• Wednesday’s numbers: HLNSpecRpt-Ingraham-Grace 1-2-3.
• Report: The Five is Beck’s summer replacement.  Analysis.
• Beck ratings collapse? Plummet? What the numbers show.
• Video: Juan Williams on Brock’s politics of destruction.
• Halperin apologizes for gaffe egged on by Joe; suspended!
• VIdeo: Bias Bash on Obama’s presser, national security.
• Zurawik: Beck’s leaving ends our long national nightmare.
• What’s next for Beck, Fox?  More Erin Burnett scuttlebutt.

Tags: ratings 2011, beck, mediamatters, mojo

• Q&A: Greg Gutfeld on Red Eye’s best ratings ever.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-HLNSpecRpt-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Bias Bash on freeing captured terrorists.
• Coop and Zucker expound on cable news.
• Video: Wiehl and Imus discuss Beck and Bachmann.
• Q2 program rankers.  Olby trumpets O’Donnell slippage.
• When Larry meets Harry.  New CNN intern arrives.
• News Corp apps top iPad charts.  O’Reilly vs autobots.

Tags: ratings 2011, redeye, cooper, olbermann, o'donnell, king, oreilly

Tags: mediamatters

• Report: CNN is about to pull Spitzer and In the Arena.
• Q2 numbers: FNC holds top 12. Q2 spin: HLN, CNN, MSNBC.
• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-HLNSR 1-2-3.  Weekend numbers.
• Impartial MSNBC journalist goes off on rabid anti-Palin tear.
• Reese’s piece: June numbers show triumph of tabloid.  FBN up.
• Glenn Beck and family attacked in Bryant Park. 
• Funding the war on Fox, complete with link to file IRS complaint!
• Video: Bias Bash on Greece, the US economy, and Bob Gates.
• Brock’s Beck-bashing blowout.  Bolling’s blunder.  Yellin to WH.
• Zurawik: Hannity is cable’s Baghdad Bob.  MSNBC drops the f-bomb.

Tags: spitzer, ratings 2011, beck, mediamatters, hannity

Tags: mediamatters

• Friday’s numbers: Juan Williams-Chris Wallace-Glenn Beck 1-2-3.
• Q&A: CNN’s Tony Maddox (via ICN).  CNN ready in Yemen.
• Bachmann avoids accepting Wallace apology.  Joe dings Chris.
• Kurtz challenges Media Matters.  CNBC skeds Jack Welch profile.

Tags: ratings 2011, mediamatters, mojo

• Video: Wallace questions Bachmann, apologizes for ‘flake’.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Olbermann and Stewart/Wallace.
• Chris Wallace: Hey Jon, the joke’s on you.
• Hot & Not: Ed Henry, Diaz-Balart, Olby’s war etc.
• Video: News Watch on Afghanistan coverage; more.
• R.I.P.: Nick Charles.  Reena Ninan: Woman on the front line.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.  CNN pychics.
• Slate: New Countdown juggles eloquence with strident bellowing.

Tags: olbermann, icn

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Grace 1-2-3.
• Zurawik on Olbermann week one: smooth, rude, divisive.
• Barnicle, Bulger’s best bud.  Q&A: Jenna Lee.  Mika flashback.
• Poniewozik: Olby’s score-settling.  Is Alisyn ready to move on up?
• Party w/MSNBC.  CNN in (the other) Georgia.  Dana Bash abortion flap.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, friends, mojo

• Olbermann pulls the plug on his 63-minute gambit.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Obama/FNC-O’Reilly-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Joe & Mika in Hartford.  Sailing to Orlando.  (MS)NBC’s focus: vets.
• Video: Bias Bash on the Obama speech and Bernanke’s presser.
• Audio: Chris Wallace responds to purported Stewart ‘gotcha’.
• Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus on Afghanistan and Jon Stewart.
• Latino outreach at MSNBC?  Beck’s book on best-seller list.
• Zurawik rips post-speech with Larry/Olby: ideology, name calling.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, audio, beck, mojo, o'donnell

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Goetzi: Is Huntsman trouble for cable news?  Bloomberg vs CNBC.
• Video: Bias Bash questions Media Matters’s tax-exempt status.
• Zurawik: Hey Olbermann, how about some ratings transparency?
• Videos: Janice Dean on Today, Mika on ABC. Ed Henry’s other role.
• A dozen cablers named to distinguished list.  Cablers cover Casey.
• Least wanted: pre-Olby Current cable’s lowest Nielsen-rated channel.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, mojo

Tags: redeye

• Current claims Countdown pulled 179K demo viewers.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Bias Bash videos: Africa/Afghanistan and NBC’s pledge edit.
• Bloomberg/Comcast channel spat marches on.
• Julie Banderas back in the anchor chair?  Weekend numbers.
• Video: Juan Williams with Don Imus on Jon Stewart, Libya, etc.
• That was fast: Media Matters launches instant war against Ed Henry.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on NBC’s pledge, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell.
• ICN: Why 63 minutes means Olby’s declared war on MSNBC; more.
• Countdown reax: Zurawik: ruined by Markos; EW: fawning; LA TImes: effective; Perpetual Post: glad he’s back; The Cable Game: yawn; WaPost: sleepy; Salon: welcome back; Daily Beast: marred by nastiness; The Wrap: boring, pompous.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, mediamatters

• Van Jones calling for prior restraint of Fox News speech.
• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Nancy-Bret 1-2-3.
• ICN: No Countdown coverage for us.  O’Reilly/Fiasco preview.
• Ed Henry leaves CNN to be Fox News Chief WH correspondent!
• Hall: Why do top talents keep leaving MSNBCNBC?
• Audio: Bret Baier reacts to the Jon Stewart interview.
• Zurawik: Stewart flounders under Chris Wallace questioning.
• MSNBC, the Place for Progressives.  Velshi’s early call.
• Q&A: Bret Baier (via TVN), Baier, Nicole Petalides, Petalides.
• Stelter: Olbermann boasts he’ll take MSNBC’s viewers.
• Hot & Not: O’Donnell, Olbermann, Weinergate, etc.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, oreilly, icn, audio

Tags: newshounds, mediamatters, slootsky

• Unedited video: Jon Stewart on Fox News Sunday.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Bachmann/Weiner coverage.
• MSNBC without Olbermann: doing nicely, thank you.
• Video: News Watch on media treatment of Michelle Bachmann.
• Video flashback: Cenk Uygur exposes the truth about Weinergate.
• Video: Fox Fan Day at Citi Field.  Mal James: The crossing.
• Fineman: Dems turned on Weiner because he appeared on Fox?!
• Q&A: Amber Lyon.  Profile: Dr Drew (via TVN).
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: olbermann, turks

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Christopher: Olby hypes Countdown with sleazy rumor-mongering.
• VIdeo: Bolling on The Insider.  Profile: Thomas Roberts, Grace.
• Lupe Fiasco will face off with O’Reilly.  Friday Luntz special.
• Robin’s CMA debut.  Cablers with clothes.  Kurtz contradiction.
• Jenna Lee’s diet diary.  Beck and Olbermann start over.
• Olby ‘contributors’ not exactly diverse; video: w/Jimmy Fallon.   
• Video: Kirsten Powers on Weiner as predator; more.
• ICN: Why (MS)NBC’s loss of Norah O’Donnell is a very big deal.

Tags: ratings 2011, olbermann, oreilly, beck, icn

Tags: oreilly

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• America’s Most Wanted may be moving...to FNC!
• Norah O’Donnell quits (MS)NBC for CBS News; analysis.
• Tragedy strikes Contessa Brewer (via ICN).
• CNN Sunday special: digital roots of the Arab Spring.
• Weiner’s next job: with CNN, CurrenTV, or somewhere else?
• Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus. Audio: prepping for Stewart.
• Q&A: Mika, Chris Matthews.  Video: Olbermann w/Colbert.
• Funt: Too much debate gimmickry.  CNN sued...over captions!
• Discovery CEO slams Liz Claman, then goes on her show!
• A month off air and off twitter...wherefore art thou, Juliet?

Tags: ratings 2011, matthews, olbermann, audio, mojo

• They picked him to host Friday’s Glenn Beck!?!
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Mal James: What happens at ‘the handover’.
• Video: Bias Bash on Weinermania, ethanol, Libya, and more.
• Q&A: Sandra Smith, Money Honey.  O’Donnell’s new studio.
• Christopher: Can Olbermann win a war with MSNBC?
• David Carr on Olbermann: bombast, narcisissm, and revenge.
• Zurawik: Is Olbermann misrepresenting one of his ‘contributors’?

Tags: redeye, ratings 2011, beck, o'donnell, olbermann

• Monday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Coop 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Red Eye hits the 1,000 mark; flashback.  CNBC’s makeover.
• Cablers parrot White House misinformation.
• Video: Bias Bash critiques the CNN GOP debate. 
• Q&A: Robin Meade (via ICN).  Profile: Erin Burnett.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on the Palin email frenzy.
• Green: CNN’s crazy, video-game debate.  Zurawik: CNN’s presentation sets a high bar.  John King: winner, loser, silly; Q&A.

Tags: ratings 2011, redeye, oreilly

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Bauder: Coop’s ‘honesty’ stratagem paying off.
• Bias Bash video: ramifications of Palin email crowdsourcing.
• Tension at CNN: Jautz vs Whitaker, who’s in charge?
• Video: Trump unfazed by Matthews ‘backward’ crack.
• Zurawik: He’s reckless, rude, and paranoid...guess who?
• Joe to NY Post: You’re lying!  Rehab for Kurtz and Toobin?
• Controversy swirls over CNN debate exclusion.  Twitterama.
• Casey Anthony soap opera resuscitates ratings at HLN.

Tags: ratings 2011, cooper, palin, matthews, olbermann, mojo

• Video: Reliable Sources talks Weiner w/Kirsten Powers.
• Joe & Mika angling for CNN slot?  Olbermann’s eloquence.
• Video: News Watch on Weiner’s confession and ‘treatment’.
• Video: CNN debate preview.  Greta: journo or talker?
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• Tracton: How a one-hour CNN interview shrunk to five minutes.

Tags: olbermann, greta, mojo

• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Palin: front page news? Compare: CNN, FNC, MSNBC.
• Video: Bias Bash on searching for Palin email dirt.
• MSNBC anchor headlines LGBT event.  Kirsten vs Maddow.
• Fralic: Why Anderson Cooper should stay put.
• CNN preps for GOP debate.  Sunday Stossel special.
• MSNBC teams with Mother Jones to scour Palin emails.

Tags: ratings 2011, palin, maddow, cooper

• ICN: Is Rebecca Diamond out at FBN?
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Video: Bias Bash Weiner-free day covers Palin, Yemen, etc.
• Video: Larry King on tweeting, retirement, etc pt one, pt two.
• TheDC on Chris Matthews: misogyny and more.
• VIdeos: Chris Wallace w/Imus, Maddow w/Letterman.
• Updated video: Kirsten Powers changes her mind.
• Molly Line is spoken for.  CNN backs John King.
• ICN: CNBC has frittered away its hi-def advantage.

Tags: ratings 2011, king, matthews, maddow, friends

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Bercovici: What Beck and Olbermann have in common (via ICN).
• Video: Bias Bash on Weinergate and more important issues.
• Q&A: Gerri Willis.  CNN.com’s pilates tactics.  Joe: Back to school.
• Maddow tipped off to Weiner scandal?  F&F keeps you abreast.
• Another revelatory Larry King Q&A.  Video: Zakaria w/Jon Stewart.

Tags: ratings 2011, beck, olbermann, maddow, friends, king, mojo

• New O’Reilly Bold-Fresh tour replaces Beck with Dennis Miller.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Olby unloads on split from MSNBC, is bringing Shuster to Current.
• Another Beck pre-emption Friday.  O’Donnell hosts skinhead special.
• Q&A: Liz Claman.  Kyra’s back.  Comcast/Bloomberg channel spat.
• Huck dings MSNBC’s Matthews, Scarborough et al.
• Cablers tweet about Weiner. Video: Kirsten Powers defends him.
• What will CNN do with Erin Burnett?  Coop emcees fashion awards.

Tags: ratings 2011, oreilly, olbermann, shuster, beck, o'donnell, matthews, cooper, mojo

• Zurawik: Weiner show made for a great afternoon of cable news.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Ali Velshi gets 5:00 am CNN slot.  Chuck Todd goes solo.
• Lori Rothman on the fiscal crisis. Q&A: Stuart Varney.
• Roger Ailes responds to media hit-pieces; more.
• Will we see a new Ed?  Demi Moore hosts CNN doc.
• Fox flaunts faux Fey photo for Sarah Palin...Sorry!  June 6 1944.

Tags: ratings 2011, schultz, palin

• Why did MSNBC sideline Savannah Guthrie?
• Zurawik: Palin will be the downfall of Fox News.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Palin’s media strategies.
• Fareed special focuses on innovation.
• Video: News Watch on Sarah Palin’s media relations.
• Greg Gutfeld answers 21 questions.  Mrs Piers pregnant.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• HLN: More Grace.  Q&A: Don Lemon, Nancy Grace.

Tags: palin, redeye, piers, lemon

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Grace 1-2-3.
• Liz Claman’s guide to L.A.  Coop: I’m not the new Oprah.
• Shep Smith responds to NY Times and Bill Keller.
• Hardball in Philly.  Guthrie sign-off simulcast on NBC.
• Friday: Baier extra hour at 5:00 pm, special at 10:00 pm.
• CNN debate line-up set: Huntsman a no-show.
• The secret Fox conspiracy to sabotage Sarah Palin!

Tags: ratings 2011, cooper, shep, palin

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Schoen: The truth about Ailes, Democrats, and Fox News.
• Big Ed’s ‘indefinite’ suspension ends Monday.
• Video: Bias Bash wonders, is Weiner winning?
• Beck’s last daily broadcast on FNC: June 30.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Vinnie’s open-mic oops.  O’Donnell dumps CAA.  Q&A: Mika.
• Jenna Lee’s wedding tips; more.  Laurie Dhue resurfaces. 
• Palin meets with FNC officials.  Another debate: August 11.

Tags: ratings 2011, schultz, beck, o'donnell, palin, mojo

Tags: redeye, newshounds

• Memorial Day numbers: O’Reilly-Bream-Gallagher (FoxRprt) 1-2-3.
• Video: Bias Bash asks if war reporters are too invested in war.
• May program rankers.  Fox & Friends #1 for 115th consecutive month.  HLN sinking.  May spin: CNN, MSNBC.
• Video: Trump talks about the Palin pizza powwow and more.
• Q&A: Jeff Flock on FBN’s new Merc studio.  CNN’s dark Tuesday.
• Fox News debuts iPad app.  Loopholes in Palin’s FNC contract?

Tags: ratings 2011, friends, palin