• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• FCC approves NBC’s Comcastic merger despite opposition,
• After losing to Hannity Piers boasts that he’ll beat him.
• Esquire profile: Roger Ailes ‘threatens US stability’ (via TVN).
• Video: Wallace & Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
• The Mole...Regis...now Coop lands a part on Broadway!
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on pundit political attacks.
• Roland S Martin at W-SU.  Gerri Willis on home values.
• Zurawik: Piers/Oprah and Hannity/Palin, shilling and spinning.
• Piers premiere: Globe: fawning;  Guardian: chummy;  EW: tenacious;  TV Guide: toadying;  Chickaboomer: suck-up;  CBS: nothing special;  Inquirer: mischievous;  Deadline: unsurprising;  Anglotopia: strong;  AV Club: sedate;  WaPo: droning;  NY Post: surprisingly good;  St Pete Times: obsequious;  NY: sycophantic;  IndieWire: fascinating;  NYT: timid;  H’Wood Reporter: flat;  NYDN: cordial;  The Wrap: softballs;  Time: cheeky;  Winnipeg FP: deferential.

Tags: ratings 2011, piers, hannity, cooper, oreilly, palin