We're going to go out on a limb here and say this isn't the way to you want to kick off you're brand new job as an anchor.
Over the Weekend, it was A.J. Clemente's first night at the anchor desk for Bismarck NBC affiliate KFYR.
Things did not go well.
And that maybe the biggest understatement we have ever made.
The full story and the F-Bomb video after the jump
Read MoreAl Michaels, the sportscaster that made of of the most famous calls in sports history, was busted over the Weekend for driving drunk.
Michaels made the call "Do you believe in miracles?" as the U.S. hockey team upset the mighty Soviets in the 1980 Winter Olympics was busted in Southern California on Friday night.
Santa Monica police Sgt. Ryan Gradle said Michaels was extremely cooperative and was released on his own recognizance Saturday morning.
Michaels is currently working as play-by-play announcer for NBC's "Sunday Night Football.
He was arrested shortly before 10 p.m on Friday and spent more than five hours in the Santa Monica City Jail.
He's scheduled to appear at Los Angeles Municipal Court at 8:30 a.m. on June 26.
Neither Michaels nor NBC had immediate comment.
One person on Twitter said that watching the police trying to capture Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was like watching the OJ Simpson chase back in 1994. The difference was, the person watched the OJ chase on TV and the Tsarnaev capture on Twitter.
Many watched the events unfold on TV while also being logged onto to Social Media at the same time.
Mnay of those on Twitter were also using an app to listen to the police scanners in the Boston area.
KIRO News Director Bob Jordan was over 3,000 miles away in Seattle and yet he was tweeting some of what he heard on the Boston Police scanner.
More after the jump
Read MoreIt can happen to anyone...you're in the middle of your live shot and you totally forget what you're trying to say.
But, it's extremely rare when it happens at the network level.
On Saturday night's CBS Evening News, Correspondent Terrell Brown was tagging out his story from Boston Live.
Brown tripped over one word and then absolutely lost his train of thought. He made no sense in his stumbling and then pulled the rip cord and sent to back to the studio.
One has to wonder if NY Times Reporter Brian Stelter's new book had anything to do with NBC's decision to use Ann Curry live on Nightly News on Friday Night?
Stelter's book "Top of the Morning" (FTVLive started reading it over the Weekend) points out how badly Ann Curry was treated by NBC when she was pulled from the Today Show.
Just as the book is about to be released, Curry appears live on NBC's Nightly.
Curry appeared on set with Brian Williams as part of the team covering the capture of Boston marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
It was Curry's first time live on NBC in 9 months!
While CNN's John King was reporting on fake arrests, another CNN reporter were breaking world exclusive that a dog was barking.
As police were closing in on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, CNN reporter on the scene in Watertown Deborah Feyerick suddenly found herself at the edge of frenetic police activity, and found herself in the unenviable position of having a lot to report on, and not much to actually report.
As police vehicles rushed down the street, Feyerick frantically called an audible to the control room, reported smelling smoke, adding “Something just happened. We don’t know what it is.”
Then, in a moment worthy of Jon Stewart’s Moment of Zen, an understandably excited Feyerick reported “We smell smoke, people running to the center, cars going straight, cars turning to the right. Whether they cordoned off this block, we can see a helicopter that is up in the air. Something has just happened. Police officers are running, we have a dog, a dog that’s on its way. Interesting, that dog is barking. Whether that’s a canine, we don’t know.”
We're fairly certain if the dog was barking, it was a canine...but that's just us.
More plus the video after the skip
Read MoreThe Boston Marathon Bombing coverage not only dominated coverage here in the States, it was also a big story all over the world.
The BBC covered the story and at one point that interviewed Marathon Runner Marcus Mumford live from Boston.
Next time, they might want to check out the shot a bit better before going live. A pink dildo could clearly be seen in the background.
Then again, we saw more than a few dicks covering the bombing story the past week (We're looking at you John King).
While the eyes of the world were fixed on the East Coast and Boston, over on the West Coast there was a bloodbath at one LA station.
Former PBS station KCET announced Friday that it would lay off 22 employees, or nearly one-fifth of its staff, as it completes a merger with the Bay Area satellite provider Link Media.
Now called KCETLink, the Burbank-based nonprofit entity is scrambling to reposition itself as a "transmedia" company that provides content to mobile devices and other platforms as well as televisions. The company has hired a well known PR firm, Rogers & Cowan, to help manage its image during the transition.
More after the bounce
Read MoreIt's a thought that might scare the hell out of some people.
But, when Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. completes three deals announced in the past two months, it will own more television stations across the country than any other company.
The Baltimore area company will operate 134 stations in 69 markets, reaching more than a third of all U.S. homes with televisions. It will have more than doubled in size in about two years, and that's presuming it doesn't broker any more acquisitions.
More after the skip
Read MoreAl Jazeera America will launch later this year on the old Current TV, but it isn't going to be an easy road for them.
They’re not the terrorist news network, and they don’t even play one on TV — anymore.
Al Jazeera is an award-winning global news operation that has enraged kings, heads of state and even entire populations with in-depth, honest reporting.
It will arrive in the U.S. this year in the form of Al Jazeera America, replacing Current TV, which founder Al Gore sold to the Qatar-based broadcaster last year.
But it’s going to have serious issues.
Want to talk about a dedicated news anchor.
Take a look at Chen Ying, a local news anchor in China. Ying was in her wedding dress about to be married, when a big earthquake hit.
The quake killed almost 200 people and injured more than 5,000. Ying grabbed a mic and started reporting on the scene....in her wedding dress!
Now this woman has some dedication.
The video after the leap
Read MorePolice have released the thermal imaging from a helicopter to monitor Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's movement inside of the boat he was hiding in.
Dzhokhar, who police say was badly injured, remained prone on the floor of the boat for much of the video, as police use a robot to tear away the tarp on the boat.
You can also see police throwing flash-bang grenades in the boat.
The video after the jump
Read MoreOver the Weekend, a couple of CBS properties had their Twitter accounts hack.
The accounts for 60 Minutes, 48 Hours and KCNC the CBS O&O in Denver all had their accounts hacked.
The accounts all sent out messages that included links to spyware.
The 60 Minutes account was then used to for a bunch of Tweets about Syria.
Twitter suspended the 60 Minutes account.
Screen shots of the hacks after the hop
Read MoreHere are the stories that you guys read the most on FTVLive this past week.
No. - 5: The Very First Tweet of the Bombings
No. - 4: NBC's Pete Williams - The Calm in the Media Storm
No. - 3: Picture of Dead Bombing Suspect Leaks Online
No. -2 : The Twitterverse Opens Fire on CNN
And the No. 1 most read story this week: CNN Born June 1, 1980 - Died April 17, 2013
CBS' "60 Minutes" has revised its lineup of stories for Sunday's show to add a story on the Boston Bombings.
Scott Pelley will front the story with all that went down in Boston last week.
With Pelley's story in, Steve Kroft's interview with "Angel of Death" serial killer Charles Cullen is pushed to the back burner.
The other reports Tonight are Lara Logan's look at dogs that sniff out bombs to save U.S. soldiers on the battlefield and Lesley Stahl's tour of the Sept. 11th Memorial Museum being built at Ground Zero.
So far the only known pictures of the second bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's arrest was a photo of him on the ground being treated by police.
The photo was a law enforcement hand out.
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