Yesterday, we showed you the video of WDSU (New Orleans) LaTonya Norton interviewing 2 Time Olympic Gold Medalist Mo Farah and not having a clue who he was.
The 5,000m and 10,000m gold medalist was being interviewed by Norton yesterday after winning the New Orleans half-marathon when she asked him: "Haven't you run before? This isn't your first time?"
More on how the Runner stuck up for the Anchor after the Bounce
Read MoreJeff Zucker may need some more crippled cruise ships in his future to help prop up CNN's ratings.
CNN went wall to wall with coverage of the crippled cruise ship and it helped the cable nets numbers. But just that day.
It's been one month since Jeff Zucker took over the ship (pardon the pun) at CNN and the ratings are off by 5%
More after the Leap
Read MoreFox News Continues their winning ways in the cable news ratings, but not all is well in Roger's house.
While FNC wins the Feb.book, the big 3 are seeing their ratings headed south. And Sean Hannity is the biggest loser.
Shep Smith, Bill O'Reilly and Hannity all saw huge drops in the demo from the same point in 2012.
Hannity fell a staggering 35 percent from 2012, and O'Reilly fell 26 percent.
More after the Jump
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Many would argue that CBS News is putting the best product on the air right now and it is slowly starting to show up in the ratings.
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley added +880,000 viewers compared to the same week last year, according to Nielsen.
CBS Evening posted double-digit year-to-year percentage gains in viewers (+14%, 7.38m from 6.50m); adults 25-54, the demographic most important to those who advertise in News (+13%, 1.8/06 from 1.6/06); and households (+14%, 4.9/09 from 4.3/08).
ABC News is catching some gruff from the Right Wing over and edit made during Robin Roberts interview with Michelle Obama.
ABC is defending its decision to edit out an apparently erroneous claim by Michelle Obama in its broadcast of the first lady’s interview on Good Morning America today, saying it made the changes “solely” for the sake of time.
More on this after the Hop
Read MoreLooks like there are some big changes in the weather in Indianapolis and it has nothing to do with what's going on outside.
WTHR-TV Channel 13 Meteorologist Chikage Windler is scheduled to sign off the local air Tuesday afternoon before departing for a new position in Texas in the latest in a series of shakeups involving local weathercasters.
Windler, who joined WTHR in May 2011, is taking over as chief meteorologist at KEYE-TV, the CBS affiliate in Austin, Tex., on March 4, she wrote in a post on Facebook.
That's not the only change in the market, more after the Jump
Read MoreA longtime television news anchor known throughout eastern Iowa is leaving to take a job with a local school district.
KWWL says that anchor Tara Thomas is leaving the station and TV News to become director of community and school relations for the Waterloo Community School District. Thomas is expected to leave the station after her hiring at the school district is approved.
More after the Leap
Read More"Like it or not, I'm coming back on the show again," Barbara Walters said about her plans to return on Monday to the View
Fox Business is taking a shot at CNBC and their booking practices in a new promo. Here it is:
H/T ICN
With three days left in the February sweeps, CBS looks certain to top the period for the first time in 15 years.
Tracking from Jan. 31 to Feb. 24, the network is poised to win among adults 18-49 with a 4.3/12 rating.
CBS’s results are well ahead of number two ABC’s 2.2/06 and third place Fox’s 2.0/06. With a 1.2/03, NBC looks set to come a historic fifth after Univision in the sweep for the first time.
H/T TVNewsCheck
WDSU (New Orleans) Anchor LaTonya Norton interviewed the winner of the New Orleans half marathon Mo Farah.
Norton was impressed that not only Farah won, but he broke the course record.
Norton congratulated the 29-year-old on his success and said: “Haven’t you run before....This isn’t your first time?"
Nope it wasn't his first time...
Find out how the station ended up with egg on their face after the Jump
Read MoreKARK Anchor Lauren Trager is headed to the city with the Arch.
She is headed to KMOV in St. Luis. here is what she posted on Facebook:
FTVLive told you early yesterday morning that ABC News was looking to hire two Reporters from the NY Times.
Yesterday they announced that they hired one of them.
And Today, they hired the other.
The details after the Bounce
Read MoreWCAU in Philly has a new toy to play with.
The NBC O& has taken the wraps of SkyForce10, the station's news helicpoter.
The unit includes four cameras (two interior and two exterior), a telestrator that allows reporters and photographers to interact with live video and the ability to stay in flight for two-and-a-half to three hours.
More after the Hop
Read MoreFTVLive has reported that KRIV News Director Tom Doerr (pictured) was headed to be the News Director at WFLD in Chicago. We pointed out that we thought Doerr was a good hire for the struggling Chicago Station.
We have first hand experience with Tom Doerr. Back way too many years to admit to, Doerr was my News Director.
He is also the first ND to ever suspend me.
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