The Presidents’ Day episode of Good Morning America featured just one of three familiar faces at the desk.
For the program, viewers were greeted by Michael Strahan, who typically hadn’t appeared on Mondays due to working on the opposite coast.
Strahan appeared amid his daughter Isabella’s recent health situation, which has involved her starting chemotherapy.
Meanwhile, Strahan’s primary co-hosts, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos, were not there.
Viewers saw Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan as replacements for the GMA hosts.
“Good morning, America,” Michael said, adding, “It is good to have Eva and DeMarco here with me on this Presidents’ Day.”
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For the program, viewers were greeted by Michael Strahan, who typically hadn’t appeared on Mondays due to working on the opposite coast.
Strahan appeared amid his daughter Isabella’s recent health situation, which has involved her starting chemotherapy.
Meanwhile, Strahan’s primary co-hosts, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos, were not there.
Viewers saw Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan as replacements for the GMA hosts.
“Good morning, America,” Michael said, adding, “It is good to have Eva and DeMarco here with me on this Presidents’ Day.”
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Monsters and Critics reported about Strahan’s week away from GMA to spend time with family in North Carolina, as he attended a...
- 2/19/2024
- by Matt Couden
- Monsters and Critics
Saturday Night Live went with the big political news of the week for its cold open, giving a musical send-off to now expelled fabulist congressman George Santos.
Bowen Yang plays Santos as a victimized con man, singing a new rendition of Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind.”
Goodbye, Congress queen, they’ll never know anything about me at all because I lied about everything in my life. Then I took a tragic fall. They crawled out of the woodwork. They whispered, ‘He used my donations for Botox, and I said, it was filler, slut!‘
Santos was ousted Friday in a bipartisan vote of the House of Representatives, following the release of a devastating Ethics Committee report that accused him of stealing campaign funds for personal expenses, including spa treatments and OnlyFans.
The sketch opened with a takeoff on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, with the anchor...
Bowen Yang plays Santos as a victimized con man, singing a new rendition of Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind.”
Goodbye, Congress queen, they’ll never know anything about me at all because I lied about everything in my life. Then I took a tragic fall. They crawled out of the woodwork. They whispered, ‘He used my donations for Botox, and I said, it was filler, slut!‘
Santos was ousted Friday in a bipartisan vote of the House of Representatives, following the release of a devastating Ethics Committee report that accused him of stealing campaign funds for personal expenses, including spa treatments and OnlyFans.
The sketch opened with a takeoff on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, with the anchor...
- 12/3/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN leads this year’s News & Documentary Emmy nominations, with 45 overall — including seven for “Anderson Cooper 360.” Meanwhile, “Vice News Tonight,” which was canceled this spring, landed 28 nominations — helping Vice News score a total of 30, good enough for second place among outlets.
Among broadcasters, ABC and PBS were tops at 26 nominations each.
“The News & Documentary Emmy Awards honor the work of dedicated professionals working at the highest level of the broadcast journalism and documentary filmmaking professions,” said Adam Sharp, President and CEO, NATAS. “They pay tribute to the journalists who bring us up-to-the-minute reporting on the critical stories of our time, and the documentary storytellers who explore important social, cultural, and political issues in great depth. NATAS is proud to celebrate the work of this year’s nominees.”
The 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards received more than 2300 submissions from the calendar year of 2022, and nominations were judged by a pool...
Among broadcasters, ABC and PBS were tops at 26 nominations each.
“The News & Documentary Emmy Awards honor the work of dedicated professionals working at the highest level of the broadcast journalism and documentary filmmaking professions,” said Adam Sharp, President and CEO, NATAS. “They pay tribute to the journalists who bring us up-to-the-minute reporting on the critical stories of our time, and the documentary storytellers who explore important social, cultural, and political issues in great depth. NATAS is proud to celebrate the work of this year’s nominees.”
The 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards received more than 2300 submissions from the calendar year of 2022, and nominations were judged by a pool...
- 7/27/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
David Bohrman, a longtime producer and news executive who was responsible for innovations in live and special events and breaking news, died on Sunday. He was CNN.
“He was the creator of more news programming than almost any other producer working in television news today,” CNN’s leadership team wrote in a memo to employees on Sunday evening.
“Wherever he went, David was an innovator using the latest technology to enhance storytelling,” they wrote. “He was a mentor to many.”
No cause of death was given.
During his years at CNN, Bohrman embraced new approaches to live events coverage, including the Magic Wall, while he was the driving force behind shows like The Situation Room and State of the Union. As senior vice president and Washington bureau chief at CNN, he also launched NewsNight with Aaron Brown and The Moneyline NewsHour. He also produced more than a dozen presidential debates for the network.
“He was the creator of more news programming than almost any other producer working in television news today,” CNN’s leadership team wrote in a memo to employees on Sunday evening.
“Wherever he went, David was an innovator using the latest technology to enhance storytelling,” they wrote. “He was a mentor to many.”
No cause of death was given.
During his years at CNN, Bohrman embraced new approaches to live events coverage, including the Magic Wall, while he was the driving force behind shows like The Situation Room and State of the Union. As senior vice president and Washington bureau chief at CNN, he also launched NewsNight with Aaron Brown and The Moneyline NewsHour. He also produced more than a dozen presidential debates for the network.
- 6/26/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Talk about a walk-off win: Fox Sports’ final “Thursday Night Football” game of the season was a big one, as the Los Angeles Chargers stunned the Kansas City Chiefs to take the lead with just four seconds left on the clock.
With very little primetime competition last night, Fox cruised to a very, very easy victory — very much unlike the one Philip Rivers orchestrated.
With Fox way in first, CBS finished a distant second on Thursday, airing some reruns, the “Mom” fall finale, and an original “Murphy Brown.”
Also Read: Ratings: 'Survivor' Carries CBS Above ABC's Fall Finales
Fox was first in ratings with a 3.3 rating/14 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 12.3 million, according to preliminary numbers.
CBS was second in ratings with a 0.8/4 and in viewers with 6.2 million. After a pair of repeats, “Mom” at 9 p.m. got a 1.2/5 and 7.7 million viewers.
With very little primetime competition last night, Fox cruised to a very, very easy victory — very much unlike the one Philip Rivers orchestrated.
With Fox way in first, CBS finished a distant second on Thursday, airing some reruns, the “Mom” fall finale, and an original “Murphy Brown.”
Also Read: Ratings: 'Survivor' Carries CBS Above ABC's Fall Finales
Fox was first in ratings with a 3.3 rating/14 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 12.3 million, according to preliminary numbers.
CBS was second in ratings with a 0.8/4 and in viewers with 6.2 million. After a pair of repeats, “Mom” at 9 p.m. got a 1.2/5 and 7.7 million viewers.
- 12/14/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Sorry, Rachel Maddow: Sean Hannity is No. 1 in cable news again, making 2018 the second year in a row the face of Fox News Channel can make that claim.
Under the “Hannity” host is the “Maddow” host, with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson earning bronze in terms of overall audience averages. Fox also owned the next three slots, with Laura Ingraham’s series, “The Five,” and “Special Report With Bret Baier” staking their claims.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is seventh and Chris Hayes came in ninth. Fox shows “The Story” and “America’s Newsroom” bookended Hayes’ “All In,” making that the Top 10 of 2018.
Also Read: 109 Cable Channels Ranked by 2018 Viewership, From Fox News to Comedy.TV
Below are the Top 35 shows across all of cable news. A lengthier ranker would include Fox Business Network, CNBC and Hln — which first appear with the 46th, 47th and 50th-ranked shows of the year,...
Under the “Hannity” host is the “Maddow” host, with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson earning bronze in terms of overall audience averages. Fox also owned the next three slots, with Laura Ingraham’s series, “The Five,” and “Special Report With Bret Baier” staking their claims.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is seventh and Chris Hayes came in ninth. Fox shows “The Story” and “America’s Newsroom” bookended Hayes’ “All In,” making that the Top 10 of 2018.
Also Read: 109 Cable Channels Ranked by 2018 Viewership, From Fox News to Comedy.TV
Below are the Top 35 shows across all of cable news. A lengthier ranker would include Fox Business Network, CNBC and Hln — which first appear with the 46th, 47th and 50th-ranked shows of the year,...
- 12/12/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Clarissa Ward, Julia Chatterley and Brianna Keilar were elevated to new roles at CNN Wednesday, as the At&T-owned cable-news outlet unveiled a short series of important talent changes.
Ward, a veteran of CBS News and ABC News, was named CNN’s chief international correspondent, succeeding Christiane Amanpour in the role. Amanpour in recent months has devoted more time to a flagship interview program on CNN International and was recently named to anchor a program on PBS that took the place of Charlie Rose’s long-running show. Ward joined CNN in 2015.
Keilar, a senior political correspondent and anchor based in Washington, D.C., will take over as anchor of CNN’s 1 p.m. hour starting in the fall. Wolf Blitzer, who has been anchored the hour, currently called “Wolf,” will continue to anchor CNN’s early-evening broadcast “The Situation Room,” between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Keilar has served as...
Ward, a veteran of CBS News and ABC News, was named CNN’s chief international correspondent, succeeding Christiane Amanpour in the role. Amanpour in recent months has devoted more time to a flagship interview program on CNN International and was recently named to anchor a program on PBS that took the place of Charlie Rose’s long-running show. Ward joined CNN in 2015.
Keilar, a senior political correspondent and anchor based in Washington, D.C., will take over as anchor of CNN’s 1 p.m. hour starting in the fall. Wolf Blitzer, who has been anchored the hour, currently called “Wolf,” will continue to anchor CNN’s early-evening broadcast “The Situation Room,” between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Keilar has served as...
- 7/11/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
On CNN's The Situation Room earlier tonight, Don Lemon lambasted President Trump for his continued criticisms of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.
- 9/26/2017
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Appearing on The Situation Room Wednesday, Toobin slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republican party as a whole for being wishy-washy in their response to Trump.
- 8/16/2017
- by Joe DePaolo
- Mediaite - TV
Appearing on The Situation Room Thursday, King wrote off Scaramucci's vulgar trashing of Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon as nothing he hasn't heard before.
- 7/27/2017
- by Joe DePaolo
- Mediaite - TV
Appearing on The Situation Room Tuesday, panelist Ron Brownstein dismissed the idea that Trump Jr. was forthright as utter nonsense.
- 7/11/2017
- by Joe DePaolo
- Mediaite - TV
Jeffrey Toobin was flabbergasted by what he just watched. Appearing on The Situation Room Friday, CNN's legal analyst was called on for his thoughts after a clip was played of President Donald Trump explaining his Twitter head fake on the James Comey tapes (which do not exist).
- 6/23/2017
- by Joe DePaolo
- Mediaite - TV
Watching the prim, polished Rachel Maddow show as it exists today– MSNBC’s flagship– it’s hard to recall the days Rachel Maddow was a radio host first and foremost, with some gigs on TV on the side. Her first regular stint on national television was on The Situation with Tucker Carlson– a news opinion program that preceded both Wolf Blitzer‘s The Situation Room and Jersey Shore‘s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, and eventually became simply Tucker, giving way to a series of programs before ceding the 9Pm MSNBC spot to Maddow herself.
- 1/10/2017
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
Watching the prim, polished Rachel Maddow show as it exists today-- MSNBC's flagship-- it's hard to recall the days Rachel Maddow was a radio host first and foremost, with some gigs on TV on the side. Her first regular stint on national television was on The Situation with Tucker Carlson-- a news opinion program that preceded both Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room and Jersey Shore's Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, and eventually became simply Tucker, giving way to a series of programs before ceding the 9Pm MSNBC spot to Maddow herself.
- 1/10/2017
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Watching the prim, polished Rachel Maddow show as it exists today-- MSNBC's flagship-- it's hard to think of the days Rachel Maddow was a radio host first and foremost, with some gigs on TV on the side. Her first regular stint on national television was on The Situation with Tucker Carlson-- a news opinion program that preceded both Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room and Jersey Shore's Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, and eventually became simply Tucker, giving way to a series of programs before ceding the 9Pm MSNBC spot to Maddow herself.
- 1/10/2017
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
Another day, another Donald Trump/Hillary Clinton spoof!
This time, the presidential nominees got The Simpsons treatment in a clip that starts with Homer and Marge trying to decide who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. The two are making out in bed before Marge pulls away.
"I can't make love until I've decided who to vote for," she tells him.
"Yep, it's the American way," replies Homer, reaching forward and flicking on the TV.
A political ad starts playing, asking viewers: "It's 3 a.m. and the phone is ringing in the White House – who do you want to answer that call?...
This time, the presidential nominees got The Simpsons treatment in a clip that starts with Homer and Marge trying to decide who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. The two are making out in bed before Marge pulls away.
"I can't make love until I've decided who to vote for," she tells him.
"Yep, it's the American way," replies Homer, reaching forward and flicking on the TV.
A political ad starts playing, asking viewers: "It's 3 a.m. and the phone is ringing in the White House – who do you want to answer that call?...
- 8/1/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- People.com - TV Watch
Another day, another Donald Trump/Hillary Clinton spoof! This time, the presidential nominees got The Simpsons treatment in a clip that starts with Homer and Marge trying to decide who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. The two are making out in bed before Marge pulls away. "I can't make love until I've decided who to vote for," she tells him."Yep, it's the American way," replies Homer, reaching forward and flicking on the TV. A political ad starts playing, asking viewers: "It's 3 a.m. and the phone is ringing in the White House - who do you want to answer that call?...
- 8/1/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Longtime Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile will step in as interim chair of the Democratic National Committee following the resignation of Florida U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday. The transition will take place Friday at the conclusion of the party’s convention and run through the fall election. Brazile, who is a weekly contributor and political strategist on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” will be stepping away from her position at the news network effective immediately. “With news of Donna Brazile stepping in as interim chair for the Democratic National Committee, CNN and Brazile have mutually agreed to temporarily suspend her contract as.
- 7/24/2016
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
There has been speculation that Donald Trump is backpedaling from his proposal to ban Muslims from entering America after he has fallen slightly behind Hillary Clinton in the polls, a turn of events that has prompted mixed messages from his campaign on the controversial issue. However, Trump’s national campaign spokesperson Katrina Pierson told CNN’s “The Situation Room” on Monday that there has “been no change,” and people were just confused about the presidential candidate’s policy. “It is only really a change if you never knew what the ban was to begin with,” she said. “The news media...
- 6/28/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
CNN's Brianna Keiler sat down with Hillary Clinton earlier today in what was Clinton's first televised interview since she became a 2016 presidential candidate. Keiler brought up issues ranging from Clinton's strained relationship with the press, to her thoughts on whether Americans trust her, but in a later appearance on The Situation Room, Keiler said that Clinton's pushback did not make her seem more forthcoming.
- 7/8/2015
- by Ken Meyer
- Mediaite - TV
Hillary Clinton has picked CNN senior political correspondent Brianna Keilar for her first nationally televised interview since officially announcing her candidacy. Word of the CNN “get” interrupted, if only temporarily, the chatter on news networks, and in social media, about Clinton’s optically disastrous roping off of media during a weekend parade appearance. Clinton’s first national interview will air Tuesday on The Situation Room at 5 Pm Et and repeat on Anderson Coo…...
- 7/6/2015
- Deadline TV
CNN has landed the first national TV interview with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton scheduled to air Tuesday. The former Secretary of State will sit down with senior political correspondent Brianna Keilar in Iowa City; the interview will air on “The Situation Room” at 5 p.m. Et. Clinton has been dogged by the media for weeks over limited media access. The issue reached unpleasing aesthetic levels over the weekend as a Clinton aide put up a rope line blocking journalists from coming near Clinton, who was walking in a parade. Also Read: Hillary Clinton to Ramp Up Media Exposure: 'America Will See More of.
- 7/6/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
With 82K viewers in the 25-54 demo, MSNBC's The Ed Show was the only cable news program with less than 100K between the hours of 5 p.m. and midnight on Wednesday. During his 5 p.m. time slot, Ed Schultz came in third place in the demo behind Fox News' The Five (225K) and CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (165K).
- 6/25/2015
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
Riots on the streets of Baltimore dominated cable news Monday night, leading to a rare victory for CNN in the 25-54 demo during primetime. With 925K viewers between the hours of 8 and 11 p.m., CNN topped Fox News, which averaged 839K. The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Erin Burnett OutFront and Anderson Cooper 360 each came out ahead of their Fox News competition Monday afternoon and evening.
- 4/28/2015
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC's PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was the lowest-rated show in the 25-54 demo across the three big cable news networks on Monday between the hours of 5 p.m. and midnight Et. Al Sharpton's program had just 55K viewers in the demo, coming in third place in his 6 p.m. time slot behind Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier (312K) and CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (146K).
- 4/7/2015
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
On Monday, the 5 p.m. hour of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer was the highest-rated program across CNN’s schedule in both the 25-54 demo and total viewers. Wolf Blitzer‘s 5 p.m. hour came in second place in the demo with 127K viewers, more than doubling MSNBC's The Ed Show, which came in third with 62K. Fox News' The Five was #1 in the demo (322K) and total (2.269M).
- 3/24/2015
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC's PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was the lowest-rated show across the big three cable news networks Friday afternoon, averaging just 59K viewers in the 25-54 demo. During the 6 p.m. time slot, CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer more than tripled that rating with 190K and Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier had close to seven times as many viewers with 410K.
- 2/9/2015
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
MSNBC's The Ed Show dropped to a new low of 35K in the 25-54 demo on Wednesday, making it by far the lowest rated show across all of cable news. In its 5 p.m. time slot, CNN's The Situation Room had nearly 5 times as many viewers with 156K and Fox News' The Five had nearly 10 times as many with 331K.
- 1/29/2015
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
On Friday evening, MSNBC’s The Ed Show was the lowest rated show in the 25-54 demo across that network, as well as Fox News and CNN. Ed Schultz's show averaged 53K viewers in the demo, while CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer had nearly double that number with 94K and Fox's The Five had nearly six times that number with 295K at 5 p.m.
- 12/15/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
Shortly after Sen. Rand Paul (R-ky) joined Wolf Blitzer on CNN to discuss the Eric Garner case and other issues, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin appeared on The Situation Room and pushed back on Paul's characterization of the incident. While Paul was focusing on the issue of cigarette taxes, Toobin stressed that this was really a case about excessive force by police.
- 12/5/2014
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
With just 51K viewers in the 25-54 demo, The Ed Show was the lowest-rated show across CNN, Fox News and MSNBC Monday. During the 5 p.m. time slot, Fox News' The Five had nearly eight times the viewers that Ed Schultz did in the demo with 387K and CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer nearly tripled the MSNBC show with 140K.
- 11/4/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
Just 10 minutes into the second half-hour of “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” last night, CNN ran a sponsored-segment advertisement for the show that previously inhabited the 6:30p.m. timeslot. Also read: Bill Nye and CNN's S.E. Cupp Have Heated Exchange Over Climate Change (Video) “Crossfire, brought to you by Tempur-pedic,” the ad said with the Crossfire logo at the bottom of the screen. The only problem: Crossfire hasn't aired since the middle of July, after it was yanked from the schedule in favor of breaking news of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. “Crossfire is still on extended hiatus,” a CNN spokesperson told.
- 10/14/2014
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
CNN will serve as the host for debates in two of the country's most hotly contested races. Chief Washington correspondent and “The Lead” anchor Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer, lead political anchor and anchor of the “The Situation Room,” will moderate the events. See video: Gop Mocks Democrats in Parody of TLC's ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ (Video) On Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Et, Tapper will co-host a live, one-hour gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville, Fla. between Democrat Charlie Crist and the Republican contender, the incumbent Governor Rick Scott. Tapper will join Wjxt-tv anchor and reporter Kent Justice at Wjxt's Jacksonville studio to.
- 10/6/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
With 2.255M total viewers Thursday afternoon, Fox News' The Five was the second-highest rated show on cable news, behind only Fox's The O'Reilly Factor, which had 2.702M total viewers. The Five came in first in its 5 p.m. time slot with 336K in the demo, beating CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, which had 252K. Fox's The Kelly File came in third overall in total viewers with 2.194M.
- 9/5/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
With 295K viewers in the 25-54 demo during the 6 p.m. hour Thursday evening, CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer was the highest-rated show of the night across CNN and MSNBC. Wolf Blitzer's show was also #1 in the demo at 6 p.m., beating Fox News' Special Report, though regular host Bret Baier was out and Shannon Bream was filling in.
- 8/15/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
With just 48K viewers in the 25-54 demo during the 5 p.m. hour, CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer was the lowest-rated show across all of cable news Wednesday afternoon. Wolf Blitzer's show came in last place in its time slot, behind Fox News' The Five (251K), Hln's Forensic Files (79K) and MSNBC's The Ed Show (66K).
- 7/10/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
With 49K viewers in the 25-54 demo Wednesday evening, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton was not only the lowest rated show in its time slot, but also across all shows on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. At 6 p.m., Fox's Special Report with Bret Baier was #1 with 309K in the demo, followed by CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer with 102K and Hln's Forensic Files with 74K.
- 7/3/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
The 5 p.m. hour of CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer averaged just 29K viewers in the 25-54 demo Tuesday afternoon, making it the lowest-rated cable news show during that hour. Fox News' The Five was #1 at 5 p.m. with 161K in the demo, followed by MSNBC's The Ed Show with 57K and Hln's Forensic Files with 31K.
- 7/2/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
CNN's original programming fell below the 100K viewer mark in the 25-54 demo on Friday night from 5-9 p.m. During those four hours, the second half of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer at 6 p.m. was the highest rated show on CNN with 93K in the demo. At 5 p.m. Blitzer beat MSNBC's The Ed Show 82K to 80K but otherwise during those hours MSNBC drew more viewers.
- 6/23/2014
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
As the Mystery of Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 mystery dragged on, Fox News Channel continued its hold on primetime Thursday in the news demo (391,000) with CNN a competitive No. 2 (321,000) followed, not closely, by MSNBC (166,000) and Hln (128,000). Piers Morgan Live, hosted by possible Morgan replacement Bill Weir (373,000), was the only CNN program to best Fnc — Megyn Kelly (353,000) in the demo. But CNN took a tumble at 10 Pm when the network switched from missing-plane coverage to docu-series Chicagoland (172,000). Fnc’s Hannity clobbered it (331,000). Earlier in the evening, CNN’s Erin Burnett (347,000) came within 9,000 demo viewers of Fnc’s Greta Van Susteren (356,000), after which Fnc’s Bill O’Reilly (486,000) widened the lead, over CNN’s Anderson Cooper (420,000). In total viewers, Fnc (2.140 million) more than doubled CNN’s primetime average (883,000), followed by MSNBC (742,000) and Hln (315,000). The networks did not have much to report on the missing plane front that day — and yet so much happened.
- 3/22/2014
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
CNN‘s Around The World is toast and its hosts re-deployed — Ashleigh Banfield back to Washington as national correspondent and Michael Holmes back full-time at CNN International. It’s part of CNN’s daytime shakeup announced this morning. Starting Monday, February 10, John Berman and Michaela Pereira will co-anchor CNN’s 11 Am hour while continuing to anchor Early Start and New Day, respectively. Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield is moving from 11 Am to noon. Wolf Blitzer will continue to anchor the 1 Pm hour; he will focus on politics, breaking news and international news. He will also continue to anchor The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer weekdays from 5-6:30 Pm. Carol Costello will continue to anchor 9-11 Am and Brooke Baldwin will continue to anchor 2-4 Pm. Click over for the complete weekday schedule: CNN Weekday Schedule Beginning February 10 (all times Et): 9-11 Am – Carol Costello 11 Am-noon – John Berman and...
- 1/17/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
What’s driving Dennis Rodman and other former NBA players’ interest in visiting North Korea? Cold, hard cash, according to NBA commissioner David Stern. See video: Dennis Rodman Melts Down in CNN North Korea Interview Stern appeared on Tuesday night’s edition of CNN’s “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer” to discuss Rodman and his cohorts’ trip to North Korea, “They were blinded by the pay day. I don’t know what else to say or how directly to say it. That’s all,” Stern offered. Emphasizing that the NBA “did not sanction” the visit to North Korea, Stern...
- 1/8/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The 5pm broadcast of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer with the highest-rated show on CNN Friday evening with 194K in the 25-54 demo and 754K total viewers. Those numbers were enough to beat MSNBC's The Ed Show, which had 147K in the demo and 572K total, but not enough to beat Fox News' The Five, which had 341K in the demo and 2.123M total viewers.
- 12/16/2013
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
Governor Chris Christie (R-nj) has just been reelected in what will be a landslide, even as his fortunes with Republican primary voters nationally have risen. To hear CNN's John King tell it, Christie's also in fine shape with general election voters. On Tuesday's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, King reported on Christie's standing in a head-to-head presidential matchup with Hillary Clinton in New Jersey exit polling, and called the 6 point gap "slight."...
- 11/6/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Wednesday afternoon between the hours of 5 and 7pm, CNN came out ahead of Fox News in the 25-54 demo. At 5pm, CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer had 490K in the demo while Fox's The Five had 433K. At 6pm, Blitzer 484K for the first half-hour and Crossfire had 327K for the second. Fox's Special Report with Bret Baier had 325K.
- 10/5/2013
- by Mediaite Staff
- Mediaite - TV
CNN went shopping at ABC News again — this time it has hired Good Morning America‘s Jay Shaylor as executive producer of The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer. Shaylor had been senior producer at Gma since 2006. Among his credits, he coordinated coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, the Oklahoma tornadoes, and the Deepwater Horizon spill. Shaylor is replacing Patricia Dicarlo, who was named director of CNN’s investigations unit. Dicarlo had Ep’d Situation since 2010.
- 10/3/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Appearing on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Pete King (R-ny) engaged in a debate over the prudence of forcing a battle in the Congress over the Affordable Care Act with Rep. Sean Duffy (R-wi) who supports this strategy. While the pair refused to engage in a heated exchange, King did not spare Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx) who he said should “keep quiet from now on.”...
- 9/19/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Back after eight years off the air, CNN’s Crossfire didn’t exactly set the ratings ablaze on Monday. With Wolf Blitzer’s interview with President Barack Obama on Syria as a lead-in, the Newt Gingrich and Stephanie Cutter-hosted half-hour show came in second among adults 25-54 and third in overall viewership against its cable news rivals. Between 6:30 Pm and 7 Pm, Jeff Zucker’s resuscitated political debate show pulled in 171,000 viewers in the demo and 581,000 overall. While better by 21% in the demo and 44% in total viewers than The Situation Room has done over the past four Mondays, Crossfire was way behind Fox News’ Special Report With Bret Baier in both categories. The Fnc show had 384,000 viewers among adults 25-54 and 2.4 million in overall viewers. While MSNBC’s Al Sharpton-hosted Politics Nation was behind the heavily promoted CNN show in the demo with 116,000, it was solidly ahead in total viewers with 617,000 watching.
- 9/10/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
In what it’s billing as a first for a TV news program, CNN’s Crossfire will offer viewer voting using Poptip technology that tallies votes of the program’s daily debate question. Via Twitter using #CrossfireReturns, on CNN’s live blog, or by commenting to the show’s Facebook page, users will be able vote in real time. Results will be announced during the program, which premieres tonight at 6:30 Et after its launch was moved up a week. CNN boasted the deal will allow viewers of the resuscitated debate franchise to choose their interactive second-screen experience via Twitter, Facebook, or CNN.com/Crossfire to vote via mobile, tablet, or desktop platform and weigh in on the issues debated on the program. From today’s announcement: Tonight, users will be able to join in the debate with hosts Newt Gingrich and Stephanie Cutter and guests Sen. Rand Paul (R-ky...
- 9/9/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Two of the hosts of CNN’s upcoming reboot of Crossfire, S.E. Cupp and Stephanie Cutter, appeared on The Situation Room on Thursday to discuss college affordability and President Barack Obama’s remarks on reforming higher education costs from earlier that day. Their discussion erupted over when the pair battled over whether American government resources were being correctly allocated in order...
- 8/22/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
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