino in America"
CNN Fail? Network Covers Iran Post-Election More than Any Other Cabler
Chris Hansen Talks Vegas, Twitter And How To Make a $100 Bill
The Dangers Of Foreign Reporting at Smaller Organizations
20/20's Glenn Beck Interview Brings High Ratings
Charlie Gibson & Diane Sawyer to Moderate Primetime Health Care Conversation from the White House
"What Happens in Vegas Could End Up On Dateline"
Chris Wallace: FNC "Is All About...Don't Follow The Party Line"
"We the People" Begins on Today
Roger Friedman To File Wrongful Termination Suit Against News Corp.
Walsh on O'Reilly Appearance: "It Was a Kaleidoscopic Nightmare"
The Scoreboard: Thursday, June 11
DTV Switch Takes Effect Today
The Ticker: Frei, Maddow, Diamond...
Not Happening Now — Was Obama Note Girl Denied FNC Interview?
Robin Meade and Former Pres. Bush Jump — And Talk Sotomayor, More
White "Separatist" Turns "Bad PR Lemons Into Lemonade" In TV Interviews
Remembering Russert: Morning Joe Reflections
Joy Behar: "I Don't Want To Do Just a Liberal Show"
CNN To Air "Lone Wolf" Special Tonight
Jon Stewart Gives Katie Couric Advice: "News Bingo" and "Win a Date with Katie"
Menu: Twitter, Kindle and More From the Publishing World
It's On: Bill O'Reilly Books Joan Walsh After Her Harsh Criticism of Him
Rush Limbaugh: "Shep, You Got Nothing on Anybody Out There"
Gov. Sarah Palin on Today, Then CNN
One Year Later: Remembering Tim Russert
Matt Lauer Gets Exclusive Live Interview With Gov. Sarah Palin
Stewart/Scarborough Feud Rages On...
FNC Has More Viewers Than CNN/MSNBC Combined During Museum Shooting Breaking News
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, June 10
With MTP Off, ABC's "This Week" Wins
Jane Velez-Mitchell Reair At 9pmET Until New Behar Show Launches
Who Gets The Carrie Prejean Post-Firing Exclusive?
Rob Stafford In The Spotlight As Chicago Anchor Shuffle Shakes Out
Barney Frank Cuts CNBC Interview Short
Menu: This Week in New York Media
Which Murder Is More Newsworthy? Bill O'Reilly Debates
The Ticker: Gregory, Champion, Kotb...
Joy Behar To Host Prime Time Show on HLN: "It's Not Going to Be Dry, I Hope, Because I'm Crazy"
David Westin On 'The New Normal'...In Life and on TV: "I Don't Take Any Pleasure In Seeing Any Competitor Do Badly"
Lou Dobbs' Ratings Down, May Be Replaced on HLN
The Ticker: NBC, CNN, CBS...
Maybe Terry McAuliffe Can Win This Virginia Race
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, June 9
Joe Scarborough Fires Back at Jon Stewart, Compares Him To Bill O'Reilly
Cablers Cover Shooting Inside Holocaust Museum
Megyn Kelly: "If I Could Have Half The Career of Diane Sawyer, I'd Be a Happy Woman"
Contessa Brewer's John Ziegler Interview Ends in "Cut The Mic, Please"
CBS' Shalev Talks "Chipping Away at That Gap" on the Menu
"The Lesson for Women is That It's OK if Everybody Doesn't Like You"
Glenn Beck: "You Can Get Rich Making Fun of Me"
Jon Friedman's Media Web Marks A Milestone
Palin's CNN Visit...NBC's New Website...Mirror Awards...
What Does The Future Hold For Investigative TV Reporting?
CNN Gets First Interview With Abortion Doctor Murder Suspect
The Scoreboard: Monday, June 8
CNN's Betty Nguyen Honored with Time Warner Award
Reznor Comments on De La Cruz Charity Work
Peter Doocy Joins Fox News
Jake Tapper on Pres. Obama's Recent Trip, Foreign Press Coverage
Robin Meade & Fmr. Pres. Bush in Tandem Parachute Jump
FNC's D-Day Hour Is #1 Weekend Show
CBS News Hires Terrell Brown
Evening News Ratings: Week of June 1
"Fox Uses Insinuation, MSNBC Uses Misrepresentation, and CNN, Desperation"
Bret Baier on the Road to Special Report
The Scoreboard: Sunday, June 7
The Scoreboard: Saturday, June 6
Chuck Todd Penning Another Obama Book
The Financial Analyst Analyzes the Medium
Menu Podcast Turns Six Months With ABC's Jake Tapper
The Scoreboard: Friday, June 5
The Ticker: CBS, CNBC, ABC...
Now Hiring — A TVNewser Editor
FNC's Jay Wallace Part of "Next Wave of Leaders"
Did NBCU Freeze Out Nielsen Business Media After Unfavorable Report?
Erin Burnett Co-Anchors Today All Week
Sean McManus on the CNN/CBS Partnership Talks, Bob Schieffer's Eventual Successor
Menu: Mediabistro Classes, U.S. Journalists in North Korea
The Scoreboard: Thursday, June 4
Couric, Gibson, More Celebrate "Womenomics" Release
Laura Ling, Euna Lee Convicted; Sentenced to 12 Years
Joe Scarborough: "Would You Ask a Liberal the Same Question?"
Update: No 'World News' Saturday
Liz Claman - Silicon Valley Girl
O'Reilly Issues "A Rare Correction" To CNN
Covering D-Day +65
Ann Curry Inside Iran
The Weekend Ticker: Rodriguez, Gibson, Woodruff...
Starbucks Marketing Chief Says $10M Morning Joe Buy "Way Off"
Ratings Delayed
CNN's Rick Sanchez Calls Out Bill O'Reilly
Now on WebNewser: ABC News Cuts, Decoder Change, CBS' Twitter Chief...
MSNBC's Shannon High To EP New Shows, Yvette Miley Takes Over Dayside
CNN's John King on Obama/Conan Plug: "Way Over the Line"
Reviewing Glenn: "Fantasitc Showman" with "Garrison Keillor-with-a-Bee-in-his-Bonnet Delivery"
Megyn Kelly Lashes Out at Playboy For "Encouraging Hate, Intolerance, Misogyny"
Sunday Show Ratings
Anchor Defends Limbaugh Coverage: "Do Not Try to Call Out This Network for Doing Our Job"
Morning Show Ratings: Week of May 25
A Fox News Producer Becomes a Father, and Andy Rooney a Great-Grandfather
Orman, Schieffer and More at the Gracies
Tiananmen Square 20 Years Later, A CNN Producer Reflects
The Ticker: Brokaw, Koppel, Maddow...
The Scoreboard: Wednesday, June 3
"Worse Person" Fires Back at Keith Olbermann
NBC's "White House" Part II Draws 9 Million Viewers
Anderson Cooper Gets "A Little Verklemped" On His Birthday
Greta, George Interview Sec. of State Clinton
"This Week" Booker Moves to "Meet the Press"
Ziegler: "Monica Lewinsky Never Dreamed of Doing to Bill Clinton Some of the Things Brian Williams Did to Barack Obama"
Pres. Obama Cairo Speech Replayed on MSNBC
Glenn Beck: The 23 Million Dollar Man
Mediabistro Circus Day 2: Around The Blogs
ABC Correspondent Shuffle: Sy, Ward Relocate, Marquardt Joins Network
Internet Week's High-Speed Connections
Filmmaker John Ziegler on Tomorrow's Menu
The Scoreboard: Tuesday, June 2
The Ticker: Brainch, Camerota, Williams...
mediabistro Bloggers Considered for Reality Show
FNC Dominance "Not A Product of Circumstance -- It's a Law of Nature"
GMA Helps Reunite Mother and Daughter After 12-Year Separation
'Inside The Obama White House' Draws 9.1M Total Viewers
ABC News Expands Digital Reporting Corps; Adds Reporters in Denver, Detroit
Menu: Mediabistro Circus Highlights Day 1, Day 2 Preview
Air America President Defends Bill O'Reilly's Free Speech
Pres. Obama: "I Don't Find Most of the Cable Chatter Persuasive"
May Ratings: FNC Beats MSNBC and CNN Combined Again
Mediabistro Circus Day 1: Around The Blogs
David Westin Toasts Nightline Staffers
The Scoreboard: Monday, June 1
May Ratings: MSNBC Tops CNN Again in Prime Time
May Ratings: CNN Beats MSNBC In Total Day
May Ratings: Nancy Grace's Best May in HLN History
McManus on CBS News' Success: "Quantitative, As Well As Qualitative"
Campbell Brown Returns: No More "No Bias, No Bull"
The Ticker: FNC, CNN, BBC...
Glenn Beck on "The Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment"
Menu: Previewing The Mediabistro Circus
Evening News Ratings: Week of May 25
The Scoreboard: Sunday, May 31
The Scoreboard: Saturday, May 30
Bill O'Reilly Responds to George Tiller Murder
Cuomo Headed Overseas For Obama Trip
Katie Couric at Princeton: "I Can See New Jersey From My House"
The Scoreboard: Friday, May 29
CNN Turns 29 Today
GM Everywhere: Networks Cover Obama Speech
Bret Baier Appears on NBC's Today Show
Meredith Vieira's Slightly Revised Trip to London
Now It's Official: Morning Joe "Brewed By Starbucks"
Menu: Thrillist CEO and Mediabistro Circus Speaker Ben Lerer
Brian Williams On White House Access: "We Were Pretty Stunned At How Much We Were Able To Record"
Jenna Lee: "My Looks Aren't Going to Help Me Explain Mortgage-Backed Securities"
Late Night Shuffle and "Planning Battles" Inside ABC?
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