
Actor Alec Baldwin’s new MSNBC show recently debuted to unimpressive ratings. Critics were not very kind to the “boring” show. Even the Los Angeles Times was not excited. Up Late with Alec Baldwin garnered only 654,000 viewers for its opening
by Warner Todd Huston16 Oct 2013, 9:13 AM PST0

Progressive Massachusetts paper exhaustively puts the lie to Obama’s post-partisan image. Republicans have been complaining that, despite his constant stream of rhetoric pleading for bipartisanship, President Obama has been one of the biggest opponents of America’s political parties actually working
by Warner Todd Huston15 Oct 2013, 7:38 PM PST0

Once again a member of Hollywood stoops to calling anyone who disagrees with him a racist. This time it is former Disney Channel writer Bob Schooley who Tweeted out the trope that Republicans hate President Barack Obama solely because he’s
by Warner Todd Huston15 Oct 2013, 11:29 AM PST0

NBC has given the greenlight for a new sitcom pilot titled Growing Ivy starring long-time left-winger Susan Sarandon and her daughter, Eva Amurri Martino. The pair will play a mother and daughter “working on their relationship.” Martino is to play
by Warner Todd Huston15 Oct 2013, 9:36 AM PST0

At the end of September, the Obama administration made a show of returning to the Iranian people what was claimed to be a 2,700-year old Iranian artifact. But recent evidence suggests that the artifact is a forgery that can only
by Warner Todd Huston14 Oct 2013, 4:55 PM PST0

Famed Saturday Night Live and Blues Brothers star Dan Aykroyd has been in Australia of late promoting his line of vodka, but one radio show down under didn’t meet the Blues man’s needs. It wasn’t long before he stormed out
by Warner Todd Huston14 Oct 2013, 7:13 AM PST0

NBC’s Thursday ratings have fallen so far that it was bested this week by cable stations such as the NFL Network and TBS. NBC rated a low 1.1 primetime rating among the coveted 18-49 demographic on October 10, tying the
by Warner Todd Huston13 Oct 2013, 7:14 AM PST0

On October 8, Fox News’ Megyn Kelly topped MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow so badly in the ratings that MSNBC President Phil Griffin is sure that something is “fishy” with the ratings. He’s even calling for some sort of investigation. “Monday we
by Warner Todd Huston12 Oct 2013, 11:34 AM PST0

At the recent GQ Awards dinner co-hosted in London by fashion giant Hugo Boss and GQ magazine, comedian Russell Brand joked that the fashion company supplied uniforms to the Nazis during WWII. GQ was so upset over the slap at
by Warner Todd Huston11 Oct 2013, 3:49 PM PST0

CNN only just relaunched Crossfire a month ago, but its principal co-host from the left, Stephanie Cutter, will soon take a maternity leave. Cutter announced this week that she is pregnant with a child due next March. Cutter, 44, was
by Warner Todd Huston9 Oct 2013, 12:04 AM PST0

Miley Cyrus continues to see blowback in the music industry over her recent behavior, this time from Annie Lennox, the singer who fronted the 80s band the Eurythmics. Lennox took to her own Facebook page Oct. 5, to decry the
by Warner Todd Huston8 Oct 2013, 12:55 PM PST0

A&E’s hit reality show, Duck Dynasty, has become famous for its focus on its stars’ Christian religion. But the stars are now saying that early in production, the producers not only inserted fake bleeps as if they were uttering curse
by Warner Todd Huston6 Oct 2013, 7:02 AM PST0

NBC’s financial cable network, CNBC, was one of the few big cable outlets to see ratings tumble in the third quarter of 2013. CNN and MSNBC both had shows with ratings that gave bosses reasons to rejoice and Fox News
by Warner Todd Huston6 Oct 2013, 2:56 AM PST0

In a long piece revealing the current antagonistic climate between journalists and the Obama administration published in the Washington Post, Obama is called a “control-freak,” as well as “secretive,” and “manipulative,” it is said he is fostering an atmosphere of
by Warner Todd Huston6 Oct 2013, 2:48 AM PST0

Looking to cause as much pain as possible to the American people during this shut down, President Obama sent National Park Service (NPS) police officers to shut down hundreds of parks and historic sites that the federal government doesn’t even
by Warner Todd Huston4 Oct 2013, 1:52 AM PST0

To explain the partial shutdown of the federal government, the Associated Press is characterizing the issue as one between the noble Obama and the partisan Republicans. Further, as if they have no role here, the AP doesn’t mention Harry Reid
by Warner Todd Huston3 Oct 2013, 12:25 AM PST0

Only just over a year into his tenure as Executive VP of NBC Digital, Rob Hayes is laying off five percent of his workforce. Hayes replaced former chief Vivi Zigler in June of 2012 and was expected to put NBC
by Warner Todd Huston2 Oct 2013, 2:10 AM PST0

Coming out of the gate with a strong showing, the October 1 debut of Gretchen Carlson’s new Fox News show, The Real Story With Gretchen Carlson, garnered more viewers in its 2PM time slot than the audience of MSNBC and
by Warner Todd Huston2 Oct 2013, 1:51 AM PST0

New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait spent his government shutdown day mocking WWII veterans who were shut out by the National Park Service (NPS) when they came to visit the National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday morning, Representative
by Warner Todd Huston2 Oct 2013, 1:48 AM PST0

October 1 was D-Day for the nation-wide launch of the Obamacare exchanges. Embarrassingly, few of them worked as advertised, and not many people have been able to get themselves signed up for the government-sponsored insurance exchanges. Headlines from across the
by Warner Todd Huston1 Oct 2013, 4:15 PM PST0

A new Gallup poll has found that 25 percent of today’s uninsured plan to stay that way. The poll, released on September 30, noted that two in three of those surveyed said they “planned” to get insurance rather than pay
by Warner Todd Huston1 Oct 2013, 2:24 AM PST0

The Obama administration is launching a full court press campaign to convince a skeptical country that Obamacare is a great thing and several glossy magazines aimed at America’s women, like Cosmopolitan and Glamour, are lending their pages to that effort.
by Warner Todd Huston1 Oct 2013, 2:01 AM PST0

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria hasn’t interviewed Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice since she made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows last year falsely blaming the attacks at Benghazi, Libya on a “Youtube video,” and yet, Zakaria couldn’t take a
by Warner Todd Huston30 Sep 2013, 2:31 AM PST0

Piers Morgan got a slap on his own show from no less than Bill Clinton, who delivered a not so subtle dig on CNN’s ratings decline. During a full-hour appearance on September 25, when the discussion steered toward political coverage
by Warner Todd Huston28 Sep 2013, 5:34 PM PST0

Further cementing the close ties between the progressive media establishment and Barack Obama’s White House, it has been confirmed that MSNBC anchor Alex Wagner is engaged to marry White House Chef Sam Kass. Mr. Kass is also the head of
by Warner Todd Huston28 Sep 2013, 3:39 PM PST0