• Zurawik: Piers goes live, and it’s unimpressive.
• (MS)NBC in a Comcast world.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Bachmann coverage.
• Video: Fox News Watch on Keith Olbermann.
• Mushnick: The real reason Olby is out.
• Watson: Olbermann firing poorly timed.
• Tom Brokaw dodges the Olbermann question.
• Larry O’Donnell and his $88 socks.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: piers, olbermann, o'donnell

• Beck bumped! Shep covers Egypt at 5:00 pm.
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Hannity 1-2-3. Piers plummets!
• Salon: Al Jazeera embarrasses US cable news.
• Video: Greg Palkot in Egypt.
• MSNBC tells Big Ed: no more ‘Psycho Talk’.
• ‘Colorful’ Ed Schultz emails surface.
• Tobin: Beck vs the rabbis...they’re both wrong.
• The Wrap: Comcast can’t escape Olbermann blame.
• Friedman: Will Olby replace Park & Spit?
• New hires at CNN.com, CNN.  Soledad at Emory U; Q&A.

Tags: beck, shep, ratings 2011, piers, schultz, olbermann, parker, spitzer

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Shep explains FNC employees’ snow options.
• Zurawik: Maddow’s uninformed SotU snark is not journalism.
• Deggans: CNN’s SotU highlights problems w/Piers & Spit.
• Dean: Getting ready for the baby.  Claman: women in Davos.
• Video: Chris Wallace w/Don Imus part one, part two.
• CNN hackles raised when Spitzer goes off-script (via CB).
• Goldstein: Piers shows real potential (as viewers dwindle).
• Video: Anthony Weiner gets snippy with Judge Nap.
• Rainey slams FNC focus group; Frank Luntz explains.
• What are Comcast’s plans for (MS)NBC News?
• Video: Bill O’Reilly takes issue with Jon Stewart.
• Soros-backed group targets Beck, Ailes. FNC responds.

Tags: ratings 2011, shep, maddow, piers, spitzer, judgenap, oreilly, beck

• Tuesday’s numbers: Analysis/FNC, SotU/FNC, O’Reilly 1-2-3.
• SotU and analysis: FNC crushes CNN, MSNBC.
• Boedeker: Olbermann’s fall due to his arrogance.
• VIdeo: Imus calls Rachel Maddow a ‘gutless coward’.
• Will MSNBC get over its Palin sickness?
• Zurawik on SotU: CNN, FNC excellent; MSNBC not.
• Q&A: Jenna Lee, Claman in Davos, O’Donnell, Cavuto, Big Ed.
• CNN retracts false story about accused Wiki leaker.

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• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Rumor: MSNBC interested in hiring Alec Baldwin? Or not?
• Arend: Olby’s exit will consume humanity in a new Dark Age!
• Greta: Let’s stop the hand-wringing over Olbermann.
• Intramural feud: Roger Ailes vs the junior Murdochs?
• Video: Red Eye salutes Keith Olbermann.
• Rick Sanchez resurfaces, comments on Olbermann.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on the MSNBC goings-on.
• Who really fired Olbermann? The military-industrial complex!
• Zurawik: Ed Rendell signs w/MSNBC; Q&A.  AJ Hammer re-ups.
• Q&A: Neil Cavuto on SotU coverage, Big Ed part two, Cenk.

Tags: ratings 2011, schultz, olbermann, greta, redeye

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Bream 1-2-3. Piers slips.
• Audio: John Gibson sez Comcast fired Olby.
• Daily Finance: Comcast unlikely to overhaul MSNBC.
• Video: Glenn Beck on Olby’s departure.
• Q&A: Coop, John Stossel, Big Ed.  Bret Baier: rapper.
• SotU coverage rundown.
• Haddad: Piers Morgan is the new King.
• MSNBC to hire Ed Rendell?  Dan Abrams to ABC?
• NYT: Years of tension led to Olbermann/MSNBC split.  WSJ: The end of a tumultuous affair.  LAT: Unanswered questions.  The Week: Five theories.
• Yahoo: Where will KO end up?  How about Senator Olby?  Or Sirius?
• Barnhart: NBC blew it.  MacNicol: Will MSNBC regret dumping KO?  Boedeker: How will Keith be remembered?  Zucker reacts.  Twitter explodes.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, beck, cooper, baier, piers, schultz, audio

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• Zurawik: We’re better off without Olbermann and his smears.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Olbermann etc.
• ICN: It’s time for CNN to deal with Park & Spit.
• Telegraph: Piers should drop the Brit shtick.
• Video: Fox News Watch on Tucson coverage.
• TMZ: Olby’s secret deal.  NYT: Weeks of negotiations. More.
• ICN: What it means for MSNBC.  Deadline H’wood: A right turn?  Big Ed cut to four days; Larry O gets five.  OlbyWatch: Keith is the winner.
• Salon: Goodnight and good riddance.  Olby week in review.
• H’wood Reporter: KO’s ten options.  EW: Next stop Hollywood?  Forbes: Should CNN hire him?  Poniewozik: Opportunities.  Salon: A victim of his own success?
• Mediaite: Why Olby is out.  TMZ: He was fired.  Bercovici: Was it Comcast’s doing?  NY Post: Olby was paid to leave.  Video: AC360 on Olbermann’s exit.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: olbermann, icn, parker, spitzer, schultz, o'donnell

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• Keith Olbermann out at MSNBC!  New schedule.  Is Comcast cleaning house?  It was a stealth move.  Kurtz: It was a long time coming.  Video: Olby’s farewell.  Flashback: Olby says firing ‘a groundless fear’.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Wallace 1-2-3.
• Zurawik: Piers ratings could spell trouble for CNN.
• Post-surgery update: Soledad is doing fine.
• Video: Megyn Kelly w/Don Imus part one, part two.
• Is Martin Bashir’s show finally about to debut?
• J.R. Dunn: Why did MSNBC cancel me?
• As Zucker moves out, Immelt moves up.
• Videos: Matthews w/Colbert, Piers w/Letterman.
• Juan Williams talks education in Charlotte.
• Video: The Judge on how to bring freedom to China.

Tags: olbermann, ratings 2011, piers, megyn, matthews, judgenap

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Wallace-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Finally, Countdown hits #1...online.
• Piers grills Condi: cooking, dating, and marriage! (via CB)
• Video: Gretchen Carlson’s ear gets licked.  More.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Wallace 1-2-3.
• Michael Steele looking for cable gig.
• Poll: FNC most trusted (and distrusted) cablenewser.
• FEC complaint against Hannity dismissed.
• Q&A: Eric Bolling, from baseball to business.
• Video: Chris Wallace w/ Don Imus part one, part two.
• Five ideas to improve Piers Morgan Tonight.
• Paper drops Parker column until she’s off CNN.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, piers, friends, hannity, parker

• Night two: Hannity tops PMT, Piers wins demo.  Monday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.  Weekend numbers.
• New F&F flap: Joan, Melissa, and Sarah (via TVN). More.
• Comcastic merger a boon for Bloomberg, FBN.
• Suzanne Malveaux to anchor CNN Newsroom.
• New Pew: PEJ analysis of Tucson coverage.
• It’s come to this: CNN apologizes for saying ‘crosshairs’!
• Video: Beck & Ablow on Today Show, w/Imus part one, part two.

Tags: ratings 2011, piers, hannity, friends, beck

• 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

• Wolf to go in-depth on today’s most momentous news story.
• Park & Spit: last place, but a stronger last place.
• Biznets ignore breaking Apple news, except for one.
• Civility through ignorance? A Donny Deutsch embarrassment.
• Video: Piers Morgan on Good Morning America and The View.
• Will Piers continue Larry’s celebrity voyeurism?  Inside PM Tonight.
• Morganmania: Piers is the anti-King; he’s peerless and fearless, cheeky, a brilliant interviewer and a boy wonder!

Tags: piers, parker, spitzer

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• Greta: Don’t charge Eric Fuller.
• Video: Reliable Sources on the AZ media aftermath.
• Paper publishes praise from Piers’s peers.
• Video: Fox News Watch on the media blame game.
• Julie Banderas loses weekend anchor slots; fans react.
• CNN adds Isha Sesay to Coop 360.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: greta, cooper

• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekly ranker.
• Rick Sanchez rehab tour: insecurity and sadness.
• Did Coop try to gin up opposition to BP? He sez no.
• Q&A: Piers Morgan; Mike Emanuel part one, part two.
• News Corp jumps to the defense of...NBC!
• Olby week in review: bad oysters.
• Will Mark Levin sue Chris Matthews?  More.
• Video: Judge Napolitano with Dr Marc Lamont Hill.

Tags: ratings 2011, cooper, piers, olbermann, matthews, judgenap

• Wednesday’s numbers: Tucson/FNC-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
• Palin to do FNC interview Monday...with Hannity.
• Controversy swirls around Rick Sanchez fundraisers.
• Roger Ailes and Russell Simmons make a love connection?
• ICN: Piers snaps back at Greta with twitter overkill.
• Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus on Obama speech pt one, pt two.
• Grace takes on extra hour pending Dr Drew.
• Cablenewsers named to two influentials lists.
• Robyn Meredith to Bloomberg.  Dubrow to helm Dr Drew.
• Video: Fox News panel reactions to Obama speech.

Tags: ratings 2011, palin, hannity, piers, icn

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• A new idea: keep Park, dump Spit!
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Greta: Posh Piers launch party not what Fox would do. Analysis.
• Cincinnati Mag: Bill Hemmer remembers Haiti [pdf].
• How FNC/NYT reported dubious shooter-supremacist tie.
• Piers plan to pick fights kicks off with O’Reilly jab.
• Coop gathers AIDS activists for special hour.
• Video: Judge Napolitano on threats to your rights.
• Larry King finds work, as ‘Morgan mania’ sweeps the planet!

Tags: parker, spitzer, ratings 2011, greta, piers, oreilly, cooper, judgenap, king

• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
• Weekend numbers. Saturday shooting: FNC-CNN-MSNBC 1-2-3.  Glenn Garvin: Why MSNBC got clobbered on Saturday.
• Reese Schonfeld: Who killed Gabrielle Giffords?
• Ad buyers skeptical of Piers Morgan buys.
• Video: News Watch Skype Gripe on media finger-pointing.
• New Pew overview of 2011 paints CNN as outlier (via TVN).
• Parker fighting for her job as dismissal looms.
• Howard Kurtz profile: Joe Scarborough (via ICN).
• MSNBC debuts iPad app featuring Rachel Maddow.
• Thank cable news for a climate of hate?
• Video: Jake Tapper talks to Don Imus, part one, part two.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on media irresponsibility.
• Video: Judge Napolitano on freedom and an American tragedy.
• Olbermann ‘reforms’ Worst Persons, by calling it something else.

Tags: ratings 2011, piers, parker, maddow, mojo, judgenap, olbermann

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Shep 1-2-3.
• Profile: Eric Bolling is on a roll.
• John Roberts makes FNC debut on Studio-B.
• Janice Dean has pictures of Courtney’s baby.
• Happy, happy! Joy, joy! Rick Sanchez resurfaces.
• Howard Kurtz on media finger-pointing.
• FNC’s Dr Coomer has successful cancer surgery.
• CNN revamps graphics, adds CNNi, names Piers guests.
• Leading candidate to replace Parker: E.D. Hill?
• Olby to drop Worst Persons shtick again? Or not?
• Things for CNN to consider re Park & Spit. More.
• Q&A: Ailes & Simmons (via ICN), Eric Bolling, Gerri Willis.
• Hot & Not: Parker, John Roberts, O’Reilly, and more.

Tags: ratings 2011, piers, parker, olbermann, spitzer, icn

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• CNN considers replacing Park, keeping Spit.
• Video: Megyn Kelly interviews Sheriff Dupnik.
• Video: Hero intern who saved Rep Giffords’s life.
• Video: Mother of Roxanna Green, 9-yr-old victim.
• Video: Reliable Sources on media finger-pointing.
• Video: Olby blames Beck, Palin, Bill etc. Kurtz responds.
• Cablers cover Giffords shooting. Special coverage skeds.  FNC brings in weekday talent for Sunday coverage.
• Video: Bill Hemmer talks to Rep Giffords [Jan 7 2011].
• The Olbermann/Gabrielle Giffords connection.
• Fired CNNer escorted out of building. Greta comments.
• Cablers set to cover Haiti anniversary.
• Olby week in review: starting the new year right.
• Video: The most fascinating Park & Spit moment yet.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet.

Tags: parker, spitzer, megyn, olbermann, greta

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity
• Dr Drew pushes Behar back to 10:00 pm.
• Video: Michio Kaku throws water on the ‘aflockalypse’.
• Q&A: Shibani Joshi at CES 2011.
• Video: Gretchen’s wild ride.  More.
• Video: Oops, did Mika say that?! 
• Journos unimpressed by Piers’s Oprah ‘get’.
• Piers is CNN’s capitulation to opinion news?
• Piers plans: pick fights, be polarizing, and don’t do it live.

Tags: ratings 2011, megyn, friends, piers, mojo

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• O’Reilly snags exclusive pre-Super Bowl interview with Obama.
• NPR/Juan Williams fallout: Weiss resigns.  Video: Juan reacts.
• MSNBC hires homeless man for voice-overs.
• Hill reporter slams Olbermann’s ‘journalism’.
• Audio: Brian Kilmeade talks with Major Garrett .
• CNN explains ‘freedom project’.  Piers snags Oprah.
• Reena Ninan’s good news: it’s a boy!
• Coop rolls eyes at mention of Kathy Griffin.
• Big Ed walks back ‘bastard’ crack; Joe breaks House rules.

Tags: ratings 2011, oreilly, olbermann, friends, piers, cooper, mojo, schultz, audio

• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Hannity.
• Chris Matthews snipes at Joe...or does he?
• Nancy Grace re-ups with HLN.
• Audio: Gibbs replacement convo w/surprising names.
• Cablers cover Congressional commencement.
• Why John Roberts went to FNC: loyalty.
• Q&A: Piers Morgan, Soledad O’Brien.
• Zurawik: three cheers for conflict!
• Video: The Judge interviews Glenn Beck.
• Audio: Orlando Salinas on diabetes and his reporting career.

Tags: ratings 2011, matthews, piers, beck, mojo, judgenap, audio

• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• What cable news show made top ten tv influentials list?
• Judith Miller responds to her attackers.
• Sanchez launches website with purloined pictures?
• PR stunts worked: CNN edges FNC on New Years Eve.  Friday’s numbers: Coop/Griffin-Hemmer/Kelly-Bream 1-2-3.  Weekend numbers
• Coop takes over King slot pending Piers premiere..
• FBN reveals CES coverage plans.
• New FBN promo jabs at MSNBC.
• Red blogs unimpressed by new FNC hire.
• Video: Tucker Carlson on the RNC debate and executing Vick.

Tags: ratings 2011, redeye, cooper, megyn, hannity

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Wallace-Faulkner 1-2-3.
• As Griffeth returns to CNBC, Bartiromo plummets.
• So there are friends of Rick Sanchez?
• John Roberts joins FNC: more.  ICN: another CNN failure.
• MSNBCNBC to air shows from 2011 CES.
• CNN shutters its San Fran bureau (via ICN).
• The Beck Effect is real.
• Soledad focuses on Ernest Withers.
• Audio: Brian Wilson talks to Bret Baier.

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