New York magazine’s Kurt Andersen writes a near must read about Jeff Zucker’s future at NBC… (via FTVLive)

UPDATE: As the comments mention, FTVLive has an even more sensational entry on Zucker courtesy of a forthcoming issue of Radar. As there is no link, because the article is not online yet, and because FTVLive is a pay site, I am not going to quote it.

But now he’s a 40-year-old wunderkind without any recent wunders to his credit, apart from his own ascension. In fact, one could argue, he has barely managed, like a corporate Indiana Jones, to outrun the implosions (Today!) and collapses (NBC Entertainment!) that have taken place right behind and beneath him. His replacement as head of entertainment, Kevin Reilly, took over a year and a half ago, just as Friends and Frasier went off the air, thus making the prime-time void someone else’s awful, do-or-die problem to fix. (According to Jack Welch himself, the second of the five stages GE inevitably goes through in response to a crisis is “containment,” which means you “try to make the problem disappear by giving it to someone else to solve.”)
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CNBC announced today Mad Money Main Event II with Jim Cramer and a live studio audience. The show is scheduled to air October 26th at 6pm EST….

“Mad Money with Jim Cramer” is giving 100 lucky viewers the chance to experience the excitement and electricity of its popular host in person. Airing Wednesday, October 26th at 6 p.m. ET (re-air at 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. ET), the studio audience will witness the action up close and personal and go face-to-face with Jim during the rapid fire “Lightning Round.” For this special event, Donald Trump, real estate tycoon and host and co-executive of “The Apprentice” on NBC (with re-airings on CNBC) will join the action via satellite as a segment guest.
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WHAC reports that CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta will be on The Late Show with Craig Ferguson this Thursday, October 12th…

Starting Monday Paula Zahn Now began airing a new series “My New Life” CNN announced Monday….

CNN will air vignettes of two job seekers each night profiling their skills and career goals. The job seekers also will receive career advice from guests including U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Cho and Brad Karsch, president of jobbound.com. CNN business news anchor Ali Velshi will report the latest updates on industries looking for candidates and job tips for evacuees on how to use the Internet to find jobs and will provide the latest unemployment statistics and jobs lost due to Hurricane Katrina.

Sorry for the lack of updates Monday. Today I took the day off from work to go pick a pumpkin. Anywhere else in the country you’d be right to say, you’re nuts…waste a day to pick a pumpkin? Ahhhhhhh….but I live in Silicon Valley…so picking a pumpkin takes on a whole other dimension as you will take the day off to drive the 50 miles over the Santa Cruz mountains to get to Half Moon Bay; Ground Zero for pumpkins. Toss in half a dozen pit stops along the way (wineries, food, petting farms, etc) and there goes your day. But I digress….Time to catch up…

The Chicago Tribune’s Allan Johnson has an interview with Your World’s Neil Cavuto about the FNC anchors battle with MS… (via FTVLive)

Q. You really get concerned about a lack of movement due to the MS, don’t you?

A. That’s a big fear of mine, because the few times I have lost my ability to walk, or the days I need a cane or am hospitalized, that is, obviously, a huge disruption. So that’s why I’m paranoid about always making sure I get those leg workouts every morning.

Q. What does it feel like to have MS?
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