Cable News in 2011 review

2011 cable news TV
   The year 2011 is now heading out the door   , we take a look back at what the cable news media was like this year.
     Over Coverage of  Casey Anthony   Not, saying that we think the media shouldn't have covered it  in  heavy excess. HLN (Formally Headline news until 2008) , a CNN sister network, had extensive trail coverage during the trail and coverage of the trail itself. It was LIVE brodacasting on weekends , when they never do it on a normal weekend ,  no matter what breaking news happens. Some could say it was do to the slow news time of summer , but there is a way the cable news channels could have covered it.

    Lean Left and Lean Right  Cable news is slowly loosing the news part of the term. MSNBC (owned by NBC NEWS) suffered a small blow to it's line up when Keith Olbermann left , but since 2008  the channel was adding more and more liberal opinion , they say is a counter to a Conservative FOXNEWS Channel . Though unlike FOX NEWS Channel , MSNBC has more opinion programming , as of December 2011  on weekdays they have a total of  6 hours of news with out opinion , though 2 of those hours are more devoted to politics FOX NEWS Channel's primetime stayed at number one, and MSNBC faulting but still taking second. This hurt CNN who trying to stay out of the left /right show thing.
     2012 elections are sure to bring more of this out , and opinion shows aren't leaving because people are watching them. Some network executives have said that people aren't turning to cable news for news anymore, they already know the news.

CBS to Expand Face The Nation

THE WATCH , SUNDAYTALKS  CBS 

   CBS announced  Sunday, that their Sunday morning political affairs program "Face The Nation" will be changing to  a full hour in spring 2012. The program has been 30  minutes since it started in 1954 , the 2nd oldest Sunday talk show has been the only show not to be expanded or start at 1 hour in length. Currently hosted by Bob Schieffer , who started about 20 years ago, it's ratings have been going up beating ABC'S "This Week"and coming near the leader "Meet The Press".
     

CBS' New try at mornings : Coming Soon

CBS  TV 

By Skyler M for mychiller media and TV

     CBS NEWS  has been in the process of change with it's morning show hours . "The Early show" , which started November 1st  1999 , has been in 3rd place from the stop. Behind NBC's "Today Show" and ABC'S "Good Morning America". This year the "Early Show" changed to anchors Erica Hill and Chris Wragge. In the summer the show changed formats removing the  cooking, the celerity news and other so-called fluff. Last month, CBS announced the "The Early Show", CBS's 8th try at a morning show and one of the longest running" will end in January. For a new morning show, which got it's name today "CBS This Morning" hosted by Erica Hill , who is the lone-carry over,  PBS' Charlie Rose who will also still do his talk show, and Gayle King , who left her Oprah Network and radio show around the announcement.   

Thanksgiving TV 2011

Happy Thanksgiving from us at MYCHILLERTV and Media .
    Here some of the things you can find on TV today.
 The Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is on NBC at 9AM (same time all time zones)  and on CBS live at 9A/8C.

   Here are some of the football games for today.
    The Greenbay Packers who are 10-0 fight the Detroit Lions  that will be at 12:30PM Eastern on FOX.
     The  Dolphins take on the Dallas Cow Boys  will be playing at 4:15PMET on CBS
       and  The SanFransico 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens play at 8:15pm ET NFL network.

Fall TV changes of note (good buy Playboy,Gentlemen, and Agents)

FALL TV  NBC CBS 

NBC announced the end of shows last week. 

NBC

  "Playboy Club" which aired Mondays at 10/9c is being replaced by repeats of "Prime Suspect' until October 31st when The News Magazine "Rock Center with Brian Williams takes the slot.

    "Free Agents" which aired Wednesdays  at 8:30/7:30 also has been canceled it's slot will be taken by repeats of "Whitney" will air at that slot.  

CBS ,which previously announced they are moving  "How To Be A Gentleman" was moving to Saturdays and "Rules of Engagement" was moving to Thursdays, has canceled "Gentleman". "Rules of Engagement" will air Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c 

full look after the jump 

Good Bye Playboy Club

TV  NBC cancellations 

 The First network show cancelled  of the year is... "Playboy Club" NBC announced today that the drama is ending and will be replaced by Brian Williams new news magazine "Rock Center". After only two episodes the 10/9c central slot on Mondays will be replaced by repeats of "Prime Suspect" then on October 31st it will be "Rock Center"



What will the next show to get canceled? only time will tell
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Good Bye "All My Children'

TV Daytime  All MyChildren 1971-2011  

  Now  another soap hits the dust and another nail in the  coffin in what daytime television used to be.  Yes soaps have quickly been killed of network television since 2007.
NBC expanded the "Today Show" for a fourth hour to create a talk but to make local stations happy they ended "Passions". In 2009 CBS ended "Guiding Light" after over 70 years and replaced it with a new version of "Let's make a deal" at least it wasn't a talk show. In 2010 CBS ended "As the World Turns" and replaced it with a talk show called "The Talk" (real creative CBS). Let's admit the networks find it cheaper to make a talk show or a game show than a soap, plus soaps may have began repeating plot lines but I think that the soap was  a great treasuere to our TV sets.  A  TV series that come on every weekday and continuing a plot from the day before.  You didn't get that in prime time , without waiting a week. ABC will replace "All My Children"  before it had a  chance to turn 42. How many other shows can you say lasted 40 years or even 70 , except for news shows and some talks shows, and the "Price is right".
 But to make this short we say good bye to "All My Children". And maybe your second life online could make you go on longer.

Fall TV new premieres and seasons for Wednesday Septemember 21st

TV tonight 

New Fall TV tonight 9/21/11
X Factor Series Premiere Tonight 8/7c Fox The Middle 1 hour season premiere tonight 8/7c on ABC Modern Family 1 hour season premiere tonigt 9/8con ABC Revenge series Premiere tonight at 10/9c on ABC Harry's Law season Premiere tonight 9/8c on NBC Law and Order : SVU season Premiere tonight 10/9c on NBC Criminal Minds season Premiere tonight 9/8c on CBS CSI returns tonight at 10/9c on CBS

{Poll] will you miss all my children ?

POll 

All my children ends in 3 days

Daytime  All My Children 1970-2001  Soaps  ABC 
  As "All My Children" we look back at the opens of the show , we showed the first yesterday.

(video: youtube)
more opens after the jump

All mychildren ends in 4 days

Soaps  All my children 1970-2011  ABC 


We say good by to  "All mychildren this week" 
 so here's a look at the first intro from the 1970's 


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TV launches Fall week of Septemember 19-25th 2011

TV Fall2011  
  September 19th 
 "Dancing with the Stars" returns for  season 13    on ABC at 8/7c  New Season
 "How I met your Mother"  returns    on CBS at 8/7c                      New Season 

2 Broke Girls Premieres monday at 9:30/8:30c on CBS 

 "Two and Half Men"  returns Charlie Sheen-less at 9/8c  on CBS              New Season 
  "The Sing Off"  returns  at 8/7c     on NBC                                  NEW Season
  " 2 broke Girls"  a new series at 9:30/8:30c on CBS                   New Series 
  "  Castle"  returns  at 10/9c   On ABC                                      New Season 
   "Hawaii Five-0"   returns at 10/9c On CBS                              New Season
   "The Play Boy Club"  a new series on NBC at 10/9c               New Series 
 

TV fall launches week of Septemember 12th to 18

Fall 2011-12  TV  Listings 
   There are new shows and seasons and we have the map for you here on mychiller tv and media.
September  13th 

NEW SERIES 
Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to TV on the series "Ringer" coming to the CW Television Network at 9/8c. She is playing as twins , a recovering addict named Bridget and a socliate named Sibohan

Season Premiere 
NBC's Parenthood returns for season 3  NBC  at 10/9c 

CNN changes

CNN
by skyler of Joshuaonline

Eliot Spitzer 

  CNN announced on Wednesday that Eliot Spitzer's  show will be ending next month. "In the Arena" started back in October of 2010 as "Parker Spitzer" co-host by newspaper columnist  Kathleen Parker who left in January.  The 8PMET program will be replaced by 10PMET program AC 360 hosted by Anderson Cooper. 7PMET  will be getting a new program hosted by former CNBC host Erin Burnett. The 7PMET program currently there called "John King USA" will move to 6PMET.  "The Situation Room"  currently airs from 5-7PMET will now be from 4-6PMET  and "CNN NEWSROOM" will be shorten by an hour to run 9AMET- TO 4PMET.  AC360 will rebroadcast at 10PMET and Erin Burrnett's show will replay at 11PMET.   The rundown after the Jump.

Children's programming on network tv

Opinion  a theory 

    By Earl M for mychiller tv and media
    I read a story about ABC this fall will replace it's corporate parent's Disney block  on Saturday Mornings with  a block of programming called ABC's Weekend Adventure which will be programmed by Litton  Entertainment.    Network children's programming I say died back in 2003. The Government passed the Children's Television Act  in 1990  and was made worse in 1996. The Government mandated that brodacast networks air 3 hours of children's programming that was considered Educational and Informational and also cut back on how many commercials  a commercial  station can air.

Olberman's Return

 Media 

By Skyler of mychiller

   MSNBC's Current TV's Keith Olbermann  returned to TV he's now doing a new show , or could you say a  continuance of his show "Coutdown With Keith Olbermann" returned to the air after Olbermann left  msnbc in January. He noticeably had a new tune to his show  he now has a embraced anti-corperate style working off of Current TV not being owned by a major corporation. He still has his opinions and not liking of FOX NEWS and  Conservatives.  The show debuted in a new studio in Newyork the theme was the same of his msnbc show just alot more upbeat. "Coutdown's" style though was pretty much kept though not the numbers as much.  You watch some parts after the jump.

Why OWN : the Oprah Winfrey network isn't doing well

Opinion  by Samuel Jacobs for mychiller media

   OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network , launched on January 1st this year. It had hype and tons of love for it. That has not made ratings. Discovery , which owns 50% of the channel including the space it inhabits on your TV had a channel before called Discovery Health which was used to be the starting spot for OWN, but it's ratings have been down from when it was Health.  I can't help ask why is the network not doing well? There's no Oprah! Hold on a second what was the best show on the network? It was a show about Oprah's show.  Oprah is not her own network alot , she's on her magazine more.  Oprah fans like Oprah , yes they'll read books and products she recommends.

The Media Watch June 5th 2011

The Media watch      TV  ONLINE 

Scott Pelley

    CBS Evening news with Scott Pelley starts on Monday, Katie Couric's replacement starts his turn as anchor of the CBS Evening news. Giving him a start in the slow new cycle of summer.  Meanwhile , talking about Katie Couric reports say that Monday a TV deal for Ms.Couric could be announced.  It could be a talk show deal with Disney/ABC. 


Anderson Cooper 

  As you may know CNN's Anderson Cooper will be hosting his own daytime talk show come fall, and on Friday they announced the new website for the show where you can find where to watch it. The name is case you don't know will be 'Anderson' great creative team there. 

TV upfront 2011: CBS fall line up

TV CBS
   CBS announced their 2011 fall line up. 
CSI is getting boote from Thursdaynights 
'The Good Wife' is moving to Sunday Nights
  '2 Broke Girls' airing after 'How I Met Your Mother' on Mondays and 'How to Be a Gentleman' airing after Big Bang Theory' on Thursdays. , 'Rules of Engagement' is being pushed to Saturday nights.

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TV upfront 2011: ABC announces it's 2011 season

ABC TV NEWS upfront 2011

ABC announced it's 2011-12 season schedule.

New Shows include 'Charlie's Angels' nabbed the prime Thursdays at 8PM slot, while 'Extreme Makeover Home Edition' is moving from Sunday nights to Fridays to make room for new series 'Once Upon a Time' at 8PM, with 'Pan Am' debuting in the 10PM slot.

Full look after the Jump 

TV Upfront : FOX annouces new season line up for 2011

#TV FOX FALL SEASON 2011 

    Fox announced their new TV schedule for the 2011 season  on Monday. 

   New shows include a 'Bones' spin off called 'Finder' and 'X-factor' us 

 a full look after the Jump

TV Upfront 2011 :NBC

 By Skyler of Mychiller    NBC 

 

NBC 

      NBC announced today their slot for 2011-12 Season. As the 4th place network tries to fix itself and this time with Comcast at the head.
 

Opinion: A story about CBS Evening News with Katie Couric

Straight Forward  TV  CBS  Katie Couric Opinion 
 #JoshuaOnline  By Daniel for mychiller's media news

   Yesterday , CBS announced that "60 minutes" correspondent, Scott Pelley will take over for Katie Couric on the "CBS Evening News" this summer.
 Katie Couric took over with fanfare in Fall of 2006 , she was labeled the first woman solo permanent anchor of a US network's evening newscast on a weeknight.  She was changing from NBC'S Today show to the big evening news on CBS.
CBS Evening News has been in third place for years and years. It is hard to bring a show from 3rd to 1st. CBS was in problems after Dan Rather was forced down by the network.

 Ms.Couric had things working against her from the start. First of, she was going to a 3rd place newscast with high expectations. NBC was stable at the time and still is at number 1, ABC was going through the post Jennings era and the bad hand of what happened to Bob Woodruff. ABC acted calm throughout their ordeal and found Gibson to be a fit.

Today Show : Meredith is leaving

Straight Forward  TV news  #Joshuaonline  by Skyler

   NBC's Today show is changing again after about 5 years of Meredith Vierira  is leaving the co-host slot.  She joined after Katie Couric  left to go to CBS evening News, where she is leaving.  Vieria is also host of "Who Wants to be millionaire" not sure about that show if she's leaving or not. Speculation of her leaving came earlier this month.  Her replacement will be Ann Curry ,. who joined the show in 1997 as the newsreader replacing Matt Lauer. She was pass over for the job as co-anchor in 2006, when Vieira joined.  Natalie Morales  to take over as news-reader.  Though now  Matt Lauer's future is still unknown.

LIVE: The wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince Harry staring 4amet

Opinion: Tv Sucks now

Opinion TV 
    By Robert O. for Joshuaonline
   ABC canceled 'One Life to Live' and 'All my children' this week. TV you suck now , though TV has gone done for the past few years and it's just not been getting better. Now everyone is getting a talk show or a "reality" show.  Soaps were a great genre for a serial television wasn't news it had heart.  Stupid Real Houseviews and idiots who make New Jersey look stupid. Nothing good on TV anymore even children's programming has worsened. Now all the kids are singers , actors ,dancers and have web shows. What the heck TV have you lost your marbles?

Abc ending One life to live and All My Children

    TV  ABC  Soaps

       ABC annouced today they ending long running Soaps.  'All my Children' is ending this September and 'One life to end is ending in January 2012.   They will be replaced with 2 new shows called  with two new shows, 'The Chew' and 'The Revolution.'  After this in the world of soaps only 4 will remain. CBS's 'Young and the Restless' and 'Bold and the Beautiful' ABC's 'General Hospital' and NBC's 'Days of our lives'.  Disney annouced last year they will be closing Soap Net in 2012 this is another trend of the Soap Opera dying.  

Have The Evening newscasts has lost their purpose?

      Opinion By Skyler of mychiller
 The news that Katie Couric leaving the 'CBS Evening News' after her contract expires in June , makes us think about the future of the national network newscasts.   Those 6:30/5:30c newscasts that only live in those 2 timezones have been losing an audience for the past few years. They are mostly the name just different graphics ,reporters, anchors and studios.  Why watch the evening news , when  your local news and cable news can do at more convenient times and live.   Though the appeal of the evening news has also faced an audience shift  the people who started watching it a long time ago , still are. It's hard to catch a new audience with younger people and with more people not on the east and central time zone part of our nation who wants. FOX, CW, and other local affiliated and independent stations have started local newscasts at the same time as the network newscasts.

TV this week's headlines : Let's play who's leaving?

  by Skyler of mychiller 

     Let's see  CBS NEWS's Katie Couric is leaving the CBS Evening news she announced about 5 years to the day she announced she was going to the CBS Evening News. The 3rd place newscast didn't raise past it. She may go to daytime TV.  She as you may remember replaced Dan Rather.  We don't know yet who will replace her on the newscast.
    Meanwhile the person who replace Ms.Couric  on the 'Today Show' ,Meredith Vieira  may be leaving this year the speculation came around the same time NBC announced she's leaving ABC'S the View to join them.

     Matt Lauer also may leave the Today Show when his contract is up in 2012 as that speculation came out.  Meredith and Matt's stories are both speculation and not confirmed or denied.

Mark's Media Report Card Sunday March 27th 2011

By Mark C for Mychiller Media
MEDIA 

How did the media do this week in their coverage of stories? Here's  a look at  this.
 United States and other Countries "No Fly Zone" on Libya : How did the media cover this? Well to say awful is the last of their worries. It looks like we have a D- as our grade . They started of on last Saturday calling this everything but a war, unless your CNN ,then it was called Libya War. They weren't even skeptical of the whole thing until Monday. It took them until Tuesday to cover why the heck we are in there at all , we have no interests in Libya meaning no oil.  Shame on you media you're lucky you didn't get an F.

Opinion: Time to change public Brodcasting in the United States

 There has been talks to stop the government portion of funding to NPR and PBS.It's small portion they are worried about, though independents do fine with out the funding. They rely on people to give them money from the public. They have those annoying sponsorship drives. Now let's compare America's public broadcasting to Britain. The BBC to be exact.  The BBC is better than PBS and NPR. Why? because they give you options of choice. BBC TV has great programming on it's many channels , great entertainment options that our PBS doesn't have , many PBS stations air BBC classic. I would rather watch the BBC over PBS  they have a great news department that our PBS lacks.  How does the BBC get money?  They are paid from taxes.  BBC , much like the commercial British Broadcasters , allows you to watch their channels stream online  LIVE . One question many people answer about PBS is that they are boring.

TO CBS: don't replace Sheen end the show.

    Opinion :  written by Carrie  A. a mychiller Contributor

   Charlie sheen was fired by CBS and Time Warner from the show 'Two and Half  Men' and now talks about who will replace him. No don't replace him! End the show!, No why should they replace him on the show.  I understand about the other actors who did nothing wrong, but  why are people talking about doing something impossible. This show was bulit around Sheen and Cryer , who plays the brother, and Charile was the character for Sheen. Many fans of the show will probably not attach to a new actor. Maybe it's a sign to let the show end that it's run it's course a lot of shows do so, like 'Friends' did, and 'Will and grace'. Many shows run their course. The show is in syndication and will live there for a long time.     Nothing against anyone, I watched the show, but I think it's time for the show to end and the story to  go away.

Charlie Sheen Fired

  Warner Brothers which , produces the show "Two and Half men" for CBS has announced in a statement that Charlie Sheen was fired.
"After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on "Two and a Half Men" effective immediately," the statement reads. 

CBS has not said if they are going to end the show. 

NBC'S golf coverage gets a new name

 TV WATCH  
       Robert M.  a mychiller contributor.

      Comcast owns the Golf Channel  , NBC has golf coverage too, Comcast owns NBC now. NBC's golf coverage has been renamed "GolfChannel on NBC" kind of like , when ESPN (owned by Disney) and ABC (owned by Disney) renamed ABCSports to ESPN on ABC in 2006. NBC Sports is not being renamed anything , at least at this time. So it's not CSN on NBC or Versus on NBC  ,but will tell you if they do. Meanwhile CNBC has been doing business updates on Golf channel during the mornings.

Dancing with the stars (Season 12 cast) annouced

    Reality TV , ABC , Dancing with the Stars
      The New season of Dancing with stars  is coming here are the people starting.
Kirstie Alley

Profession: Actress

You Might Know Her From: 'Cheers'

Age: 60
"Psycho" Mike Catherwood

Profession: Radio DJ

You Might Know Him From: L.A.'s KROQ and as the co-host of 'Loveline' -- more here!

Age: About 31

Kathleen Parker out at CNN

 Mark W  -Joshuaonline Lime TV news
  CNN   SHAKE UP  CABLE NEWS

     Kathleen Parker is leaving CNN , she was co-host of "Parker Spitzer" with Fmr. NewYork governor Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer will will stay at CNN and the show will be renamed "In the Arena" with a guest group of panelists including Spitzer.
 CNN/U.S. executive VP Ken Jautz in a memo to staff:

 “We will be adopting an ensemble format with several newsmakers, guests and contributors joining Eliot Spitzer each night. The new program will be called, “In the Arena,” beginning Monday. E.D. Hill and Will Cain will join the program as well others within and outside the CNN family.”

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Superbowl SundayTV watch 6February 2011 and more for the week

   Happy Sunday  everyone, It's superbowl sunday and here are some what to look at for TV tonight.
       First  off  course, the Superbowl. The Packers take on the  Steelers tonight at 6:24PMET on FOX.
   Watch out for some new ads and amazing ones that some will only air on TV once.  Berfore the game FOX has pregame coverage , including an interview with the President with Bill O'Reily from FOXNEWS.

Comcast takes over NBC officially

nbc universal logo from 2004-2011

    Two weeks ago the FCC officially allowed Comcast to buy a  51% stake in NBC universal . On Thursday January 27th 2011, it officially was done  and now comcast owns a majority of NBC.
 Some changes you notice is the new logo (which you can see on the left).
Comacast's cable networks and NBC universal's cable networks are now together.

new logo under com

   In the deal, Comcast paid General Electric just under $6.2 billion in cash and contributed its pay TV channels such as E! Entertainment Television and The Golf Channel, worth $7.25 billion, to NBC Universal.

The Media Opinion : The Tuscon shootings and the media

By Robberta S.  for mychiller
   The events of Saturday, January 8th in Tuscon  where the shooting suspect, Jared Loughner, 22, is accused of assassinate , Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords , murdering 6 others , and wounding 14 more. The media took this a whole other direction. Right after the shooting , the sheriff blamed talk radio and "certain" tv hosts. The media took advantage of this.
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