Jon Stewart is not Quite Done on Ripping on CNN
/Watch this video to the end...Because there is a classic CNN clip that just HAS to be seen!
CNN May Put Newt in the Crossfire
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Because no one seems to have an original idea in TV news anymore.
Struggling CNN has been looking at bringing back the show Crossfire.
Which begs the question, if the show was so good...why did it get canceled in the first place?
For you kids out there, Crossfire was a debate show that pitted two pundits -- one liberal, one conservative -- against one another on the political issues of the day. Sounds so exciting doesn't it?
Who CNN is talking to about killing both roles after the bounce
Read MoreFox News Tops Cable Ratings for First Time in 10 Years
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The Boston Marathon bombings and the search for the suspects that followed, helped Fox News win top of the cable rankings for the first time in nearly a decade.
In both total day and primetime for the week of April 15-April 21, the News Corp-owned news network pulled ahead of usually top-ranked USA Network.
Excluding election coverage last year, the last time Fox News was in the top position was August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. In primetime, FNC garnered 2.874 million viewers on average for the week compared with No. 2 USA’s 2.621 million.
CNN also climbed the cable ladder to finish No. 3 with 1.985 million viewers overall on average. History Channel was in fourth with 1.937 million viewers and A&E was fifth with 1.928 million.
H/T Deadline
Leaving the TV Business
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It seems more and more, people working in TV News are looking to get out of the business altogether.
The latest one to kiss TV news goodbye, WBBH (Ft. Myers-Naples) Weekend Anchor
Jennifer Trammell.
Trammell signed off this past weekend, but she's not leaving Southwest Florida.
“In TV it’s all about bumping up to the next market,” says Trammell. “I want to be settled for a while.”
“It was a hard decision,” says Trammell, of leaving broadcasting, one, she says, that she didn’t take lightly or make overnight.
Find out what she had to do as the Weekend Anchor after the jump. It's shocking...shocking I tell you.
Read MoreBlip: Milwaukee Reporter Bolts for the Left Coast
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It was three and out for Henry Rosoff, the WITI reporter who left the station last week. He started at WITI in 2010 and, when his contract was up for renewal, he looked around at opportunities, hoping to land closer to family in New Jersey.
Instead, he ended up about as far away from them as you can get and still be in the continental United States.
New Greensboro Anchor Bumps Andy Griffith
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It looks like the "Luck" has run out for the Andy Griffith show at 5:30PM on WFMY in Greensboro.
The Andy Griffith Show, a staple at 5:30 p.m. on WFMY Greensboro for about a half-century, is being moved to 3PM to make room for what WFMY is calling an “investigative/consumer news program” that launches Thursday.
WFMY has hired anchor Julie Luck from WGHP; her start at the station coincides with 2 Wants to Know’s debut April 25.
WFMY’s promotional materials call Luck “The Piedmont Triad’s most popular news anchor.”
After the hop, viewers are not happy that Luck has killed off Andy Griffith at 5:30
Read MoreDo you Work at a Gannett Station? Ask for a Raise
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f you work at a Gannett station, Today is a good day to go into your boss and ask for a raise.
Gannett reported first quarter results that included television revenues of $185.5 million, 8.5% higher compared to $170.9 million in the first quarter a year ago.
An increase of 58.7% in retransmission revenue and a 2.3% increase in core advertising revenues more than offset lower advertising associated with the move of the Super Bowl broadcast to the company's six CBS stations from its 12 NBC stations and a decrease in political spending of $3.4 million.
More after the bounce
Read MoreJohn King Admits He Screwed Up
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CNN's John King was DC radio station WTOP talking about the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings.
When he was asked about his report there was an arrest in the case that turned out to be totally wrong.
"Well I was involved in that. It's not walking back, it's correcting it. You have to do that, and it's embarrassing," King said. "I've been at this for nearly 30 years gentlemen. I've covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations. I've got a pretty good track record, but when you do something like this it's embarrassing."
More after the hop
Read MoreFired F-Bomb Anchor to Appear on the Today Show
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Want to know how to get on the Today Show?
Just go on TV and throw down an F-Bomb or two and you'll make it.
Former KFYR Anchor A.J. Clemente, who held his job for about a hour sent out a tweet saying he is going to be on the Today Show.
Clement was fired after he said "fuckin' shit" on the first show he ever anchored for the station.
Now, he'll be on Today. WTF?!
John Bolaris Says He's Leaving Philly
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Not sure how this is news, but the Philly Daily News thinks it is.
The paper reports that Former Philly Weather John Bolaris who has been out of work for for well over a year is leaving Philadelphia and will now be New York's problem.
"I tried for a year and a half to get something here in Philly, but I knew that wasn't going to happen after a year and a half," Bolaris said. "I'm a little bit embarrassed that I couldn't land a job in Philly. I'm frustrated, but having to leave sometimes comes out better than having to stay."
More after the jump
Read MoreAP's Twitter Account Hack, Stocks Drop
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The Associated Press Twitter account posted "Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured."
The news wire has since confirmed its account has been hijacked, referring to the tweet in question as "bogus."
But effects of the major hack — not the first to impact a news agency on Twitter were being felt. The Dow plummeted nearly 100 points following the worrying tweet, though stocks have largely bounced back from the dive.
Who's behind the hack? More after the jump
Read MoreWinners and Losers of Boston Bombing Coverage
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Just about everyone would agree that the Boston Marathon Bombing and the coverage that followed was not exactly TV News's finest moment.
A number of bad reports, wrong information and just plain not very good reporting, gave TV news a bit of a shiner.
But there was some good to be had out of Boston.
FTVLive breaks down the winners and losers for last week's coverage.
Who was a winner and who was the losers, after the jump
Read MoreDoh! Dallas Station Accuses Actress of Boston Bombings
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The media mistakes in covering the Boston Bombings have been more than anyone would want to admit it.
But, one Dallas station may have made the most embarrassing mistake of all.
KDFW the local Fox affiliate fingered popular "New Girl" actress Zooey Deschanel as a suspect in last week’s tragic Boston Marathon bombing.
See the screen shot and the Tweet from the Actress about the Dallas station's mistake after the leap
Read MoreLetterman's Top 10 is About Fired Anchor
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Not many TV anchors can say they were fired after only anchoring one show.
Then again, not many TV anchors can say they made David Letterman's Top 10 list after anchoring on one show.
Letterman set his sights on fired Bismark Anchor A.J. Clemente with his Top 10 list:
Top Ten Signs Your First Day As A News Anchor Didn't Go Well
10. Well, you're wearing two neckties
9. Kept mispronouncing your own name
8. Weatherman tells you to expect an 80% chance of unemployment
7. Your tearful, on-air admission of falsifying your resume
Read the rest of the Top 10 after the leap
Read MoreNo Reese for GMA
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It could have been a ratings hit, Reese Witherspoon was scheduled to be on Good Morning America this week.
Normally that would not have been that big a deal, but with her recent arrest the appearance could have pulled a really good number.
Witherspoon was arrested over the Weekend when her husband got pulled over on suspicion of DUI, and she got busted for playing the “Do you KNOW who I am?” card. She wound up being arrested for disorderly conduct.
She not only canceled her appearance on GMA this week, but she flaked out on Jimmy Fallon's show as well.
It looks like Resse might be falling to pieces.
Sorry....couldn't resist.
Ann Curry Splitting Hairs
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Did Ann Curry cut her hair, just to piss off the bosses at NBC?
If you believe Radar Online then yes she did.
The site reports that in an act of defiance, amidst criticism by former Today bosses about her physical appearance, Ann Curry debuted a sassy much shorter hairdo on air Friday, without informing network honchos, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
Curry’s style was often maligned by Today colleagues.
More after the leap
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