• PBS host Tavis Smiley celebrates his 2,000th show tomorrow. Smiley’s diverse guest list, from musicians to presidents, authors, actors, and activists, will be highlighted in a clip reel. Smiley’s show premiered on PBS in 2004.

• This Memorial Day Weekend CBS’s Steve Kroft, a Vietnam veteran, will host “Combat Stress: Finding the Way Home” on CBS Radio News. The one hour show explores the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on our nation’s veterans.
• Ann Curry anchored her first newscast for NBC News in 11 months. The former “Today” co-host was filling in for Brian Williams this evening on “Nightly News.” She posted this image (above) to Instagram about 15 minutes before the show.

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• “Good Morning America” had 6.1 million viewers Wednesday, the morning after the “Dancing with the Stars” finale, according to Nielsen fast affiliate data. The early numbers indicate it was “GMA”‘s largest Total Viewer advantage ever over the “Today” show, which drew 4.5 million.

• Kevin Brockman, the EVP of Global Communications for Disney/ABC Television Group, has been elected Chairman of the Board of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, an organization focused on school safety. He’s been on the Board of Trustees since 2007.

• A first for Fox Business this week: the network scored its first primetime wins against CNBC (excluding Election coverage) Tuesday night. At 8pmET, “Cavuto” beat “Crowd Rules” by +88,000 Total Viewers and +1,000 demo viewers. At 9pmET, a re-air of “The Willis Report” beat the second hour of “Crowd Rules” by +34,000 Total Viewers and +2,000 A25-54 viewers.

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• ABC “Good Morning America” senior EP Tom Cibrowski is the only TV news representative on Fast Company‘s list of the “100 Most Creative People in Business 2013.” Cibrowski places in at number 61. The full list is here.

• CNBC has named former WNYW New York reporter Andrea Day to the crime and punishment beat, according to Tuned In’s Jerry Barmash

• The Huffington Post’s Michael Calderone talks to a number of White House correspondents, who say that while they are troubled by the actions of the Administration with regard to journalists, they won’t be staging a protest or walkout anytime soon.

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• ESPN has laid off hundreds of employees, according to Those Guys Have All The Fun author Jim Miller and Deadspin. ESPN has had to trim costs in order to make margins as it spends big on sports rights and a big new “SportsCenter” studio.

• FBN’s Charlie Gasparino is profiled by the Journal News and Downtown magazine.

• Microsoft unveiled its new XBox, dubbed “XBox One” today, and TV is a primary component of it. Users wil be able to change channels using their voice, and “pin” their favorite shows to a dashboard. There will also be a “trending” feature to see what other users are watching.

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• ABC News’ latest “Hidden America” report airs Tuesday on “World News.” Diane Sawyer goes inside Strawberry Mansion in Philadelphia, one of the most dangerous schools in the country. In addition to “World News,” Tuesday’s “Nightline” will be entirely devoted to the report.

• CNBC’s latest primetime program, “Crowd Rules,” drew just 47,000 Total Viewers and 12,000 A25-54 viewers in its debut episode Tuesday night. This is CNBC’s latest primetime show: by comparison, the debut of  “Treasure Detectives” drew 279,000 Total Viewers and 62,000 A25-54 viewers, and the debut of “Car Chasers” drew 210,000 and 64,000 viewers, respectively.

• On the “Today” show this morning, the 9 a.m. anchors did their part to follow the UN’s advice to eat more bugs. Spoiler alert: Natalie Morales was not happy. Watch the video after the jump.
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• Remember that local news anchor A.J. Clemente who was fired after his first day for saying “fucking shit” on-air? Well, he has a new job. And no, it isn’t TV related.

• Former FNC anchor E.D. Hill was on “The O’Reilly Factor,” where she talked about her decision to have a double mastectomy. She shared her story following Angelina Jolie‘s acknowledgement that she’d had the surgery. Watch after the jump.

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• Roger Ailes, celebrating his 73rd birthday today, is one of four recipients of the 2013 Bradley Prize. Ailes is being honored for his “innovative business-building strategies” which have “revolutionized the uncovering and delivery of news in America,” said the head of the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.

• Ailes creation “The Five” is on a hot streak this week. The opinion show set around a table with 5 Fox Newsers has been the #1 show among total viewers at 5pm for seven straight days, outpacing Nickelodeon, TNT and USA.

• TVSpy reports NBC and CBS this Fall will debut half-hour primetime shows with TV news reporters as primary characters. On NBC Michael J. Fox plays a reporter who makes a TV news comeback while battling Parkinson’s. On CBS Will Arnett plays a “roving news reporter” looking forward to living the single life when his parents’ marital problems derail his plans.

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• Sarah Palin was offered a syndicated TV talk show from producer Mark Burnett, but turned it down, Newsmax reports. Still, we may not have seen the last of Palin on TV. “Todd and I have always loved working with Mark Burnett, and our family is always up for adventure, so never say never,” she told Newsmax.

• ABC Senior DC Correspondent Jeff Zeleny will begin hosting “The Fine Print,” part of ABCNews.com’s “Power Players” series. Zeleny, who joined ABC from the New York Times in February, will go one-on-one with influential newsmakers to help viewers understand how the government works – or doesn’t.

• CNBC is unveiling its inaugural CNBC Disruptor 50 list this week identifying leaders from range of industries. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin and Andrew Ross Sorkin are revealing 10 disruptors from two industries each day on “Squawk Box” and “Fast Money.” You can see the list here.

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• Speaking of trademarks, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is seeking a trademark on the phrase “USA Strong” for use on paraphernalia like shirts, hats pens and mugs. O’Reilly previously sought trademarks on other America-related phrases.

• At its upfront presentation today, NBC officially named Seth Meyers as the next host of its “Late Night” franchise, taking over for Jimmy Fallon, who is going to the “Tonight Show.” They start in February, tied to the next Winter Olympics.

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• Fox Business anchor Cheryl Casone talks to Better Homes & Gardens about buying versus renting a home.

• MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski talks to the AARP about her new book Obsessed, and “Morning Joe.”

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• CNN has acquired rights to replays of the TNT program “Boston’s Finest.” The show was just picked up for a second season.

• The Cleveland Plain Dealer talks to some national TV news personalities about scrambling to their fair city to cover the kidnapping story.

• Matt Lauer will broadcast live from the top of the new World Trade Center this morning, as the final spire is put in place, making the building 1,776 feet tall.

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• Morgan was also the recipient of the ” Sarah Brady Visionary Award” from The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Morgan and fellow honoree Laura Wasser were feted in Los Angeles.

• A conservative group is organizing a protest for Comcast’s annual shareholders meeting. The protest is tied to the partisan perception of MSNBC. Shareholder meetings are pretty popular places for protests.

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• Fox News’s Chris Wallace will be presented with this year’s RTDNA Paul White Award, recognizing a lifetime of achievement and service in TV news. Wallace will accept the award later this summer at the RTDNA convention in Anaheim.

• ABC News anchor and chief national correspondent Byron Pitts was honored last night at a gala for National Stuttering Awareness Week. Pitts recounts overcomming a stutter, as well as illiteracy, in his 2009 memoir “Step Out on Nothing.”

• “The Ed Show” returns to MSNBC this Saturday at 5pmET with host Ed Schultz. Schultz had hosted the show nightly at 8pmET. Karen Finney‘s program is still in the development phase and will now premiere Saturday, June 8 at 4pmET.

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• Greta Van Susteren will anchor “On the Record” from Cleveland tonight covering the rescue of three women missing for a decade. Van Susteren covered Gina DeJesus’ disappearance back in April 2004.

• Amanda Knox tells CNN’s Chris Cuomo she has panic attacks about the possibility of returning to Italy for a retrial and going back to jail. “Amanda Knox: The Unanswered Questions,” a 90-minute special, airs tonight at 10:30pmET/PT on CNN.

• Sam Champion‘s “Sea Rescue,” the weekly syndicated show produced in part by SeaWorld Parks, is a Bronze winner in the 34th Annual Telly Awards. The show features heartfelt stories of wildlife rescued, rehabilitated and returned to the ocean by SeaWorld’s rescue team.

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• “COPS,” the long-running Fox police docu-series, has found a new home after being canceled by the broadcaster. The program will be going to Spike TV in the Fall, according to TV Guide‘s Michael Schneider.

• FNC’s Greta Van Susteren writes that people should stop criticizing Howard Kurtz. “Not one of us is perfect. We all make mistakes.”

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