Not sure the ND would Approve

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Not sure the ND would Approve

​KCBS Reporter Joy Benedict ​posted a picture of her on Facebook sitting on a large chess board in a short/tight black dress asking "Who wants to Play with me??"

Certainly not the most risqué ​picture ever posted on Facebook, but not one that I'm sure that her News director or bosses at CBS would really approve of. I know... call us a prude. The picture would be fine if she was a college kid, but this is a Reporter in the number  2 market working for an O&O. Just saying...

The screen shot after the Hop   ​

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The Matt Lauer "Rebuild My Reputation Tour" Continues

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The Matt Lauer "Rebuild My Reputation Tour" Continues

​NBC was first up at the Upfronts and Matt Lauer took center stage. ​

Lauer on a (so far unsuccessful) mission to try and recover his image used humor as his latest ploy to get back his reputation.

Toward the end of the presentation, Lauer strode out on stage with his co-anchor, Savannah Guthrie.

“I would like to tackle a teeny white elephant in the room,” Mr. Lauer said as many of the 400 people in the audience leaned in. “We hate being the news.”

More on the Today Show comedy routine after the Leap  ​

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Whoopi Has Had it with Barbara Walters

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Whoopi Has Had it with Barbara Walters

​Whoopi Goldberg, 'The View's" outspo­ken moderator was a no-show when 83-year-old Barbara Walters returned after being out six weeks due to her much-heralded fall and surprise case of chicken pox.

And if you believe the National Enquirer (and quite frankly, don't we all?) it's because Whoopi has grown tired of Babs.​

Does Whoopi really have "Barbara Days Off Clause" in Her Contract?

Find out after the Jump  ​

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Miami Anchor to Leave O&O This Summer

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FTVLive first reported that WFOR Anchor Shannon Hori was going to be leaving the CBS O&O.​

Now we hear that she is set to leave the station in June.

We reported that her contract is not being renewed and that is true. But, we implied that it was the station that calling off the deal. That is not the case.​

Hori was the one to tell the station that she was leaving when her contract is up. We hear that she is this/close to landing a new gig.​

Details on that coming soon. ​Stay tuned...

Leaving to Spend more Time with His Family

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Leaving to Spend more Time with His Family

KTBS/Channel 3/Shreveport Sports Director Tim Fletcher wants to set the record straight on why Tomorrow is his last day at the station. 

Fletcher made the following post on his Facebook page:

It appears word has gotten out about tomorrow being my final day at KTBS. First and foremost, I am leaving KTBS after 13 and a quarter years for one reason and one reason only.

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Man Calls TV Station to Report He Killed his Wife

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Man Calls TV Station to Report He Killed his Wife

Working the Assignment Desk you get all kinds of calls on the Tip Line. But not very often do you get a guy calling up to say he killed his wife.​

Tony Barrett called KOMO in Seattle and said: “I just killed my wife … I want you to put it on your Facebook.”

The station called police instead. But Eventually and you knew they would, KOMO did put it on Facebook and got almost 50 "Likes." Really?!

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Judge: Rob and Ashley Morrison Can Talk Again

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Judge: Rob and Ashley Morrison Can Talk Again

​A judge has given the go ahead for Rob Morrison to contact his wife again.​

Morrison has been receiving calls for weeks from the wife he allegedly choked and threatened to kill last month, said a source to the NY Daily News. 

Now the former anchor who was fired....errrr , who "resigned" from WCBS, can call her back.

What the judge will and will not let Morrison do after the Hop  ​

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Ann Curry Just wants Lauer to Shut Up

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Ann Curry Just wants Lauer to Shut Up

​When Ann Curry was stripped of her job on the Today Show, she felt betrayed by NBC and her co-host Matt Lauer.​

Now, with everything starting to calm down over the Curry fiasco, Lauer opens up his yapper and brings it all up again. Plus adds the juicy tid-bit that he wanted Katie Couric to comeback to Today.​

Curry just wants it to stop.​

Find out what the NBC won't let Curry do after the Jump  ​

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Chris Cuomo Might Cost ABC Big $$$

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Chris Cuomo Might Cost ABC Big $$$

Chris Cuomo might be gone from ABC News, but he may have left them with a huge bill to pay.​

Cuomo is sitting at CNN, waiting for Jeff Zucker to find him a co-anchor for the new morning show.​

But in a courtroom in California, ABC is being sued for a story that Cuomo did for 20/20.

Cuomo could cost his former network in a libel lawsuit over a report on the dangers of online dating.

Read more after the Hop  ​

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"Matt Lauer" The Unspoken Name at NBC

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"Matt Lauer" The Unspoken Name at NBC

​The NBC Suits are scared to death that the goose that lays the golden eggs is in poor health. It it is hitting the NBC Managers right in the wallet. 

Brian Stelter of the NY Times writes that The Today Show pays a lot of the bills for the rest of the news division; it was responsible for roughly half a billion dollars in revenue in 2011. That total dipped by at least $50 million in 2012, according to industry estimates, as “Good Morning America” capitalized on the show’s stumbles. NBC declined to comment. But managers at NBC News were told this week that they would receive smaller bonus checks for 2012 because of the “Today” show ratings slump.​

More on Matt Lauer's role in all of this after the Jump  ​

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