TV News Turnover: Anchors, Producers Test New Avenues After Extreme Cycle

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTom Llamas is ready to leap into an increasingly crowded field for evening news.The NBC News anchor, who previously led a streaming evening program at ABC News, is preparing for the launch of a digital evening endeavor for NBC News, a project he vows will have a kinetic feel and range a little further afield than the linear products that still represent the best-known examples of the format.“This is going to be a fast-paced, high-story-count nightly newscast,”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorProcter & Gamble is throwing what it hopes will be a touchdown pass to the NFL.The consumer-products giant has tapped the football league to push one of its biggest marketing initiatives in years.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News wants to spread some of its venerable newsmagazine “Sunday Morning” to other days of the week.Starting September 7, the entire CBS morning schedule will be treated as a larger franchise, with weekdays and Saturdays featuring some of the in-depth and longform features for which the Sunday show — a TV-news institution — is best known.The weekday program, which features Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and new co-host Nate Burleson, will be retitled “CBS

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen she worked at CBS News as a senior executive, Kim Godwin was known to be eager to gain more control of a large news operation. Now that she’s arrived as president of ABC News, she has it — and a lot more.From the day she took the top role at the Walt Disney-backed news division, Godwin has been navigating tricky terrain.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAn ABC News producer who has worked for years at “Good Morning America” has alleged that the show’s former top executive sexually assaulted her and another female staffer, and she claims the network did little to reprimand or punish him.In a suit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kirstyn Crawford, a producer who works with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, alleges that Michael Corn, the former top producer at “Good Morning America,”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal intends to identify a group of partners for its ambitious measurement plans by mid September — and traditional measurement companies like Nielsen and ComScore are in the mix, the company disclosed Tuesday.NBCU on Monday unveiled its ambition to launch a new, independent measurement system for advertisers, an eyebrow-raising maneuver that takes place as Nielsen, long the main purveyor of  measurement of TV audiences, is seeking a temporary hiatus from

trailer for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has finally arrived, and fans are already losing their minds over the multiversal appearances that are coming. And for some people, that includes Elsa from “Frozen.”Obviously, no one is expecting things to actually get animated in this film.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe TV industry has for decades relied on a single yardstick: Nielsen ratings.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News said it has helped to evacuate four Afghan freelancers and their associates — 24 people in all — as part of a larger move by media organizations to secure an exit from the country for nationals who have helped their on the ground efforts in the region.In a memo to staffers on Sunday, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said the company, part of Fox Corp., had “evacuated three Afghan nationals who formerly served as freelance associates, as well as an Afghan

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTamron Hall is changing bosses.The news and talk-show veteran, whose current program has been syndicated by Disney since its launch in the fall of 2019, will now be part of ABC News, according to a person familiar with te matter, adding another daytime talk program to the news division’s portfolio.

Nikki Grahame will be honoured in a new documentary set to air on Channel 4, four months after her tragic death. The Big Brother star was aged just 38 when she died in April, following a long battle with anorexia.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOne day while broadcasting from Afghanistan for CNN, Clarissa Ward may have moved about a little more  freely.

Pete Davidson, 27, looked to be in good spirits on the set of his upcoming film Meet Cute on Sunday (Aug. 15) following his reported split from girlfriend Phoebe Dynevor, 26. The Saturday Night Live comedian was all smiles as he and co-star Kaley Cuoco, 35, shared a sweet hug between takes of filming their rom-com in New York City. The two stars have developed a close bond while working together on their movie, and that bond seemed too be alive and well with their heartfelt embrace!

Channel 4 will be celebrating the life of Big Brother star Nikki Grahame with the release of a brand new documentary about the iconic TV star. Nikki tragically died at the age of 38 back in April and at the time of her death, she was receiving specialist treatment for anorexia, with funds having been raised by friends and fans.

Alec Baldwin looked disheveled as he stepped out in New York days after calling Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation "tragic." The 63-year-old actor wore a black polo shirt, blue shorts and black loafers as he visited a local coffee shop in Amagansett.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAnyone who has interviewed CNN anchor Chris Cuomo knows he can talk his way out of trouble, and sometimes talk himself into it.On TV, his 10 p.m. handoffs to Don Lemon sometimes go on long enough that producers must worry about having to push back a commercial break.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJenn Suozzo, a veteran NBC News producer who has been working as the top producer at “NBC Nightly News,” will step away from the broadcast to pursue a new venture outside of NBC Universal.“Jenn’s been a fixture in our control rooms, covering virtually every breaking and major news event from the past two decades, including the Miracle on the Hudson, the Boston Marathon bombing manhunt, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Michael Jackson’s death, tornado outbreaks,