Ms. Sanders, 32, will host a weekend show on the cable network, one of the first big programming moves by MSNBC’s president, Rashida Jones.
Tag Archives: Cable Television
Cable TV Is the New Landline
Old habits die hard. But technology can change entrenched ways of doing things slowly and then very quickly.
Fox News Hosts Take the Offensive About Texts to Meadows
Stars of the most-watched cable channel continued to downplay the Jan. 6 attack and back Donald J. Trump while criticizing the investigation of the Capitol siege.
Josh Duggar Is Convicted of Downloading Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Mr. Duggar, who appeared on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,” faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
CNN and Chris Cuomo Face Difficult Questions After Anchor’s Suspension
The network said it was pursuing a “further evaluation” of evidence regarding its star anchor’s efforts to help stave off a sexual harassment scandal that his brother, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, was facing.
Chris Cuomo Is Suspended by CNN After Details of Help He Gave Andrew
The cable news network’s top-rated anchor was an enthusiastic adviser to Andrew Cuomo in the last 18 months of his governorship.
Now TV Wants Nielsen to Measure Up
After years of complaints, NBCUniversal and its peers are looking for other ways to count viewers, with or without the ratings giant.
John J. Rigas, Cable TV Magnate Who Pillaged His Company, Dies at 96
He built Adelphia Communications into a business with 5.5 million customers, then was convicted of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from it.
Turner Classic Movies Is Changing. And Trying to Stay the Same.
A brand refresh for TCM, the cable home to countless vintage films, raises questions about its future within an increasingly streaming-centric TV world.
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC’s Top Host, Extends Her Contract
Ms. Maddow was reported to have expressed interest in leaving the network to pursue podcasting and streaming projects.
AT&T Went Back to Basics by Cutting WarnerMedia Loose
In acquiring WarnerMedia, it believed pairing distribution with content was the key to the future. Apparently not.
Is Jake Tapper for Sale?
The CNN anchor discusses how the streaming wars might change the news business and why he won’t let liars on his show.
Juan Williams, a Liberal Outlier at Fox News, Is Leaving ‘The Five’
He will continue contributing to the cable network as a senior political analyst based in Washington.
Discovery-AT&T: How a Huge Media Deal Was Done
An early-morning meeting at a Greenwich Village townhouse, under the watchful eye of Steve McQueen, was part of a monthslong campaign.
America’s Wild Horses, the AT&T Deal and Fungi That Tells a Story: The Week in Narrated Articles
Five articles from around The Times, narrated just for you.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo Advised Gov. Cuomo, Raising Ethics Questions
The host Chris Cuomo participated in strategy calls with aides to his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, after sexual harassment allegations emerged this year.
CNN’s Jeff Zucker Sees Fortunes Changed with AT&T Deal
Phone buddies and golf partners, Jeff Zucker and David Zaslav have a 30-year history. Now Zucker may be open to working for the man he calls a “best friend.”
How a Megadeal Reunited CNN’s Jeff Zucker With a Powerful Old Friend
Phone buddies and golf partners, Jeff Zucker and David Zaslav have a 30-year history. Now Zucker may be open to working for the man he calls a “best friend.”
AT&T’s WarnerMedia Group to Merge With Discovery
AT&T’s WarnerMedia group is merging with the reality programmer Discovery. What does that mean for your favorite shows?
AT&T, in Abrupt Turn, Will Shed Media Business in Deal With Discovery
The telecommunications giant will spin off WarnerMedia in a transaction that will combine HBO and CNN with Oprah Winfrey’s OWN and HGTV.
AT&T-Discovery Deal Would Create a Media Juggernaut
A merger could be announced as soon as Monday, in a deal that would offload the media business that AT&T fought to buy.
Want to Become a Writer? Lauren Hough Recommends Bartending.
The author of “Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing” has been a “cable guy,” a barista and Air Force airman. Her time behind a bar taught her to listen.
Comcast Earnings Beat Expectations Amid Shift to Streaming
As it takes the risk of transforming itself from a TV giant into a streaming start-up, the cable operator beat investors’ estimates in its first-quarter results.
Supreme Court Lets F.C.C. Relax Limits on Media Ownership
The justices said the commission had adequately considered whether easing rules on cross-ownership of radio and TV stations and newspapers would hurt female and minority ownership of media outlets.
Why Oprah’s Meghan and Harry Special Won’t Have a Streaming Home
The three participants’ ties to Netflix and Apple, along with Ms. Winfrey’s desire to reach a big live-viewing audience, paved the way to an old-school deal with CBS.
Journalists Rebel at NewsNation, a Newcomer in Cable News
Two top editors at the channel’s new prime-time newscast resigned amid staff complaints of a right-wing tilt and concern over the involvement of the former Fox News chief Bill Shine.
Forget ‘Succession.’ You Can Watch ‘90 Day Fiancé’ for 100 Hours Straight.
Discovery’s new app has taken off largely because viewers love watching people fix houses, tour diners and bicker about their relationships.
How Media Differs in Coverage of Trump Impeachment Trial
Descriptions like “very powerful” and “really stellar” on MSNBC and CNN. And “asinine” and “irrational” on Fox News.
You Can Barely Tell It’s the Same Trial in Cable Impeachment Coverage
Descriptions like “very powerful” and “really stellar” on MSNBC and CNN. And “asinine” and “irrational” on Fox News.
Can We Put Fox News on Trial With Trump?
Even if we can’t impeach media companies, we can do more to hold them accountable for sowing sedition.
The $2.7 Billion Case Against Fox News
Smartmatic, an election technology company, filed a billion-dollar lawsuit against the network over what the company says are false claims about its role in the 2020 election. We hear from Smartmatic’s C.E.O. and lawyer.
Jeff Zucker Announces Plans to Step Down
The executive shaped the look and feel of CNN since coming aboard in 2013. The network hit record ratings in recent months, during which Mr. Zucker had tensions with his newly installed boss.
A Letter to My Conservative Friends
Hold us accountable, but please do the same for the charlatans who deceive you, use you and cheat you.
NBCSN to Shut Down, With Sports Moving to USA and Peacock
NBCSN was the No. 2 sports channel on cable last year, but coverage of the N.H.L., the English Premier League and NASCAR is now moving to Peacock and the USA Network.
Grown-Ups Loved the N.F.L. on Nickelodeon. But What About Children?
The cable channel aired a slime-filled version of the Bears-Saints wild-card game on Sunday, to the delight of many adults. But the goal was to convert children into football fans.
Fox News to Add Another Hour of Right-Wing Talk as Biden Takes Office
The anchor Martha MacCallum will be replaced by a conservative host at 7 p.m., and CNN will expand Jake Tapper’s afternoon show.
As Trump Reels, Fox News Has a Message for Viewers: Stick With Us
As allies abandon the president, his favorite network revives familiar villains for the Biden era. And the prospects for a Trump TV media venture are “greatly diminished.”
TV Networks Shift From Coverage of Electoral Tally to Storming of Capitol
News producers prepared for an unusual political event and switched to chronicling the siege by a pro-Trump mob.
Trump’s Push to Undo Election Result Divides His Media Allies
The hosts of “Fox & Friends” warn of “anarchy” and say they have not seen evidence of fraud, while a Fox News colleague, Mark Levin, says the Constitution is being “destroyed” by Democrats and the media.
How Trump’s Push to Undo Election Has Divided His Media Allies
The hosts of “Fox & Friends” warn of “anarchy” and say they have not seen evidence of fraud, while a Fox News colleague, Mark Levin, says the Constitution is being “destroyed” by Democrats and the media.
CNN and MSNBC Fret Over Post-Trump Future
Ratings have hit new highs, but executives and journalists at both networks are uneasy about the year ahead.
MSNBC Names Rashida Jones as President
Ms. Jones, currently a senior vice president at the network, will become the highest-ranking Black woman in the TV news industry.
The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It
Chris Ruddy, the C.E.O. of Newsmax, has found a business opportunity in feeding Trump supporters the fantasy that the president could still win the election.
Newsmax, Once a Right-Wing Also-Ran, Is Rising, and Trump Approves
A once-niche conservative cable network, owned by a longtime friend of the president, lures audiences by refusing to declare an electoral winner.
‘Fresh Prince’ Reunion, ‘Bel Air’ Reboot: How ’90s TV Handled Race
A generation ago, sitcoms with largely Black casts were must-see TV, balancing humor and drama. Will the “Bel-Air” reboot resonate in the era of Black Lives Matter?
Hasan Piker Is Twitch’s Top Streamer
The 29-year-old progressive political commentator has risen to the top of the platform after 80-plus hours of live election coverage.
Fox News Meets Trump’s Fraud Claims With Skepticism
Even “Fox & Friends,” a warm venue for the president, sounded doubts about his talk of a stolen election. CNN and MSNBC dismissed the claims.
Advertisers Flock to Election Night, When Live TV Is the Main Event Again
In a media environment dominated by streaming and battered by the pandemic, companies see a rare opportunity to catch a huge audience all at once.
How President Trump Ruined Political Comedy
The Trump years created a bumper crop of liberal comedy shows — almost all of which have been canceled. Why is the president so impervious to satire?
Jeff Zucker Helped Create Donald Trump. That Show May Be Ending.
The coziness between the TV executive and Mr. Trump is a Frankenstein story for the cable news era. But then the monster got away.