On NBC, Brian Williams anchored. On ABC Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos shared the set. Harry Smith anchored on CBS and Shepard Smith on FOX.

Following the address, FOX and CBS were first out, followed less than 30 seconds later by ABC and finally NBC. Williams had NBC News correspondent Richard Engel on set for a debrief. Engel reported live last week as the final combat convoy left Iraq.

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The news caused outlets around the globe to pen stories. Google lists 560 articles about the decision and the image in this post shows there were more than 270 penned Monday afternoon, up from basically zero on Friday. The US national team, it appears, matters in America.

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For an athlete, Twitter is like a mini-media empire, giving you the ability to send your thoughts, photos and video directly to people that are (hopefully) interested in reading them, without the pesky middleman.

A perfect example is Chad Ochocinco, whose Twitter feed has become the go-to place for anything Ochocinco-related.

A recent addition to the athlete-Twitter metaverse is Miami Heat forward LeBron James. This afternoon, James showed just how personal a tweet can get, when he gave a nearly three minute long video tour of his son Bronny’s kindergarten classroom.

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Tthe Redskins reporter for Comcast SportsNet in Washington DC interviewed a number of players and coaches on Friday, and the Washington Post‘s Dan Steinberg noticed something odd:

When Johnson interviewed Rex Grossman, she appeared to be just shorter than him, and when she interviewed DeAngelo Hall, she appeared to be just shorter than him… despite the fact that Grossman is three inches taller than Hall.

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	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Beck:	Baier:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O’Reilly:
	569	358	366	907	673	450	568
CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	KingUSA:	RicksList:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	123	145	119	234	215	229	220
MSNBC	Matthews:	EdShow:	Matthews:	Olbermann:	Maddow:	Olbermann:	Maddow:
	145	182	170	285	303	161	168
HLN	Showbiz:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	88	92	150	215	64	108	112

Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

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But that’s exactly the sentiment expressed by New York Giants center Shaun O’Hara in a story running in the USA Today.

“The one thing you kind of become programmed to as a player is don’t be honest with the media. Deal with them, but don’t get caught up in anything,” he said.

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The August 2010 averages:

Total day (Mon-Sun): 1023k total/269K A25-54
Prime (Mon-Sun): 1821k total/441K A25-54

In total day, the network was down -16% in total viewers and -19% in the demo compared to last year. In primetime it was down -21% and -26%.

In the morning, “Fox & Friends” performed better than any of the other morning programs, and was down only -5% in total viewers and -4% in the demo.

In the afternoon, “Studio B” and “Your World,” were down single digits, while “Special Report with Bret Baier,” was down only -1% in total viewers, though it was down -17% in the demo.

Glenn Beck was down -12% in total viewers and -17% in the demo while “Fox Report” was down -11% in total viewers and -10% in the demo.

In primetime, all three shows were down double digits, with “The O’Reilly Factor” down -20% in total viewers and -26% in the demo, “Hannity” down -21% and -25% and “On the Record” down -17% and -24%.

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Total Day (Mon-Sun): 378k total/143k A25-54
Prime (Mon-Sun): 681k total/232k A25-54

“The Ed Show,” which had its best month in the demo since launch (625k total/176k demo), was the program with the second-most growth in all of cable news — behind HLN’s “Morning Express” — compared to last August, up +21% in total viewers and +14% in the demo. The show, which was behind CNN’s “Situation Room” last August, is now #2 behind FNC’s “Special Report” in both categories.

“Morning Joe” (363k total/108k demo) also posted total viewer growth, +7%, but was down in the demo -8%. The show was #2 in total viewers and narrowly edged out “American Morning” for #3 in the demo. The 5pm “Hardball” (500k total/139 demo) bested CNN’s “Situation Room” in the demo for the first time in 2+ years and was down the least from last summer compared to the other programs in that time slot.

“Countdown” (959k total/263k demo) and “Rachel Maddow” (825k total/230k demo) were handily in second place, though both programs were down -25% in the demo, roughly the same year-to-year percentage drops as Fox News’ programs at 8 and 9pm.

The weekend evening doc block is continuing to perform well in the demo for the network.

MSNBC release after the jump…

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So, because I’m a blogger, I’m in a coffeeshop. An hour ago, a friend emailed me: “The Bagh-man is about to try to break Clement’s serve. Tune in!” Translation: Marcos Baghdatis – the most exciting, charismatic tennis player no one has ever heard of – is in a battle. And there’s nothing better than a Baghdatis dogfight. Appointment viewing. But where? I have a prime seat by the window. I’m not giving that up.

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The August 2010 averages:

Total day (Mon-Sun): 381k total/117K A25-54
Prime (Mon-Sun): 486k total/144K A25-54

Every CNN program was down double digits in the afternoon when compared to the same time periods last year, with the 6 and 7 PM hours being hit especially hard. “The Situation Room” was down -32% in total viewers and -28% in the demo at 6, while “John King USA” was down -43% and -41%.

The strongest performer was the afternoon edition of “Rick’s List,” which was down -28% and -32% in total viewers, and -15% and -17% in the demo.

In primetime, Larry King was down -50% in both total viewers and the demo compared to last year. This was King’s worst month in the demo since May, 2000 and in total viewers going back to at least 1991.

The primetime “Rick’s List” was down -41% in both total viewers and the demo, while “AC360″ was down -35% and -27% in total viewers and -34% and -25% in the demo at 10 and 11 PM.

The CNN press release is after the jump.

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The August 2010 averages:

Total day (Mon-Sun): 268k total/116K A25-54
Prime (Mon-Sun): 400k total/127K A25-54

Robin Meade‘s morning program (325k total/ 180k demo) is making us start to sound like a broken record. “Morning Express” posted the largest year-to-year growth in cable news — up 25% in total viewership — and is once again #2 in the demo behind FNC’s “Fox & Friends” among the morning shows. Meade also outdrew CNN’s “American Morning” in total viewership for August.

In primetime, HLN is seeing the same decreases the other networks are seeing. Compared to last year, the network is down -14% in total viewers and -25% in the demo.

HLN release after the jump…

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And not a good sign from the younger viewer department — none of the shows broke the 2 million viewer average in the A25-54 demo. That’s the first time that’s ever happened. The last time “Nightly News” was under 2 million viewers in the demo was the week of July 2, 2007 when the show averaged 1.91M viewers. That same week “World News with Charles Gibson” drew 2.2 million A25-54 viewers.

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Despite the jokes, Gunts has no hard feelings, in fact, he took them in stride, telling the Stamford Advocate:

“He’s hilarious,” Gunts said by telephone from Los Angeles. “I just think the whole thing is so funny.”

Gunts said he spoke with Gervais briefly after the ceremony.

“I just thanked him for being nice, and I let him know that I thought it was funny, and he certainly knew that anyway,” he said.

For any viewers that were curious as to how Gunts got his first name, the Advocate has you covered there as well.

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As Barbara Walters returns from an extended leave following heart surgery, she’ll welcome David Letterman to “The View” for his first-ever appearance on the show.

The 14th season of “The View” premieres next Tuesday, Sept. 7 on ABC.

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