How Newsrooms Are Tackling 2020 Political Convention Coverage Without the Spectacle

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Donald Trump's acceptance speech, the nation heads into the fall campaign as divided as it ever was.“This was unquestionably the best Donald Trump production ever,” ABC News analyst Sara Fagen said as fireworks burst over Washington.“This was repugnant,” said MSNBC's Joy Reid.There was a weariness in analysts' voices following two weeks of conventions in the COVID-19 era — mostly virtual for the Democrats and, for the Republicans, a collection of mostly pretaped speeches concluding with a

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeThe Republican convention this week delivered cool optics, sharp reality television and an ominous threat to public health, in the opinion of most media critics.“A political convention is like a movie trailer; if a party messes up, it will likely mess up the election,” according to Franklin J.

To listen to television pundits wrapping up the Republican convention and evaluating President Donald Trump's acceptance speech, the nation heads into the fall campaign as divided as it ever was. “This was unquestionably the best Donald Trump production ever,” ABC News analyst Sara Fagen said as fireworks burst over Washington.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump will deliver scathing criticism of Joe Biden in his Republican National Convention acceptance speech on the South Lawn of the White House. That’s a given.The bigger question is whether Trump will address the unfolding crisis in Kenosha, WI, and how he frames the police shooting death of Jacob Blake.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson If the most unobtrusive man in America thought tonight was his moment in the spotlight at the Republican National Convention, Mike Pence learned the hard way that Donald Trump always gets the last word.As the powerful Hurricane Laura moved closer and closer landfall in Texas and Louisiana, Trump’s vice president seemed like an afterthought on Wednesday as the boss came onstage to upstage him without uttering a word.Speaking live to a small audience at Fort McHenry in

Donald Trump, some aggressive fact-checking by television reporters and an odd social media backlash against Fox News Channel, the favorite network of the president's fans.Mostly viewers were repeatedly reminded of who the four-day program, reimagined because of the coronavirus pandemic, was all about.

caption of the drawing, which shows Lincoln’s statue at his Washington, D.C., memorial pointing a gun at himself.Lincoln, a celebrated Republican president, was assassinated with a gunshot to the head.The lineup to which Carrey referred in such harsh terms on Monday included Kim Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr., Nikki Haley and Republican President Donald Trump himself.

Eli Countryman President Donald Trump will take center stage this week at the Republican National Convention.The convention will be held in Charlotte, N.C., Monday to Thursday from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Also Read: How to Watch MSNBC's Coverage of the Republican National Convention Live OnlineBeyond Trump himself, there’s a pretty lengthy stream of speakers scheduled for Monday. They are: Amy Johnson Ford, Rep.

make an appearance each night of the convention to speak, but it’s not clear if these appearances will be little cameos or if he’s actually planning four speeches.Also Read: How to Watch Fox News' Coverage of the Republican National Convention Live OnlineBeyond the Trump patriarch himself, here’s who is scheduled to appear at the Republican National Convention on Monday night: Amy Johnson Ford, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Natalie Harp, Charlie Kirk, Kim Klacik, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, Sean Parnell,

A version of this story about Gail Mancuso first appeared in the Emmy Hot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.Over 11 seasons and 250 episodes of ABC’s “Modern Family,” Gail Mancuso has been one of the ABC sitcom’s most frequent directors, shooting more than 30 episodes since 2010. Like Glatter, she was entrusted with the final episode of a long-running series, and humbled by that assignment.“It was an honor to be asked,” she said.

Ted Johnson Joe Biden’s acceptance speech drew the highest TV viewership of the week of convention coverage.The convention drew an average 21.8 million viewers across six networks during the 10 PM ET to 11:15 ET time frame. That’s a slight uptick from the previous night, but still off about 21% from the Democratic convention finale in 2016.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCBS’ Thursday edition of Big Brother was primetime’s top-rated and most-watched program, scoring a 1.0 rating and 3.98 million viewers. That and the network’s coverage of the final night of the Democratic National Convention (0.2, 1.59M) helped CBS sweep the night in the demo and viewers.Big Brother was steady with both its Wednesday episode and last Thursday’s numbers.

coronavirus pandemic that continues to plague America and the rest of the world.

Dominic Patten, Patrick Hipes MSNBC on Monday went dark for six minutes on DirecTV amid its coverage of the Democratic National Convention before the signal was restored.“We are experiencing temporary technical difficulties,” read a prompt on the screen of DirecTV watchers. “Please stand by.

This Is Us season 5 will tackle the coronavirus pandemic, creator Dan Fogleman confirmed in a new tweet.“Some vague #ThisIsUs answers (sorry),” the writer, 44, began on Sunday, August 16. “Not sure yet on production start.

Also Read: How to Watch MSNBC's Coverage of the Democratic National Convention Live OnlineThings will ramp up as the week goes on, of course. The presumptive Democratic nominee for  president, Joe Biden, will accept the nomination on Thursday with a keynote of his own.

Ellise Shafer editorWith presumptive democratic nominee Joe Biden announcing Kamala Harris as his running mate last week, this year’s presidential race is heating up – and just in time for the Democratic National Convention.The convention will take place virtually this year rather than in its originally planned location of Milwaukee, Wis., and will feature a slew of speeches delivered from different sites across the country from Aug.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and for the GOP in Charlotte, North Carolina, will be largely virtual, constrained by the coronavirus. That won’t stop TV scrutiny of the speeches and other activities leading up to Joe Biden’s Democratic Party nomination for president on Thursday, Aug.