No big fan of this year's Republican nominee for president, Joe Scarborough is getting serious about vying for the slot four years from now. Now the host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, Scarborough spent six years in Congress, representing Florida's First District. A member of the massive Republican "Contract with America" class of 1994, he began working for MSNBC in 2003, first hosting the show Scarborough Country. Photos: THR's 35 Most Powerful People in Media The 49-year old tells Vanity Fair in its new issue that following the inauguration of the winner of this year's presidential election, he will
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- 9/11/2012
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
And it's finally here! Just in time for Premiere Week on TV, the latest episode of "Funny, Old Clips of Christine O'Donnell" has hit the web. This time it didn't come from Bill Maher (or even Bill O'Reilly) but from a 2003 episode of Scarborough Country. In it, O'Donnell is asked if she plans on stopping "the whole country from having sex." She responds with an enthusiastic yes.
- 9/24/2010
- by Jon Bershad
- Mediaite - TV
NEW YORK -- It's no go for Rosie.
A possible deal for a one-hour talk show hosted by Rosie O'Donnell collapsed late Wednesday, days after the onetime moderator on The View said over the weekend at a Miami book fair that she was talking to MSNBC.
O'Donnell's blog and other sources confirmed that plans for MSNBC to have her host a talk show at 9 p.m. weeknights fell apart following days of negotiations.
"We were close to a deal almost done," O'Donnell wrote on her blog late Wednesday under the name "Ro." Negotiations continued late into Wednesday, but it was clear by evening that there would be no deal and no show.
"My career as a pundit is over b4 it began," O'Donnell wrote.
O'Donnell seemed to blame herself for the collapse, saying that her letting it slip in Miami caused "panic."
A show starring O'Donnell would have given MSNBC a liberal counterpunch to the rest of cable news fare that includes CNN's Larry King Live and Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes." The channel, which has gotten some lift from Countdown With Keith Olbermann at 8 p.m., hasn't seen as much success with either Scarborough Country or a talk show hosted by former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams.
A possible deal for a one-hour talk show hosted by Rosie O'Donnell collapsed late Wednesday, days after the onetime moderator on The View said over the weekend at a Miami book fair that she was talking to MSNBC.
O'Donnell's blog and other sources confirmed that plans for MSNBC to have her host a talk show at 9 p.m. weeknights fell apart following days of negotiations.
"We were close to a deal almost done," O'Donnell wrote on her blog late Wednesday under the name "Ro." Negotiations continued late into Wednesday, but it was clear by evening that there would be no deal and no show.
"My career as a pundit is over b4 it began," O'Donnell wrote.
O'Donnell seemed to blame herself for the collapse, saying that her letting it slip in Miami caused "panic."
A show starring O'Donnell would have given MSNBC a liberal counterpunch to the rest of cable news fare that includes CNN's Larry King Live and Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes." The channel, which has gotten some lift from Countdown With Keith Olbermann at 8 p.m., hasn't seen as much success with either Scarborough Country or a talk show hosted by former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams.
- 11/8/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Rosie O'Donnell, the former moderator of The View, is in negotiations to return to television with her own weeknight talk show on MSNBC.
O'Donnell left View in the spring after a stormy one-year tenure and has since been courted by other networks. If a deal is reached -- and one is not at all certain -- O'Donnell might get the 9 p.m. slot that would put her up against Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes and CNN's Larry King Live. News of the talks was first reported in the New York Times.
"It's far from a done deal", said an executive familiar with some of the discussions. Money apparently is one of the sticking points.
Neither of the two most recent MSNBC counterprograms, Live With Dan Abrams or Scarborough Country, could make much headway at 9 p.m. against Hannity or Larry King. Abrams relinquished his post as GM of MSNBC to focus on the9 p.m. program that he inherited.
MSNBC declined comment; a representative of O'Donnell couldn't be reached Monday.
O'Donnell left View in the spring after a stormy one-year tenure and has since been courted by other networks. If a deal is reached -- and one is not at all certain -- O'Donnell might get the 9 p.m. slot that would put her up against Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes and CNN's Larry King Live. News of the talks was first reported in the New York Times.
"It's far from a done deal", said an executive familiar with some of the discussions. Money apparently is one of the sticking points.
Neither of the two most recent MSNBC counterprograms, Live With Dan Abrams or Scarborough Country, could make much headway at 9 p.m. against Hannity or Larry King. Abrams relinquished his post as GM of MSNBC to focus on the9 p.m. program that he inherited.
MSNBC declined comment; a representative of O'Donnell couldn't be reached Monday.
- 11/6/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Things are looking up at MSNBC, with the channel registering double-digit gains in viewers and adults 25-54 for October while Fox News Channel led all news networks for the 250th straight week.
Leading the charge was Countdown With Keith Olbermann, which jumped 67% in viewership and 61% in the adults 25-54 demographic compared with October 2005. Countdown averaged 637,000 viewers (including 233,000 in the demo) for the month, according to data released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. It's nowhere near The O'Reilly Factor (which led all of cable with 2.1 million viewers) but it beat CNN's Paula Zahn Now in the demo and narrowly missed tying it in viewership.
"Keith Olbermann is the right person at the right time, and doing it in the right way," MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams said.
MSNBC was up in viewers total day and primetime as well as in the demo in both total day and primetime. Scarborough Country remained behind Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" and CNN's Larry King Live, but was up 13% in the demo. The 7 p.m. edition of Hardball was up 27% in adults 25-54 and up 5% in viewers. MSNBC's Imus in the Morning simulcast gained some ground on American Morning, averaging 324,000 viewers last month compared with 425,000 for American Morning.
MSNBC is in the best competitive position in total day since April 2003 in the opening weeks of the war in Iraq. Abrams said the strength was almost completely across the board -- praising Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews and Don Imus as well as Olbermann -- but he said he was also cautious.
Leading the charge was Countdown With Keith Olbermann, which jumped 67% in viewership and 61% in the adults 25-54 demographic compared with October 2005. Countdown averaged 637,000 viewers (including 233,000 in the demo) for the month, according to data released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. It's nowhere near The O'Reilly Factor (which led all of cable with 2.1 million viewers) but it beat CNN's Paula Zahn Now in the demo and narrowly missed tying it in viewership.
"Keith Olbermann is the right person at the right time, and doing it in the right way," MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams said.
MSNBC was up in viewers total day and primetime as well as in the demo in both total day and primetime. Scarborough Country remained behind Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" and CNN's Larry King Live, but was up 13% in the demo. The 7 p.m. edition of Hardball was up 27% in adults 25-54 and up 5% in viewers. MSNBC's Imus in the Morning simulcast gained some ground on American Morning, averaging 324,000 viewers last month compared with 425,000 for American Morning.
MSNBC is in the best competitive position in total day since April 2003 in the opening weeks of the war in Iraq. Abrams said the strength was almost completely across the board -- praising Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews and Don Imus as well as Olbermann -- but he said he was also cautious.
- 11/1/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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