The television world is Sarah Palin’s oyster. Fox News Channel’s Greta Van Susteren clinched the first interview with the former Republican vice presidential candidate. But TV’s talk and news heavyweights all want the Alaska governor: Fox’s Bill O’Reilly, Oprah Winfrey, the ladies of ABC’s “The View...
Fox News Channel’s Greta Van Susteren has won the first post-election sit-down interview with the former Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The widely sought interview, to be taped in Alaska starting this weekend, is expected to dominate Monday’s edition of Ms. Van Susteren...
The 2008 race for the presidency has been memorable for many reasons, not the least of which is the jaw-dropping effect it has had on the television industry. The campaign brought to media companies a record $750 million in advertising revenue—of which local stations and the broadcast and cable networks...
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The television turn-out for the vice presidential debate Thursday night between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin totaled 69.9 million viewers, according to national data from Nielsen Media Research. The lone debate between the two contenders was carried live on 11 broadcast and cable networks...
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After jump starting ratings for “ABC World News” last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made the rounds to Fox News’ “Hannity and Colmes” on Wednesday, pushing the talk show to its second-highest total viewership in 2008. Part one of Sean Hannity’s interview with Gov. Palin brought in 4.9 million viewers...
More people watched Alaska Governor and Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin’s speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention on Fox News than on any other network. Fox, which had suffered an uncharacteristic streak of second-place finishes during last week’s Democratic convention, averaged 9...