Jake Tapper's 'The Lead'...didn't Lead the Ratings

Jeff Zucker was all giddy with excitement as his new hire Jake Tapper finally debuted his new show on CNN.​

Zucker squealed ​"the prospect of Jake Tapper being the face of the new CNN had me more excited than anything...."

Tapper's show 'The Lead' debuted at 4PM Yesterday and THE NEW FACE OF CNN HIT THE AIR!!!!​

So how much did Tapper kill everyone else on cable in the ratings? 

Ummmmmm ..... he finished 4th...Behind Fox News, MSNBC and HLN. ​

Ouch!

We're guessing Zucker might not be as excited now. ​

MSNBC Replaces guy no one heard of with another guy no one heard of, who replaced the first guy no one heard of who was Demoted

MSNBC has bumped up Steve Kornacki (Who?) to the Network's show "Up" (What?).

Kornacki (Huh?) is currently a co-host on MSNBC's "The Cycle," (Double Huh?).

He will replace Chris Hayes (???), who is launching a new prime time show.

It's supposedly a big promotion for Kornacki who is openly gay, if anyone cares. 

He now becomes the third openly gay solo host on MSNBC, joining Rachel Maddow and Thomas Roberts. Which puts MSNBC now 2 ahead of Fox News in Gay hosts but still far behind in the ratings. 

"I want to thank Chris Hayes and his team for creating a totally original and incredibly smart model for political television," Kornacki said in a statement.

Roland Martin Pushed out at CNN

Jeff Zucker is rolling Roland Martin right out the door at CNN.​

Martin broke the news on Twitter that he was leaving the cable net on April 6. He says that the network is not renewing his contract. 

"Last day at @cnn is April 6," Martin wrote on Twitter this morning. Martin added, "new boss wants his own peeps."

Here you go Jeff Zucker:​

NBC O&O Names New GM in te Windy City

When Larry Wert walked out of WMAQ in Chicago for a job at Tribune, ​if left a General Manager's job to fill at the NBC O&O.

NBC got around to filling that spot Today. 

David Doebler has been named president and general manager of WMAQ, effective immediately. 

Doebler comes from the president and GM of NBC’s WVIT Hartford-New Haven, Conn. A job he has had for the last eight years.

​Doebler has his work cut out for him.

ABC O&O WLS has owned the news ratings in the market forever. ​

You Never Know Who's Stalking You on Social Media

Here's a prime example of that in ScottLand. ​

Shriver Continues to Settle in at NBC

NBC will not confirm anything, only to say that Maria Shriver is working on Pope coverage for NBC.

But, FTVLive will bet you a nickel ​that her role will continue to expand at the Peacock. She sent out this Tweet just a few minutes ago:

The FTVLive Relaunch Off to Flying Start

On February 4th, FTVLive packed as much explosives as we could and hit the switch.  We blew up the paywall that was surrounding this website, making it free to everyone.

6 weeks later, it looks like we made the right decision in going free.​

Some interesting ​stats in the first 6 weeks.

See who's coming to FTVLive and other stats in ScottLand

Leno Contiunes to Target NBC Bosses

​The rumors are Jay Leno is going to be out at the Tonight Show. Word is that it will be officially announced sometime in May.

FTVLive told you that one NBC suit was pissed off that Leno keeps taking shots at NBC and the suits that run the place.​

It appears Leno could care less. He's one of his jokes from his monologue last night:​

"You know the whole legend of St. Patrick, right?" Jay Leno said in his Monday "Tonight Show" monologue. "St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland -- and then they came to the United States and became NBC executives. It's a fascinating story."

​Ouch!