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It was a jam-packed ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria for the 68th annual Peabody Awards today. Host Brian Williams joked he was "in the tank" for three of the esteemed awards—for colleague Richard Engel, "Saturday Night Live" and NBC Sports. Winner Doug Ellin of "Entourage"...
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CNN laid the groundwork for its 2008 election coverage back in 2005 budgeting meetings, when all it really knew was that there would be a wide open two-party race. The planning paid off, with the Peabody judges singling out the cable network’s primary campaign and debate coverage for an award. “With...
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Republican strategist Mary Matalin has joined CNN as a political contributor. She will appear on “Anderson Cooper 360,” “State of the Union With John King” and “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer.” She also will appear alongside her husband, CNN political contributor James Carville, on “State of the...
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The President Obama Show will be making an appearance in the May sweeps. Officials from the Obama administration have asked the major broadcast networks for up to an hour of primetime next Wednesday at 8, according to sources familiar with the request. Mr. Obama wants the time for a news conference outlining...
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Regrettable is the word that comes to mind as we survey the performance of cable news outlets in recent weeks. Their coverage of the anti-tax “tea parties” on April 15 illustrates the extent to which self-described news outlets have departed from their mission and turned to theater. We (quixotically...
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It’s time again for TelevisionWeek ’s list of the 10 Most Powerful in TV News. This year’s report card comes at an awkward time: Election-year performances can’t be ignored, and yet they already seem a distant memory, as the industry is roiled by the same economic turmoil as the rest of the nation. While...
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As it approaches the upfront, CNN isn’t talking ratings. Instead, Greg D’Alba, executive VP and chief operating officer of CNN Advertising Sales, talks about how many different viewers the news network reaches, not just on TV but through its online and digital properties. Mr. D’Alba also talks about...
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The national debate on health care reform is heating up, but the role the media will play in furthering the discussion remains to be seen. During the Clinton administration, the debate quickly devolved into emotional advertising and spin. And Gary Schwitzer, associate professor at the Minnesota School...
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At CNN, ratings points are evaporating. At corporate sibling HLN, audiences are building. But HLN boss Ken Jautz says he’s not a cannibal. Rather, it’s that his network offers a different flavor of content than CNN. During primetime Monday through Sunday last quarter, HLN averaged 655,000 total viewers...
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ABC’s “Lost,” NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and HBO’s “Entourage” and “John Adams” are among the television programs being honored with a 2008 Peabody Award. AMC’s critical darling “Breaking Bad” will also receive a Peabody Award, as will Nick’s “Avator: The Last Air Bender.” Several of HBO’s documentary...
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CNN bled prime-time ratings points in the first quarter of 2009 and Fox News Channel led the cable news networks on several fronts during a news cycle marked by the beginning of President Barack Obama’s administration and a global economic crisis. Among the three major cable news networks, Fox News averaged...
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Kathy O’Hearn will executive produce Christiane Amanpour’s upcoming program for CNN International. The show, launching in September, will be a New York-based, half-hour show airing weekdays during European primetime on CNN International and on Sunday afternoons on CNN in the U.S. Ms. O’Hearn previously...
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CNN announced today that former Vice President *** Cheney will guest Sunday on its "State of Union" program hosted by John King, in what the network is billing as Mr. Cheney’s first broadcast TV interview since leaving office in January. The interview could be attention-getting. Since the Bush...
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More than 52 million viewers tuned in for President Barack Obama’s address to Congress Tuesday night, Nielsen Media Research said. Drawing 52.37 million, the speech pulled in more viewers than last year’s by nearly 15 million people. Although technically it was President Obama’s first State of the Union...
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Barack Obama’s inauguration speech generated some record setting Web-video streaming traffic for CNN and its partner Facebook, but will the public be quite as interested in the new president’s State of the Union like address to Congress? The world gets to find out the answer Tuesday as CNN and Facebook...