Kasie Hunt Leaving NBC News, MSNBC

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News is moving closer to finding a new executive producer for its flagship “Good Morning America” broadcast after a weeks-long search, according to two people familiar with the matter, a critical decision for Kim Godwin, who was named president of the Walt Disney-backed unit in April.Godwin, a former senior executive at CBS News, is said to be considering both internal and external candidates, and there is some hope her choice will become known over the next

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOne of Fox News’ staunchest sponsors, MyPillow, has asked for its all of commercials to taken off the news channel after Fox balked at the claims that the company hoped to make in a potential new ad campaign.In a statement late Thursday, Fox News confirmed a report by The Wall Street Journal that Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, had asked for his company’s ads to be taken out of their schedule after the network decided not to run a proposed ad promoting baseless

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal hopes its broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics gives American viewers a grand sports spectacle they can watch at any time they like.

The NBCUniversal News Group announced Tuesday some major pushes to beef up the "NBC News NOW" streaming service, including the hiring of 200 staffers. "Several new hours of live, original programming" will be added to "NBC News NOW," which launched in 2019.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNBCU News Group said it plans to hire 200 people over the next few months as it adds several new hours of live, original programming for NBC News Now, its over-the-top streaming service.The majority of the new roles will support NBC News Now’s expanding streaming operations and programming. NBCU News Group said the additional headcount is on top of more than 70 new hires of late.

NBC News Now announced fall debuts for new weeknight shows with Tom Llamas, Hallie Jackson and Joshua Johnson, as NBCU News Group adding 200 new positions to boost streaming and digital.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSportscaster Maria Taylor has moved into a new role at NBC Sports, where she made her first appearance Friday during the network’s Olympics coverage.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGun violence is an issue that has plagued the United States for years. ABC News hopes its efforts to track the problem across a recent week will shed new light on it.The Disney-backed news outlet is on Sunday launching “One Nation Under Fire,” a new project in conjunction with news staffers at ABC’s local TV stations that hopes to explore the root causes of gun violence by tracking a week of shootings across the U.S.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe people putting 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage on screen for NBC are facing some Olympic challenges all their own.The coronavirus pandemic crimped the ability of producers at NBC Sports to get footage of members of Team USA and other competitors as they went through their training. NBC’s video profiles of the athletes usually take months to put together and are one of the signature elements of the company’s Olympics effort.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for the mixed messages it has sent viewers about getting vaccinated against coronavirus. Steve Doocy might promote getting vaccinated on “Fox & Friends,” but primetime host Laura Ingraham has suggested U.S.

NBC News unveiled its plans for coverage of the upcoming Olympics, with Today and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt planning to broadcast from Tokyo.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News and Britt McHenry, a former on-air personality who joined the cable-news outlet after a stint at ESPN, have parted ways after reaching a settlement in a long-running harassment lawsuit, according to the network“While Fox News is confident it would have prevailed in the lawsuit, we are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation,” the network said in a statement.McHenry filed suit against Fox News in late 2019,

Halle Berry and Van Hunt have been hot and heavy since 2020 but who is the musician who stole her heart? As their romance continues to make headlines, Us Weekly has rounded up five things to know about him.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJay Shaylor, the executive producer of “CBS Evening News,” will step down from his post, one of the first significant rearrangements of top producers at the news division since it was placed under the aegis of new top executives.“Jay Shaylor is leaving the company. We thank him for his contributions to the broadcast and for helping develop it into the impactful program it is today,” CBS News said in a statement.

“Got a little bit of bittersweet news from me this morning. This is going to be my final broadcast with all of you,” Kasie Hunt said when announcing her departure at the end of Way Too Early on Friday (July 16.) The MSNBC host and NBC News correspondent said she plans to share details about her “next adventure in the next few weeks,” though Variety reports that she’s going to CNN.

Kasie Hunt announced on MSNBC’s “Way Too Early” Friday that she’ll be departing the network and NBC News, where she served as the early-morning anchor and Capitol Hill correspondent. “I’ve got a little bit of bittersweet news from me this morning.

Kasie Hunt closed MSNBC’s Way Too Early by announcing her departure.

Nicolas Cage was sure his wife was the one after learning about her unusual pets. ET’s Lauren Zima spoke to the 57-year-old actor at the premiere of his latest flick, “Pig”, and he revealed more details about his and wife Riko Shibata’s love story. Cage and Shibata tied the knot in a Las Vegas ceremony last February, and made their red carpet debut at the premiere.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMika Brzezinski, Nicolle Wallace and Jonathan Capehart are among the MSNBC anchors taking on new programming duties — but not on MSNBC.MSNBC will expand its streaming-video channel, renamed “The Choice From MSNBC,” by adding several hours of new daily programming to the entity, and developing new shows.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAdvertisers are blitzing the Super Bowl.Despite NBC’s efforts to seek a record price tag for commercials in its Big Game broadcast of Super Bowl LVI, slated to air February 13, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California,. Madison Avenue is rushing to the event.