Tags: mediamatters, boehlert, crooks, newshounds

• Video: Jimmy Carter, Arianna bash Fox on Reliable Sources.
• Video: Fox News Watch on Obama/Stewart etc; more.
• Stewart restores civility: how did he do?
• Profile: Neil Cavuto.
• Shills: MSNBC to air Sunday Ed Show from Dem campaign rally!
• Video: Greta cross-examines Kendrick Meek.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• Shuster finished at MSNBC? He says: maybe not.

Tags: greta, shuster

• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
• Olby Week in Review: he doesn’t know any better.
• Fox & Friends Weekend start time moved up to 6:00 am.
• Dennis Kneale to make FBN debut on Monday.
• Video: Chris Jansing vs the Spider (via ICN).
• Imus video: Glenn Beck on his book and Stewart’s rally.
• Mediaite: purpose of Olby/Crist interview was to defeat Rubio.
• Q&A: Candy, Joe.  Profile: Todd; party for Lean Forward (via ICN).
• FNC weekday stars working overtime this Sunday.  MSNBC plans.
• Video: O’Reilly with Rachel Ray: part one, part two.
• Videos: Jennifer Griffin returns to Jerusalem; Q&A.
• Today’s rumor: O’Reilly to do another turn on The View.

Tags: ratings 2010, olbermann, friends, beck, oreilly, mojo

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Happy news for Kyra and John (via ATCNN).
• Video: CNBC guest plugs his appearance on FBN!
• O’Reilly holds live online town hall meeting Friday.
• Video: Juan Williams on government-run media.
• Imus video: Chris Wallace on Jon Stewart, the election.
• Cavuto prepares for Tuesday marathon.
• Sanchez’s Conventional Idiocy is just that.
• The Last Word: carving out its own niche.
• Saturday special: Zakaria and The American Dream.

Tags: ratings 2010, oreilly, o'donnell, icn

Tags: mediamatters, schultz

• Kelly’s Court video: Rand Paul supporter stomp.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Reese’s piece: Do cable news ratings predict elections?
• Election plans: FNC, MSNBC, CNN, BizNets.  More.  Zurawik: MSNBC’s ‘adolescent histrionics’ make them a non-contender on election night.
• O’Reilly visits Rachel Ray: preview.
• Matthews: on election night Democrats will watch MSNBC.  NBC maneuvers to keep BriWi, Brokaw off MSNBC (via Chickaboomer).
• Q&A: Juan Williams w/Zurawik, Cavuto, Claman, Brazile.
• Next charge of cable fundraising goes to...Beck!

Tags: megyn, ratings 2010, oreilly, matthews, beck

• CNN’s ridiculed election matrix off to a shaky start.
• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Bret 1-2-3.  Weekend numbers.
• Karl Rove and Howard Dean debate Fox News.
• Beck boycott backwash: a bust?
• Video: Chris Jansing, a Snuggie, and a missing child (via ICN).
• Emails flood after cartoon of O’Reilly calling Obama ‘Hitler’.
• Videos: Shep on The View, O’Reilly on Imus, Maddow on Today.
• Shepard Smith signs new contract with Fox.
• Larry King confuses old video with his live guest.
• Q&A: Lori Rothman on moving to FBN and HD.
• Cable sub fees: FNC #5, CNN #7, MSNBC not in top 25.
• Video: Alicia Menendez (D) on why she likes going on FNC.
• New wrinkles in Carnahan ad flap push resolution into 2011.

Tags: ratings 2010, beck, oreilly, shep, maddow, king

Tags: huffpo, mediamatters, thinkprogress, newshounds

• Friday’s numbers: Juan-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
• Mediaite: Phil Griffin asked for examples, he got ‘em.
• CNN: Heroes update; into the matrix; missing Brooke.
• Inevitable: Jesse Watters ambushes NPR CEO. Preview.
• Major Garrett talks Juan Williams.  TCG: Et tu?
• Gingrich disses Joe Scarborough.
• CNBC Remington documentary raises eyebrows.
• Surprise: Olbermann attack turned out to be false.
• NPR CEO apologizes...but not to Juan Williams.  NPR affiliates voice discontent over firing.  Blame Uranus!
• Hot & Not: Juan Williams, Phil Griffin, ad wars, Abrams, Maddow.

Tags: ratings 2010, oreilly, olbermann, icn, mojo

Tags: mediamatters, boehlert, olbermann, schultz

• Zurawik: MSNBC fundraising crosses the line.  ICN: Boomerang PR.
• Juan Williams/NPR video reax: Reliable Sources; Fox News Sunday; Fox News Watch part one, part two.
• Cable news; the mother’s milk of politics?
• Maria Molina makes her Fox News debut.
• Video: Red Eye rips Media Matters; more.
• Wikileaks guy walks out on CNN interview.
• Pow! Wham! It’s the Bill O’Reilly comic book!
• Video: Juan Williams Talking Points Memo.
• NPR board to examine firing.  Schiller: public backlash an ‘overreaction’.
• Greta: Does NPR listen to NPR?  LibTKO: Williams deserved to be fired.
• Video: Follow the Money follows Soros, Media Matters.
• Q&A: Jane Velez-Mitchell, Neil Cavuto.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: icn, redeye, mediamatters, oreilly, greta

• Thursday’s numbers: Bill (4+ mill)-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Peter Johnson: media ‘watchdogs’ create new McCarthyism?
• Olby week in review: who’s the un-American bastard?
• Alan Colmes has an open-mic moment; more.
• Video: Red Eye riffs on Rachel Maddow’s apology.
• Juan Williams on GMA, Imus, America’s Newsroom, Ingraham. Q&A: WaPo.
• Joe: Obama should weigh in on Juan/NPR dispute.
• WaPo: NPR didn’t learn from Sherrod affair.  Zurawik: Juan Williams and the culture wars.  Estrich: NPR will pay the price.  Rainey: Shirley Sherrod, meet Juan Williams.  Holland: good riddance to a stupid bigot.  Iftikhar: NPR was right.  Battle: fire Schiller.  Hutchinson: Juan Williams is a fraud.
• Videos: Beckel and Perino on NPR’s bad move; Chris Wallace.
• Q&A: Gerri Willis, Willie Geist.  Profile: Donny Deutsch.
• Soledad: Survival of the fittest (via ATCNN); injury report.
• Greta: Why didn’t CNN say something?

Tags: ratings 2010, friends, olbermann, redeye, greta, mojo

Tags: judgenap, friends

• Video: Juan Williams on The O’Reilly Factor.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• FNC gives Juan $2M contract, expanded role; hosts Friday Factor.
• Videos: Megyn vs CAIR’s Hooper; Kelly’s Court: can Juan sue?
• Juan Williams: I was fired for telling the truth.
• Greta: NPR was really stupid.  Kristol: unfair, unbalanced, afraid.  Beck: it’s a message to Fox.  Huck to boycott NPR.  Chris Wallace w/Imus: NPR was out to get him.  Colmes backs Williams.  Bernard Goldberg: killing liberalism.
• Echoes of Shirley Sherrod.  Did NPR act on 45-second clip?  Zurawik: a shame.  Morning Joe discussion.  NPR should rehire Williams?  Kurtz: fired not for what he said, but where he said it? Yglesias: glad he’s gone.
• Breaking: NPR fires Juan Williams over O’Reilly appearance: update.  NPR internal memo.  NPR CEO: Juan should talk to his psychiatrist.  Next target: Mara Liasson.
• Clayton Morris and Natali del Conte tie the knot.
• Cenk’s Countdown ratings sink, MSNBC gives him a promotion!
• Maddow apologizes for Stockman slur, blames editing error.

Tags: ratings 2010, oreilly, megyn, greta, beck, friends, turks, mojo, maddow

• Disgruntled fired employee sues FNC, alleges ‘racism’.
• Video: Glenn Beck reacts to Soros $1 million to MM.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Video: Red Eye exposes NY candidate’s Jew-bashing.
• FNC makes assignment desk changes.
• Video: Geraldo exclusive with Gen Petraeus.
• Plot thickens: Maddow knew she wasn’t telling the truth?
• Q&A: Soledad again on Almighty Debt.
• Fox answers MSNBC’s ‘lean forward’. Overkill? FNC explains.
• Brian Wilson resurfaces, starts blog.

Tags: beck, ratings 2010, redeye, maddow

• NB: Maddow at her ‘most shameless’?
• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Sean-Bret 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Chris Jansing channels Howard Beale?
• Video: Bill O’Reilly on Red Eye.
• MSNBC election ‘anchors’: Olby, Maddow, Matthews etc.
• Deals wrapped for FNC election-night sponsors.
• Q&A: Soledad, FBN’s Lori Rothman, Liz Claman.
• MoJo plans ‘live studio audience’ edition.
• Sealing the deal: Comcast candidate contributions.
• ICN: Why is NewsNation called NewsNation?
• CNN steals interview with contracted FNC contributor.

Tags: maddow, ratings 2010, oreilly, redeye, olbermann, icn, palin

Tags: newshounds, mediamatters, huffpo

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Kelly’s Court video: the Nicky Haley mess.
• Q&A: Liz Claman on her Three Days in the Valley.
• Glenn Beck mocks CNN and ‘hooker guy’ Spitzer.
• Video: Mika gets WH email, reads it on air. Flashback.
• Video: Kilmeade’s contrition, on tv and radio.
• Tonight: Bill O’Reilly makes his Red Eye debut.
• Hot & Not: The View, Maddow AWOL, Kneale, more.
• Prince Walid not funding NY mosque (you read it here first).

Tags: ratings 2010, megyn, beck, spitzer, mojo, friends, oreilly, redeye, icn

• Cablers aid cancer-stricken ex-CNN cameraman.
• Video: News Watch on midterm coverage.
• CNN: still crazy after all these years?
• Jennifer Griffin, Laura Ingraham honored.
• Zurawik: Hannity’s fund-raising crosses the line.
• FNCers gather for ADL tribute to Murdoch.
• Weekend specials: candidates, celebs.
• News Corp fields contribution questions.
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet, preview, HuffPo recap.
• Big Ed explains what ‘lean forward’ really means.

Tags: hannity, schultz

Tags: oreilly

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly (4+ mill)-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Video: News alerts you may have missed.
• CNBC’s Dennis Kneale jumps to FBN.
• Today’s outrage: Brian Kilmeade and terrorism.
• Coop’s executive producer leaving AC360.
• Olby week in review: he’s not Superman.
• Zurawik: NBC’s news brand has been diminished by Olbermann.
• Video: Ventura claims Afghan war fought to benefit Big Lithium.

Tags: ratings 2010, redeye, friends, cooper, olbermann

• FNC dominated ratings of mine rescue finale: over 7 million viewers! Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly/Chile-Hannity/Chile-Shep 1-2-3.
• Video: Judge Nap on health care ruling and DADT.
• New Pew: Most-admired cable newser is...O’Reilly.
• O’Reilly on The View part one (Whoopi/Joy walk off), part two.
• FNC’s dominance includes breaking news.
• Greta: Are the rumors true?
• Swells gather for FNC apprentices, Latino launch.
• Imus Video: Chris Wallace part one, two; Adam Housley.
• Q&A: Wayne Rogers.
• MSNBC blows off rescue finale, stirs anger.
• Reviewed: Norah O’Donnell’s Baby Love.

Tags: ratings 2010, judgenap, oreilly, greta

• Glenn Beck Video: the hatred must stop.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Chile (CNN/11pm)-O’Reilly (8pm)-Chile (FNC/11pm) 1-2-3. Zurawik: MSNBC viewership numbers ‘pathetic’.
• Kelly’s Court Video: can Karl Rove sue?
• People mag profiles Jennifer Griffin [pdf].
• Newsmakers don’t want to appear on Park & Spit?
• Soledad’s next Black special: Almighty Debt.
• Glenn Beck update on his medical issues.
• Tamron Hall and domestic violence (via HuffPo).
• NBC drama gives Joe & Mika consultant credit.
• Blitzer’s DE Senate debate important night for CNN.
• Cablers up late with Chile coverage. More. Tyndall: ‘wretched overkill’.

Tags: beck, ratings 2010, megyn, parker, spitzer, mojo

• Video: The Judge subs for Beck, blasts both parties.
• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Park & Spit premiere week a ratings catastrophe. More.
• Cablers burn the midnight oil for miners in Chile.
• Fireworks: Did Larry O’Donnell sandbag Ron Paul?
• Rachel Maddow to helm Tiller doc.
• The Rick Sanchez apology tour continues.
• Megyn Kelly in Glamour [pdf], Piers Morgan in Vogue.

Tags: ratings 2010, beck, judgenap, parker, spitzer, o'donnell, maddow, megyn, piers

• Fox News Latino debuts Tuesday.
• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Kelly’s Court Video: Brett Favre’s forward pass.
• Coop to feature Kanzi, the celebrity ape.
• Joe Scarborough: an influential who matters?
• MSNBC welcomes Richard Lui by misspelling his name! (via ICN)
• High concept: ‘Lean Forward’ uses pseudo-candid shots.
• Park & Spit: let the tweaking commence!
• Cable news and the political divide.
• Coop praised, Piers profiled.
• Hot & Not: O’Donnell, Park & Spit, Jansing, msnbc.com.

Tags: ratings 2010, megyn, cooper, icn, parker, spitzer, piers, mojo, o'donnell

Tags: mediamatters, boehlert, huffpo, thinkprogress, newshounds, kos

• MSNBC dayside tinkering: Jansing, Tamron, Novotny.
• Video: Karl Rove vs Joe Trippi on Fox News Sunday.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Sanchez and Dobbs.
• Video: News Watch on Rick Sanchez and Kurtz. More.
• Video: Red Eye on race and whores.
• Today’s conspiracy: Fox to fire Beck--he knows too much!
• Q&A: Steve Doocy.
• FBN giving Freedom Watch primetime nightly slot.
• ICN examines CNN’s Park & Spin. Show praised...for its set!
• National Center calls for MSNBC ‘shake-up’.
• Branding: Spirit Airlines borrows a tag-line.
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet, preview, HuffPo recap.

Tags: redeye, beck, friends, judgenap, icn, parker, spitzer, o'donnell

• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• When Coop speaks, Hollywood listens.
• Olby week in review: Keith the fundraiser.
• Video: Bill O’Reilly on Imus, part one, part two.
• Park & Spit does worse than Sanchez; words that didn’t work.
• Glenn Beck to undergo medical tests.
• Today’s rumor: Katie Couric to CNN (via ICN).
• Video: Maddow takes on Art Robinson; fireworks ensue.
• Sanchez begins rehabilitation tour on GMA: Video; analysis. Sanchez ends twitter silence, talks Stewart, Olbermann. Sanchez/CNN twitter account not closed.
• CNN teams with Cartoon Network over bullying.

Tags: ratings 2010, cooper, olbermann, oreilly, parker, spitzer, beck, maddow

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Video: Glenn Beck unloads on Lawrence O’Donnell.
• Profile of the ‘worst person in the world’: Steve Doocy.
• Q&A: Greta van Susteren, Willie Geist.
• Videos: Greta vs Allred round two; ICE addresses Diaz.
• FNC: then and now.
• New feud? Breitbart vs Shepard Smith.
• Park & Spit: thin gruel. Changes coming soon?
• This Apprentice wasn’t fired (via ICN).
• Murdoch on contribution flaps. DGA withdraws complaint.
• O’Donnell apologizes for Michael Steele intro.
• Larry King: CNN was right to fire Sanchez. More. Was firing connected with Park & Spit (via ICN)?

Tags: ratings 2010, beck, o'donnell, greta, friends, shep, parker, spitzer, king

Tags: parker, spitzer

• Video: Cavuto talks to Time Warner CEO about CNN, Spitzer, Klein, Sanchez, Piers Morgan, ratings, and more [@5:01].
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Msnbc.com to change its name? A shockingly bad idea?
• Cablers, swells turn out for Arianna book.
• Jansing & Co: rigid, monotone, newsless.
• Skype Gripe: Is Park & Spit ready for primetime?
• PR expert to Sanchez: speak for yourself! And he does.
• Q&A: Phil Griffin on ‘Lean Forward’.
• MSNBC launches new political website.
• Piers Morgan hypes promise of ‘big changes’.
• O’Donnell impresses a skeptic, creates three-way race.
• Publicity seeker sets up shop outside News Corp.
• CNN’s rescue is not imminent.
• CNN Espanol gets an extreme makeover.

Tags: spitzer, piers, ratings 2010, parker, o'donnell

• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3. Park & Spit an instant ratings disaster. Weekend numbers.
• Olby hearts Thurber, thinks Spielberg did Star Wars (via ICN).
• CNN/WaPo Howard Kurtz joins The Daily Beast. More.
• Video: SE Cupp, Kirsten Powers pan O’Donnell ad.
• Park & Spit reax: obnoxious self-important noise; a colossal thud; hard to watch; surprising; not bad; a car crash; middling; a freak show; desperate; awkward; a nothingburger.
• Injury reports: Soledad’s knee, Jon Scott’s arm.
• Fox & Friends video: Trump considering run for Prez.
• Rick Sanchez apologizes...to Jon Stewart. Flashback.
• MSNBC slogan Lean Forward, has Olby leaning backward!
• Aaron Brown resurfaces...in Seattle.
• Shep Smith doesn’t like John Calipari.

Tags: ratings 2010, spitzer, parker, olbermann, friends

From Follow the Money, October 4 2010

Tags: spitzer

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Hitchens wants CNN to re-hire Rick Sanchez!
• Fox live streaming CT Senate debate w/Bret Baier.
• CNBC follows FBN’s lead.
• Park & Spit pre-taped segment already online.
• CNN’s Cal Perry has left the building.
• Charlie Gasparino makes top biz commentators list.
• NY Daily News slams Spitzer: a ‘disgrace’ (via C-boomer). CNN’s Kurtz profiles Park & Spit. Q&A: Spitzer (Mediaite), Park & Spit (TVN), Park & Spit (HuffPo).
• Cable news bloodsport: Olby claims CNN tried to hire him; MSNBC’s twitter rule; Olby/Joe tensions; the Campbell Brown experiment; more.
• O’Reilly/Nolan/Comcast flap rehashed; Olby quoted.
• Hot & Not: Sanchez, Coop, O’Donnell, Allred, EEOC, Shultz.
• Profiles: Gerri Willis, Robin Meade. Q&A: Sanchez pt one, two, three.

Tags: ratings 2010, parker, spitzer, olbermann, matthews, maddow, oreilly, cooper, mojo, o'donnell

Tags: mediamatters, huffpo, crooks, newshounds, schultz

From Red Eye, October 2 2010

• Revealed: More details of failed O’Keefe/CNN sting.
• Q&A: CNN’s Gergen w/CNN’s Spitzer.
• The Fox News baby boom.
• Sanchez canned! Zurawik deconstructs his lies. MSNBC exults. Rubin: CNN blew it! Levin: He can recover. Jamie McIntyre: Sanchez ‘delusional’ (via Chickaboomer). The fallout for Cuban-Americans. Video: Reliable Sources.
• Video: Greta cross-examines Gloria Allred; fireworks ensue.
• Fox spox on Obama/FNC spat: ‘We are so in his head.’
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet, preview.

Tags: spitzer, greta

• Breaking: CNN fires Rick Sanchez! Reax: ICN.
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Zurawik: Why does CNN allow Sanchez on its air? More.
• Whom does the President talk to?
• Trig Truther Sullivan claims O’Reilly speaks ‘nonsense’!
• FNC: years-old, settled EEOC flap ‘politically motivated’.
• Coop tapes special on bullying.
• FNC top newser on ‘most valuable’ list.
• Sanchez’s bizarre rant about Jews, Jon Stewart.
• Radio comic gets CNN weekend try-out.
• MSNBC dayside revamp begins: ‘Jansing & Company’.
• Olby week in review.
• Profile: Piers Morgan. Q&A: Lawrence O’Donnell.
• Uncut video: Bill O’Reilly vs Bill Maher.

Tags: ratings 2010, oreilly, cooper, olbermann, piers, o'donnell