Morning-News Battle Means CBS Saturday Trio Doesn’t Get Weekends Off

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS has struck a partnership with a company that has a specialty in helping advertisers reach Black consumers in a bid to bring some of those sponsors to shows such as “Judge Judy,” “Entertainment Tonight” and “Dr Phil.”CBS Media Ventures, the ViacomCBS unit that specializes in syndicated programming, has entered into an exclusive pact with NuTime Media to connect advertisers with Black consumers.

direct to your inboxWill Mellor left Holly Willoughby, Phillip Schofield and viewers in stitches on This Morning when they asked him about his 'crazy' cat story. The actor was on the ITV show to discuss his upcoming debut on Coronation Street.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC News already produces dozens of hours each day for MSNBC and programs like “Today.’ But it’s preparing to come up with a few more.The NBCUniversal unit is this week launching two new hours on its live-streaming service, NBC News Now, a testament to growing demand for news delivered quickly via broadband. Starting today, Aaron Gilchrist, formerly an anchor for WRC, NBC’s Washington, DC, station, will preside over a noon to 2 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDemocrats aren’t the only ones glad Joe Biden is in the Oval Office. Lachlan Murdoch, CEO of the company that owns Fox News Channel, is as well.Murdoch predicted Thursday that Fox News, the economic engine of his company, Fox Corporation, would lead cable news in the ratings once again after ceding ground in recent weeks to rivals CNN and MSNBC.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKayleigh McEnany, a White House Press Secretary during the Trump administration whose performance in the role drew criticism, has joined Fox News as a contributor, the network announced Tuesday. Details were revealed during an on-air interview with Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner.McEnany isn’t the first Trump administration official to take an on-air role with the Fox Corp.-backed outlet.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGeorge Stephanopoulos and David Muir will start to split breaking-news duties at ABC News, a new effort by the Walt Disney unit to rework an unorthodox arrangement involving two of its top anchors.Under a new structure, Muir will largely handle special reports and news of national importance in the afternoon and evening hours, while Stephanopoulos will shepherd similar efforts in the morning, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Dan Levy when he hosted the NBC sketch comedy show earlier this month. Levy, 37, left a supportive Post-It note on the mirror of the dressing room for Regina King, who hosted the following weekend. King, 50, then shared a selfie to Instagram of the encouraging note, which read, «You got this!»King paid it forward to star Regé-Jean Page by leaving him a note ahead of his hosting gig, which he too shared on Instagram. «You got next and you are going to be amazing,» King wrote to Page, 31.

Saturday Kitchen.The 45-year-old was invited to appear as guests alongside her colleague Charlie Stayt.But they soon started taking over the show as Matt and chef Yotam Ottolenghi were about to cook.Charlie started by asking Naga's food hell item, she replied: "Food hell, I think anything sweet, Charlie. I am sweet enough, not really into desserts."White chocolate is a thing I really don't understand.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTucker Carlson will expand his content contributions for Fox News Media, agreeing to a new deal to create three video podcasts and some original specials for Fox Nation, the company’s subscription-based video service.Starting in April,  Carlson is expected to release at least three new video podcast episodes a week. They will feature interviews with newsmakers, as well as discussions of prominent issues in the news cycle.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN shook up its daytime schedule, unveiling a series of changes that will affect both its “New Day” morning program as well as its afternoon programming — the latest in a series of change at the nation’s big mainstream TV news outlets in the aftermath of the 2020 election.The WarnerMedia cable-news outlet intends to move early-afternoon anchor Brianna Keilar to co-host “New Day” with John Berman, pair morning host Alisyn Camerota with Victor Blackwell in the 2

 Nicki Minaj ’s father Robert Maraj, 64, reportedly died after being hit by a car on Friday, February 12. TMZ confirmed the tragic news with Nassau County Police in New York, learning that Robert was out walking near Roslyn Road and Raff Avenue around 6 PM ET when he was hit by a vehicle.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSavannah Guthrie’s next one-hour special won’t appear on any of NBC News’ best known properties, which include “Today” and “NBC Nightly News.”  And yet, it may be of more critical importance to the NBCUniversal-owned news organization than any in-depth report she’s presented in recent months.Guthrie will today kick off a week-long focus by NBC News on the mental health of young people during the pandemic, the first of what NBC News President Noah Oppenheim says

The father of rapper Nicki Minaj has been killed in a hit-and-run accident according to reports in the US.

The 64-year-old father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police said. Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAttorneys for Fox News filed individual motions Thursday night to dismiss Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit on behalf of Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, three anchors who have been named in the matter in which the voting technology company is seeking a whopping $2.7 billion.The three motions were filed by Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm representing Fox News in the matter.