told The Los Angeles Times that he is “thrilled” with ticket sales — despite the fact that the film starring Robert Pattinson has grossed just $53.8 million since it hit theaters in the US on Sept.
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like his refusal to distance himself from the extreme right wing conspiracy theory QAnon, Biden’s exchange with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos was a more relaxed affair focused on policy specifics.
Biden at times provided lengthy, detailed answers on topics ranging from the constitution to racial injustice, often asking “Did I answer your question?” after, which of course then got a fair amount of joking play on Twitter.He generally presented himself as the opposite of Trump, providing few one
.told The Los Angeles Times that he is “thrilled” with ticket sales — despite the fact that the film starring Robert Pattinson has grossed just $53.8 million since it hit theaters in the US on Sept.
“Saturday Night Live” once again mined the endless mill of comedy that comes from a presidential election season for this week’s “cold open.” The show mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s simultaneous town hall appearances that were held on NBC and ABC on Thursday.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsSaturday Night Live took on the competing ABC Joe Biden and NBC Donald Trump town halls during its latest episode. The show kicked off with a cold opening that saw Alex Baldwin reprise his role as 45 and Jim Carrey transform into the Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president.The jokes about the conflicting town halls found its way into the latest “Weekend Update” installation.
once again mined the endless mill of comedy that comes from a presidential election season for this week's «cold open.» The show mocked Joe Biden and Donald Trump's simultaneous town hall appearances that were held on NBC and ABC on Thursday.Jim Carrey returned to play Biden at a town hall moderated by George Stephanopoulos (played by Mikey Day), who described the vibe they were going for as, «Poorly attended college lecture.»The sketch switched back and forth between Biden's town hall and
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThursday’s presidential town halls took the spotlight during “Saturday Night Live’s” third episode of its 46th Season.Alec Baldwin was back in his guest role as President Donald Trump, while Jim Carrey portrayed former vice president and current democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden for the third week in a row. Mikey Day portrayed George Stephanopoulos, Kate McKinnon portrayed “bad ass” Savannah Guthrie, and Maya Rudolph returned as Sen.
baseless conspiracy theories about his son Hunter.“On NBC, Joe Biden skated by without answering any questions of substance about his son or antifa or BLM,” Tucker said during the opening segment of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Friday. “The moderator over on NBC pushed Donald Trump to condemn Qanon and white supremacy, the most important issues in this nation! And he did it, but it wasn’t enough.
Also Read: Biden Beats Trump in Final Town Hall Ratings - And It Wasn't That CloseThe town hall will take place a day before the next presidential debate between Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden and will come a week after NBC and ABC hosted dueling town halls featuring Trump and Biden, respectively.
Also Read: Ratings: Biden's Town Hall on ABC Tops Trump's Simulcast Across NBC, MSNBC and CNBCTrump’s simulcast tune-in breaks down like this: NBC’s broadcast channel drew 10.9 million total viewers, MSNBC added 1.8 million and CNBC chipped in with 720,000 viewers.Clearly, it was not enough to topple Biden on ABC alone.More to come…
Joe Biden and Donald Trump had town halls at the exact same time on Thursday (October 15) (despite petitions and protests from Hollywood stars to stagger the time slots), and Biden easily won in the ratings department.
Also Read: Early Ratings: Biden's ABC Town Hall Tops Trump's on NBCJoli, who Joy Behar and much of the internet referred to as the “human bobblehead” was identified by the Miami Herald as a former pro-Trump congressional candidate and five-time beauty queen who declared herself Miami’s “master of selfies” during her 2018 campaign.
Will Thorne Staff WriterPresidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump appeared in directly competing town halls on Thursday night, after the President dropped out of the second debate.Trump’s hourlong appearance on NBC, which drew criticism across the industry and even an angry letter from top talent and showrunners who work with NBCU, appears to be trailing Biden’s 90-minute session with ABC in the ratings, at least according to early numbers.Biden drew 12.7 million total viewers on the
Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAfter all the concerns about threats to democracy in the pursuit of ratings, Thursday’s dueling town halls between Donald Trump on NBC and Joe Biden on ABC ended up being a very good night for Savannah Guthrie, a very very good night for the Atlanta Braves and an excellent night for the former Vice-President.Sitting down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and voters at Philadelphia’s Constitution Hall on what should have been the night of the
During President Donald Trump's town hall on Thursday, current and former showrunners, producers and stars — including a handful of current and former NBC talent — who signed aletter of protest against the event continued to criticize the network for its decision and how the event played out. More than 100 top figures in the industry had criticized the network on Wednesday for choosing to air the town hall during the same day and time as ABC'stown hall with former vice president Joe Biden.
Jordan Moreau On Friday morning, President Donald Trump retweeted a satirical article about the recent Twitter outage being a plot in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden, seemingly falling for the fake story.Coincidentally before Trump’s and Biden’s separate town halls on Thursday night, Twitter experienced widespread technical problems across the U.S. and other parts of the world.
President Trump said his position on wearing masks has not changed since he contracted COVID-19during his town hall on NBC on Thursday, timed to compete with presidential contender rival Joe Biden's on ABC. When moderator Savannah Guthrie asked whether Trump's feelings on masks altered after he fell ill, he responded,"No, because I was okay with the masks.
conspiracy theory that claimed Joe Biden had SEAL Team 6 murdered after the bin Laden — which the conspiracy claims was actually unsuccessful.“You’re the president! You’re not someone’s crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever!” Guthrie replied during the town hall.
Also Read: Republicans Are Not Happy Savannah Guthrie Pushed Back on Trump During Town HallPerhaps the most notable moment of the hour-long session came when Guthrie asked Trump about a tweet he had retweeted this week which pushed a conspiracy theory about Joe Biden and Osama bin Laden. Trump defended defended himself by saying, “I’ll put it out there, people can decide for themselves.
Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson Donald Trump may have been twirling like a rabid squirrel over on NBC, but on the unique night in America’s challenged democracy, Joe Biden’s town hall on ABC was a display of a candidate in control of himself, the facts, the Constitution, and plans for the future.In a summation of the night, Biden was asked right at the end by moderator George Stephanopoulos about the coronavirus infected Trump not giving a straightforward answer on NBC to whether he took a COVID-19
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterNBC went ahead with a town hall with President Trump on Thursday night, brushing aside criticism that the event coincided with a similar event with Joe Biden on rival ABC.Trump said he did not remember when he last tested negative for COVID-19, ducking a question from “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie.
Zing! Conan O'Brien on Thursday had a striking (and personal) takedown of NBC, which is under heavy criticism for scheduling a town hall event with President Donald Trump during an ABC town hall with former Vice President Joe Biden. "I can’t remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision,"O'Brien quipped Thursday.