• The Five video: Bob Beckel’s heated debate over Col West.
• Q&A: Shep Smith on FNC’s milestone and his own weight loss.
• Report: WSJ ‘darling’ Kelly Evans jumping to CNBC?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Kilmeade faces a Cuba missing crisis (h/t @MartyDavis).
• Q&A: Greg Gutfeld, Liz Claman, FNC’s Jeremy Steinberg.
• The incredible disappearing Shep Smith.  Fox News rings the bell.
• An appropriate choice: subbing for Olbermann...Eliot Spitzer!
• Current wants to move next door to CNN and Fox News.
• Gore: There’ll be none of that ‘balance’ stuff on Current.
• Hot & Not: Suze Orman, Big Ed, CNN, MSNBC inciting violence, etc.

Tags: ratings, fox, shep, cnbc, friends, redeye, fbn, olbermann, cnn, msnbc, icn

• The Five video: What kind of idea is going to the moon?
• Thursday’s numbers: Debate-O’Reilly-Coop-Baier 1-2-3-4.
• CNN’s latest debate no ratings buster.  Intruder alert!
• ICN: Too little too late for CNN to trademark ‘magic wall’.
• Video: You’ve got Hemmer!  Gorman, Gasparino finally meet.
• Q&A: Geraldo (via ICN), Dylan Ratigan, Dr Sanjay Gupta.
• Schumacher: Wolf Blitzer flunks the debate moderator test.
• Zurawik: Kudos to Wolf Blitzer for standing up to Newt Gingrich.
• Was CNN egging on the crowd?  How does CNN verify its iReports?

Tags: ratings, fox, cnn, icn, fbn, msnbc

• Video: The Five share their yearbook photos.
• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Profile: The only ombudsman in cable news, Andy Levy.
• ICN: Big Ed advising Dems, plus Nancy Pelosi = quid pro quo?
• Video: Juan Williams with Imus on Newt, Jan Brewer, and more.
• UNF students prep for CNN debate.  Dr Gupta previews football special.

Tags: fox, ratings, redeye, icn, msnbc, schultz, fbn, cnn

• The Five video: Does Congress really need a ‘date night’?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• Fox wins SC primary night, tops CNN+MSNBC combined.
• Charles Gasparino to cross swords with Jamie Dimon.
• Hot & Not: Primary, shipwreck, Newt.  René Marsh to CNN Newsource.
• Lean forward: Andrea Mitchell says Romney ancestors were illegal aliens!

Tags: fox, ratings, icn, fbn, cnn, msnbc

• Profile: Bret Baier, ‘the face of Fox News’.  ICN: Network narcissism.
• Reliable Sources video: Newt Gingrich goes nuclear on the media.
• SC primary: FNC calls it first at 6:59:44; CNN 34 minutes behind.
• Video: Gingrich talking to Cavuto as Fox calls race.  CNN oops.
• Video: Newt Gingrich gripes about Fox & Friends questions.
• Geraldo adds second radio show.  The Five sets record.  Q&A: Cavuto.
• MSNBC online video revamp, could add commercial breaks.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on the ethics of ABC’s Gingrich ex-wife story.
• Primary coverage: FNC, CNN, FBN.  Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet.
• Specials: Your Money Is Primary; Saga of the Tuskegee Airmen; Tragedy at Sea.

Tags: baier, fox, icn, cnn, fbn, friends, msnbc

• The Five video: Why are Newsweek editors so dumb?
• Newest FNC contributor debuts: it’s more GOP propaganda from Fox!
• Report: Bloomberg insider laments losses, ‘editorial tailspin’.
• Media Matters and Olbermann push CNN to fire Dana Loesch.
• Piers Morgan: an eventful year one.  Gerri Willis: Sneaky fees.
• Q&A: Bret Baier previews tonight’s debate: The Sun News, New York Daily News, The State, Raleigh News and Observer.
• Fox News and Twitter team up for debate dodging display.
• ICN: The elephant in MSNBC’s room is Al Sharpton.  Aly flix nixed.
• Lean Forward: MSNBC host leads march on Governor’s private home.
• Hot & Not: Frontline, Early Start, Color of Change.  Q&A: Suze Orman.

Tags: fox, olbermann, cnn, piers, fbn, baier, icn, msnbc, friends, cnbc

• Geraldo: Berkeley prof assigns students to dig up Fox News dirt.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• John Roberts and FNC team with Google for election coverage.
• Gretchen Carlson: The toughest interview I’ve ever done.
• VIdeo: Neil Cavuto trades barbs with Don Imus part one, part two.
• Pat Buchanan: What suspension? I’ve been sick.  ICN analysis.
• Video: Melissa Harris-Perry with Colbert.  Weekend numbers.
• Q&A: Carl Cameron, Cavuto, Trish Regan, Sandra Smith, Velshi.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on Michelle Obama vs Robert Gibbs.
• CNN edits Ron Paul interview, removes criticisms of the media.
• Finally a newsroom on CNN Newsroom.  Another O’Donnell scoop.
• Details of Olbermann/Current deal murky.  Today’s deep thought.

Tags: fox, ratings, friends, fbn, msnbc, icn, cnn, o'donnell, olbermann

• The Five video: Was Jesse Ventura puched out...or not?
• Rosen: Gregory and Burnett reveal their ignorance (via ICN).
• Orman debuts debit card. FBN video: It’s cream of the crap!
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Ex-employee unloads on Olbermann: ‘He needs to get help.’
• Profile: Trish Regan.  VIdeo: Melissa Francis FBN debut.
• (MS)NBC teams with Newsweek/Beast.  Q&A: Sandra Smith.
• FNC’s new digital look for 2012.  Hannity goes live at midnight.
• Olby not trapped in his show, will run future election coverage.
• Fire Buchanan movement reinvigorated on the left and the right.
• Hot & Not: CNN am, Olbermann, MSNBC, Buchanan, etc.  Oops!

Tags: fox, msnbc, cnn, cnbc, fbn, ratings, olbermann, hannity, icn

• Reliable Sources videos: NH debates, MSNBC’s left-wing caucus.
• Video: Sununu tells Chris Matthews ‘You guys have an agenda!’
• ICN: From Donahue to Buchanan, MSNBC comes full circle.
• MSNBC admits blacklisting Pat Buchanan, may fire him.  More.
• News Watch video: Iowa caucuses manifest media highs and lows.
• Finke: Current caved to Olby, then took it back; standoff continues.
• Christopher: Olby’s claim he was threatened is another fabrication.
• Specials: Sunday Special Report w/Bret Baier; FNC New Hampshire Primary Preview; Frank Luntz NH Primary Preview.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet.  Q&A: Melissa Harris-Perry.

Tags: cnn, msnbc, matthews, icn, olbermann, fox

• Current confusion: Is Olby on tonight, or not on tonight? Not!
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Faulkner-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Videos: Megyn Kelly questions Perry, Romney, Gingrich.
• Murdoch says it’s ‘much more fun than Beck’.  Analysis.
• ICN: Cable news resolutions for 2012.  R.I.P. Jim Huber.
• Blue on blue: MSNBC slammed for coddling rape trivializers.
• Video: Alan Colmes apologized to Santorum.  Q&A: Shep.
• Caucus coverage roundup: Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, FBN.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on MSNBC’s journalist-free caucus coverage.

Tags: olbermann, ratings, megyn, fox, icn, cnn, msnbc, shep, fbn

• 2011 year in review: What’s hot, and what’s not.
• Stelter: In Glenn Beck’s shadow, The Five rises on Fox. More.
• The Hill: Did CNN deceptively edit Ron Paul interview video?
• VIdeo: Merry Christmas from the Fox News DC Bureau.
• The Cui Bono Matter, part one: listen

Tags: icn, fox, cnn

• Video: The Five ask who is America’s fourth best President?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Crowley-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• MSNBC’s in-house Rev reinvents himself for television.
• CNN to use digital acquisitions to gain on Fox News.
• Video: Bill O’Reilly talks Kim Jong Il and Bill Clinton on Today.
• Cablers cover Kim quietus.  Trish Regan to Bloomberg.
• Hot & Not: Amanpour, Chris Wallace, BBC, MSNBC, Todd, etc.
• The Nick Shurn Matter, part one: listen

Tags: ratings, fox, msnbc, cnn, oreilly, icn

• Video: Neil Cavuto’s battle royale with OWS port saboteur.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Mediaite responds to ‘insecure’ Greta’s smackdown.
• Ailes book rumors spur response.  Housley is thankful.
• Tommy Christopher gushes over ‘diverse’ Up with Hayes.
• Video: Geraldo discusses his new radio show with Don Imus.
• Hot & Not: Trump, Todd, TJ, Muppets, etc.  Christie zings MoJo.

Tags: ratings, fox, greta, msnbc, fbn, icn

• What do you get when you’ve been grilled by Bret Baier?
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-MonicaCrowley 1-2-3.
• Video: The Donald blasts Chuck Todd on MSNBC.
• Sherman: That crafty Ailes is up to something again.
• Hot & Not: Olbermann, Imus, Mr Herman Cain, Greta etc.
• Ron Christie: Chris Matthews’s ignorance of facts is shocking.
• Behind the scenes at Huck’s forum.  Catherine Crier resurfaces.
• CNN’s Eason Jordan resurfaces...to produce the Trump debate!

Tags: ratings, fox, baier, msnbc, fbn, olbermann, icn, greta, matthews, cnn

• Video: The Five on Happy (and Unhappy) Meals.
• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Shep 1-2-3.
• November program ranker: FNC holds the top 13 slots.
• O’Reilly bumps Rizzoli ratings, tops BriWi’s Rock Center!
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-ChrisWallace 1-2-3.
• ICN: Who’s leaking Imus numbers, and why?
• November: HLN slumps, Imus demo down as totals rise, CNBC daytime growth, Piers down, The Five up.
• November spin: CNN, MSNBC.  CNNi drops two shows.
• Video: HLN lets Ann Coulter say what MSNBC bleeped.
• Another Olby twitter boycott? Here’s what set him off this time.

Tags: ratings, fox, oreilly, icn, fbn, cnbc, piers, hln, msnbc, cnn, olbermann

• Claim: Roger Ailes came close to pulling Palin off the air.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• CNN, AEI, and Heritage prep for debate.
• Kurtz backs Bill.  Meghan McCain: deja vu all over again.
• Hot & Not: Now, Romenesko, Shapiro, Behar, Politico etc.
• ‘Reporter’ brags he inserted anti-US agit-prop in Fox News segment.

Tags: ratings, palin, fox, cnn, oreilly, msnbc, icn

• ICN: Now w/Alex Wagner shafts news for talk, is unlikely to survive.
• Friday’s numbers: JuanWilliams-Baier-TheFive 1-2-3.
• Mediaite tries to instigate an O’Reilly/Greta spat. TheFive tops demo.
• Goldberg: The dumbest question ever.  Jenna Lee: What I read.
• Politicozy with MSNBC; more.  Impartial journalist hired (via ICN).
• Pew: Fox News #1 in twitter engagement too (via The Cable Game).
• Kurtz: CBS ready to sign Joe and Mika but NBC put the kaibosh on it.
• Hot & Not: Murray, Penn State, CNN layoffs, etc.  Lemon book review.
• MSNBC: The place for reruns.  Hertzberg gushes over five-vs-zero Up.

Tags: icn, msnbc, ratings, fox, oreilly, greta, cnn

• Arrington: CNN called me racist! Soledad: Not so. (via TVN).
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Shep-TheFive 1-2-3-4.
• O’Reilly keep writing.  Fox’s Junior Reporters program.
• FNC DC bureau goes dark.  Bret Baier’s reading list.
• Q&A: Sean Hannity, Chris Matthews, Sandra Smith, Tamron Hall.
• CNNi skeds biz show.  CNBC docs: jobs, the lowdown on Pepsi.
• Hot & Not: Amanpour, Chernoff, CNN AM, Trump, CNBC etc.

Tags: ratings, cnn, oreilly, fox, baier, hannity, matthews, msnbc, fbn, cnbc, icn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-ChrisWallace 1-2-3.
• Video: Charlie Gasparino confronts Media Matters.
• Larry King returning to radio, and tv? (via CB)
• Profile: Lori Rothman.  Zoraida Sambolin to CNN.
• Q&A: Chris Jansing, Liz Claman. Claman’s dining diary. 
• VIdeo: Flawed EPA ratings inflate electric car mileage?
• Hot & Not: FBN, changes at MSNBC, Qadaffi killed, etc.

Tags: ratings, fbn, fox, mediamatters, king, cnn, msnbc, icn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Jon Scott’s 15 years at Fox News.
• Murdock: The Roger Ailes you haven’t heard about.
• Surprise! MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan working with occupiers.
• Q&A: Lauren Green (via ICN).  Geraldo takes a powder.
• Debates: a hot ticket on cablenews.  CNN preps huge set.
• Hot & Not: Squawk, Granholm, Hank Williams Jr, King, etc.
• Melvin’s matrimony.  Profile: Melissa Harris-Perry.
• Examiner: FNC, the future of tv news.  CNN’s reality reruns.

Tags: ratings, fox, msnbc, cnn, icn

• Fox News Studio 12H gets extreme makeover.
• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Occupiers use doctored video to claim Geraldo chased off.
• Occupier wants to break Geraldo’s hands: the crowd cheers!
• Q&A: Bill O’Reilly, Chris Wallace, Lori Rothman.  More Squawk.
• Hank Williams Jr: payback.  Debates shape the race.
• Victory lap for Fox and Hannity.  Greta: Loyalty matters.
• Piers Morgan isn’t sleeping well?  CNN goes European?
• Hot & Not: Erin Burnett, Wall Street, Fox News, HLN, Steve Jobs.

Tags: ratings, fox, oreilly, fbn, cnbc, friends, hannity, greta, piers, cnn, icn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• CNN’s 2011 top 10 heroes.  Megyn brings Yardley to debate.
• Bauder: Erin Burnett hour promises essays, ‘fresh angles’.
• Hot & Not: Uygur, Jansing, Hansen, Holt, Holmes, HLN, etc.
• Kurtz: Roger Ailes ‘repositions’ Fox News, and ‘rankles the right’.

Tags: ratings, cnn, fox, megyn, icn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Poll: Best news channel? FNC-CNN-MSNBC 1-2-3. Analysis.
• Point: Greta. Counterpoint: Tucker. Response: Greta. More.
• Newsweek profile: Bill O’Reilly.  Olbermann ratings at all-time low.
• Video: Fox & Friends 15-year highlight reel. Q&A: Steve Doocy.
• MSNBC goes all out to promote ‘marriage equality’ presentation.
• FNC 15th celebration kicks off with Fox & Friends live in Orlando.
• Hot & Not: WSJ, CNBC, American Morning, Chris Hayes, Alex Witt.

Tags: ratings, fox, greta, oreilly, olbermann, friends, msnbc, icn

• Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Megyn grills Keith Ablow over Chaz Bono.
• FNC travels cross country to celebrate 15th year.
• ICN: Print journalism snobbery.  Q&A: Big Ed.  Hayes gets Up.
• Shep Smith pulling up stakes.  CNBC: That’s entertainment!

Tags: ratings, megyn, fox, icn, schultz, shep, msnbc, cnbc

• Friday’s numbers: Juan Williams-Chris Wallace-Harris Faulker 1-2-3. Two of the top three programs: anchored by Fox News African-American journalists.
• Video: Jeff Flock takes a direct hit from Hurricane Irene.
• Nancy Grace trips the light fantastic.  Maddow in Cummington.
• Salon: The worst hurricane Irene coverage was from...guess who?!
• Profile: The Rev Al.  Q&A: The Root, Eric Deggans.  NPR: Sharpton hire part of a larger trend.  Washington: He’s cable catnip.
• Shep Smith remembers 9/11.  Bauder: Irene attracts media big guns.
• Lemon’s iPhones.  FBN live at 5:00 am; F&F Monday extra hour.
• Hot & Not: Sharpton, Childers, Irene, Herridge, Gawker, Contessa etc.

Tags: ratings, fbn, fox, hln, maddow, icn, msnbc, shep, cnn

• Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Video: Andy Levy vs Alec Baldwin part one, part two.
• Did impartial anchor Jansing get talking point from Think Progress?
• Contessa Brewer loses anchor spot.  ICN: MSNBC blew it!
• Miller: No, Al, you’re not just like Huck.  MSNBC an hour late.
• Video: Karl Rove to Sarah Palin, ‘Get a thicker skin!’
• Q&A: Steve Harrigan, Matthew Chance (via ICN). 
• Doyle: Cable news channels obsessed with anti-Obama blood lust!

Tags: ratings, redeye, msnbc, icn, palin, fox, cnn

• ICN: MSNBC redefines the meaning of ‘breaking news’.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• ICN: Making Sharpton MSNBC host worse than CNN hiring Spitzer!
• Cablers pivot to earthquake.  Video: Special Rpt may air outdoors.
• It’s official: MSNBC hires Sharpton (!) to host show.
• Q&A: Megyn Kelly, Neil Cavuto.  Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
• Videos: Steve Harrigan avoids gunfire in Tripoli, CNNer grazed.
• Coop gains while competitors off.  Weekend numbers.  Today’s oops.
• Desperate cablers turn to old PR standby: a feud!  CNN eyes Zite.
• Pareene: MSNBC weekend worse than Fox!  Another FNC outrage!
• Video: Bernard Goldberg critiques the Ingraham/Rangel shootout.

Tags: ratings, msnbc, icn, cnn, baier, fox, megyn, fbn, cooper, piers, olbermann

• Friday’s numbers: MonicaCrowley-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Heather Childers officially named to weekend anchor slot.
• Video: Leventhal and Miller on reporting from Libya.
• Q&A: John Roberts, Varney, Gupta.  Rachel Maddow unplugged.
• Zurawik: Remarkable tv.  CNN’s simulcast.  MSNBC takes flak.
• Hot & Not: Christine O’Donnell, Libya, markets, Ed Schultz.

Tags: ratings, fox, fbn, cnn, maddow, msnbc, schultz, icn

• Deggans: CNN making headlines but not for journalism.
• Wednesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Zurawik: Olbermann airs slanderous character assassination.
• Video: Bias Bash on coverage of candidates’ pastors etc.
• Varney gets 8pm hour next week; FBN simulcast on FNC Fri 5am.
• Video: Beckel w/Imus talks The Five and more pt one, pt two.
• ICN: Has Bill O’Reilly become yesterday’s news?
• Video: Andy Levy’s devastating ‘apology’ to Chris Brown.
• Controversy swirls around tweet from tv’s Andy Levy.
• ICN: Rules for cablenews tweeters.  Bad call bites Cramer again.
• Zurawik: Insufferable Piers and pitiful Christine engage in mutual exploitation.  O’Donnell: I was running late.  Morgan: What, me rude?

Tags: cnn, ratings, olbermann, fox, fbn, oreilly, icn, redeye, cnbc, piers

• Video: Christine O’Donnell walks out on Piers Morgan.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
• Video: Red Eye takes a jab at Morning Joe.
• Video: Bias Bash on media uproar over GOP words.
• Q&A: Megyn, Wolf.  Profile: Lemon.  Rothman on market drops.
• ICN: The decline of media journalism.  To release a predator.
• Video: Big Ed admits to editing trickery.  Today’s firing demand.

Tags: ratings, cnn, piers, redeye, msnbc, fox, megyn, fbn, icn, schultz

• Coop’s new timeslot runs into obstacle: Bill O’Reilly.
• Friday’s numbers: Baier-Juan Williams-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Video: Bias Bash on Iowa, terrorism.  Becky’s baby boy.
• Stelter: Biznets gain as markets roil.  Meet Simon Hobbs.
• Video: The Amazing Kreskin made a Presidential prediction.
• Hot & Not: Markets, straw polls, etc.  Obama talks with Wolf.
• CNN skeds 9/11 docs.  Soledad special stirs controversy.
• Zurawik: Maybe Olbermann and Bohrman deserve each other.

Tags: ratings, cooper, cnn, oreilly, cnbc, fbn, friends, icn, olbermann

• Friday’s numbers: Juan Williams-Chris Wallace-Greta 1-2-3.
• Video: Megyn shows pix of baby Yardley.  Megyn’s new ‘do.
• Bohrman: Current was, is, and will stay a progressive network.
• Zurawik: Can Bohrman turn a sideshow tent act into journalism?
• Ex-CNNer David Borhman joins Olbermann, Gore at Current.
• CNN edits out SEAL widow’s reference to Christ?
• Video: Bias Bash on Afghanistan deaths and The Devil’s Double.
• Biznets go live! FBN: entire primetime schedule.  CNBC: 8pm plus.
• Video: The Donald on the downgrade.  More F&F for Juliet Huddy?
• Is ex-CNNer Bohrman headed to Current?  Coop’s in Somalia.
• Hot & Not: CNBC, Sharpton, CNBC, Maddow, CNBC.  Today’s oops.

Tags: ratings, megyn, fox, cnn, olbermann, fbn, cnbc, friends, cooper, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3.
• MSNBC adds Chris Hayes to weekends.  Mrs Hayes.
• Triathlete Liz Claman races to build homes for heroes.
• CNBC skeds Michigan GOP debate.  Studio switch.
• Video: Bias Bash on media reaction to the debt deal.
• Debt Q&A: Ashley Webster, Adam Shapiro, Shibani Joshi.
• Video: Neil Cavuto w/Don Imus.  Q&A: NBC’s Schiller (v/ICN).
• Revealed: CNN’s grilling of Piers Morgan.  Spot the goofs!
• CNBC drops the ball?  Hot & Not: Debt, Melvin, Sharpton etc.

Tags: ratings, msnbc, fbn, cnbc, fox, piers, cnn, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Harris-Laura-Wallace 1-2-3.
• Zurawik: Ed Henry solid in Fox News debut.
• Athena Jones to CNN.  Another pointless list.
• Bias Bash video: Norway terror and debt ceilings.
• Stasi: Sharpton made to order for tv, Uygur not.
• Hot & Not: Uygur, News Corp, etc.  Gasparino replies.
• Hampp: Will CNN’s new primetime attract viewers?
• Q&A: Phil Griffin, Larry King.  Gawker’s selective curiosity.
• Juliet Huddy: Always a Fox, but is she still a Friend?

Tags: ratings, fox, cnn, msnbc, turks, icn, fbn, king, friends

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• First guest on tonight’s O’Reilly Factor: Bill O’Reilly!
• Impartial MSNBC anchor: Bachmann would extinguish gays.
• ICN: MSNBC’s ‘insider’ problem.  Tamron’s stalker.
• Greta: I’ve never seen anything at FNC like Uygur describes.
• Was Uygur his own worst enemy? Video: Cenk with Olby [ipad].
• Juan Williams’s story.  New Piers problems?  Q&A: Tony Maddox.

Tags: ratings, oreilly, fox, msnbc, icn, greta, turks, olbermann, piers, cnn

• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Luntz-Baier 1-2-3.  Jenna’s back.
• Dershowitz denounces Cramer.  Cablers sked testimony.
• Audio: White House aide apologizes to Bret Baier [ipad].
• CNN streams simulcast.  Chris Wallace a ‘school marm’?
• Famous woman-beater responds to Factor ’hate’ segment.
• Hot & Not: Kiran, Bashir, Sorkin, Gutfeld, The Five, etc.

Tags: ratings, cnbc, fox, cnn, oreilly, icn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Video: Bias Bash on Pakistan, Iraq, leaks, etc.
• Profile: Greg Gutfeld previews The Five.  Q&A: Jenna Lee.
• Roger Ailes pulls a fast one on Juan Williams.
• Obama pollster to double as CNN contributor.
• Hot & Not: CNN, Quintanilla, Casey Anthony, etc.
• Greta: How to cover a criminal trial, and how to watch one.

Tags: ratings, fox, cnn, icn, greta

• Symbiotic schoolyard reporting?  Fox twitter hack resolved.
• Hot & Not: Bolling, Yellin, The Five, Halperin, etc.
• Video: Reliable Sources on DSK and Halperin/Bachmann.
• Schoen & Miller: (MS)NBC too easily intimidated by White House.
• CNN rejects ‘fair and balanced’.  Q&A: Robin Meade.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• HLN can’t quit Casey.  Cost of Freedom pre-empted for non-trial.
• Freedom Watch video: Things to ponder on the fourth of July.

Tags: msnbc, fox, icn, cnn, hln, fbn

• Video: Wallace questions Bachmann, apologizes for ‘flake’.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Olbermann and Stewart/Wallace.
• Chris Wallace: Hey Jon, the joke’s on you.
• Hot & Not: Ed Henry, Diaz-Balart, Olby’s war etc.
• Video: News Watch on Afghanistan coverage; more.
• R.I.P.: Nick Charles.  Reena Ninan: Woman on the front line.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.  CNN pychics.
• Slate: New Countdown juggles eloquence with strident bellowing.

Tags: fox, olbermann, cnn, icn

• Current claims Countdown pulled 179K demo viewers.
• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Bias Bash videos: Africa/Afghanistan and NBC’s pledge edit.
• Bloomberg/Comcast channel spat marches on.
• Julie Banderas back in the anchor chair?  Weekend numbers.
• Video: Juan Williams with Don Imus on Jon Stewart, Libya, etc.
• That was fast: Media Matters launches instant war against Ed Henry.
• Video: Bernard Goldberg on NBC’s pledge, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell.
• ICN: Why 63 minutes means Olby’s declared war on MSNBC; more.
• Countdown reax: Zurawik: ruined by Markos; EW: fawning; LA TImes: effective; Perpetual Post: glad he’s back; The Cable Game: yawn; WaPost: sleepy; Salon: welcome back; Daily Beast: marred by nastiness; The Wrap: boring, pompous.

Tags: ratings, olbermann, fox, fbn, mediamatters, icn

• Van Jones calling for prior restraint of Fox News speech.
• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Nancy-Bret 1-2-3.
• ICN: No Countdown coverage for us.  O’Reilly/Fiasco preview.
• Ed Henry leaves CNN to be Fox News Chief WH correspondent!
• Hall: Why do top talents keep leaving MSNBCNBC?
• Audio: Bret Baier reacts to the Jon Stewart interview [ipad].
• Zurawik: Stewart flounders under Chris Wallace questioning.
• MSNBC, the Place for Progressives.  Velshi’s early call.
• Q&A: Bret Baier (via TVN), Baier, Nicole Petalides, Petalides.
• Stelter: Olbermann boasts he’ll take MSNBC’s viewers.
• Hot & Not: O’Donnell, Olbermann, Weinergate, etc.

Tags: ratings, fox, olbermann, oreilly, cnn, msnbc, cnbc, fbn, icn

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Christopher: Olby hypes Countdown with sleazy rumor-mongering.
• VIdeo: Bolling on The Insider.  Profile: Thomas Roberts, Grace.
• Lupe Fiasco will face off with O’Reilly.  Friday Luntz special.
• Robin’s CMA debut.  Cablers with clothes.  Kurtz contradiction.
• Jenna Lee’s diet diary.  Beck and Olbermann start over.
• Olby ‘contributors’ not exactly diverse; video: w/Jimmy Fallon.   
• Video: Kirsten Powers on Weiner as predator; more.
• ICN: Why (MS)NBC’s loss of Norah O’Donnell is a very big deal.

Tags: ratings, olbermann, fbn, msnbc, hln, oreilly, fox, beck, icn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Blowback: Ailes backs Palin, slams anonymous GOPer.
• Bias Bash video: Netanyahu, ABC spikes interview, etc.
• Jon Scott: My son, the West Point graduate.
• VIdeo: Trump sez he still hasn’t ruled out Prez run!?!
• Janice Dean returns.  Gasparino’s day.  CNBC goes Hollywood.
• Hot & Not: Feist, Licht, Spitzer, etc.  Steele signs w/MSNBC.

Tags: ratings, palin, fox, friends, fbn, cnbc, icn, msnbc

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Diane Macedo takes over newsreader slot on Imus.
• Q&A: Willis, Thomas Roberts (v/ICN), Maddow (v/Mediaite).
• Who wants to work for Olby?  The obligatory denial.
• CNNMoney gets an extreme makeover.
• Licht move stirs MoJo speculation.  Todd loses Savannah.
• Video: Trump bloviates on UBL, racism charges.
• Profiles: Jennifer Griffin, Mrs Bill Hemmer (via TVN).
• Hot & Not: UBL, The Donald, the debate, CNN being petty.

Tags: ratings, fbn, msnbc, maddow, olbermann, cnn, friends, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Video: S.E. Cupp delivers ‘special comment’ re Olbermann.
• Videos: Shep dissects the debt, erupts over government ‘lies’.
• Video: Trump swipes at Perino, Romney, Rove [ipad].
• CNBC cost cuts hit Media 3.  NBC trims wedding plans?
• Beck failures to attribute stir controversy. Analysis.
• Hot & Not: Imus, Roberts, Soledad, John King etc.
• Yet another version of the Glenn Beck/Fox News split.

Tags: ratings, olbermann, shep, fox, cnbc, msnbc, beck, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Today’s Beck replacement specularama.
• Olby taking credit for ratings surge at CNN?!?
• Weekend in Vegas report gets Greta’s goat.
• As debates proliferate, FNC sets criteria for first showdown.
• Video: Bias Bash analyzes ‘thuggish’ NYT article.
• CNN skeds special on Waco.  FNC wedding plans.
• VIdeo: No birther talk on Trump’s F&F segment.
• Hot & Not: Beck, Trump, The Judge, Roberts, CNN etc.

Tags: ratings, beck, olbermann, cnn, fox, greta, friends, icn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Chris Wallace-Hannity 1-2-3.
• New technologies changing the future of news.
• Preview: Dr Drew Pinsky HLN premiere tonight.
• Newman: O’Donnell Rand Paul attack a series of ‘lies’?
• CNN ratings predictions run counter to history; more.
• And the Cielo Latino 2011 award goes to...Coop!
• Bias Bash video: Obama re-election announcement.
• Q&A: Bob Pisani (via ICN).  CNN hires Peter Bale.
• Hot & Not: Libya, Morning Express, FBN.

Tags: ratings, hln, o'donnell, msnbc, cnn, cooper, fox, cnbc, icn

• Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Obama (FNC)-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Q1 program ranker: FNC holds top 12 slots.
• Q1 numbers: FNC #1 for 9 years, Beck down; MSNBC, CNN.
• Video: Bias Bash on media reaction to Libya speech.
• Profile: Stossel. Q&A: D-Rat pt deux. Robin Meade, chanteuse.
• MSNBC.com sharing content from National Journal.
• Rick Sanchez: Did cable news cause the war in Libya?
• Video: Major Garrett on whether Qaddafi should go.
• ICN: The top five stupid cable news gimmicks.
• Weekend numbers. March spin: CNN.
• Kurtz queries Sammon on latest Fox ‘controversy’.  Shuster claim (fwiw): FNC reporters and Bret Baier turning on Sammon.
• Video: Judge Nap delivers ‘the plain truth’ on Libya.

Tags: ratings, fox, fbn, msnbc, hln, icn, shuster, baier, judgenap

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Beck-Angle 1-2-3.
• Video: Trump on F&F continues birther crusade.
• (MS)NBC plans 20+ hours coverage of royal wedding.
• Video: Bill Hemmer on Libya and basketball.
• Uh oh. Did David Brock say too much?
• Profile: Jennifer Griffin. Video Q&A: D-Rat.
• Global events bust budgets of news orgs.
• Hot & Not: CNN vs FNC, Beck, FBN, Roberts, etc.

Tags: ratings, fox, friends, msnbc, mediamatters, icn

• CNN’s Nic Robertson compares Jennifer Griffin to Qaddafi!
• Friday’s numbers: Juan Wms (for O’Reilly)-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: News Watch panel on coverage of Japan.
• Will MSNBC ever give up on predators and prisons?
• Glenn Beck to hire FNC bigwig for his own company?  FNC insider: Cheatwood’s contract was not going to be renewed anyhow; more.
• Jennifer Griffin: CNN, Reuters crews used as human shields.
• VIdeo: Trump tells F&F how he ‘screwed’ Qaddafi [ipad].
• Supreme Court sides w/FBN, Bloomberg on Fed disclosure.
• Profile: Adam Housley.  Q&A: Bill Wolff.
• Barry Kaufman: Don’t cry for me, CNN.
• Hot & Not: Japan, Libya, going left, CNN, evacuations etc.

Tags: cnn, ratings, msnbc, beck, fox, friends, fbn, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Blitzer-Shep 1-2-3.  Analysis.
• Fox News signs former Senator as a contributor; more.
• Video: Shepard Smith first report from Japan [ipad].
• Sarah asked Roger for advice and didn’t take it. Mika chimes in.
• MSNBC centerpiece series renewed.  Larry’s got a new tv gig.
• Lou Dobbs profiles: AP, Daily Mail, Daily News, Post-Gazette.
• New Pew: 2011 report on cable news part one, part two.
• Hot & Not: Japan, Keilar, Sheen, Morning Joe etc.
• FBN: 5:00 am McDowell/McShane market report on Monday.

Tags: ratings, fox, shep, palin, msnbc, king, fbn, icn

• Juliet Huddy news...or not?
• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Video: Kelly’s Court rules on Fred Grandy flap.
• Like Roberts, TJ Holmes irked by Kiran typing?
• Video: Leland Vittert caught in the crossfire.
• HLN emulates MSNBC, reruns crime shows.
• Pix: Bret Baier in Afghanistan.
• CNN’s Freedom Project.  King to host Peabodies.
• MacNicol: NY Times Beck blast not believable?
• Q&A: Don Lemon (via TVN), Tucker Carlson, Lawrence O, Norah O.  Profile: Andrea Mitchell (via ICN).
• Hot & Not: Dobbs, Sheen, Maddow, Schultz, King.

Tags: ratings, fox, megyn, cnn, msnbc, baier, king, beck, o'donnell, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Shep 1-2-3.
• Dan Abrams exits MSNBC, signs with ABC.
• Zurawik: Fox haters turn to ugly, bully-boy, thug tactics.
• Profile: Rachel Maddow, Rupert Murdoch.  Q&A: Piers.
• Hot & Not: Juliet Huddy, Roger Ailes, Rachel Maddow, and J$.

Tags: ratings, msnbc, fox, msnbc, maddow, piers, cnn, icn

• Siskind: Did sexism fell Kathleen Parker?
• Video: Reliable Sources on WI converage, Maddow/Politifact.
• Video: News Watch on media coverage of Libya: more.
• Ziegler: Why Katherine Parker was doomed.
• Politifact to Maddow: we’re right, you’re wrong!
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.
• MSNBC: five days, seven primetime Beck segments.
• Videos: Chris Jansing Q&A (via ICN), Bashir w/Fallon.
• ICN scrutinizes the Judith Regan letter.

Tags: parker, cnn, maddow, fox, msnbc, beck, icn

• Greta: Snakes were out to get Parker; does anyone believe CNN’s memo?  TCG: CNN’s real problem is still there.  Zurawik: Park & Spit was always DOA.
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Park & Spit is over.  Revamp features E.D. Hill, elevates Spitzer.
• Joe courageously speaks out against...Glenn Beck.
• Video: Red Eye rips Lawrence O’Donnell [ipad].
• Q&A: John Roberts on his move to FNC.
• Park & Spit to split?  Luis Carlos Velez to CNN.
• ICN’s most thoughtful, perspicacious post ever.
• MSNBC gives positive PR to partner company.
• Juan Williams in Jacksonville discusses NPR and FNC.
• Video: Wolf Blitzer with Craig Ferguson.

Tags: greta, ratings, cnn, parker, spitzer, msnbc, beck, redeye, fox, o'donnell, icn

• Surprise! ‘Juliete’ Huddy suddenly gets a bio page.
• Piers’s secret, ‘must-watch’ guest is...Larry King! ICN scoffs.
• Soros, Fox News, and Nazis: today’s question (via TCG).
• Shep ‘bear alerts’ continue to stir controversy.
• Video: Bias Bash on Al-Jazeera fomenting revolution.
• Profile: Lori Rothman.  Q&A: Kiran Chetry.
• The ‘brains’ behind MSNBC’s brand.
• Piers: a cold dish of toad-in-the-hole? (via ICN)
• Greta tapped for Civility Institute board.
• Stuever: Matthews Clinton hour a superficial mash-note.

Tags: fox, ratings, piers, king, cnn, icn, shep, fbn, msnbc, greta, matthews

• Zurawik: MSNBC Wisconsin coverage biased and clueless.
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Video: Fox hater screams over Jeff Flock live shot.
• Soledad previews Ernest Withers documentary.
• BBC to push ‘impartial’ World News Channel.
• MSNBC daytime adds Bashir.  ICN: Nonsensical excuse.
• O’Donnell cartoon segment stirs controversy, threats.
• FNC and Cablevision seal multi-year deal.
• ICN: Risk vs reward in journalism judgment calls.
• Glick: Journalism, Lara Logan, and identity politics.
• Piers purchases pub. Larry disses CNN’s Morganmania.
• Big Ed in Madison.  Q&A: Jennifer Griffin on Lara Logan.

Tags: ratings, msnbc, schultz, fox, fbn, cnn, icn, o'donnell, piers, king

• Zurawik: We’re better off without Olbermann and his smears.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Olbermann etc.
• ICN: It’s time for CNN to deal with Park & Spit.
• Telegraph: Piers should drop the Brit shtick.
• Video: Fox News Watch on Tucson coverage.
• TMZ: Olby’s secret deal.  NYT: Weeks of negotiations. More.
• ICN: What it means for MSNBC.  Deadline H’wood: A right turn?  Big Ed cut to four days; Larry O gets five.  OlbyWatch: Keith is the winner.
• Salon: Goodnight and good riddance.  Olby week in review.
• H’wood Reporter: KO’s ten options.  EW: Next stop Hollywood?  Forbes: Should CNN hire him?  Poniewozik: Opportunities.  Salon: A victim of his own success?
• Mediaite: Why Olby is out.  TMZ: He was fired.  Bercovici: Was it Comcast’s doing?  NY Post: Olby was paid to leave.  Video: AC360 on Olbermann’s exit [ipad].
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: olbermann, msnbc, icn, parker, spitzer, cnn, fox, schultz, o'donnell

• Wednesday’s numbers: Tucson/FNC-Baier-Beck 1-2-3.
• Palin to do FNC interview Monday...with Hannity.
• Controversy swirls around Rick Sanchez fundraisers.
• Roger Ailes and Russell Simmons make a love connection?
• ICN: Piers snaps back at Greta with twitter overkill.
• Video: Chris Wallace w/Imus on Obama speech pt one, pt two.
• Grace takes on extra hour pending Dr Drew.
• Cablenewsers named to two influentials lists.
• Robyn Meredith to Bloomberg.  Dubrow to helm Dr Drew.
• Video: Fox News panel reactions to Obama speech.

Tags: ratings, palin, fox, hannity, piers, icn, cnn, fbn, hln

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Shep 1-2-3.
• Profile: Eric Bolling is on a roll.
• John Roberts makes FNC debut on Studio-B.
• Janice Dean has pictures of Courtney’s baby.
• Happy, happy! Joy, joy! Rick Sanchez resurfaces.
• Howard Kurtz on media finger-pointing.
• FNC’s Dr Coomer has successful cancer surgery.
• CNN revamps graphics, adds CNNi, names Piers guests.
• Leading candidate to replace Parker: E.D. Hill?
• Olby to drop Worst Persons shtick again? Or not?
• Things for CNN to consider re Park & Spit. More.
• Q&A: Ailes & Simmons (via ICN), Eric Bolling, Gerri Willis.
• Hot & Not: Parker, John Roberts, O’Reilly, and more.

Tags: ratings, fbn, fox, cnn, piers, parker, olbermann, msnbc, spitzer, icn

• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Wallace-Faulkner 1-2-3.
• As Griffeth returns to CNBC, Bartiromo plummets.
• So there are friends of Rick Sanchez?
• John Roberts joins FNC: more.  ICN: another CNN failure.
• MSNBCNBC to air shows from 2011 CES.
• CNN shutters its San Fran bureau (via ICN).
• The Beck Effect is real.
• Soledad focuses on Ernest Withers.
• Audio: Brian Wilson talks to Bret Baier  [ipad].

Tags: ratings, cnbc, fox, icn, cnn, msnbc, beck, baier

• Video: Reliable Sources on 2010 media controversies.
• Video: Red Eye New Year’s Special  [ipad].
• Video: Fox News Watch on top stories of 2010.
• Zurawik: praise for C-SPAN, but not ‘partisan psycho’ MSNBC.
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet: HuffPo recap.
• Courtney heads to the maternity ward: it’s a boy!
• 2011 predictions: Park & Spit, FNC’s Stirewalt, ICN.
• New Years skeds: FNC Sat; CNN; and MSNBC.
• FNCers make New Years resolutions.
• CNN’s New Years Eve: must-miss tv.
• Part five: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter  [ipad].

Tags: cnn, redeye, fox, msnbc, parker, spitzer, icn

• Ultimate Fox hater resorts to vulgarity.
• Tuesday’s numbers: Bream-Bolling-Beck 1-2-3.
• Today’s firing demand.
• FNC adds extra hour, starts New Years special at 10pm.
• ICN’s New Years resolutions for cablenewsers.
• Fox News: #1 for nine years and counting.
• Despite losses, Olbermann’s job is safe...for now.
• Q&A: CNNI’s Ellana Lee.  Engel on anchoring.
• Part three: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter  [ipad].

Tags: olbermann, msnbc, ratings, fox, icn, cnn

• Thursday’s numbers: Bret-Bill-Jon 1-2-3.
• Greta questions Juan Williams Palin comments.
• Yowzah! Courtney Friel Christmas pics resurface.
• Video: Dr Marc Siegel on end-of-life regulations.
• 2010 a big bucks year for biz nets.
• Tonight’s Factor sub-host: Eric Bolling.
• Big Ed explains his booking policies.
• Video: ‘Misinformed’ study itself misinformed  [ipad].
• ICN 2010 wrap-up: what’s hot and what’s not.
• Part one: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter  [ipad].

Tags: ratings, greta, fox, fbn, cnbc, msnbc, icn, schultz

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Stossel-Baier 1-2-3.
• Olbermann throws gasoline on twitter fire.
• Benzinga Q&A: Charlie Gasparino.
• Tennis mag profile: Sean Hannity.
• CNBC goes off the tracks, defends insider trading?
• The Presidential primary debates keep coming.
• 2010 spin: MSNBC tops CNN prime.
• Media Afghanistan focus fades.
• Hot & Not: Baier, John Roberts, Olbermann, more.
• Olbermann’s twitter ‘suspension’ short-lived.
• Part one: The Nick Shurn Matter  listen  [ipad].

Tags: ratings, olbermann, msnbc, fbn, hannity, fox, cnbc, cnn, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Laura-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Video: Neil Cavuto slams Chris Matthews.
• Morning Joe: a hotbed of sexism? (via ICN)
• Kelly and Hemmer together again on New Year’s.
• Nancy Grace helps find abducted girl.
• Piers Morgan in Brit twit snit.
• Video: Peter Johnson Jr on 9/11 health bill defeat.
• Branding D-Rat.  Q&A: Spitzer, Adam Shapiro.
• Hot & Not: MSNBC primetime, John Roberts, and more.

Tags: ratings, fox, matthews, msnbc, megyn, hln, piers, cnn, spitzer, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Larry lines up Snipes, Pacino, Jolie, Dion.
• Video: Glenn Beck pans media (FNC included).
• CNN viewer participation doesn’t facilitate corrections.
• Not & Not: Dr Drew, Park & Spit, Thomas Roberts, Robin Meade.

Tags: ratings, king, cnn, fox, beck, icn

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Baier-Shep 1-2-3.
• FNC laughs off Simpsons barbs.
• Beck on the big screen.
• Coop makes a deal with Fox.
• Joe Johns and Brooke Baldwin, together at last.
• 101 minutes with Larry King.
• Dr Drew gets a show on HLN.
• Google ogling makes Megyn number one.
• Hot & Not: Roberts, Piers, Junk, etc.

Tags: ratings, fox, beck, cooper, cnn, king, hln, megyn, icn

• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Preview: Whoopi Goldberg in the No-Spin Zone.
• Zurawik: Despite ego, O’Reilly an absolutely masterful host.
• Battle: Phil Griffin should have suspended...himself!
• Swells swarm to CNN Heroes celebration.
• New ad flap over DADT claims.
• Extreme Makeover: C-SPAN edition.
• MSNBC sued in new photo flap.
• Video: Mike Huckabee on The View.
• ICN: Friday Doc Block shortchanging O’Donnell and MSNBC.

Tags: ratings, oreilly, fox, msnbc, cnn, icn, o'donnell

• Friday’s numbers: Juan-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• Zurawik looking forward (sort of) to Hannity/Palin chat.
• Prez poll: Beck, O’Reilly strong but trail Obama.
• Whoopi Goldberg to do The Factor.  Whoopi w/Huck pt one, two.
• VIdeo: Howard Kurtz with Imus part one, part two.
• Huffington Post pulls article critical of Olbermann.
• Bronstein: CNN becoming an irrelevant circus act?
• Hot & Not: Scarborough, Nazis, Kurtz, Megyn, and more.

Tags: ratings, fox, hannity, palin, beck, oreilly, fbn, huffpo, cnn, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3.
• The Krak leaves Mediaite for CNN’s Morgan.
• Skype Gripe video: Olbermann runs MSNBC. (h/t Mediaite)
• Kurtz: Civil war at MSNBC leaves Olby without allies; more.  Olbermann response: a non-denial denial.
• Video: Are my testicles black? [iPad link]
• Friedman: What will Comcast do with Olbermann? More.
• KO to lecture Ted Koppel about journalism.
• Video: Bill O’Reilly with Imus part one, part two.
• Rachel Maddow in Cambridge.
• Hot & Not: Olby, Maddow, Dobbs, Tucker, missile mirage, etc.
• Today’s deep thought.

Tags: ratings, cnn, piers, olbermann, msnbc, fox, friends, oreilly, fbn, maddow, icn

• Olbermann issues ‘apology’ while blasting MSNBC: analysis.
• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3. Irony: Countdown without Olbermann up 13% from 10/29 Countdown with Olbermann.
• Grace under fire no longer.
• CNN’s Abbie Boudreau has left the building.
• Report: MSNBC apologized to Keith?!? More.  KO flashback: office election pool ‘conflict of interest’.
• Zurawik: Olby ‘suspension’ a joke.  Should KO resign?  The progressive wing of the MSNBC party.  A genius ratings ploy?  Will he say it?  KO: most powerful man at MSNBC?
• Scarborough distanced himself from MSNBC’s election night.
• Mike Emanuel: Beck, Olby, political donations. Q&A: Richelle Carey.
• Hot & Not: Olbermann, Maddow, FNC, the matrix etc.

Tags: olbermann, msnbc, ratings, hln, cnn, fox, icn

• Kurtz: Olby should apologize.  Tyndall: Olbermann self-destructive.  ICN: rebuild that wall!  Zurawik: MSNBC had little choice.  Audio: John Gibson reacts [iPad link].  Insiders: KO won’t be back!  Mediaite: Olbermann’s Waterloo; a stupid move.  Jeff Jarvis: It was the coverup.  Craig Crawford: it was inevitable.  Krakauer: two underlying reasons.  Bercovici: will KO quit?  Twitter reactions.  Kristol: Keep Keith!  Richard Greener: Boycott MSNBC!
• Keith Olbermann suspended indefinitely!  More: TVN, Calderone, Stelter.  Olby flashback: ‘Phil Griffin thinks he’s my boss.’  Flashback: Ratigan to replace Olbermann?
• Ethics, shmethics! Olbermann contributed thousands to Democratic candidates, then anchored election coverage!  Mediaite: any pretense of objectivity gone.  ICN: three big questions.  Video: Beck mocks Olby.
• Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly (4M)-Hannity-Baier 1-2-3.
• NY Times Q&A: Keith Olbermann (pre-suspension).
• After ducking, Christine O’Donnell on tonight’s Factor.
• Milestone? FBN tops CNBC on election night.
• Update: Fox/EEOC/Herridge lawsuit (via ICN).
• Video: Imus rips CNN election coverage.
• MSNBC business opportunity: double down on leftism.
• Olby week in review; DC review of ‘Pitchforks’.

Tags: olbermann, msnbc, icn, beck, ratings, oreilly, fbn, cnbc, cnn

• Friday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• FNC dominated terror scare coverage.
• Kelly’s Court video: Alaska radio host suspended.
• Greta has some questions for Politico.
• Video: Bill Hemmer demonstrates the Bill Board.
• Pix: Swells gather to Lean Forward.
• Video: Major Garrett on the coming power shift.
• Wald to produce Piers Morgan Tonight; Q&A (via TVN), Q&A.
• Six questions with Neil Cavuto; seven more.  Kneale’s back.
• American Morning staffers snipe as shake-up looms (via CB).
• MSNBC seeks to spread its tentacles worldwide.
• Today’s Fox controversy: proposition 24.
• Hot & Not: Shep, Brooke, Shuster, the matrix, the rally, etc.
• Video: Great moments in broadcast journalism, #735.

Tags: ratings, fox, megyn, greta, msnbc, fbn, piers, cnn, icn, olbermann

• Wednesday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Greta 1-2-3.
• Happy news for Kyra and John (via ATCNN).
• Video: CNBC guest plugs his appearance on FBN!
• O’Reilly holds live online town hall meeting Friday.
• Video: Juan Williams on government-run media.
• Imus video: Chris Wallace on Jon Stewart, the election.
• Cavuto prepares for Tuesday marathon.
• Sanchez’s Conventional Idiocy is just that.
• The Last Word: carving out its own niche.
• Saturday special: Zakaria and The American Dream.

Tags: ratings, cnn, cnbc, fbn, oreilly, fox, o'donnell, msnbc, icn

• Friday’s numbers: Juan-Beck-Baier 1-2-3.
• Mediaite: Phil Griffin asked for examples, he got ‘em.
• CNN: Heroes update; into the matrix; missing Brooke.
• Inevitable: Jesse Watters ambushes NPR CEO. Preview.
• Major Garrett talks Juan Williams.  TCG: Et tu?
• Gingrich disses Joe Scarborough.
• CNBC Remington documentary raises eyebrows.
• Surprise: Olbermann attack turned out to be false.
• NPR CEO apologizes...but not to Juan Williams.  NPR affiliates voice discontent over firing.  Blame Uranus!
• Hot & Not: Juan Williams, Phil Griffin, ad wars, Abrams, Maddow.

Tags: ratings, msnbc, cnn, oreilly, cnbc, olbermann, icn

• Zurawik: MSNBC fundraising crosses the line.  ICN: Boomerang PR.
• Juan Williams/NPR video reax: Reliable Sources; Fox News Sunday; Fox News Watch part one, part two.
• Cable news; the mother’s milk of politics?
• Maria Molina makes her Fox News debut.
• Video: Red Eye rips Media Matters; more.
• Wikileaks guy walks out on CNN interview.
• Pow! Wham! It’s the Bill O’Reilly comic book!
• Video: Juan Williams Talking Points Memo.
• NPR board to examine firing.  Schiller: public backlash an ‘overreaction’.
• Greta: Does NPR listen to NPR?  LibTKO: Williams deserved to be fired.
• Video: Follow the Money follows Soros, Media Matters.
• Q&A: Jane Velez-Mitchell, Neil Cavuto.
• Sunday talkers: preview, tip sheet, HuffPo recap.

Tags: msnbc, icn, fox, cnn, msnbc, redeye, mediamatters, oreilly, greta, fbn, hln

• NB: Maddow at her ‘most shameless’?
• Monday’s numbers: Bill-Sean-Bret 1-2-3. Weekend numbers.
• Chris Jansing channels Howard Beale?
• Video: Bill O’Reilly on Red Eye.
• MSNBC election ‘anchors’: Olby, Maddow, Matthews etc.
• Deals wrapped for FNC election-night sponsors.
• Q&A: Soledad, FBN’s Lori Rothman, Liz Claman.
• MoJo plans ‘live studio audience’ edition.
• Sealing the deal: Comcast candidate contributions.
• ICN: Why is NewsNation called NewsNation?
• CNN steals interview with contracted FNC contributor.

Tags: maddow, msnbc, ratings, oreilly, redeye, olbermann, fox, cnn, fbn, icn, palin

• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Kelly’s Court video: the Nicky Haley mess.
• Q&A: Liz Claman on her Three Days in the Valley.
• Glenn Beck mocks CNN and ‘hooker guy’ Spitzer.
• Video: Mika gets WH email, reads it on air. Flashback.
• Video: Kilmeade’s contrition, on tv and radio.
• Tonight: Bill O’Reilly makes his Red Eye debut.
• Hot & Not: The View, Maddow AWOL, Kneale, more.
• Prince Walid not funding NY mosque (you read it here first).

Tags: ratings, megyn, fox, fbn, beck, cnn, spitzer, msnbc, friends, oreilly, redeye, icn

• Fox News Latino debuts Tuesday.
• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Beck 1-2-3.
• Kelly’s Court Video: Brett Favre’s forward pass.
• Coop to feature Kanzi, the celebrity ape.
• Joe Scarborough: an influential who matters?
• MSNBC welcomes Richard Lui by misspelling his name! (via ICN)
• High concept: ‘Lean Forward’ uses pseudo-candid shots.
• Park & Spit: let the tweaking commence!
• Cable news and the political divide.
• Coop praised, Piers profiled.
• Hot & Not: O’Donnell, Park & Spit, Jansing, msnbc.com.

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• MSNBC dayside tinkering: Jansing, Tamron, Novotny.
• Video: Karl Rove vs Joe Trippi on Fox News Sunday.
• Video: Reliable Sources on Sanchez and Dobbs.
• Video: News Watch on Rick Sanchez and Kurtz. More.
• Video: Red Eye on race and whores.
• Today’s conspiracy: Fox to fire Beck--he knows too much!
• Q&A: Steve Doocy.
• FBN giving Freedom Watch primetime nightly slot.
• ICN examines CNN’s Park & Spin. Show praised...for its set!
• National Center calls for MSNBC ‘shake-up’.
• Branding: Spirit Airlines borrows a tag-line.
• Sunday talkers: tip sheet, preview, HuffPo recap.

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• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Bret-Beck 1-2-3.
• MSNBC hires Shep’s producer.
• Q&A: Ken Jautz (via ICN), Lawrence O’Donnell, Klein.
• The Fox primary: contracts complicate coverage. Greta reax.
• Poll: FNCers influential, MSNBCers largely unknown.
• MSNBC Digital revolutionizes...ad placement.
• Hot & Not: Klein, Capus, Scarborough, etc.
• WND claims credit for FNC’s A-jad interview?!?
• Mike Jerrick reviews Fox & Friends Weekend history.

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• State Dept panic when MSNBC channel shows FNC.
• Thursday’s numbers: Bill-Hannity-Bret 1-2-3. Site stats.
• Bob Woodward intervenes, Greta Q&A back on.
• Geraldo: Colbert ‘brilliant’. Wallace: not a shining moment.
• A-jad cancels on Shep, talks to Eric Shawn: video.
• Zucker leaves NBC. Biznets cover. Gasparino: it’s all-out war? ICN: Just the tip of the iceberg. Don’t cry for Jeff.
• CNN fires Jon Klein; Jautz takes over. Analysis: Zurawik, Friedman, Greta. ICN: Why now? Klein: I got shot! (via ICN). CNN seeks new editor.
• Larry King wants to appear on SNL.
• CNN announces Jiabao interview, ten Heroes finalists.

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• Friday’s numbers: Bill-Greta-Hannity 1-2-3.
• Chris Jansing criticizes MSNBC graphic.
• Major Garrett resurfaces, talks w/Imus: part one, two.
• MSNBC to rerun Obama town hall.
• Q&A: Park & Spit; Robertson/Engel (via TVN); Asman.
• CNN plans better holograms for mid-terms: more.
• Kurtz: investment in MSNBC is paying off: more.
• Hot & Not: Brian Wilson story doesn’t add up? Wilson speaks.

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