ted koppel-related stories
Posted Dec 8th 2008 9:57AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, Reality-Free
They passed the torch on NBC yesterday. After weeks of speculation, it wasn't either
Ted Koppel or
Rachel Maddow that received the choice assignment. Nope. It's
David Gregory who'll take over Meet the Press -- effective immediately. On Sunday morning's broadcast, interim host and NBC anchorman emeritus Tom Brokaw made it official by officially letting the world know it was a done deal by presenting Gregory on air.
Apparently, some at NBC were miffed that this information was leaked last week, spoiling the big surprise today, but really, there wasn't much suspense.
Joel wrote about it. The selection of David Gregory is a safe, solid and somewhat staid choice.
Continue reading NBC settles on David Gregory for Meet the Press
Posted Nov 25th 2008 4:43PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: News, Reality-Free
When
Tim Russert passed away earlier this year, the talk of course turned to the topic of who would take over for him on NBC's long-running Sunday news show
Meet The Press. Tom Brokaw has been doing the show for several weeks now, but could former
Nightline host Ted Koppel be the new guy in the interviewing chair?
Koppel has announced that he and The Discovery Channel have parted ways. He still had six months left on his contract but decided to leave. This is all just speculation at this time, of course, but since he's leaving Discovery early and the end of the year is upon us, it's interesting timing.
Continue reading Hmmm ... will Ted Koppel take over Meet The Press?
Posted Jun 27th 2008 12:23PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"George W. Bush: Still President": Despite President Bush's initial refusal to negotiate with baddies, he has decided to take back what he said about
North Korea. That's a flip-flop, sir! So, no more Axis of Evil? Just Gaggle of Douchebags? It's more childish phrasing from Bush, just like the magic wand he likes to talk about when facing high oil prices. Oh, and Barack Obama likes to... use... that... too... Great.
Continue reading The Daily Show: June 26, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Jun 25th 2008 12:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"Indecision 2008": In an incredibly awkward blunder, one of John McCain's top advisers, Charlie Black, told Fortune magazine that another terrorist attack on America would be "
a big advantage" to McCain. Also, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto apparently saved McCain's struggling campaign back in December. Dude. There is no way to fix the sense that your campaign thrives on death and destruction, apart from some panicked back-pedaling and angry refusal by the candidate himself. Jon Stewart broke down the situation in simple mathematic terms and -- Ahh, nevermind.
Continue reading The Daily Show: June 24, 2008 - VIDEOS
Posted Oct 4th 2007 11:43AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
After
last night's interview with Chris Matthews, I suppose Jon felt the need to reiterate the fact that he just disagrees with the "life is a campaign" thought. The self-deprecating jokes were a nice touch, kind of a sweet gesture to Matthews to show that Jon is an equal opportunity mocker.
"
Private Benjamins": Rob Riggle stopped by to share his script, Dark Liquid, which is alarmingly close to the state of Blackwater right now. This was okay, I suppose. I did quite like the idea of being able to shoot blood diamonds and wear panda fur, though. The historical clip was kind of, sort of funny, but I was mainly distracted by how poorly done it was. Was there no professional graphic designer on hand? Come on!
Continue reading The Daily Show: October 3, 2007
Posted May 4th 2007 7:45PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews
Sorry for the late post, folks, but it's Finals week and I'm up to my eyeballs in anxiety. Jon Stewart doesn't have to deal with Finals and work in a studio until 5:00 AM. All he has to do is produce, write, and present a show four days a week. Lazy bastard.
Anyway,
Hillary Clinton is making the entertainment show rounds, side-by-side with Britney "Hey, y'all! There are flowers on my boobies!" Spears. It was disturbing to see her act giddy about shoes... I mean, I know she's a woman and all, but... she's Hillary Clinton. "Oh, my God. Hillary Clinton is running as
Cathy."
Continue reading The Daily Show: May 3, 2007
Posted Nov 17th 2006 12:43AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central
"
Jack in the Box": Correspondent Jason Jones talked about how Jack Abramoff is going to fare in minimum security prison. Ho-hum. Let's get to the good stuff...
"
Drown Syndrome": Waterboarding! CNN's Rick "
OMG Taser Me!" Sanchez didn't even touch it. The folks over at FOX News tried to give it a go, but it kind of sucked. Senior Interrogation Correspondent Rob Riggle (listed as "Rob", heh) investigated the waterboarding issue from a new angle, in the position of the guy with the black mask and bucket of water. Best line: Regarding the waterboardee... "I lured this guy with a fake Craigslist ad."
Continue reading The Daily Show: November 15, 2006
Posted Jan 12th 2006 12:46PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Cable, News, TV Royalty, Talent
Ted Koppel's
post-ABC career is in full swing. First he and his old
Nightline producer signed
a deal with the Discovery Channel. Now
comes word, via Rachel Sklar at Mediabistro's FishbowlNY blog, that Koppel will
also
become a contributor to the Op-Ed page of
The New York Times. He joins the über-influential family of
Times columnists that include Maureen Dowd, Thomas Friedman, and Frank Rich, and his occasional contributions
will start on January 29. It's starting to look like leaving ABC might have been the best thing that Koppel's ever
done, isn't it?
[via
FishbowlNY]
Posted Jan 5th 2006 8:05AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: ABC, Cable, News, OpEd
Ted Koppel has found a new home. The former
Nightline anchor, along with eight of that
program's old staff members, have
teamed with The Discovery
Channel to produce documentaries and other news specials. Koppel left Nightline back in November after 25 years,
but he plans to continue pursuing his passion for news by covering global topics as well as producing other programming
similar to what he's done in the past. Koppel was
also
in talks with HBO but stayed away because of it's association with entertainment and not news. Koppel said he wanted
to produce some great programming at Discovery, because at ABC, only "about five percent [of
Nightline
episodes per year] were truly great." Koppel will be working on six programs a year for Discovery and we can
expect the first one near the end of Summer 2006. I support this and all because I think it's great that he wants to
keep on truckin', but does anyone actually watch The Discovery Channel other than pausing to watch the open-heart
surgery while channel surfing?
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