CNBC, Fox Business Will Vie for Business-News Viewers on Election Night

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe sight of President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, throwing off conspiracy theories and hair dye yesterday in TV’s once-humdrum daytime hours, would not too long ago have proven to be catnip that no TV-news outlet could resist. Yesterday, many of them did.Few if any of the nation’s TV-news outlets aired live Thursday’s press conference from the legal team spearheading the president’s efforts to overturn the election.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News will launch a four-part investigative series this evening across two of its best-known programs and it has nothing to do with President Trump, the coronavirus pandemic, or the results of the 2020 election.Norah O’Donnell spent a year and a half looking into how the U.S.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News Channel will try its hand at sports this weekend when it presents a one-hour special led by veteran sportscaster Jim Gray.During the program, “Talking to GOATs with Jim Gray,” the sports journalist and “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade will talk about Gray’s more than 40 years in sports and present some of his interviews with sports giants like Tom Brady (pictured, above), Mike Tyson and Julius Erving.Fox News has in recent months placed some

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJohn Mulaney spent several years writing for “Saturday Night Live” when Seth Meyers was a cast member. Now he will spend some time writing for Meyers’ late-night program.Mulaney has joined NBC’s “Late Night,” which Meyers hosts, as a staff writer, according to a post on Twitter from Mike Shoemaker, the show’s executive producer.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCable news outlets focused on nothing last week but the presidential election. On Fox News Channel, however, Bill Hemmer found a few seconds to peer into the future.“The thing about our industry, Dana, and you know it very well: When there is information, when there is data, when the story is changing, you can run on adrenaline for a long time,” he said to anchor Dana Perino during hours spent on air.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKen Dilanian, an NBC News correspondent, shook up the morning routine at MSNBC on Tuesday when he uttered profanity instead of relaying news to anchor Craig Melvin as expected.Dilanian appeared not to realize he was about to go on the air live, and instead of responding to Melvin’s introduction, let loose with two curse words one isn’t supposed to say during a TV news segment.

Joe Biden closer to the presidency is exposing rifts at Fox News Channel, the influential media outlet that is the favorite for many supporters of President Donald Trump.Despite intense pressure from Trump's team, Fox's decision team has stood fast with its election night call of Arizona for Biden.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTwo simple words uttered on Fox News Channel Friday morning gave its audience obvious facts — and may have served to quell a nascent controversy about how the network intends to cover Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden if he should prove victorious in the 2020 election.After CNN reported Friday morning that it had reviewed “two memos” instructing Fox News talent  to “stay away” from calling Democratic candidate Joe Biden the “President-elect” when the

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAl Roker, one of morning-TV’s most durable presences, told viewers of NBC’s “Today” Friday morning that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and would be taking time off for surgery and recovery.“It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker told viewers during the morning program’s Friday broadcast. “Good news is we caught it early.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe second night of the news networks’ coverage of the 2020 presidential election saw CNN surpass Fox News for No. 1 overall in primetime, scoring 7.12 million viewers Wednesday, its second-highest total in its 40-year history, to lead all broadcast and cable outlets.

Kanye West was supposed to join Jimmy Kimmel this week on his late-night talk show after the election. However, Jimmy confirmed that Kanye cancelled his appearance on the show.

Gayle King put in the work to get ready for her election night look! The 65-year-oldco-host got candid on her Instagram about trying to lose weight to fit into one of her favorite yellow dresses in time for her marathon election night coverage. King's journey started in late October when she shared a photo of herself on the scale, showing she clocked in at 172.2 pounds. «CRISIS! The weight struggle is real! Fatter than I’ve been in long time… and scared to get a pedicure (big sigh) swipe left

Fox Corp.'s latest quarterly financials, reportedTuesday, drew positive reviews from Wall Street analysts. But the company's stock took a hit Wednesday despite broader market gains, as analysts discussed the potential fallout of the U.S.

Like many celebs, most of the KarJenners posted election-focused social media content on election night by encouraging fans to vote. Then there was Kylie Jenner… who seemed more concerned with getting fans to buy Kylie Cosmetics products!

It’s been a busy day across the pond with the US elections well under way, and the battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden captivating the world. And while Americans went to vote, some also used the opportunity to celebrate Election Day with cooking, cakes and social media snaps.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden have started to come in and it looks like they’re not as strong as in previous cycles.According to Variety, around 22.8 million total US viewers tuned in to watch the beginning of Election Night across the channels ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Univision and Telemundo.Although these are very early figures, they are down significantly from Election Night 2016 at the same stage.Currently, ABC leads the way with 5.9 million total viewers, followed closely by NBC with 5.7 million.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorGayle King has been a TV anchor for many years and many election cycles. But she’s never had an Election Night experience like this one.The “CBS This Morning” anchor was part of the live team that anchored CBS’ coverage from 7 p.m.

A group of protesters threw fireworks and other objects in Raleigh, N.C., during an election night demonstration Tuesday, leading to the arrest of six people, authorities said. The arrests happened around 9:45 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMost candidates for the Oval Office use advertising to hit a home run with viewers in the most pivotal states in the campaign.

all of it. From Trump falsely saying he won, to early voting totals favoring Election Day voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, which skews heavily Republican.“You’re going to have a situation, I suspect, in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, other states, where they are going to be receiving huge amounts of mail-in ballots.