Pro tip for Ronny Chieng fans–if you meet him in person, don’t say that you only get your news from The Daily Show… even if that happens to be true. “I wouldn’t like that,” the senior correspondent for Comedy Central’s longtime satirical newscast tells TVNewser when asked how he’d feel about being someone’s sole news…
George Stephanopoulos has signed a new contract with ABC News days after the network made the controversial decision to settle a defamation suit with President-elect Donald Trump. The veteran journalist will continue to co-host Good Morning America and anchor his Sunday morning show This Week With George Stephanopoulos. An ABC News spokesperson confirmed to TVNewser…
ABC News is facing a storm of criticism after announcing that it would pay $15 million to settle a defamation suit with President-elect Donald Trump that involved its anchor George Stephanopoulos. The network disclosed the settlement over the weekend, indicating that the payment would be in the form of a donation to a future Trump…
Top of the Ticker: January 2025 will mark five years since the tragic loss of basketball legend Kobe Bryant. CNN is paying homage to the NBA star with a three-part CNN Original Series that dives into the private story of the unseen forces that propelled his ascension. Premiering Jan. 25 at 9 p.m. ET, Kobe:…
Kari Lake has been pocked by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next director of Voice of America. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the former Arizona-based news anchor would oversee the federally funded media network that broadcasts globally. Trump announced the appointment on Truth Social, writing: “[Kari Lake] will be appointed by, and work…
President-elect Donald Trump will break his extended hiatus from non-Fox News legacy media outlets this weekend. With one month to go before he re-enters the Oval Office, Trump is set to speak with NBC News’ Kristen Welker on this Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press. It’s his first network interview since Election Night, when the…
Top of the Ticker: CNN seems to be pleased with the performance of its satirical news show, Have I Got News For You. The Roy Wood Jr.-helmed American version of the long-running British series scored a Season 2 order. Have I Got News For You has paired well with CNN’s encore presentation of Real Time…
Flashback is a feature series that revisits key moments from TV news history with the Newsers that were part of them. Long before the fictional machinations of the Roy family, Americans were hooked on a real-life succession drama playing out on their television screens… or one they believed to be real anyway. 35 years ago,…
Karoline Leavitt will be the new White House press secretary when Donald Trump takes office in January. At 27, she’ll be the youngest person to serve in that role, but she’s familiar with the job, having worked as an assistant press secretary for Kayleigh McEnany during the president-elect’s first term. Leavitt was also part of…
The Morning Joe team kick-started their own news cycle on Monday when co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski revealed that they’d booked a private sit-down interview with Donald Trump over the weekend. It was the duo’s first in-person meeting with the president-elect in seven years and the first contact they’d had since Scarborough called Trump…
Now we know how Morning Joe duo Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski spent their weekend. The co-hosts of MSNBC’s morning show flew down to Florida for their first face-to-face encounter with President-elect Donald Trump in seven years. “We talked about a lot of issues,” Scarborough said at the top of Monday’s show, referencing subjects like…
Cinephile eyebrows were raised earlier this year when Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese announced that he’d partnering with Fox News Media’s streaming service, Fox Nation, for his new TV venture, Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints. But the show’s executive producer, Matti Leshem, characterizes the unlikely partnership as a match made in… well, heaven. “Fox Nation has…
Don Lemon announced his departure from X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday. “It’s time for me to leave the platform,” the former CNN anchor said in a video posted to his official account. “I once believe that it was a place for honest debate and discussion, transparency, and free speech,” Lemon added. “But I now feel…
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Pete Hegseth is his pick to run the Department of Defense. As a result of this nomination, Hegseth will depart his Fox News role immediately. “Pete Hegseth has been an exceptional host on Fox & Friends and Fox Nation and a best-selling author for…
America went to the polls one week ago today and while experts initially predicted a deadlocked race, a clear winner emerged by the early morning hours. President-elect Donald Trump declared victory at 2:24 a.m. ET on Nov. 7 buoyed by news outlets like NewsNation and Fox News calling the race in his favor. Other outlets…
Chris Wallace dropped a bombshell late Monday evening announcing that he is leaving CNN after a three-year run. Wallace explained his decision in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, where he also revealed his intention to pursue independent opportunities in the streaming and podcast space. “This is the first time in 55 years I’ve…
Wednesday afternoon saw Vice President Kamala Harris delivering her concession speech to end the 2024 presidential cycle. President Joe Biden offered a short postscript on Thursday morning, addressing the nation from the White House Rose Garden at 11:25 a.m. ET. “Campaigns are a contest of competing visions–the country chooses one or the other,” Biden remarked…
It wasn’t the speech that Vice President Kamala Harris hoped to give. The Democratic presidential candidate addressed supporters outside of Howard University at 4:26 p.m. ET on Wednesday and conceded the election to her Republican rival, President-elect Donald Trump. “The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not…
Former President Donald Trump declared victory in the 2024 presidential race in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Trump took the stage at 2:24 a.m. ET and addressed the crowd gathered at his campaign headquarters in Florida. At the time of his speech, only Fox News and NewsNation had called the presidential race…
It’s the most wonderful time of the (election) year. Steve Kornacki is bringing his much-loved state-by-state breakdown prowess to Election Night coverage on MSNBC and NBC News. And if you somehow still doubt Kornacki’s popularity with news junkies, TVNewser saw his rock star status cemented at an MSNBC Live event in Brooklyn in early September….
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