The Contra Costa Times’ Chuck Barney takes multiple shots at Nancy Grace…(via FTVLive)

Nancy Grace, the hyperventilating legal commentator and heat-seeking missile for CNN Headline News and Court TV, is best consumed in small doses. But because Grace lately has been all over the Pamela Vitale murder case, she has been all over the TV screen.

No wonder my head is aching, my ears are ringing and my blood is boiling.

What’s that? Yours, too?

Barney has enough ammo left over to fire at cable news’ coverage of Wilma (and unfairly singles out Fox News Channel)…
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TVNewser has the internal CNN Memo from Jonathan Klein laying out the plan to end Daybreak and expand American Morning by an hour starting November 28th…

I’m pleased to announce that American Morning will be expanding to four hours, 6-10am, beginning Monday, November 28th. Although we will discontinue Daybreak, Carol Costello will continue as a vital member of our morning team in her role as news reader and reporter for American Morning along with anchors Soledad O’Brien and Miles O’Brien.

The New York Daily News’ David Bianculli wraps up the coverage of hurricane Wilma… (via FTVLive)

Look at the trees,” the Weather Channel’s Jeff Morrow said from Miami Beach. “I almost don’t have to say anything, folks.”

That was true - and more and more, the networks this time seemed to rely not just on the power of pictures but on the quantity of them, splitting the screen into three, four, sometimes five images. CNN, at one point, had quadrants showing Deerfield Beach, two views of Naples, and Doppler radar; Fox News, at one point, split its screen to show Longboat Key, Everglades City, Marathon and its own radar. In addition, there was footage from Mexico and Cuba, reminding viewers that this was an international story, leaving a path of destruction in a devastating oval.
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The Orlando Sentinel’s Hal Boedeker writes about FNC’s Neil Cavuto…

He’s going on with palpable zest, traveling the country to promote his book. He frequently mentions his book tour and self-described oddball personality on Your World.

“I am weird, and my show is weirder still,” Cavuto writes in Your Money or Your Life. “I like weird chief executives, weird politicians and weird moments in life.”

That style endears him to viewers, and he uses the book tour to connect with them.
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The Denver Post’s Cindy Rodriguez takes on FNC’s Bill O’Reilly…

That day, a national expert said it’s not just victims who have to stop bullies; bystanders need to speak up too; otherwise they’re enabling the bullies.

So today I’m standing up to one of the biggest bullies I know: Bill O’Reilly.

On his TV show, “The O’Reilly Factor,” the host interrupts guests, denigrates them, calls them names, and when someone makes an intelligent point countering him, O’Reilly cuts the microphone and shouts, “you’re spinning!”
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The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Gail Shister has a mini-profile of Hardball’s Chris Mathews, who happens to praise the competition…

The Big 3 evening newscasts could learn a lot from Fox News Channel’s daytime news shows, says Chris Matthews, of blood rival MSNBC.

Top-rated FNC’s lineup “has a nice zest to it. You can almost hear the old news ticker. There’s a sense of immediacy and significance when they present the news. I think they do it very well.”

Matthews, 59, a Philly guy and host of hard-luck MSNBC’s No. 1 program, Hardball (5 p.m. weekdays), is among seven honorees today at Temple’s Lew Klein Alumni in the Media awards.