Gabriel Sherman at New York Magazine ‘s Daily Intel blogis reporting that CBS News and CNN are in “deep talks” about a possible partnership that would allow them to share talent, cut costs and, they hope, grow their respective audiences. I don’t want to put too much stock in it yet; such a deal has been floated, and unsuccessfully …
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Do You Care If Daily Show Staffers Wrote Jokes for Obama?
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That, anyway, is the word from The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove, who reports that David Axelrod told him the Prez received jokes for his White House Correspondents’ Dinner standup from writers for The Daily Show. (For a review of Obama’s, and Jay Leno’s, performances, see this post from …
Breaking Bad Watch: "Family Is All"
Warning: Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad:
The title of last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, “One Minute,” applies to both the horrifying first sequence of the episode and the terrifying final sequence of the episode. …
Joe Klein on Me on CNN
If you simply can’t get enough kibitzing on the broadcasting choices of shrinking cable channels, my colleague over at Swampland, Joe Klein, picks up on my recent column of suggestions for CNN and adds some of his own. For instance:
if I were the high sheriffs over there, I’d be looking closely at the way the British do the
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Breaking Bad Watch: …Don’t Come a-Knockin’
Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad coming up after the jump:
Biting the Hand: When Media Companies Attack (Themselves)
It’s always entertaining when Fox News takes on Fox Entertainment; nothing better captures the exciting contradictions of Rupert Murdoch’s blend of conservative punditry with anything-goes entertainment. First Sarah Palin attacked “Fox Hollywood” for a Family Guy bit about Down Syndrome that mocked her. And now, as Mediaite points out, …
Breaking Bad Watch: The Divorce Papers Are in the Crib
“A man provides.”
It is the diabolical wording – brainwashing really – used by one drug kingpin in luring a supplier back into the fray, fishing for any weaknesses in Walt’s decision to leave the business. Walt …
Limits, Even at Fox News, to Promoting Tea Parties
Yesterday was April 15, which is to say Tax Day, which is to say Tea Party Day, and needless to say that meant plenty of coverage on Fox News in particular of the anti-big-government protests held yesterday. One could get all J-school and tsk-tsk-y about how closely the news channel and especially its opinion hosts have associated …
Breaking Bad Watch: ATM, Withdrawal
Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad coming up after the jump:
Nike, Tiger Woods and the Saddest Ad of All Time
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So there are a few things that are pretty much known to move product. Sex, of course—we all know sex sells. And a good deep discount—people love to save money! Oh, and also? A pained, publicly shamed celebrity staring dead-eyed at you while being interrogated by the edited, …
Breaking Bad Watch: Hostage Situation
Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad coming up after the jump:
Sarah Palin's New TV Show: Polite, Professional and Oh So Boring
Love her or hate her, we saw a side of Sarah Palin last night that must have caught observers at every end of the spectrum by surprise.
That would be her boring side.
And while some of us thought that America was going through tough times – what with towering unemployment, bank bailouts and a tidal wave of foreclosures – it turns …
Sarah Palin's Primetime Show: Stirring Controversy on Day -2
Well here’s a couple things I didn’t see coming: Sarah Palin, primetime TV host…and a tacky little public relations feud between Fox News and LL Cool J, playing out via twitter.
Sarah Palin’s new TV series Real American Stories premiers tonight at 10 p.m. on the Fox News Channel, and as recently as Tuesday, the network was …