CNN and HLN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider celebrated the release of her book, Extreme Weather, at Eataly on Thursday night. Schneider and her guests — including chef Lidia Bastianich, who held a cooking class with the author before the book signing –
After the jump, find out who turned out for Schneider’s fete.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell has apparently gotten over her Issues. So HLN has decided to change the name of her nightly show to just, “Jane Velez-Mitchell.” Velez-Mitchell announced the news in a video on her Facebook page. (And sparing no expense, it was shot in front of the entrance to the CNN/HLN studios in New York). The new name and graphics begin Monday at 7pmET. Velez-Mitchell joined the HLN lineup when Glenn Beck bolted for Fox News in October 2008.
With the GOP primaries taking up much of the news hole, crime and court-heavy HLN did not have a strong showing in January. Compared to January 2011, HLN is down -14% in younger viewers in both total day and primetime. The network, however, was up +3% in Total Day viewing based, in part, on the strength of the weekend primetime HLN Mysteries.
The ratings for January, 2012:
“Morning Express with Robin Meade” is down -16% in Total Viewers and down -29% in A25-54 viewers compared to Jan. 2011. Adding an hour of “Morning Express” has helped the 11amET hour, however. It is up +16% in Total Viewers vs. “Showbiz Tonight” which aired at 11am last January. “Nancy Grace” at 8pm is down -24% / -36%. And “Dr. Drew” at 9pm is down -14% / -28% from last January. Joy Behar‘s show ran at 9pm for the first two weeks of January 2011.
ChildHelp, a non-profit that helps prevent and treat child abuse and neglect, honored HLN host Nancy Grace with its “Positive Impact in Media” award this weekend. Below, Grace is joined by “Today” co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, as well as singer Michael Bolton, actor John O’Hurley and his wife Lisa, as well as “Hell’s Kitchen” chef Scott Leibfried.
Like putty in her hands. Not long after Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty today to the murder last year of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Lima, Peru, Nancy Grace spoke with his friend John Ludwick.
Ludwick essentially blames the victim and says he’s hopeful van der Sloot will be out of prison in 10 years.
John Ludwick, I reserve this for a very few people. But you sir, are a fool. And what you have said sets victim’s rights back hmmm maybe a couple hundred years. Take him off the screen! I don’t want to look at him anymore!
The interview tonight on “Nancy Grace.” Here’s a preview:
The name Aliahna Lemmon has not been a regular one on most cable news channels, but her plight caused HLN host Nancy Grace to cut her vacation short and come into work to cover the story. Lemmon was a nine year old girl who went missing and was subsequently found murdered and dismembered.
“My heart broke when I heard about 9 year old Aliahna Lemmon,” Grace tells TVNewser. “That she was partially blind and deaf made her even more vulnerable. I went into the show hoping that somehow we could help.”
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Bolstered by the Casey Anthony trial — which delivered the network its best ratings ever in 2011 — HLN had a solid showing this year, posting a +20% increase in total day viewers and an +11% increase in primetime viewers.
The ratings for 2011:
The programs that were particularly strong for HLN in 2011 were the late afternoon hours: between 2pm and 5pmET, all of HLN’s programming was up significantly compared to 2010. The 4pmET hour of “HLN News” showed the most growth, posting gains of +104% in total viewers and +48% in demographic viewers. Success continued through the early hours of primetime, with double-digit growth in both ratings measurements for the 5pm and 6pmET hours.
Deeper into primetime, however, HLN’s ratings were more of a mixed bag, especially among younger viewers. Nancy Grace‘s 8pmET program was up +7% in total viewers and down -2% in the demographic. The 10pmET hour of programming, home in 2011 to Joy Behar and last year to a re-air of Grace’s program, was up +7% in total viewers and down -19% in the demographic.
Last week HLN host Joy Behar ended her primetime interview program. True to form, she decided to close out the show with a gag.
After Behar said goodbye on her set, the screen went black and opened with her waking up in bed, a reference to the finale of the classic TV series “Newhart.” After a jab at HLN covering the same stories night after night, Behar turned to her bedmate: MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, who explained, “That wasn’t a dream, it’s cable news. Now go back to bed, I have to get up in a couple of hours.”
Annoyingly, HLN never posted the ending, but Scarborough showed it on “Morning Joe”:
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Update: HLN did in fact post the ending, below.
Last night HLN televised its last new installment of “Joy Behar,” the nightly talk show hosted by “The View” host and comedienne. At the beginning of the program, Behar “confessed her HLN sins,” including a gentle ribbing of Nancy Grace and former HLN host Glenn Beck:
Meanwhile The New York Times‘ Brian Stelter reports that Behar might not be done with the show yet, even if HLN is:
Some changes are coming to CNN and HLN in the new year, starting with some movement among three top network executives: Bill Galvin, Katherine Green and Mike McCarthy.
TVNewser has learned that after two years as HLN’s senior vice president, Galvin will move to CNN International as SVP of business development and sports programming, responsible for special coverage and sponsored content of CNNI. He will also be in charge of sports coverage across CNN Worldwide.
Green will move into the role of SVP and managing editor at HLN. She has served as the SVP of programming at CNNI since 2007. McCarthy, currently VP of coverage and feature programming at CNNI, will be promoted to her former post.
After the jump, read the internal memo to staffers sent earlier today by Tony Maddox and Scot Safon.
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