John Rich has written music with everyone from Gretchen Wilson to Jon Bon Jovi. For the show he’s about to launch on Fox Business Network, the musician says he’s cribbing notes from Barbara Walters.
Rich has been studying Walters’ interviews with luminaries like Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball. “I paid attention to her intros and outros, her pacing,” for his show, “The Pursuit” which originated on thesubscription streaming platform Fox Nation and launches this week on the Fox Corp. cable outlet as part of a revamped primetime block.
“I’m not really focused on people’s success,” says Rich. “I’m focused on what makes the person able to succeed.”
A new spotlight on inspiration and innovation may surprise some viewers of Fox Business Network, which in recent years has been known for daytime business coverage that tried to tie Wall Street movements to Main Street...
Rich has been studying Walters’ interviews with luminaries like Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball. “I paid attention to her intros and outros, her pacing,” for his show, “The Pursuit” which originated on thesubscription streaming platform Fox Nation and launches this week on the Fox Corp. cable outlet as part of a revamped primetime block.
“I’m not really focused on people’s success,” says Rich. “I’m focused on what makes the person able to succeed.”
A new spotlight on inspiration and innovation may surprise some viewers of Fox Business Network, which in recent years has been known for daytime business coverage that tried to tie Wall Street movements to Main Street...
- 9/20/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Larry Kudlow spent nearly three years advising former President Donald Trump on economic policy. Now he’s taking to Fox Business Network, where he will get to comment as a new Commander-in-Chief is likely to dismantle much of what his predecessor wrought.
Can he do so in an objective manner?
“I’ve said good and bad things about Democrats and Republicans,” says Kudlow in an interview, noting that business-news viewers probably already know his philosophy. He launches “Kudlow,” a Fox Business hour that will run at 4 p.m. and re-air at 7 p.m., today. Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will be one of his first guests. “I myself am not bashful about my own comments. I have a few opinions. It’s not exactly breaking news that I’m a free-enterprise, free-markets, supply-side guy. That will not be shocking information.”
Stock-market aficionados have had a long relationship with Kudlow, who...
Can he do so in an objective manner?
“I’ve said good and bad things about Democrats and Republicans,” says Kudlow in an interview, noting that business-news viewers probably already know his philosophy. He launches “Kudlow,” a Fox Business hour that will run at 4 p.m. and re-air at 7 p.m., today. Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will be one of his first guests. “I myself am not bashful about my own comments. I have a few opinions. It’s not exactly breaking news that I’m a free-enterprise, free-markets, supply-side guy. That will not be shocking information.”
Stock-market aficionados have had a long relationship with Kudlow, who...
- 2/16/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News has become the home base for conservative media coverage in the United States, so it seemed like the perfect place for conservative talk show host Trisha Regan. However, after several years with the network, Trish’s viewed proved to be too far right for even Fox. She was let go from her position with Fox in 2020 after making statements to suggest that Covid was scam created to make President Trump look bad and get him impeached. Although getting terminated from a job is never an easy thing to deal with, Trish has taken the change in stride and
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- 11/30/2020
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Megyn Kelly isn’t on a mainstream news outlet at present, but that isn’t going to keep her from broadcasting.
The former NBC News and Fox News Channel anchor confirmed Thursday what many media-industry observers have long suspected: She’s going the independent route.
Kelly will launch Devil May Care Media, a production company that will back podcasts and other shows built around the latest news, current events, legal and cultural issues. The shows will contain “the same tough, fair, smart perspective” that Kelly burnished during her heyday as a primetime anchor on Fox News and a morning anchor on NBC. Her first project: A new podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” that is expected to debut the week of September 28.
“With Devil May Care Media, I answer only to my audience and my conscience. Those who like what I have to say will find the experience deeply rewarding. Those...
The former NBC News and Fox News Channel anchor confirmed Thursday what many media-industry observers have long suspected: She’s going the independent route.
Kelly will launch Devil May Care Media, a production company that will back podcasts and other shows built around the latest news, current events, legal and cultural issues. The shows will contain “the same tough, fair, smart perspective” that Kelly burnished during her heyday as a primetime anchor on Fox News and a morning anchor on NBC. Her first project: A new podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show,” that is expected to debut the week of September 28.
“With Devil May Care Media, I answer only to my audience and my conscience. Those who like what I have to say will find the experience deeply rewarding. Those...
- 9/10/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A Seattle judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a little-known advocacy organization that hoped to bar Fox News Channel from transmitting its popular primetime opinion programs to its large cable-news audience.
The Washington state group known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Washlite, filed a suit in Superior Court of Washington State in April, calling for an injunction that would keep Fox News from “publishing further and false and deceptive content” about the coronavirus pandemic. Several Fox News opinion hosts in prior weeks questioned the level of the coronavirus threat, with former Fox Business Network anchor Trish Regan losing her position at the company after hosting a segment with graphics that read “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam” while suggesting liberals were overstating the danger of the contagion.
Washlite argued in its initial filing that Fox News was subject to established protections for consumers against false information and put...
The Washington state group known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Washlite, filed a suit in Superior Court of Washington State in April, calling for an injunction that would keep Fox News from “publishing further and false and deceptive content” about the coronavirus pandemic. Several Fox News opinion hosts in prior weeks questioned the level of the coronavirus threat, with former Fox Business Network anchor Trish Regan losing her position at the company after hosting a segment with graphics that read “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam” while suggesting liberals were overstating the danger of the contagion.
Washlite argued in its initial filing that Fox News was subject to established protections for consumers against false information and put...
- 5/27/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A Washington state judge has tossed out a public interest group’s lawsuit against Fox News, claiming that the network violated consumer protection laws via its coronavirus coverage.
The Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Wash Lite, sued the network in early April, claiming that its coverage violated the state’s consumer protection laws by engaging in a “campaign of deception and omission regarding the danger of the international proliferation of the novel coronavirus.” Also named in the lawsuit were parent Fox Corp. and two channel distributors, AT&T and Comcast, as well as Rupert Murdoch.
Judge Brian McDonald wrote that the public interest group’s “professed goal in this lawsuit — to ensure that the public receives accurate information about the coronavirus and Covid-19 — is laudable. However, the means employed here, a [consumer protection] claim against a cable news channel, runs afoul of the protections of the First Amendment.”
In its motion to dismiss,...
The Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Wash Lite, sued the network in early April, claiming that its coverage violated the state’s consumer protection laws by engaging in a “campaign of deception and omission regarding the danger of the international proliferation of the novel coronavirus.” Also named in the lawsuit were parent Fox Corp. and two channel distributors, AT&T and Comcast, as well as Rupert Murdoch.
Judge Brian McDonald wrote that the public interest group’s “professed goal in this lawsuit — to ensure that the public receives accurate information about the coronavirus and Covid-19 — is laudable. However, the means employed here, a [consumer protection] claim against a cable news channel, runs afoul of the protections of the First Amendment.”
In its motion to dismiss,...
- 5/27/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Ncta — The Internet & Television Association and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press are backing Fox News in its efforts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a public interest group over the way that the network covered the coronavirus crisis.
“While all cable programming enjoys First Amendment protection, the constitutional prohibition against unwarranted governmental interference with programming on news networks is especially clear,” the organizations wrote in a proposed amicus brief. The Ncta includes parent companies of some of Fox News’ rivals, including CNN and MSNBC, while the Reporters Committee includes print and broadcast representatives on its steering committee.
A state of Washington judge will consider Fox News’ motion to dismiss the case in a hearing on Thursday.
As Fox News faced scrutiny over the way that some of its hosts treated the coronavirus, the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics sued the network in early April, claiming that...
“While all cable programming enjoys First Amendment protection, the constitutional prohibition against unwarranted governmental interference with programming on news networks is especially clear,” the organizations wrote in a proposed amicus brief. The Ncta includes parent companies of some of Fox News’ rivals, including CNN and MSNBC, while the Reporters Committee includes print and broadcast representatives on its steering committee.
A state of Washington judge will consider Fox News’ motion to dismiss the case in a hearing on Thursday.
As Fox News faced scrutiny over the way that some of its hosts treated the coronavirus, the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics sued the network in early April, claiming that...
- 5/19/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN and MSNBC compete tooth-and-nail with Fox News Channel every day of the week. But a trade association that counts their parent companies as members wants to help their rival defend itself in an eyebrow-raising court case.
The Internet and Television Association, which represents cable programmers and distributors, has filed a motion to include an amicus brief in a case filed in Washington state by a little-known that in April called for a judge to keep Fox News from airing false information about the coronavirus pandemic. The organization, known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Washlite, is seeking an injunction to keep Fox News from “publishing further and false and deceptive content” about the coronavirus pandemic. Several Fox News opinion hosts in prior weeks questioned the level of the coronavirus threat, with former Fox Business Network anchor Trish Regan losing her position at the company after...
The Internet and Television Association, which represents cable programmers and distributors, has filed a motion to include an amicus brief in a case filed in Washington state by a little-known that in April called for a judge to keep Fox News from airing false information about the coronavirus pandemic. The organization, known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Washlite, is seeking an injunction to keep Fox News from “publishing further and false and deceptive content” about the coronavirus pandemic. Several Fox News opinion hosts in prior weeks questioned the level of the coronavirus threat, with former Fox Business Network anchor Trish Regan losing her position at the company after...
- 5/19/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Here is an updated list (May 2020) of broadcast, cable, streaming and syndicated TV shows decimated by the spread of the deadly 'Covid-19' virus, forcing productions to shut down for the safety of cast and crew:
Broadcast
All Rise (CBS)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Housewife (ABC)
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
The Bachelor (ABC)
The Bachelorette (ABC)
Batwoman (The CW)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
The Brides (ABC)
Bull (CBS)
Card Sharks (ABC)
Charmed (the CW)
Chicago Fire (NBC)
Chicago P.D. (NBC)
Chicago Med (NBC)
Claws (TNT)
Dynasty (The CW)
Empire (Fox)
FBI (CBS)
FBI: Most Wanted (CBS)
The Flash (The CW)
General Hospital (ABC)
God Friended Me (CBS)
The Goldbergs (ABC)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Man Standing (Fox)
Law & Order: Svu (NBC)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
Late Night with Seth Meyers...
Broadcast
All Rise (CBS)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Housewife (ABC)
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
The Bachelor (ABC)
The Bachelorette (ABC)
Batwoman (The CW)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
The Brides (ABC)
Bull (CBS)
Card Sharks (ABC)
Charmed (the CW)
Chicago Fire (NBC)
Chicago P.D. (NBC)
Chicago Med (NBC)
Claws (TNT)
Dynasty (The CW)
Empire (Fox)
FBI (CBS)
FBI: Most Wanted (CBS)
The Flash (The CW)
General Hospital (ABC)
God Friended Me (CBS)
The Goldbergs (ABC)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Man Standing (Fox)
Law & Order: Svu (NBC)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
Late Night with Seth Meyers...
- 5/7/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sean Hannity’s pushback against media coverage of the way he has treated the coronavirus pandemic now includes a legal threat against The New York Times.
Attorney Charles Harder sent a letter to the Times on Monday focusing on an April 18 story of a conservative Brooklyn bar owner Joe Joyce who took a cruise in early March, came back and died of the virus. In his letter, Harder argues that the story “falsely state and falsely imply a connection between Mr. Hannity’s on-air comments and Mr. Joyce’s decision to take a cruise.”
In the story, writer Ginia Bellafante wrote that Joyce and his wife didn’t see the risks in traveling amid the coronavirus outbreak, and set sail on March 1 for Spain. The story quoted Joyce’s daughter, Kirsten, who said, “He watched Fox, and believed it was under control.”
Bellafante wrote, “Early in March Sean Hannity went...
Attorney Charles Harder sent a letter to the Times on Monday focusing on an April 18 story of a conservative Brooklyn bar owner Joe Joyce who took a cruise in early March, came back and died of the virus. In his letter, Harder argues that the story “falsely state and falsely imply a connection between Mr. Hannity’s on-air comments and Mr. Joyce’s decision to take a cruise.”
In the story, writer Ginia Bellafante wrote that Joyce and his wife didn’t see the risks in traveling amid the coronavirus outbreak, and set sail on March 1 for Spain. The story quoted Joyce’s daughter, Kirsten, who said, “He watched Fox, and believed it was under control.”
Bellafante wrote, “Early in March Sean Hannity went...
- 4/28/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News has severed ties with Diamond and Silk, the video bloggers and political commentators who bill themselves as President Donald Trump’s “most loyal supporters.”
According to sources, Fox News and streaming service Fox Nation “no longer have a relationship” with the duo.
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Earlier this month, Twitter locked their account over a tweet that criticized coronavirus crisis stay-at home orders and suggested that people should be “out in the environment.”
“The only way we can become immune to the environment; we must be out in the environment.” they wrote. “Quarantining people inside of their houses for extended periods will make people sick!”
Twitter said that the...
According to sources, Fox News and streaming service Fox Nation “no longer have a relationship” with the duo.
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Earlier this month, Twitter locked their account over a tweet that criticized coronavirus crisis stay-at home orders and suggested that people should be “out in the environment.”
“The only way we can become immune to the environment; we must be out in the environment.” they wrote. “Quarantining people inside of their houses for extended periods will make people sick!”
Twitter said that the...
- 4/28/2020
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News Drops Diamond & Silk After Pro-Trump Sisters Spread False Coronavirus Conspiracies (Report)
Fox News this month appears to have parted ways with Diamond & Silk, the Trump-supporting sisters who became YouTube sensations, after the duo spread false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus on social media.
The sisters, who had a weekly show on the Fox Nation streaming service, won’t be seen “on Fox Nation or Fox News anytime soon” due to “what they’ve said and tweeted,” an unnamed individual with knowledge of the matter told the Daily Beast, which first reported the news.
On Monday, the most recent episode available on the Fox Nation website was uploaded back on March 31, and the duo — up until this point — has not missed uploading one of their weekly episodes since December 2018. They also haven’t appeared as guest commentators on any Fox News show since March 7, when they were interviewed by Trish Regan, who herself was let go after claiming on air that the...
The sisters, who had a weekly show on the Fox Nation streaming service, won’t be seen “on Fox Nation or Fox News anytime soon” due to “what they’ve said and tweeted,” an unnamed individual with knowledge of the matter told the Daily Beast, which first reported the news.
On Monday, the most recent episode available on the Fox Nation website was uploaded back on March 31, and the duo — up until this point — has not missed uploading one of their weekly episodes since December 2018. They also haven’t appeared as guest commentators on any Fox News show since March 7, when they were interviewed by Trish Regan, who herself was let go after claiming on air that the...
- 4/27/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Diamond and Silk are no longer on the list of contributors at Fox News.
The offbeat duo, Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, who gained a profile on Fox News Channel in 2016 and then worked on the company’s streaming-video outlet, Fox Nation, are no longer contributing to Fox News venues, according to a report from The Daily Beast. Fox News did not respond to a query seeking comment.
The two had been creating weekly episodes for a Fox Nation streaming program, but have not done so since early April. In recent weeks, the pair took to social media and the Fox Nation program with remarks that questioned the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and whether the number of people reported to have died from the disease were inflated to undermine President Trump.
“What I need to know is how many people have passed away in New York, and...
The offbeat duo, Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, who gained a profile on Fox News Channel in 2016 and then worked on the company’s streaming-video outlet, Fox Nation, are no longer contributing to Fox News venues, according to a report from The Daily Beast. Fox News did not respond to a query seeking comment.
The two had been creating weekly episodes for a Fox Nation streaming program, but have not done so since early April. In recent weeks, the pair took to social media and the Fox Nation program with remarks that questioned the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and whether the number of people reported to have died from the disease were inflated to undermine President Trump.
“What I need to know is how many people have passed away in New York, and...
- 4/27/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A little-known Washington state group raised eyebrows earlier this month when it filed a lawsuit calling for a judge to keep Fox News from airing false information about the coronavirus pandemic. Now it has raised some hackles, too: Fox News has moved to dismiss the legal proceeding.
The Fox News Media motion, filed Tuesday, asks the Washington state court to reject a suit from a little-known group known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Washlite, that Fox News says would essentially impose a gag order on its opinion and commentary. In the filing, Fox News Media says the “claims here are frivolous because the statements at issue are core political speech on matters of public concern. The First Amendment does not permit censoring this type of speech based on the theory that it is ‘false’ or ‘outrageous.’ Nor does the law of the State of Washington.
The Fox News Media motion, filed Tuesday, asks the Washington state court to reject a suit from a little-known group known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or Washlite, that Fox News says would essentially impose a gag order on its opinion and commentary. In the filing, Fox News Media says the “claims here are frivolous because the statements at issue are core political speech on matters of public concern. The First Amendment does not permit censoring this type of speech based on the theory that it is ‘false’ or ‘outrageous.’ Nor does the law of the State of Washington.
- 4/14/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox & Friends’ weekend co-host Jedediah Bila has revealed she is recovering from coronavirus.
Bila shared the news on social media Thursday. “I know I’ve been a little Mia, she wrote. “I’m actually at home recovering from Covid-19. I’m very much on the mend, so please don’t worry. My husband is also recovering well at home and Hartley luckily did not get sick… https://t.co/k4I1JHy7u6
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) April 9, 2020...
Bila shared the news on social media Thursday. “I know I’ve been a little Mia, she wrote. “I’m actually at home recovering from Covid-19. I’m very much on the mend, so please don’t worry. My husband is also recovering well at home and Hartley luckily did not get sick… https://t.co/k4I1JHy7u6
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) April 9, 2020...
- 4/10/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Just after Trump loyalist Kayleigh McEnany was named the new White House press secretary on Tuesday, video resurfaced of the former Trump campaign spokewoman’s late February appearance on Fox Business Network and her assurance, “We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here.”
McEnany sought to credit Trump’s travel restrictions from China for containing the virus — words that proved to have a very short shelf life.
“This president will always put America first. He will always protect American citizens. We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here. We will not see terrorism come here,” McEnany enthused in a Feb. 25 conversation with then-host Trish Regan, before offering a partisan dig at Trump’s predecessor. “And isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?”
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Weeks later on March 27, Regan...
McEnany sought to credit Trump’s travel restrictions from China for containing the virus — words that proved to have a very short shelf life.
“This president will always put America first. He will always protect American citizens. We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here. We will not see terrorism come here,” McEnany enthused in a Feb. 25 conversation with then-host Trish Regan, before offering a partisan dig at Trump’s predecessor. “And isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?”
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Weeks later on March 27, Regan...
- 4/7/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Fox News is facing intense scrutiny for its initial coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and a lawsuit filed in Washington is asking a state court to bar the network from sharing false information about the pandemic.
The top-rated network was sued Thursday by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics. TheWrap has reviewed the ten-page document, in which Fox News Corp., owner Rupert Murdoch, AT&T TV and Comcast were named as defendants.
The organization is seeking an injunction to prevent Fox News from “interfering with reasonable and necessary measures to contain the virus by publishing further false and deceptive content.” Fox News, the suit says, violates the Consumer Protection Act, which ” declares unlawful and prohibits deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.”
Responding to Thursday’s lawsuit, general counsel for Fox News Media Lily Fu Claffee said, “Wrong on the facts, frivolous on the law.
The top-rated network was sued Thursday by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics. TheWrap has reviewed the ten-page document, in which Fox News Corp., owner Rupert Murdoch, AT&T TV and Comcast were named as defendants.
The organization is seeking an injunction to prevent Fox News from “interfering with reasonable and necessary measures to contain the virus by publishing further false and deceptive content.” Fox News, the suit says, violates the Consumer Protection Act, which ” declares unlawful and prohibits deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.”
Responding to Thursday’s lawsuit, general counsel for Fox News Media Lily Fu Claffee said, “Wrong on the facts, frivolous on the law.
- 4/4/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
74 journalism professors and journalists signed an open letter addressed to Fox News’ Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch on Thursday, criticizing the network they oversee for its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
The letter stated, in part, “The Viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation relayed by the network — false statements downplaying the prevalence of Covid-19 and its harms; misleading recommendations of activities that people should undertake to protect themselves and others, including casual recommendations of untested drugs; false assessments of the value of measures urged upon the public by their elected political leadership and public health authorities.”
It went on to declare Fox News’ coverage a “danger to public health,” citing various statistics. One survey cited, for instance, came from Pew Research and revealed that 79% of Fox News’ viewers felt the media was overstating the potency of Covid-19, or the coronavirus.
The letter stated, in part, “The Viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation relayed by the network — false statements downplaying the prevalence of Covid-19 and its harms; misleading recommendations of activities that people should undertake to protect themselves and others, including casual recommendations of untested drugs; false assessments of the value of measures urged upon the public by their elected political leadership and public health authorities.”
It went on to declare Fox News’ coverage a “danger to public health,” citing various statistics. One survey cited, for instance, came from Pew Research and revealed that 79% of Fox News’ viewers felt the media was overstating the potency of Covid-19, or the coronavirus.
- 4/3/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
In a scathing New York Times op-ed, Kara Swisher, the veteran tech journalist who co-founded the site ReCode, blamed Fox News — not Facebook or Google — for her aging mother’s initial lack of concern about the coronavirus pandemic.
Swisher wrote her mother’s “primary source of news” is Fox News and initially didn’t take the coronavirus threat seriously because of that.
“But she was not concerned — and it was clear why. Her primary source of news is Fox. In those days she was telling me that the Covid-19 threat was overblown by the mainstream news media. She told me that it wasn’t going to be that big a deal. She told me that it was just like the flu,” Swisher wrote of her mother, who continued to go out to eat with friends for some time and went as far as to threaten to block Swisher’s number...
Swisher wrote her mother’s “primary source of news” is Fox News and initially didn’t take the coronavirus threat seriously because of that.
“But she was not concerned — and it was clear why. Her primary source of news is Fox. In those days she was telling me that the Covid-19 threat was overblown by the mainstream news media. She told me that it wasn’t going to be that big a deal. She told me that it was just like the flu,” Swisher wrote of her mother, who continued to go out to eat with friends for some time and went as far as to threaten to block Swisher’s number...
- 4/1/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Was a Disheveled Judge Jeanine Pirro Tipsy After Fox News Show Delayed for ‘Technical Difficulties’?
Jeanine Pirro’s Fox News show got a late start on Saturday night due to “technical difficulties” — but when the former New York state judge did appear nearly 15 minutes into her show, her usually perfectly coifed hair appeared disheveled and she seemed to many viewers to be tipsy in her verbal delivery.
“We apologize for the technical difficulties,” Pirro said when she finally appeared about a quarter into the one-hour broadcast after anchor Jackie Ibanez covered for her initial absence.
Pirro’s speaking was notably loose throughout the broadcast — which a network spokesperson attributed to the lack of a teleprompter in the host’s first broadcast from home. “Just the other … day the president talked, or was hoping, about the possibility of reopening everything on Easter Sunday, uh, in a way where we could kind of come out of this quarantine, as loose as it may be, that we’re involved in,...
“We apologize for the technical difficulties,” Pirro said when she finally appeared about a quarter into the one-hour broadcast after anchor Jackie Ibanez covered for her initial absence.
Pirro’s speaking was notably loose throughout the broadcast — which a network spokesperson attributed to the lack of a teleprompter in the host’s first broadcast from home. “Just the other … day the president talked, or was hoping, about the possibility of reopening everything on Easter Sunday, uh, in a way where we could kind of come out of this quarantine, as loose as it may be, that we’re involved in,...
- 3/29/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Fox Business Network has severed ties with primetime host Trish Regan, who sparked controversy after claiming that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic was an “impeachment scam” around two weeks ago.
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan,” the network said in a statement. “We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors. We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the coronavirus crisis.”
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The network’s decision stemmed from an early March segment on “Trish Regan Primetime,” the television host’s now-defunct show, where Regan told a multitude of lies about the virus.
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan,” the network said in a statement. “We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors. We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the coronavirus crisis.”
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The network’s decision stemmed from an early March segment on “Trish Regan Primetime,” the television host’s now-defunct show, where Regan told a multitude of lies about the virus.
- 3/28/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Amy Listerman is stepping down as chief financial officer of Fox News Media and will be succeeded by Joe Dorrego, according to a company-wide memo obtained by TheWrap.
“We would like to inform you of a change on our executive team. Chief Financial Officer Amy Listerman will be stepping down effective Wednesday April 1,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott wrote on Friday.
She went on, “Joe Dorrego will join our senior leadership team and has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial/Chief Operating Officer of Fox News Media.”
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Dorrego is a 15-year veteran of the company who most recently served as chief investor relations officer and executive vice president of corporate initiatives at Fox Corp. He will continue in the investor relations role.
“I would like to express my gratitude to Amy for her invaluable contributions over the...
“We would like to inform you of a change on our executive team. Chief Financial Officer Amy Listerman will be stepping down effective Wednesday April 1,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott wrote on Friday.
She went on, “Joe Dorrego will join our senior leadership team and has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial/Chief Operating Officer of Fox News Media.”
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Dorrego is a 15-year veteran of the company who most recently served as chief investor relations officer and executive vice president of corporate initiatives at Fox Corp. He will continue in the investor relations role.
“I would like to express my gratitude to Amy for her invaluable contributions over the...
- 3/27/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Two weeks after putting Trish Regan Primetime on hiatus, Fox Business Network has parted ways with the anchor, who earlier this month delivered a controversial commentary on what she billed the “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam.”
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan,” the network said in a statement. “We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors.”
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“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan,” the network said in a statement. “We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors.”
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- 3/27/2020
- TVLine.com
Fox Business is parting ways with one of its primetime hosts, Trish Regan, after putting her show on hiatus as the coronavirus crisis escalated.
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan. We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors,” the network said. “We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the Coronavirus crisis.”
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Two weeks ago, the network put her show, Trish Regan Primetime, and another, Kennedy, on hiatus in what they said was due to the demands of evolving coronavirus coverage. Fox News and Fox Business had put in...
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan. We thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors,” the network said. “We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the Coronavirus crisis.”
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Two weeks ago, the network put her show, Trish Regan Primetime, and another, Kennedy, on hiatus in what they said was due to the demands of evolving coronavirus coverage. Fox News and Fox Business had put in...
- 3/27/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Trish Regan, who gained notice on Fox Business Network for a primetime program that developed a specialty for heated political talk, is leaving the network, just days after the show was removed from its schedule.
Regan’s show was taken off the air earlier this month in a bid to devote more newsgathering staff to coronavirus coverage. Several other programs have been trimmed as well, but Regan had captured attention for a vociferous segment that aired earlier in March suggesting liberals were overstating the effects of the spread of coronavirus to discredit President Donald Trump. A graphic that accompanied one segment that aired read “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam.”
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan – we thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors,” the network said in a statement. “We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule...
Regan’s show was taken off the air earlier this month in a bid to devote more newsgathering staff to coronavirus coverage. Several other programs have been trimmed as well, but Regan had captured attention for a vociferous segment that aired earlier in March suggesting liberals were overstating the effects of the spread of coronavirus to discredit President Donald Trump. A graphic that accompanied one segment that aired read “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam.”
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan – we thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors,” the network said in a statement. “We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule...
- 3/27/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox Business Network has parted ways with Trish Regan days after her comments that the coronavirus was “another attempt to impeach the president” went viral.
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan – we thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors. We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the coronavirus crisis,” the network said in a statement.
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Regan added in her own statement, “I have enjoyed my time at Fox and now intend to focus on my family during these troubled times. I am grateful to my incredible team at Fox Business and for the many opportunities the network has provided me. I’m looking forward...
“Fox Business has parted ways with Trish Regan – we thank her for her contributions to the network over the years and wish her continued success in her future endeavors. We will continue our reduced live primetime schedule for the foreseeable future in an effort to allocate staff resources to continuous breaking news coverage on the coronavirus crisis,” the network said in a statement.
Also Read: Fox Business to Cut 2 Hours of Programming Each Day Amid Coronavirus
Regan added in her own statement, “I have enjoyed my time at Fox and now intend to focus on my family during these troubled times. I am grateful to my incredible team at Fox Business and for the many opportunities the network has provided me. I’m looking forward...
- 3/27/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
The London production of the musical Waitress will not re-open following the Covid-19 West End shutdown, producers announced today.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of our beloved London production of Waitress the Musical,” producers tweeted. “As you’ll be aware, we’ve had to temporarily lower the curtain at the Adelphi Theatre and it’s now unlikely that the diner will reopen once this period of uncertainty is over.
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“If things do change and there is a world in which we believe we could continue a run at the Adelphi before 4th July, we will be in touch.”
West End theaters closed March 16, four...
“It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of our beloved London production of Waitress the Musical,” producers tweeted. “As you’ll be aware, we’ve had to temporarily lower the curtain at the Adelphi Theatre and it’s now unlikely that the diner will reopen once this period of uncertainty is over.
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“If things do change and there is a world in which we believe we could continue a run at the Adelphi before 4th July, we will be in touch.”
West End theaters closed March 16, four...
- 3/27/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 film Contagion about a horrific pandemic has been getting plenty of new attention lately, and now four of its key cast members have recorded PSAs for the coronavirus era. Watch the clips from Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne and Jennifer Ehle below.
The actors, along with Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns and Participant, have partnered with scientists from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to share evidence-based information about Covid-19. Their goal is to help people protect themselves and their community and get through all this by offering advice and information on stopping the spread of the coronavirus, social distancing, vaccines and heeding the experts.
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“The Covid-19 pandemic cannot be ended by any single person,...
The actors, along with Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns and Participant, have partnered with scientists from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to share evidence-based information about Covid-19. Their goal is to help people protect themselves and their community and get through all this by offering advice and information on stopping the spread of the coronavirus, social distancing, vaccines and heeding the experts.
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“The Covid-19 pandemic cannot be ended by any single person,...
- 3/27/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With Covid-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for an exchange of ideas and experiences, and suggestions on how businesses and individuals can best ride out a crisis that doesn’t look like it will abate any time soon. If you have a story, email mike@deadline.com.
Bryn Mooser, the Oscar-nominated producer of Lifeboat and Body Team 12, launched non-fiction studio Xtr last year. He was set to premiere You Cannot Kill David Arquette, a feature documentary exploring how the Scream actor’s pursuit of a professional wrestling belt impacted his career, at the SXSW festival before it was cancelled...
Bryn Mooser, the Oscar-nominated producer of Lifeboat and Body Team 12, launched non-fiction studio Xtr last year. He was set to premiere You Cannot Kill David Arquette, a feature documentary exploring how the Scream actor’s pursuit of a professional wrestling belt impacted his career, at the SXSW festival before it was cancelled...
- 3/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
A second Fox Business staffer has tested positive for the coronavirus, the company said Saturday in an internal memo obtained by Deadline.
“We just learned a short time ago that another one of our Fox Business employees has tested positive for Covid-19,” wrote Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox President Jay Wallace in the memo.
The memo went on to say the employee last worked at Fox Corp.’s New York headquarters on Monday, March 16, on the building’s 12th floor.
“On the advice of medical professionals, we have now made the determination that this employee’s direct co-workers/team self-quarantine for 14 days since last contact,” the memo added. “In...
“We just learned a short time ago that another one of our Fox Business employees has tested positive for Covid-19,” wrote Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox President Jay Wallace in the memo.
The memo went on to say the employee last worked at Fox Corp.’s New York headquarters on Monday, March 16, on the building’s 12th floor.
“On the advice of medical professionals, we have now made the determination that this employee’s direct co-workers/team self-quarantine for 14 days since last contact,” the memo added. “In...
- 3/21/2020
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
A staff member of Fox Business Channel tested positive for the coronavirus.
The employee alerted the network on Friday of the results.
In a memo to employees, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace said that the staffer last worked on March 13 in the building at 1211 Avenue of the Americas.
“As soon as we learned of the test result, we mandated that this employee’s direct co-workers/team self-quarantine for 14 days since last contact at the direction of medical professionals,” they wrote. “We are also doing a deep cleaning of all areas affected and will be continuing all of our aggressive sanitizing and disinfecting efforts throughout the entire building.
The employee alerted the network on Friday of the results.
In a memo to employees, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace said that the staffer last worked on March 13 in the building at 1211 Avenue of the Americas.
“As soon as we learned of the test result, we mandated that this employee’s direct co-workers/team self-quarantine for 14 days since last contact at the direction of medical professionals,” they wrote. “We are also doing a deep cleaning of all areas affected and will be continuing all of our aggressive sanitizing and disinfecting efforts throughout the entire building.
- 3/20/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The coronavirus has struck virtually every age group throughout the world, but it has proven more lethal to older people. Those aged 60 and older have accounted for the majority of deaths in the United States, and medical experts have warned the public for weeks of the pandemic’s intensifying danger. Elderly Americans also are the average cable-news viewers. And of the networks commonly included in that category, Fox News Channel remains the most popular one in prime time.
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox cable networks, amid this crisis, have not been diverted from their primary mission,...
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox cable networks, amid this crisis, have not been diverted from their primary mission,...
- 3/18/2020
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
A Fox Business channel guest on Monday laid a ton of uninterrupted Dear Leader-esque praise of the president’s handling of the coronavirus crisis that, even for the Trump-friendly station, needs to be heard to be believed.
While responding to a question about whether the president will take further action in restricting Americans’ “freedom of movement and association,” guest Doug Wead, a former special assistant to former president George H.W. Bush, ignored the question and instead gushed about how Trump is handling the crisis overall.
“What he’s doing right now,...
While responding to a question about whether the president will take further action in restricting Americans’ “freedom of movement and association,” guest Doug Wead, a former special assistant to former president George H.W. Bush, ignored the question and instead gushed about how Trump is handling the crisis overall.
“What he’s doing right now,...
- 3/16/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Check back for updates … The coronavirus already has hit the television industry hard, and the fallout has only begun. Dozens of series have halted production or had their starts delayed as the outbreak continues to spread. Have a look at our list of broadcast, cable, streaming and international series below.
We will update this post when we hear that another show is shut down:
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Broadcast
All Rise (CBS)
American Housewife (ABC)
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Bachelor (ABC)
The Bachelorette (ABC)
Batwoman (The CW)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS)
The Brides (ABC)
Bull (CBS)
Card Sharks (ABC)
Charmed (the CW...
We will update this post when we hear that another show is shut down:
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Broadcast
All Rise (CBS)
American Housewife (ABC)
America’s Got Talent (NBC)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Bachelor (ABC)
The Bachelorette (ABC)
Batwoman (The CW)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS)
The Brides (ABC)
Bull (CBS)
Card Sharks (ABC)
Charmed (the CW...
- 3/16/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Trish Regan Primetime Yanked by Fox Business After Anchor's Bonkers Coronavirus Rant Sparks Backlash
Following host Trish Regan‘s controversial, on-air comments about the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, Fox Business’ Trish Regan Primetime is officially on hiatus.
In a tweet Friday night, Regan commented: “I want to let everyone know that Trish Regan Primetime is now on hiatus. Fbn has taken prudent steps to limit staffing levels and is prioritizing its coverage during market hours. I fully support this decision — we all must to do our part to keep our colleagues safe. #TrishRegan”
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In a tweet Friday night, Regan commented: “I want to let everyone know that Trish Regan Primetime is now on hiatus. Fbn has taken prudent steps to limit staffing levels and is prioritizing its coverage during market hours. I fully support this decision — we all must to do our part to keep our colleagues safe. #TrishRegan”
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- 3/14/2020
- TVLine.com
Fox Business Network said it would scrap most of its primetime schedule by putting two of its programs on hiatus “until further notice” in order to staff coverage of the coronavirus crisis elsewhere within Fox News Media.
The network said in a statement that its 8 p.m. hour, “Trish Regan Primetime,” and 9 p.m. hour, “Kennedy,” would be replaced by long form programming.
“Due to the demands of the evolving pandemic crisis coverage, we are deploying all resources from both shows for staffing needs during critical market hours,” the network’s statement said.
Regan, who hosts a show that tends to focus on the political, has generated some criticism in recent days for hosting segments suggesting that liberals were overstating the effects of the spread of coronavirus to discredit President Donald Trump. A graphic that accompanied one segment that aired Monday read “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam.”
Regan launched her program in...
The network said in a statement that its 8 p.m. hour, “Trish Regan Primetime,” and 9 p.m. hour, “Kennedy,” would be replaced by long form programming.
“Due to the demands of the evolving pandemic crisis coverage, we are deploying all resources from both shows for staffing needs during critical market hours,” the network’s statement said.
Regan, who hosts a show that tends to focus on the political, has generated some criticism in recent days for hosting segments suggesting that liberals were overstating the effects of the spread of coronavirus to discredit President Donald Trump. A graphic that accompanied one segment that aired Monday read “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam.”
Regan launched her program in...
- 3/14/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox Business Network has put Trish Regan Primetime and Kennedy on hiatus until further notice, citing the coverage demands of the coronavirus coverage.
Regan’s hiatus also comes after she made controversial comments earlier this week, in which she accused Democrats and the “liberal media” of targeting President Donald Trump and overhyping the pandemic compared with previous outbreaks. The segment, titled “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam,” triggered a pushback on Twitter.
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“Fox Business’ primetime programs Trish Regan Primetime and Kennedy will both be on hiatus until further notice,” a spokesperson said. “Due to the demands...
Regan’s hiatus also comes after she made controversial comments earlier this week, in which she accused Democrats and the “liberal media” of targeting President Donald Trump and overhyping the pandemic compared with previous outbreaks. The segment, titled “Coronavirus Impeachment Scam,” triggered a pushback on Twitter.
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“Fox Business’ primetime programs Trish Regan Primetime and Kennedy will both be on hiatus until further notice,” a spokesperson said. “Due to the demands...
- 3/14/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In a guest appearance on Fox & Friends on Friday, Jerry Falwell Jr. said it was “strange how so many are overreacting” to the coronavirus, suggesting that it was the “next attempt to get Trump.”
He also raised the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was a plot orchestrated by North Korea and China.
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“The owner of a restaurant asked me last night, he said, do you remember the North Korean leader promised a Christmas present back in December?” Falwell said. “Could it be they got together with China and this is that present? I don’t know, but it really is something strange going on.”
Falwell is one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest defenders.
He also raised the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was a plot orchestrated by North Korea and China.
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“The owner of a restaurant asked me last night, he said, do you remember the North Korean leader promised a Christmas present back in December?” Falwell said. “Could it be they got together with China and this is that present? I don’t know, but it really is something strange going on.”
Falwell is one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest defenders.
- 3/13/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The spread of coronavirus has been a hot topic among some of the opinion hosts on Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. But their bosses behind the scenes have been grappling with it as well.
The top executives at Fox News Channel told employees Thursday to cut back on studio bookings and to expect possible programming changes as a result of precautions being taken against the spread of coronavirus, the latest media outlet to unveil new procedures as the disease complicates the logistics of newsgathering.
Executives want to “limit personal interaction, reduce the chance of exposure wherever possible and maintain the health and safety of those employees who are unable to telecommute,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox News President Jay Wallace told employees in a memo Thursday. And they suggested they may have to tweak the way content is presented. “Programming changes will be enacted in the...
The top executives at Fox News Channel told employees Thursday to cut back on studio bookings and to expect possible programming changes as a result of precautions being taken against the spread of coronavirus, the latest media outlet to unveil new procedures as the disease complicates the logistics of newsgathering.
Executives want to “limit personal interaction, reduce the chance of exposure wherever possible and maintain the health and safety of those employees who are unable to telecommute,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox News President Jay Wallace told employees in a memo Thursday. And they suggested they may have to tweak the way content is presented. “Programming changes will be enacted in the...
- 3/13/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
President Donald Trump will address the country on the coronavirus on Wednesday night, on the same day that the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic, the stock market again tanked and cities and states began restricting major events.
But Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are still questioning whether the coronavirus coverage and response are overblown.
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Limbaugh told listeners that “there just is a gigantic cloud of suspicion hanging over all of this, as far as I’m concerned.”
“I have to put it in context of everything that I know has happened in the last four years,” Limbaugh told his listeners. “Finally something has...
But Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are still questioning whether the coronavirus coverage and response are overblown.
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Limbaugh told listeners that “there just is a gigantic cloud of suspicion hanging over all of this, as far as I’m concerned.”
“I have to put it in context of everything that I know has happened in the last four years,” Limbaugh told his listeners. “Finally something has...
- 3/12/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
About an hour after President Donald Trump told reporters they are working on an economic package to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Fox Business’ Trish Regan offered two different takes on the threat of the outbreak on a day that the stock market crashed.
Next to a graphic that read “coronavirus impeachment scam,” Regan accused Democrats of “blaming him and only him for a virus that originated halfway around the world.”
“This is yet another attempt to impeach the president, and sadly it seems like they care very little for any of the destruction they are leaving in their wake,” she said on her 8 p.m. Et show. “Losses in the stock market, all of this unfortunately just part of the political casualties for them.”
She then accused the “liberal media” of over-hyping the outbreak compared to previous cases. She showed figures on...
Next to a graphic that read “coronavirus impeachment scam,” Regan accused Democrats of “blaming him and only him for a virus that originated halfway around the world.”
“This is yet another attempt to impeach the president, and sadly it seems like they care very little for any of the destruction they are leaving in their wake,” she said on her 8 p.m. Et show. “Losses in the stock market, all of this unfortunately just part of the political casualties for them.”
She then accused the “liberal media” of over-hyping the outbreak compared to previous cases. She showed figures on...
- 3/10/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump again griped aboutFox News/Fox Business host Neil Cavuto, a day after going on an extended rant at a rally about Cavuto and one of his guests who was critical of Trump’s debate performances.
Trump tweeted on Friday, “So @TeamCavuto has very bad ratings on @foxnews with his Fake guests like A.B.Stoddard and others that still haven’t figured it all out. Will he get the same treatment as his friend Shepherd [sic] Smith, who also suffered from the ratings drought?”
So @TeamCavuto has very bad ratings on @foxnews with his Fake guests like A.B.Stoddard and others that still haven’t figured it all out. Will he get the same treatment as his friend Shepherd Smith, who also suffered from the ratings drought?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2020
Smith asked to be let out of his Fox News contract last October. He handily...
Trump tweeted on Friday, “So @TeamCavuto has very bad ratings on @foxnews with his Fake guests like A.B.Stoddard and others that still haven’t figured it all out. Will he get the same treatment as his friend Shepherd [sic] Smith, who also suffered from the ratings drought?”
So @TeamCavuto has very bad ratings on @foxnews with his Fake guests like A.B.Stoddard and others that still haven’t figured it all out. Will he get the same treatment as his friend Shepherd Smith, who also suffered from the ratings drought?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2020
Smith asked to be let out of his Fox News contract last October. He handily...
- 2/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News and Fox Business talent circled the wagon and defended Neil Cavuto after President Donald Trump tore into the host — who appears on both networks — Thursday.
Calling him the “utmost journalist,” Fox Business host Trish Regan upheld Cavuto’s honor Thursday night: “He is a fair person, a fair guy, and a good man, so I’m disappointed that the president said those things because Neil Cavuto is one guy who just doesn’t deserve it.”
Regan delivered her remarks during “Trish Regan Primetime,” her highly-rated show on the business network, after Trump held a rally in Colorado where he expanded on disparaging remarks about Cavuto he’d made earlier in a tweet. During the rally, Trump said Cavuto hosts “loser shows.”
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Similarly, Ed Henry hosted a panel...
Calling him the “utmost journalist,” Fox Business host Trish Regan upheld Cavuto’s honor Thursday night: “He is a fair person, a fair guy, and a good man, so I’m disappointed that the president said those things because Neil Cavuto is one guy who just doesn’t deserve it.”
Regan delivered her remarks during “Trish Regan Primetime,” her highly-rated show on the business network, after Trump held a rally in Colorado where he expanded on disparaging remarks about Cavuto he’d made earlier in a tweet. During the rally, Trump said Cavuto hosts “loser shows.”
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Similarly, Ed Henry hosted a panel...
- 2/21/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Amid one of the more consequential weeks in American politics, President Donald Trump will visit the House of Representatives’ chamber tonight to deliver his third State of the Union Address. Below is a rundown of how to watch on TV and online.
Note first that Deadline will have the livestream right here, starting at 9 Pm Et/6 Pm Pt. Watch it above.
Potus 45 will take the podium a day after the first vote of the 2020 presidential election cycle — the Iowa caucus — and the night before the Senate votes on whether to convict him on House Democrats’ articles of impeachment. Oh, and the Democratic White House hopefuls have another debate set for Friday.
While the electorate digests all that, here is where you can watch Trump speak — and possibly House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slow-clap — with the Democratic Response from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to follow:
PBS NewsHour‘s coverage will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff,...
Note first that Deadline will have the livestream right here, starting at 9 Pm Et/6 Pm Pt. Watch it above.
Potus 45 will take the podium a day after the first vote of the 2020 presidential election cycle — the Iowa caucus — and the night before the Senate votes on whether to convict him on House Democrats’ articles of impeachment. Oh, and the Democratic White House hopefuls have another debate set for Friday.
While the electorate digests all that, here is where you can watch Trump speak — and possibly House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slow-clap — with the Democratic Response from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to follow:
PBS NewsHour‘s coverage will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” just hit a milestone: The 7 p.m. Et show clocked its 100th straight week of wins over CNBC, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Last week, Dobbs’ business program brought in an average total of 401,000 viewers. CNBC’s programming — which was “Shark Tank” last week — drew an average of 166,000 total viewers.
With that 401,000 figure, “Lou Dobbs Tonight” also scored its 57th straight week as the number-one business show on television in total viewers. For the fourth week in a row, the second-place winner was Fox Business Network’s market-open show, “Varney & Co,” which airs from 9 a.m. Et to 12 p.m. Et. Last week, that program brought in 282,000 average total viewers.
Also Read: How Fox News' Maria Bartiromo Scored Another Ratings Win for 'Sunday Morning Futures'
Back in 2018, Fox Business Network’s Trish Regan told TheWrap she had high hopes for her new program.
Last week, Dobbs’ business program brought in an average total of 401,000 viewers. CNBC’s programming — which was “Shark Tank” last week — drew an average of 166,000 total viewers.
With that 401,000 figure, “Lou Dobbs Tonight” also scored its 57th straight week as the number-one business show on television in total viewers. For the fourth week in a row, the second-place winner was Fox Business Network’s market-open show, “Varney & Co,” which airs from 9 a.m. Et to 12 p.m. Et. Last week, that program brought in 282,000 average total viewers.
Also Read: How Fox News' Maria Bartiromo Scored Another Ratings Win for 'Sunday Morning Futures'
Back in 2018, Fox Business Network’s Trish Regan told TheWrap she had high hopes for her new program.
- 2/4/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Updated 8 Pm: After a mellow Twitter morning, President Donald J. Trump got warmed up in the afternoon with some Christmas jeering of California Gov. Gavin Newsom regarding the Golden State’s homeless crisis before blasting “crazy Nancy Pelosi” in his final tweet on Christmas Day.
After keeping a civil tone on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, Trump slammed the Speaker of the House over his recent impeachment.
“Why should Crazy Nancy Pelosi, just because she has a slight majority in the House, be allowed to Impeach the President of the United States?,” he wrote. “Got Zero Republican votes, there was no crime, the call with Ukraine was perfect, with ‘no pressure.'”
…& overwhelming,” but this Scam Impeachment was neither. Also, very unfair with no Due Process, proper representation, or witnesses. Now Pelosi is demanding everything the Republicans weren’t allowed to have in the House. Dems want to run majority Republican Senate.
After keeping a civil tone on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, Trump slammed the Speaker of the House over his recent impeachment.
“Why should Crazy Nancy Pelosi, just because she has a slight majority in the House, be allowed to Impeach the President of the United States?,” he wrote. “Got Zero Republican votes, there was no crime, the call with Ukraine was perfect, with ‘no pressure.'”
…& overwhelming,” but this Scam Impeachment was neither. Also, very unfair with no Due Process, proper representation, or witnesses. Now Pelosi is demanding everything the Republicans weren’t allowed to have in the House. Dems want to run majority Republican Senate.
- 12/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump has often been accused of not being all that interested in reading. But today’s tweetstorm puts the lie to that notion, as there are two book reviews of new titles.
Rich Lowry’s The Case For Nationalism and Donald Trump Jr.’s Triggered were both reviewed by the Commander-in-Tweet. Lowry has “a very important book,” while Don Jr.’s work “is really good.” For his son, the President added, “He, along with many of us, was very unfairly treated. But we all fight back, and we always win!”
The President spent the rest of his morning retweeting a few TV excerpts that support him, including a long string from Fox’s Stuart Varney.
We’ll update as more communications roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
95% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you! #Maga #KAG2020
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2019
….Whatever happened to the so-called “informer” to...
Rich Lowry’s The Case For Nationalism and Donald Trump Jr.’s Triggered were both reviewed by the Commander-in-Tweet. Lowry has “a very important book,” while Don Jr.’s work “is really good.” For his son, the President added, “He, along with many of us, was very unfairly treated. But we all fight back, and we always win!”
The President spent the rest of his morning retweeting a few TV excerpts that support him, including a long string from Fox’s Stuart Varney.
We’ll update as more communications roll in. The tweetstorm so far:
95% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you! #Maga #KAG2020
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2019
….Whatever happened to the so-called “informer” to...
- 11/9/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
President Trump wrote a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last week that has to rank among the most bizarre collection of sentences to ever appear on White House letterhead.
In the letter, a copy of which was released Wednesday by Trish Regan of Fox Business, the president exhorts Erdoğan to “work out a deal!” before threatening to impose economic sanctions on Turkey if it does not call off its military offensive into northern Syria, an offensive Trump endorsed days earlier. “History will look upon you favorably if you...
In the letter, a copy of which was released Wednesday by Trish Regan of Fox Business, the president exhorts Erdoğan to “work out a deal!” before threatening to impose economic sanctions on Turkey if it does not call off its military offensive into northern Syria, an offensive Trump endorsed days earlier. “History will look upon you favorably if you...
- 10/16/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Viewers of Fox Business Network will notice something different about Maria Bartiromo’s program on Monday morning. The anchor will be the same, but the screen around her won’t.
The cable network has reworked its graphics, which will appear tomorrow for the first time, around its programs – all part of an effort to provide viewers who can already get stock prices on their mobile devices with a more concise presentation of market data, analysis and headlines. Fox Business is also launching a revamped website and mobile app, while kicking off an ad campaign and a new network slogan, “Invested In You.”
The goal is to remind viewers – and potential advertisers – that Fox Business Network tackles more than just the stock market, says Bartiromo in an interview. “Most people don’t day trade. Most people are not looking at the ticker tape,” she says. “At the end of the day,...
The cable network has reworked its graphics, which will appear tomorrow for the first time, around its programs – all part of an effort to provide viewers who can already get stock prices on their mobile devices with a more concise presentation of market data, analysis and headlines. Fox Business is also launching a revamped website and mobile app, while kicking off an ad campaign and a new network slogan, “Invested In You.”
The goal is to remind viewers – and potential advertisers – that Fox Business Network tackles more than just the stock market, says Bartiromo in an interview. “Most people don’t day trade. Most people are not looking at the ticker tape,” she says. “At the end of the day,...
- 9/29/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The change of a prominent executive is a big story in the world of business. And so too is it in the world of TV networks that cover the world of business every day.
Brian Jones, a longtime Fox News employee who had a hand in the launch of Fox Business Network before he became the top executive overseeing it, is leaving the operation. Lauren Petterson, an executive who has had oversight of the “Fox & Friends” franchise on Fox News Channel, is taking that role immediately, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced Thursday.
“Brian is a talented executive and a distinguished colleague who built Fox Business and accomplished a great deal during his 20 years of combined service at both Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel. We wish him continued success as he embarks on his next chapter,” said Scott, in a statement, “Lauren has extraordinary skills in developing...
Brian Jones, a longtime Fox News employee who had a hand in the launch of Fox Business Network before he became the top executive overseeing it, is leaving the operation. Lauren Petterson, an executive who has had oversight of the “Fox & Friends” franchise on Fox News Channel, is taking that role immediately, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott announced Thursday.
“Brian is a talented executive and a distinguished colleague who built Fox Business and accomplished a great deal during his 20 years of combined service at both Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel. We wish him continued success as he embarks on his next chapter,” said Scott, in a statement, “Lauren has extraordinary skills in developing...
- 9/12/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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