NBC.Lacey was voted out with about 46% of the votes as of Wednesday morning, after three years of weekly Black Lives Matter protests against her outside the L.A. County Hall of Justice.
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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…
.NBC.Lacey was voted out with about 46% of the votes as of Wednesday morning, after three years of weekly Black Lives Matter protests against her outside the L.A. County Hall of Justice.
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.
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.
Also Read: Early Ratings: Biden's ABC Town Hall Tops Trump's on NBC“Seeing him back on primetime was like taking a time machine back to 2004 when he was just a blowhard reality TV host and nothing more,” he added.
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.
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.
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.
Also Read: Savannah Guthrie Pushes Trump on QAnon, Conspiracy Theories: 'You're Not Like Someone's Crazy Uncle Who Can Just Retweet Whatever!'“Again, the reason we got here is because President Trump dropped out of the second debate,” Rachel Maddow continued. “Vice President Joe Biden then scheduled a town hall at ABC News, that is ongoing.
Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten As puzzling as it was that NBC News scheduled its town hall with Donald Trump against ABC News and Joe Biden, credit is due to moderator Savannah Guthrie for turning it into much more of an hourlong interview than a series of softballs from everyday folk.Throughout the hour, she peppered the president with questions on his COVID-19 testing, on his retweets of conspiracy theories, on whether he’s indebted to the tune of $400 million.It was a bit of a recovery for the
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
Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten Donald Trump’s town hall with NBC News — competing against a similar event with Joe Biden on ABC News — opened with a contentious series of questions with moderator Savannah Guthrie.At times, Trump sounded angry and irate as Guthrie grilled him over the details of his testing results, his failure to immediately condemn white supremacists and his trafficking of conspiracy theories.Guthrie, co-anchor of Today, asked Trump why he retweeted a tweet earlier this week that
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.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRefresh for updates: Tension between Thursday night’s presidential town halls continues to unfold as hoards of Twitter users are calling to boycott NBC’s coverage of President Donald Trump in favor of ABC’s Joe Biden event. Outrage sparked as NBC announced that its town hall will air at the same time and date as ABC’s.
Donald Trump at 8 p.m. on Thursday, which is the exact time when Joe Biden's town hall is airing on ABC.The second presidential debate was originally scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m., though it has since been canceled after Trump refused to participate in a virtual format following his coronavirus diagnosis.
Donald Trump is putting NBC on blast at the same time as Hollywood stars.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPresident Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will no doubt make news when they take part in dueling town halls this evening on NBC and ABC. But the networks broadcasting their events may be looking less at headlines the two politicians will generate and more at the money they will draw.NBC and ABC hope to take in hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue from their 8 p.m.
NBC News faced a sharp backlash to its decision to host President Donald Trump for a town hall Thursday in direct competition with ABC’s event with Democrat Joe Biden, including a social media call to boycott the network.
Ted Johnson NBC News indicated that it is not backing off plans for a town hall with Donald Trump scheduled at the same time that ABC News is doing a similar event with Joe Biden.The scheduling has drawn criticism, including from more than 100 producers, directors and writers who signed their names to a letter urging NBC to move the time of the town hall.In a statement, Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCU News Group, said, “We share in the frustration that our event will initially air alongside the