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Musician will.i.am’s “Yes We Can” video, about Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, was the most searched-for viral video of the year, according to AOL-owned video search service Truveo. Truveo released data on most popular search trends today. It reported that after the will.i.am video, the most searched...
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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...
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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...
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Coverage of Madonna and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave the syndicated magazine show genre the strength to grow its ratings for the week ending Oct. 26. All six shows inside the genre boosted household ratings week-to-week, as Gov. Palin’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and Madonna’s publicized split...
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Sen. John McCain’s appearance last night on the final “Saturday Night Live” before the election lifted the series to its second-highest overnight rating since December 1997. Drawing a 9.0 rating/20 share overnight household rating in 56 markets, last night’s “SNL” was second only to the Oct. 18 episode...
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ABC News’ interview with Sarah Palin, conducted by Elizabeth Vargas, will air on “Good Morning America” on Thursday and on “20/20” on Friday night. Portions of the interview, which took place today on the campaign trail in Toledo, Ohio, will air on “World News With Charles Gibson,” “Nightline,” ABC News...
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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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As the presidential election nears, there is a question about whether Sen. John McCain could be facing not just the bad economy and voters’ dislike of George Bush, but a “Tina Fey problem.” Pollster Bennett, head of Manchester, N.H.-based American Research Group, said Ms. Fey’s portrayal of GOP vice...
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A visit from vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lifted the Oct. 18 edition of “Saturday Night Live” to several new ratings highs, including its biggest viewership since 1994. Drawing 15 million viewers, the Oct. 18 episode of “SNL” also brought in a 5.5 rating/20 share in adults 18-...
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Former GSN digital executive John P. Roberts is back in the gaming business. This time he has created a topical game about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. In the game "Palinisms: Ask Sarah Anything!" Internet users can ask any question they want of an animated version of the Republican vice presidential...
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It’s apparently official. The Associated Press is reporting that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to appear on “Saturday Night Live” this Saturday. “SNL” is hosted this Saturday by Josh Brolin, who plays President Bush in Oliver Stone’s new film “W.” There were no immediate details on Gov. Palin’s role...
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NBC News’ Brian Williams will interview Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin on the “Nightly News With Brian Williams.” The interviews from the campaign trail will air Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 on NBC, less than two weeks before Election Day.
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In a study by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press , among John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, the press has been toughest on the Governor of Alaska. Less than four out of 10 respondents (38%) say Gov. Palin has received the most severe treatment by the press, compared...
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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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The Biden-Palin vice-presidential debate Thursday night probably drew a bigger audience than last week’s debate between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, according to preliminary national data from Nielsen Media Research. ABC attracted and held the largest audience of the broadcast...