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The Husband Did It! The Wife Did It!

Judy Wieder | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Unplug and Recharge, Gay Marriage, Media, Spouse, A&e, Wives, Husbands, California, 48 Hour Mystery, Prop 8, Nielsen Ratings, Court Cases, News Media, Cbs, Defense of Marriage Act, California Gay Marriage, Television, Dateline NBC, Nielsen, Cable News, Nbc, Entertainment News
Judy Wieder

As a non-straight woman living in California, currently married to my partner, but living in fear of Prop 8's outcome, it kills me to see married couples slaughtering each other on a weekly basis.

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Nancy Grace Ratings Success Signals The Return Of "Murder And Mayhem" Style Cable News

Paley Center | J. Max Robins | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Nancy Grace Ratings, Cable News, Nancy Grace, Media News

Those thinking that the most exciting race for the White House in modern history would lead to a higher level of discourse on cable news should think ...

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CNN President Jon Klein: Anderson Cooper Win "Remarkable," Economic News Will Drive 2009

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Jon Klein, Anderson Cooper, Cnn, Cable News, Media News

As 2008 comes to a close, each of the cable news networks has reason to celebrate: Fox News maintains its #1 ratings slot, MSNBC is growing faster tha...

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Second Thoughts on a Television Career for Bill Clinton

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 01.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Cnn, Direct TV, Cable News, BBC America, Bbc, Bill Clinton BBC America, Nielson Ratings, Television Viewership, Cable Television, Bill Clinton Television, Bill Clinton Tv Show, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

The cable network that really needs Bill Clinton is BBC America. Bill Clinton is a star of the first magnitude -- people pay to see him, which is why ...

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Nancy Grace Hits Ratings Record, Releases Family Christmas Card

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Nancy Grace Ratings, Cnn, Nancy Grace, Cable News Ratings, Cable News, Nancy Grace Christmas Card, Headline News, Caylee Anthony, Media News

Nancy Grace rode the news that a child's body was found near Caylee Anthony's grandparents' home to a ratings record Thursday night. Her Headline New...

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Post-Election Retention: Fox News Weathers The Storm Best

Broadcasting & Cable | Alex Weprin | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Post-Election Audience Retention, Fox News Ratings, Cable News, Cable News Retention, Media News

According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News retained 74% of its total day and 70% of its primetime audience. MSNBC retained 62% of its total day an...

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Jon Klein Hits 4-Years As CNN U.S. President: An Anniversary Fact Check

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Klein, Cable News, Cnn, Jon Klein CNN, Media News

CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein is about to hit his four-year anniversary at the helm of the news network, with one full Presidential election cycle unde...

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Fox News Sees No Post-Election Slump

MediaWeek | Anthony Crupi | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Fox News Ratings, Cable News, Media News

Conventional wisdom would suggest that cable news ratings were ripe for a precipitous fall once the cuticle-gnawing tension of the election finally ab...

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"Morning Joe" Catching Up To "American Morning" In The Ratings

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cnn, American Morning, Morning Joe, CNN American Morning, Cable News Ratings, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Cable News, Fox & Friends Ratings, American Morning Ratings, Morning Joe Ratings, Media News

CNN's "American Morning" — which dominated its competition the morning after the election, with 2.1 million viewers — is facing increasing...

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What's Next For The Cable News Channels?

New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 12.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Fox News, Cnn, Cable News, Cable News Channels, Media News

Over the last three months of the 2008 presidential campaign, ratings for the cable news channel MSNBC were up 158 percent over the same period a year...

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Fox News Wins Election Week, #1 Network In All Of Cable

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Fox News Ratings, Cable News, MSNBC Ratings, CNN Ratings, Media News

CNN may have won election night, but Fox News retained the most viewers, winning Election Week and taking the #1 spot in primetime among all cable net...

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Fox News Looking Forward To Obama Administration, Expects Viewership Dip Between Election And Inaguration

Broadcasting & Cable | Marisa Guthrie | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Fox News Obama, Cable News, Roger Ailes, Media News

Maybe it did all come down to Ohio--again. At least that's what it felt like at the Fox News Channel studios on Election Night. Brit Hume, FNC's drol...

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Cable News' Future After The Election

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Cable News, Television, Msnbc, Cnn, Fox News, Media News

NEW YORK — Chris Matthews refused to be drawn in to a debate last week when fellow MSNBC host Joe Scarborough talked on "Morning Joe" about whet...

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Final Poll of Cable Television News Viewers-- Comparison to Actual Results

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: FoxNews Ratings, Cnn, Obama, Mccain, MSNBC Ratings, Cable News, Election Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reactions, Election 2008, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

In the final vote, cable news viewers favored Obama by 11%, he won by 6%. The previous week, we had him ahead by 6%, and would've been dead on, but last week's numbers jumped.

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If You Want to Play the Game, You Better Know the Rules

Dan Solin | Posted 12.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Investments, Investing, Trust, Stocks, Economy, Pundits, Financial Crisis, Cable News, Jim Cramer, Business News
Dan Solin

In times of extreme market volatility, investors are tempted to rely financial pundits. It is important to realize that their advice is flawed and conflicted.

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Post-Obama Cyncism Sets in Early: "Why Wait?"

William Klein | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cynicism, Humor, Political Humor, 2008 Presidential Race, Political Satire, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Barack Obama, John Stewart, American Idol, Politics News
William Klein

In what observers say is the shortest "honeymoon" between the public and a new Administration, dissatisfaction with the Obama Administration began before it was even elected.

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MSNBC Tops CNN For October

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Msnbc, Cnn, Cable News, MSNBC Ratings, CNN Ratings, Media News

MSNBC beat CNN in prime time for the month of October, led by the breakout success of "The Rachel Maddow Show," which brought MSNBC its first-ever vic...

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How MSNBC Can Rule Cable News

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Tim Russert Replacement, Reality TV, Meet the Press, Cable, Talking Heads, Prison Shows, Rachel Maddow, Cable Tv, Msnbc News, TV News, Keith Olbermann, Cable News, Nbc, Media News
Stephen C. Rose

If I were to walk the mile from where I live to the studio and take the reins, I would at least threaten to cut out the tongue of any TV host who dares interrupt anyone else.

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Vice Presidential Debate Ratings: 69.9 Million Total, ABC, Fox News Win, MSNBC Tanks

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cnn, VP Debate Ratings, Vp Debate, Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Fox News Ratings, MSNBC Ratings, Cable News, CNN Ratings, Media News

Update: The final numbers are in: 69.9 million viewers watched the Vice Presidential debate, making it the most watched debate since 1992 and the most...

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The Sun Sets

Charles Warner | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: The Sun, Cable News, New York Sun Closes, New York Sun, The New York Sun, Media News
Charles Warner

What's really sad is that the Sun would be alive if it could have found a few more investors who were willing to see it lose a couple of million dollars a year.

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Can You Please Put Some Sugar on This Crap?

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Fox News, Suicide, Accutane, Depression, Cable News, Medicine, Living News
Doug Bremner

I guess someone told Fox that they are getting a lot of advertising dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, and what I had to say might not make some people happy.

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The Power of No

Alex Jones | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Lipstick on a Pig, Lipstick, Joseph McCarthy, Cnn, Obama Lipstick Controversy, Cable News Channels, Obama Lipstick Pig, Media, Cable News, Lipstick on a Pig, Obama Lipstick, Mark Halperin, Obama Lipstick Remark, Barack Obama, Campbell Brown, Politics News
Alex Jones

There is something sinister about the press's complicity in allowing campaign coverage to feed hungrily on meaningless charges and counter-charges.

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Cable TV Should Be Ashamed

Rusty Russell | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Msnbc, John McCain, Cnn, Sarah Palin, News Cycle, Cable News, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, David Letterman, Earmarks, Alaska, Cable News Channels, Cable Tv, Home News
Rusty Russell

Cable TV fails to do its job: report on and analyze the candidates' policies. It's like they think we only care about lipstick. Viewers are left completely unaware of dozens of serious issues that dramatically impact enormous swaths of the population.

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Liveblogging The Republican Convention - Day Four

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Republican Convention, Chris Matthews, Fox News Channel, Politics News
Bob Cesca

If an undecided voter responded strongly to the yelling from Mitt, Rudy and Palin, and then watched McCain, they were probably disappointed and let-down by McCain.

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Liveblogging The Republican Convention - Day Three

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Rudy Giuliani, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Chris Matthews, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Republican Convention, John McCain, Fox News Channel, Politics News
Bob Cesca

What I still want to know is why Governor Palin is more qualified than Olympia Snowe or Christine Todd Whitman or Kay Bailey Hutchison. The McCain campaign hasn't answered that question.

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