CNBC is counting on benefiting from the way viewers have gravitated to the debates — powered on the GOP side by the celebrity star-power and unpredictability of Donald Trump — in an unprecedented way.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Hasbro Inc. wants a federal judge to dismiss a $5 million lawsuit filed by a Fox News anchor who says a toy hamster shares her name […]
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Donald Trump has resumed criticizing Megyn Kelly, threatening to disrupt the fragile, on-again-off-again truce between himself and Fox News. Trump took to Twitter during Kelly’s Thursday night broadcast to criticize her guests, as “dumb puppets.” He also claimed that he didn’t watch her show — which is doubtful, given his tweets — and retweeted users who disparaged the program.
NEW YORK (AP) — Liberals are urging CNN to add a left-leaning questioner to its panel at this week’s debate of Democratic presidential candidates, saying it’s only fair because conservative […]
NBCUniversal isn’t finished tinkering with MSNBC. While the cable-news network’s daytime schedule has largely been reworked since February, there are likely more changes to come, said Andrew Lack, the veteran TV news executive who rejoined the company in April to supervise both NBC News and MSNBC. “It’s just the beginning. We are early days.”
MSNBC had been looking toward coverage of the pope’s visit as the place to start him in his new job of covering breaking news stories during the cable news network ‘s daylight hours.
CNN has moved its primetime Sept. 16 Republican debate from 9 p.m. ET to 8 p.m., eliminating the long gap between its main event and the earlier forum for second-tier candidates, the network told campaigns in a conference call Tuesday afternoon.
Megyn Kelly’s Murrow Moment With Trump
By questioning Donald Trump about this behavior, FNC’s Megyn Kelly has assumed the role in the 2016 campaign of Edward R. Murrow, who questioned the demagoguery of Joe McCarthy in the 1950s, and by fiercely defending Kelly against Trump’s spurious attacks against her, Roger Ailes has assumed the role of William S. Paley, the legendary CBS mogul who believed in Murrow.
CNN is asking 40 times its normal rate for commercial time in the next Republican debate. The cable news network is charging as much as $200,000 for a 30-second spot in the primetime brawl taking place on Sept. 16, according to a media buyer. This is on par with the cost of buying commercial time in some broadcast primetime series.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An anchor for Fox News is suing Hasbro for more than $5 million over a toy hamster that shares her name – and possibly even her […]
CNN announced on Tuesday that it has changed the criteria for its upcoming debate, making space for Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on the primetime stage. Fiorina had argued for weeks that CNN’s debate criteria unfairly weighted early field leaders over contenders like her who have polled better since the Fox News debate on Aug. 6.
NEW YORK (AP) — Al Sharpton is losing his daily show on MSNBC, with the network saying he’ll be downshifted to the weekend. Sharpton’s “Politics Nation” has aired at 6 […]
The Republican presidential front-runner-turned-TV-critic had welcomed Kelly back from a vacation Monday night by tweeting that he liked her show better while she was away. Trump said Kelly “must have had a terrible vacation” because “she’s really off her game.” He retweeted a message that referred to her as a bimbo.
NBC’s Meet the Press had its biggest audience in more than a year for its Trump interview on Aug. 16, leading that show’s biggest competitors — ABC’s This Week and CBS’ sFace the Nation — to feature phone interviews with the New York businessman this past Sunday.
