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CNN’s Marciano On BP: “Even The Image Of Them Possibly Hiding Something Was Not Good PR”

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
CNN’s Marciano On BP: “Even The Image Of Them Possibly Hiding Something Was Not Good PR”

CNN's Rob Marciano has been in four different states since the BP oil disaster began just over 100 days ago.We talked to Marciano today about BP's lack of communication, his recent CNN special about environmental and wildlife Gulf storylines and more.
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The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell To Premiere September 27 On MSNBC

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell To Premiere September 27 On MSNBC

Lawrence O'Donnell's future 10pmET show with MSNBC now has a name and a premiere date.The Last Word will premiere September 27, putting MSNBC in the same category with CNN and Fox News with three prime time hours of original programming.
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Did NBC Just Confirm Piers Morgan Is Joining CNN? (Update)

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Did NBC Just Confirm Piers Morgan Is Joining CNN? (Update)

Did NBCU's Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin just confirm Piers Morgan will be joining CNN?That's what The Wrap's Hunter Walker is reporting after Gaspin's comments today at NBC's TCA press tour.
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Fareed Zakaria Exec Producer To Run CNN’s Spitzer/Parker Show

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Fareed Zakaria Exec Producer To Run CNN’s Spitzer/Parker Show

The upcoming Eliot Spitzer/Kathleen Parker 8pmET CNN show now has an executive producer - one of the original CNN employees and currently EP of Fareed Zakaria's weekend show.Liza McGuirk takes over - and that may give an indication of just how un-Crossfire-like the show will end up.
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Jersey Shore Returns! Angelina Is “Classy,” Ronnie Is “Sloppy Joe”

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Jersey Shore Returns! Angelina Is “Classy,” Ronnie Is “Sloppy Joe”

Jersey Shore is back, and the crew of non-Jerseyites have moved south to Miami, bitch (that will happen all season).Yesterday we worried if self-awareness would pervade the show, and the fact that the four biggest stars (Jwoww, Snooki, The Situation and Pauly D) were barely involved in the episode one plot proved...
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William Shatner Interviews The D.C. Sniper, Mary Kay Letourneau And More

July 30, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
William Shatner Interviews The D.C. Sniper, Mary Kay Letourneau And More

William Shatner (yes, that William Shatner) interviews one of the D.C. snipers Lee Boyd Malvo, the teacher in the student relationship that lasted Mary Kay Letourneau and more for his new Biography Channel show, Aftermath.The next logical question - why? - is interesting: Shatner will look at the "aftermath" of media stars,...
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Chris Matthews Finishes Way Ahead Of John King At 7pm Wednesday

July 29, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Chris Matthews Finishes Way Ahead Of John King At 7pm Wednesday

Chris Matthews' repeat on MSNBC finished way ahead of John King's 7pmET show Wednesday, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Matthews nearly doubled King in the demo.
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FNC’s Serrie On BP Disaster: ‘No One Could Have Predicted How Significant The Spill Would Be’

July 29, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
FNC’s Serrie On BP Disaster: ‘No One Could Have Predicted How Significant The Spill Would Be’

Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie has been down in the Gulf Coast eight times, and 40 days, over the last 100, covering the BP oil disaster.We talked to Serrie today about the federal vs. local government reaction, Katrina comparisons and more.
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Amanpour Says Her Version Of This Week Will Bring ‘Different Voices And Perspectives’

July 29, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
Amanpour Says Her Version Of This Week Will Bring ‘Different Voices And Perspectives’

Christiane Amanpour takes over ABC's This Week Sunday, and today she was on ABCNews.com's "Top Line" to talk about what viewers can expect and to preview the first show.The "double exclusive" will include Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The Self-Awareness Dilemma: Can A Post-Famous Jersey Shore Still Be Great?

July 29, 2010
By Steve Krakauer
The Self-Awareness Dilemma: Can A Post-Famous Jersey Shore Still Be Great?

We've reached a point in our reality TV consumption where we no longer need to actually believe it is real - the suspension of disbelief for shows like The Hills or Real Housewives is as accepted as in professional wrestling.But what separated MTV's Jersey Shore when it beat the beat onto the scene...
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