mojo – johnny dollar’s place

Friday Links and Open Thread

April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 by johnny dollar

April 1 cable news ratings: Elections keep FNC on top.
Gutfeld rips Joe Scarborough over his Biden cover-up.
Donny Deutsch Morning Joe appearances scaled back.
Newsmax shares plunge 72% after dizzy two-day surge.
Newsmax rings the NYSE opening bell to launch its IPO.

Updated 4:58 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 by johnny dollar

Q1 cable news ratings: Fox News beat ABC, NBC.
Mar 31 cable news ratings: The Five tops 4 million.
Mar 30 cable news ratings: Gowdy, Kilmeade lead.
Mar 29 cable news ratings: Lara Trump in 1st place
Brzezinski’s journey began with an idyllic childhood.
Grim news for MoJo as viewers desert Mika and Joe.
Oren Liebermann returns to CNN’s Jerusalem bureau.
Why was Newsmax briefly worth more than US Steel?

Updated 10:45 am Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 by johnny dollar

Joe and Mika team-up to lie about Elon Musk.
Rachel Maddow sees double-digit ratings drop.
CNN panel blows up over Trump driving a Tesla.
Mar 11 cable news chart, graphs/shares, top ten.
Can MSNBC let Maddow go back to Mondays only?
What is MSNBC’s post-NBC future? Today’s lawsuit.

Updated 3:52 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Friday Links and Open Thread

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 by johnny dollar

Feb 26 cable news chart, graphs/shares, top ten.
Bret Baier fires back at former NBCer Chuck Todd.
Fox & Friends audience grows, MoJo loses viewers.
MSNBCers furious at Mika’s silence over Joy’s firing.
Jake Tapper takes heat for ‘trying to rewrite history‘.
Video:
Megyn rips Maddow
for calling bosses racist.
Liz Claman and MSNBC’s Kepnes split after 24 years.
After Maddow criticized MSNBC her staff was gutted.
Somerby slams Variety’s cover story on Greg Gutfeld.

Updated 1:25 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

February 4, 2025February 1, 2025 by johnny dollar

The Ticker: Scarborough, Perino, Costner, Ben Hall.
The twelve worst fails of Chuck Todd. Sunday talk.
FCC asks for transcript, video of CBS/Kamala Q&A.
CBS agrees to turn over its Kamala Q&A to the FCC.
Katy Tur revisits her fire-ravaged elementary school.

Updated 8:11 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in this weekend’s open thread.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

February 4, 2025January 30, 2025 by johnny dollar

MSNBC primetime has worst January demo ever.
NewsNation: several hours topped MSNBC in Jan.
Elon’s mom wants him to sue CNN, Maddow, et al.
Q&A: Scarborough wants less politics, more celebs.
Can Scott Jennings, cable’s punniest guy, save CNN?
How tv news covered the Washington DC plane crash.

Updated 1:57 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

February 4, 2025January 29, 2025 by johnny dollar

Now he tells us: Cillizza admits he got it wrong.
Cablenets Jan/20-26: viewers, 25-54; late night.
Staffers shocked by CNN post-election direction.
‘Morning Joe’ critics want Jim Acosta to take over.
Are we getting Joy Reid/Jim Acosta back-to-back?

Updated 8:54 am Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Monday Links and Open Thread

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 by johnny dollar

Wolf zinged for ‘boomer’ set-up: plasma tv, vhs, etc.
Bill Melugin posts video of moment wildfire started.
Maddow back on Mon-Fri; Alex Wagner takes a trip.
FNC schedule shake-up: Will Cain takes 4pm; more.
Lemon unleashes profane rant against MoJo, Obama.
The embarrassing CNN messages. Alisyn resurfaces.
Herridge: Biden leaves Trump admin with ‘a hot mess‘.
F&F video: Ainsley Earhardt interviews Melania Trump.

Updated 11:44 am Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

January 12, 2025January 11, 2025 by johnny dollar

Gutfeld to host live DC show for Trump’s inauguration.
Internal CNN messages revealed in court: ‘He’s a sh!t!’
The Ticker: CNN’s Sunday fires special; image awards.
Experts back up the plaintiff in CNN billion-dollar trial.
CNN editor testifies no correction needed. Sunday talk.
NewsNation blocked on Optimum over carriage dispute.
CNN fact-checker’s ruling on Trump instantly shot down.
MoJo guest: Street murders can correct income inequality.

Updated 11:17 am Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in this weekend’s open thread.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 by johnny dollar

Cable news Fri 1/3: ratings chart; graphs/shares.
Cable news Sat 1/4: ratings chart; graphs/shares.
Cable news Sun 1/5: ratings chart; graphs/shares.
Cable news Mon 1/6: ratings chart; graphs/shares.
Mika issues disclaimer when Trump called a ‘rapist’.
Before Vance, Trump considered Fox anchor for VP.
Fox’s Leslie Marshall evacuates: ‘Oh wow, it hits you.’
Appeals Court denies Fox motion to dismiss lawsuit.
MSNBC says new Meta rules could lead to genocide.
Navy veteran’s lament:’Why is my face all over CNN?’
CNN trial: major details emerge regarding journalism.
Trial comes at bad time for legacy media, and for CNN.

Updated 4:50 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in this today’s open thread.

Weekend Links and Open Thread II

December 30, 2024December 28, 2024 by johnny dollar

Video: Brit Hume reviews an ‘extraordinary life’.
New Year’s Eve news networks coverage guide.
Video: FBN’s Madison Alworth reveals big news.
MediaBuzz: Greenland etc; H-1B; smearing Blake.
Inside the chaotic birth of Abby Phillips’ first child.
News insiders pick 2024’s most historic moments.
At CNN lower ratings, heightened anxieties ahead.
Tapper astonished at Kamala’s stats: ‘Holy smokes!’
How Fox’s morning queen made Hannity hubby #3.
The year in Weather: Weather Channel, Fox Weather.
Mika begs women to do one thing ASAP. Sunday talk.

Updated 2:43 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in this expanded weekend open thread.

Weekend Links and Open Thread

December 15, 2024December 14, 2024 by johnny dollar

MediaBuzz: Pete Hegseth; Jason Miller; CEO killer.
Drama Queen Olby makes his grandiose exit from X.
NewsNation drones report: Sat 9pm ET. Sunday talk.
Laura Ingraham reveals age-defying beauty secrets.
The Ticker: Kobe Bryant; Gillian Turner; SpinCo; et al.
Cable ratings 12/7: chart, graphs; 12/8: chart, graphs.
MoJo’s faces, videos gone from MSNBC social media.
Megyn video: Was CNN prisoner rescue ‘made for tv‘?
Stelter denies laptop conspiracy theory, but there it is!

Updated 12:05 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in this weekend’s open thread.

Friday Links and Open Thread

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 by johnny dollar

Video: Gillian Turner, husband welcome baby Jack.
Revolving door: Ali Vitali, Mark Lotter, Dasha Burns.
Joy Reid picked up a cool $55k to speak at U-Iowa.
Fox News’ #1 show tops CNN’s primetime times ten.
Camerota mum about her recent on-air role at CNN.
Joe Scarborough shuts down talk of Lauren Boebert.

Updated 2:29 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Friday Links and Open Thread

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 by johnny dollar

F&F video: Melania Trump on life after the election.
Coop/Cohen again host NYE on CNN…with drinking.
Jennifer Griffin honored at the Foreign Press Awards.
MSNBC President may quit after Trump inaugurated.
Scarborough’s long, defensive rant on the Trump visit.
Will Cain: Trump wins, GOP Senators hand him losses.
Kilmeade: Hegseth’s nomination is now ‘looking good’.
Stelter tweets ‘new’ Hegseth ‘incidents’ not in his book.
Greg Kelly (accused of rape): Hegseth is blackmailable.
Kilmeade and Cain laugh at The View’s latest correction.

Updated 3:33 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 by johnny dollar

FNC dominates, MSNBCNN collapse. Demo chart.
Today’s lawsuit threat: Kash Patel vs MSNBC pundit.
Herridge: CBS nixed Hunter Biden news, Musk Q&A.
Video: Megyn’s full hour interview with Pete Hegseth.
Sean Hannity’s $23.5 million dollar mansion revealed.
Hannity to host Fox Nation long-form interview show.
Mika chides Frum for mocking Hegseth and Fox News.
Black Church coalition demands Sharpton suspension.
The Rev’s current scandal only the latest over decades.

Updated 4:57 pm Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.