What’s Hot/What’s Not: 02/27/11
What’s Hot:
ICN Gets Things Done – Not only did ICN make FNC give Juliet Huddy a bio page but it got it to spell her name right. What it hasn’t accomplished however is get her back on the air apparently.
Johnny Dollar – Dollar noticed similarities between a Rachel Maddow claim and a Shepard Smith claim. That alone isn’t enough to make $ hot. What made him hot was he got Maddow to cite his blog post on her show and then mischaracterize his post.
Roger Ailes and Judith Regan – The New York Times unearthed previously unknown details in Judith Regan’s lawsuit against News Corp.; details that due to a clerical error by a court, were left unsealed. The ramifications of these revelations have yet to be truly ascertained but will probably be negligible.
Doonesbury vs. NBC News – Well played Mr. Trudeau…
Kathleen Parker out at 8pm – Whether she left on her own or got forced out doesn’t really matter. She’s out.
What’s Not:
Kathleen Parker out at 8pm – Leaving Eliot Spitzer as the main attraction. Not gonna work.
Piers Morgan/Larry King Anti-Showdown – As I predicted, this showdown was anything but a showdown. As interviews went, it was fine. But it was being billed as more than that…and we didn’t get more.
Rachel Maddow – Maddow for all intents and purposes went 0-2 against J$ and Politifact.
Dylan Ratigan’s “Steel on Wheels” week – Ratigan’s show turned in an audaciously chummy segment on the chief sponsor for the “Steel on Wheels” week. And a lot of media writers noticed and questioned the propriety of the segment.
Six weeks of no What’s Hot/What’s Not – Bad Spud…bad, bad Spud…
February 27, 2011 at 10:18 pm
I’m glad E.D. will be back on the air. I used to like her, but she got so nasty with Brian that I couldn’t stand it any more, and was glad when they let her go from F & F. But she deserves another try, and from Josh’s post (yesterday) with her and Cain going against Client #9, she did a good job. I wish her success.
And Spud, good job w/Juliet and the bio. Now see what you can do about getting Julie Banderas her weekend jobs back with Jarrett and back on the Fox Report. The blonde is not too impressive, and Harris Faulkner does not know how to dress appropriately to read the evening news (she looked like she was going to a summer picnic today).
February 27, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Spud, there was chatter about Huddy on TVNews Caps, Wide World of Women and TV Heads before I posted about it here, which is what got people here talking about it and you mentioning it.
February 27, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Pay attention, Motown. Spud didn’t say he started the chatter, he said his reporting of it got their attention. If you don’t think the cablers are reading ICN2, check out Brooke Balldwin and tell me if she’s keeping her eyes on the camera now..
February 27, 2011 at 10:27 pm
I think they read icn, They also read TVNC, WWofW and TVHeads. I also said nobody here mentioned it until I posted about it, which is true.
February 28, 2011 at 4:52 am
If I can channel the BoogieWoogie(s) for a moment.. TVNC, WWofW and TVHeads sounds like a bunch of pervs.
February 28, 2011 at 9:02 am
I think they read icn, They also read TVNC, WWofW and TVHeads. I also said nobody here mentioned it until I posted about it, which is true.
It’s kind of true. Your mentioning of it got J$ to put out a tweet (I never saw your comment). $’s tweet got me to publicly write something but only after Huddy didn’t respond to $. But both $ and I were already thinking about it before you wrote about it.