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Glenn Beck Plans Rally "At the Feet of Abraham Lincoln"

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:54:46 -0500

As he wrapped up a two-day, seven-city book tour with a rally at the Florida retirement community The Villages today, Glenn Beck wrote an open letter on GlennBeck.com.

Beck writes that he is "meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders." What they come up with will be put into a new book called "The Plan."

Then, on August 28, 2010, Beck will unveil "The Plan" during a rally on the National Mall, "at the feet of Abraham Lincoln." Expect "The Plan" to be a overriding theme of his radio and TV shows for the next year.

"We'll be looking for ways to get people involved in politics," Beck says in an interview in Sunday's New York Times.

Below, a clip from the event at The Villages, including a mention of Arianna Huffington:

(h/t: St. Petersburg 2.0)

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Senate Votes on Healthcare Reform, Cable Covers

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:39:15 -0500

Another Saturday night, another vote on Capitol Hill on healthcare reform, and coverage of it on cable news. The vote, which essentially allows the debate to begin on the Senate floor, was 60-39, with Ohio GOP Sen. George Voinovich the only senator not to vote.

Interestingly, all the cable news channels were in taped programming and shook up the schedules to broadcast the Senate vote and related analysis.

• FNC's "Huckabee" was preempted for special coverage anchored by Gregg Jarrett.

• CNN's Don Lemon anchored coverage of the vote, which delayed the start of an AC360 special report until 8:10pmET (which had already been delayed once before).

• MSNBC began airing Lockup at 8pmET, then interrupted the documentary for nine minutes of coverage as the vote happened, with David Shuster anchoring.

• Fox Business Network interrupted the Dave Ramsey show for special coverage anchored by David Asman.

The two Fox networks were the only channels, other than C-SPAN, to carry the Democrats' news conference following the vote.

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Guest List: Sunday Shows Nov 22

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:57 -0500

This week's Sunday lineup will include Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), California Republican Senate candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Salon's Joan Walsh, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, WaPo's David Ignatius, and Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar.

See the full list of who's on what show over at FishbowlDC where the Sunday Show Preview is posted most Fridays.

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Sarah Palin Continues to be a Ratings Draw for Networks

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:58:04 -0500

A week of Sarah Palin interviews began Monday on Oprah and culminated last night on "20/20," and in between national TV interviews with Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly with each drawing huge ratings.

• Oprah Winfrey had her highest-rated show in two years with the Palin interview Monday.

• Wednesday's "Hannity", featuring Palin, was the second most-watched show of the year for the Fox News host with 4.2M Total Viewers.

• Thursday's O'Reilly interview with Palin drew 4.12M Total Viewers.

• And last night Barbara Walters' interview with former VP nominee won the 10 o'clock hour in Total Viewers, A18-49 and A25-54. It was the second-biggest audience for "20/20" in the last eight months.

And the interviews will continue next week. Palin will be a guest on "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" on Monday. Also, Part III of O'Reilly's interview is set for Monday.

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Moyers to Retire from Weekly TV

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:17:55 -0500

Bill Moyers has said PBS' weekly "Bill Moyers Journal" will end on April 30, 2010, reports the NY Times:

"I am 75 years old," he said of the decision to end the series, which began in April 2007. The program has recently been having a "good run of it," he added in a telephone interview on Friday, "so I feel it's time." He said he was not quitting television work, although he has no new projects planned.

PBS says it will announce its new lineup plans in January.

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Killings at the Canal

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:30:09 -0500

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Tonight on CNN, the premiere of Killings at the Canal: The Army Tapes. The one-hour documentary is a compilation of the reports from CNN investigative correspondent Abbie Boudreau which aired last week on AC360. The special premieres tonight 8pmET.]]> New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

FNC's Look at 'Pirates of the 21st Century'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:48:23 -0500

Tonight at 10pmET on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera anchors a special report titled "Pirates of the 21st Century," with reports from Amy Kellogg, Greg Palkot and Martha MacCallum.

With at least 11 ships currently being held by pirates off the Somali coast including 200+ plus hostages, the special looks at how these modern-day pirates have turned their trade into a multimillion dollar, well-organized business.

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Glenn Beck Bites Back

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:49:53 -0500

He'll be at The Villages retirement community in Florida this afternoon announcing "The Plan" for his show in 2010, but if you missed it from earlier this week, here's Glenn Beck striking back at South Park, The New Yorker, Playboy, "The Daily Show" and SNL, over unflattering stories and portrayals -- including a Beck impression by Eric Cartman and a New Yorker reporter who hopes Beck's "toxic charge will fade over time."

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Morning Show Ratings: Week of November 9

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:05 -0500

NBC's "Today" show maintained its strong lead over ABC's "Good Morning America" and CBS' "The Early Show." "Today" was the only morning show that was up week-to-week in total viewers.

Last Monday, "Today" drew 6.35M total viewers, the largest single-day average for the show since January. "Today" has posted its strongest start against the competition since the 2002-2003 season.

The averages from last week:

Total Viewers: NBC: 5.89M / ABC: 4.45M / CBS: 2.80M

A25-54 rating: NBC: 2.0 / ABC: 1.4 / CBS: 0.9

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The Scoreboard: Thursday, Nov. 19

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:22 -0500

25-54 demographic: (L +SD)

Total day: FNC: 420 | CNN: 149 | MSNBC: 116 | HLN: 142

Prime: FNC: 795 | CNN: 222 | MSNBC: 255 | HLN: 265


	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:

FNC	Beck:	Baier:	Shep:	O'Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O'Reilly:
	689	525	477	1069	744	571	519

CNN	Blitzer:	Blitzer:	Tonight:	Brown:	King:	Cooper:	Cooper:
	138	118	148	193	258	216	151

MSNBC	Matthews:	EdShow:	Matthews:	Olbermann:	Maddow:	Olbermann:	Maddow:
	108	102	175	316	240	208	127

HLN	Prime:	Prime:	Issues:	Grace:	Behar:	Grace:	Showbiz:
	126	121	195	359	188	259	145

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Sarah, Sean and Bill: And The Winner Is...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:41 -0500

In the Fox News Sarah Palin ratings race, the win goes to Sean Hannity.

Hannity's interview with Palin Wednesday night, a cable news first as she makes the rounds promoting Going Rogue, drew 4.20M Total Viewers and 1.15M in the A25-54 demo.

Last night, Bill O'Reilly's interview with Palin drew 4.12M Total Viewers and 1.07M in the demo. But O'Reilly has two more nights of Palin -- tonight and Monday.

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Fox Biz to Cover Saturday Night Senate Vote

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:15 -0500

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Fox Business will cover the Senate vote on healthcare reform tomorrow night. Coverage begins at 8pmET with David Asman anchoring from New York and Peter Barnes reporting live from Capitol Hill.

> Update : MSNBC will break in to documentary programming for the vote with David Shuster anchoring (after watching the Michigan/Ohio State game apparently).

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Morning Joe Team Discusses Katrina Coverage from New Orleans

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:14 -0500

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" was live today from John McDonogh High School in New Orleans. The special broadcast was set up to kick off the "Brewing Together Day of Service" partnership and volunteer effort between MSNBC, Starbucks and the HandsOn Network. (You can find out more here.)

After the show, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski spoke with TVNewser (via flipcam) from New Orleans about their project as well as media coverage of Katrina and its victims.

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What's Glenn Beck Planning?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:33 -0500

Glenn Beck will be in Florida tomorrow wrapping up a two-day, seven-city speaking and book-signing tour. During his stop at The Villages retirement community north of Orlando, Beck promises to reveal how his Fox News show will look come January, which is the one-year anniversary of the show:

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Why Bill Hemmer Always Wears Purple on Friday

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:08 -0500

Cincinnati Enquirer columnist John Kiesewetter explains why Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer wears a purple tie every Friday (aka "Purple Friday") on "America's Newsroom."

It's to support the Elder High School Panthers, his alma mater whose football team currently has a 9-2 record for the season with one more game to go against those Anderson H.S. Redskins tomorrow night.

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