Fact-Checking BriWi On The Daily Show
Last Thursday night NBC anchor Brian Williams joined Jon Stewart on the Daily Show for their usual friendly bantering which, as usual, veered occasion...
Last Thursday night NBC anchor Brian Williams joined Jon Stewart on the Daily Show for their usual friendly bantering which, as usual, veered occasion...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media
We wrote yesterday of Brian Williams' trip to Afghanistan, and mentioned an anecdote from Williams' blog about his field producer, Subrata De. De acco...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media
We're chiming with coverage of Wednesday's Radio and Television Correspondent's Dinner in D.C. — check out our exclusive interview with featured...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
I went back to the transcript. Hillary tried to pipe up -- but it was at that point that moderator Brian Williams insisted on breaking for a commercial. He told her to "hold that thought" -- but when they came back from commercial, Williams kicked off with a change of subject and a question for...Obama.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Last night Jon Stewart hosted his good friend and frequent guest Brian Williams to The Daily Show for a spirited discussion in which they covered a wi...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The Brian Williams-hosted SNL, rerun last night, will have neatly bookended the strike since Williams's show, broadcast on Nov. 3, 2007, was the last live SNL to run before the strike kicked off on Nov. 5, 2007.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The past year has been spent in heated battle between NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charlie Gibson for the the number-one newscasts.
StarPulse.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Brad Pitt and Marie Osmond, along with Brian Williams, head the list of flirts compiled by Flirtologist Jill Spiegel. "These well-known flirts engage ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Hillary Clinton brought a ratings bonanza this "Meet the Press" this week, delivering an audience of 4.71 million viewers to the network — it's ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
ABC's Charlie Gibson kicked off last week's New Hampshire primary coverage on a high after hosting the back-to-back GOP and Dem debates — which ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
ETP had the opportunity to chat with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams in New Hampshire on Tuesday night shortly after he delivered the newscast to an anxious nation.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
While the nation's attention is focused on the horserace in Iowa, another one is about to be decided — barely. Today is the last day of 2007, an...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
It's that time again — time for ETP's Media Winners of the Year, an arbitrarily-selected and subjectively-evaluated list of people and/or entiti...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
It's the latest front in the War on Christmas: The Anchor Sign-Off! How, in these loaded PC times where even Mike Huckabee can't have a floating cross...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Katie Couric has had a rough ride, but lately, things seemed to have stabilized. Late in the summer, she blunted the potentially disastrous effects of...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Here's ETP's recap of Saturday night's Live SNL stage show at the UCB, from host Michael Cera's monologue to musical guest Yo La Tengo to Will Forte's golden-sheathed codpiece to what Norah Jones and Fred Armisen's naked butt have in common.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
So! Here we have our answer to the question of whether hosting SNL would bring ratings magic to Brian Williams, host anchor of "NBC Nghtly News": Yes!...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Sometimes we like to title our posts with song and movie references that force our readers to guess at what the hell we mean. Tonight, we went double ...
Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Glenn Beck hosts a little-watched, scarcely-promoted show on CNN's Headline News, but he just signed a radio deal worth $50 million over five years. W...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
For those who are looking for it, Saturday's Obama cameo on SNL could be construed as an implicit endorsement.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams hosts SNL.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media
None other than Barack Obama, showing up in the cold open as a surprise guest in a Hallowe'en party thrown by Hillary Clinton (played with icy smugness by Amy Poehler). A presidential candidate on SNL? Guess BriWi's gravitas is safe.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.12.2008 | Media