Mediaite has learned from a senior source in the cable news industry with knowledge of MSNBC’s programming that actor Alec Baldwin is getting his own weekly show in MSNBC’s primetime lineup. According to our source, the so far untitled show will air Fridays at 10 p.m. ET and will feature a large dose of Baldwin’s […]
Read moreFox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes is being interviewed by Neil Cavuto at this hour in California at a 21st Century Fox investors conference. The first question Cavuto asked was about the rumor, first reported on Drudge Report, that Megyn Kelly will me moving into the 9pmET timeslot this Fall. “Generally, I don’t confirm […]
Read moreOn “Morning Joe” today, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski got into it over the RNC considering shutting out NBC and CNN from primary debates in 2015/16 because both networks are planning to produce films about Hillary Clinton, who may or may not be a Democratic candidate for president. The discussion, as it often does, turned […]
Read moreFormer CNN host and current Ora.tv and RT host Larry King has been around the block a few times. For YouTube’s “Geek Week,” The Nerdist channel asked him to put on his thinking suspenders and name his top 10 superheroes. Despite some obvious flaws in his list (Green Lantern made it?) The number one pick […]
Read moreOn “Today” this morning, former anchors Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley stopped by to remember John Palmer, the NBC News anchor and correspondent who passed away over the weekend at age 77. “John was a gentleman with a capital “G,” he was gracious in every respect,” Gumbel said. “I would love to have his legacy,” […]
Read moreOn his show Friday, Glenn Beck became convinced that many members of the Obama administration act like racists, after breaking down the “anatomy of a racist”: they see groups over individuals, they lack objectivity, and they seek power through conflict. Beck concluded that the president and his allies are trying to sow the seeds of […]
Read moreMSNBC’s Thomas Roberts had something of a Bob Beckel moment on his program today. During a discussion on Sydney Leathers, the latest woman to come forward who sexted with New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, Roberts said “This chick is so batshit, oh, excuse me! bat you-know-what.” A little later on, he would apologize […]
Read moreFox Business host Stuart Varney on Tuesday accused the AARP of signing hungry seniors up for food stamps as part of a “buy-the-vote campaign” to benefit President Barack Obama. On Saturday, the Tribune-Democrat reported that the Pennsylvania chapter of the AARP launched an effort to sign more people up for food assistance after finding that […]
Read moreRush Limbaugh began his radio show Monday morning by addressing the news that Cumulus Media, the second-biggest radio broadcaster in the country, plans to drop his show from its stations by the end of the year. Limbaugh assured his readers that “nothing is going to change” in terms of their ability to hear him every […]
Read moreAt the tail end of The Daily Beast’s in-depth look at Jay Leno‘s upcoming departure from the Tonight Show today, former NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer squashes the notion that the host is ready to hand the reins over to Jimmy Fallon. “Oh, bullshit,” Ohlmeyer told The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove. “I’m sure Jay says that […]
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