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A Daytime Network Franchise Bets on Her Future With Cable

Oprah Winfrey is giving network television one of her trademark aha moments. Oprah Winfrey at a Chicago party for the start of the 24th season of her talk show in September. Ms. Winfrey, the billionaire queen of daytime television, is planning to ...

From BRIAN STELTER AND BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network,  Rachael Ray,  Barack Obama,  Sony,  Discovery Health

After Dobbs, CNN Makes a Bet on King

Replacing an anchor known for his outspoken political beliefs with a traditional Washington reporter, CNN on Thursday said a political news program led by John King would fill Lou Dobbs’s time slot early next year. Mr. King is currently the anchor of “ ...

From BRIAN STELTER AND BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Lou Dobbs,  Fox News Channel,  MSNBC,  U.S. Senate,  Shepard Smith

In Surprise, Lou Dobbs Quits CNN

Months ago the president of CNN/U.S., Jonathan Klein, spelled out two options for Lou Dobbs, the channel’s most outspoken anchor. Mr. Dobbs could vent his opinions on radio and anchor an objective newscast on television, or he could leave CNN ...

From BRIAN STELTER AND BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Lou Dobbs,  MSNBC,  University of Southern California,  Roger Ailes,  Fox News Channel

Among Late-Night Writers, Few Women in the Room

In many ways, television today is about women more than men. Merrill Markoe said that hiring female writers for late-night shows was a challenge. More women watch television than men; female producers and writers have had huge success in prime time ...

From BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: David Letterman,  Jay Leno,  Vanity Fair,  Lizz Winstead

Lou Dobbs to Depart CNN

Robert Caplin for The New York Times Lou Dobbs at the anchor desk at CNN’s New York studio in 2006. Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, ...

From BRIAN STELTER AND BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Lou Dobbs,  New York Times Company,  Fox News Channel,  Roger Ailes,  Jay Leno

Question for Oprah: Broadcast or Cable?

Oprah Winfrey is nearing a decision on whether to continue her daily talk show on broadcast television or move it to the forthcoming cable channel she now co-owns with Discovery Communications, executives from her production company and the CBS ...

From BILL CARTER AND BRIAN STELTER, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Oprah Winfrey,  Leslie Moonves,  Sony,  Discovery Health

TV Finds That Mortal Foe, DVR, Is a Friend After All

In what may seem a media business version of the Stockholm syndrome, television network executives have fallen in love with a former tormentor: the digital video recorder. DVRs have made “House,” with Hugh Laurie, a bigger hit. DVR results added 26 ...

From BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  1 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Hugh Laurie

The Newest Face in the Late-Night Party

WHEN George Lopez joins the late-night gang on Nov. 9, he will be easy to separate from the usual suspects. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. George Lopez on ...

From BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: George Lopez,  Nickelodeon Network,  Arsenio Hall,  TBS,  Ellen DeGeneres

CNN Last in TV News on Cable

CNN, which created the all-news cable network almost 30 years ago, hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, with three of its four programs between 7 and 11 p.m. finishing fourth and last among the cable news networks. It ...

From BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: MSNBC,  Anderson Cooper,  Nancy Grace,  Keith Olbermann,  Greta Van Susteren

CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks

If CNN put on some real news programming in place of the bloated blathering of Lou Dobbs, they might see their ratings improve during that hour. Drop that not-so-closet neocon Dobbs and get off the fence. The far right Fox viewers used to call CNN the “ ...

From BILL CARTER, The New York Times,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: FOX Broadcasting Company,  Anderson Cooper,  Lou Dobbs,  MSNBC,  Bill Carter

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