FNC’s Adam Housley, a witness in the Tookie Williams execution, turns in a reporter’s notebook entry on the subject…

I have seen death before, but never actually witnessed a last breath. Tonight that changed.

Tonight I saw the deep breaths of nervousness, the breaths of annoyance when an IV couldn’t be inserted easily … and the last quick breaths of air as a man’s chest went still. This man wasn’t a friend, a member of my family, or even an acquaintance. This man was convicted of brutally murdering four innocent people and later bragging about how he watched their last breaths. Tonight I saw his.

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Something a bit different today. Here are the program numbers for what is considered West Coast Primetime from last night. Where on earth did The Situation get that number from? It beat Anderson Cooper 360’s second hour, apparently benefitting from a Rita Cosby cameo from San Quentin. Speaking of Cosby, her 1 am repeat also beat Cooper. Meanwhile FNC watches all this from up in the tree tops….
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WashingtonPost.Newsweeek.Interactive is now part of the blitz…

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) today announced it has partnered with cable channel MSNBC to launch a full day of advertising for the cable network throughout WPNI’s news properties — washingtonpost.com, newsweek.com and Slate.
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Jossip takes a shot at Rita Cosby over her execution coverage….

Rita’s reporting was like watching Robin Williams at a testimonial dinner: one moment, seriously contemplating that her pal “Tookie” founded one of the most ruthless gangs in the country, and the next gushing how she interviewed him three times! (Which she said way more than three times, just so we wouldn’t forget.) Rita breathlessly said that the death chamber was somber like, well, someone was about to die. Can you believe?

CNN is celebrating the one year anniversary of Jonathan Klein’s tenure at CNN. I can’t recall the last time I saw any network, whether it was cable or broadcast, single out the one year anniversary of the arrival of its current President. I can’t recall FNC doing that for Ailes at his one year anniversary. I can’t recall MSNBC doing it for Kaplan. I can’t recall CBS, NBC, or ABC doing it for their Presidents at their one year anniversaries. Very odd.

CNN is using the occasion to highlight the gains it has made in the P25-54 Demo over Klein’s first year…
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FTVLive notes FNC’s Kiran Chetry has been promoted to be one of the permanent hosts of Fox and Friends Weekend…

First Flavia Colgan auctioned herself off on eBay. Now, Anderson Cooper is auctioning himself off. (via FTVLive)

Lloyd Grove is on a roll. Last week he took MSNBC on over a bizarre conversation between Tucker Carlson and Billy Bush and ended the story with Rick Kaplan calling Grove a “turkey”. Now, today, Grove chides MSNBC for advertising Rita Cosby’s witnessing of the execution of Stanley “Tookie” Williams…

Bad taste - high ratings?: The headline on yesterday’s cable news press release speaks - creepily - for itself: “MSNBC’S RITA COSBY WILL WITNESS STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS’ DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION.”

The WWE promotional blitz that’s been going on continues this week. This morning Mick Foley is on Fox and Friends. Thursday a bunch of WWE personalities are scheduled to be on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.

NBC announced that Tuesday night it will air an hour long special of Brian Williams day long trip with President Bush at 10 pm…(via TVNewser)

MSNBC announced this afternoon that it will air “Wasteland: The Innocent Victims of Meth”, Sunday at 9pm.

Children. Law enforcement. Unsuspecting families. These are the real victims of methamphetamine, a drug that has taken hold in communities all across the country. NBC News Co-Anchor of “Weekend Today” and MSNBC Anchor Lester Holt hosts “Wasteland: The Innocent Victims of Meth,” an hour-long MSNBC special that investigates the far-reaching fallout from widespread methamphetamine use in the United States, Sunday, December 18th at 9 p.m. ET on MSNBC.
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Rita Cosby will be a witness at “Tookie” Williams execution tonight…

UPDATE: FTVLive notes that FNC’s Adam Housley will also witness the execution. I changed the title to reflect this…