He threw a big stone at NBC CEO Bob Wright last night over people picking on him…(via TVNewser)

But “Talking Points” is troubled by the behavior of NBC, which cheap shots FOX News on a regular basis and has been doing so for some time.

It is only a few people doing this, but NBC President Robert Wright allows it to happen. Wright knows exactly what’s going on, because he’s been made aware of it.

Now we understand that NBC has major problems. Its prime time programming is dead last. Its cable operations are ratings failures. And the network may lose Katie Couric to CBS, but that is no excuse for unprofessional behavior.

He then followed that up with a not so veiled threat…
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The January numbers are out. FNC won the month, besting CNN nearly 2:1 in Total Day and Primetime in P2+ and less than 2:1 in Total Day and Primetime P25-54. MSNBC was neck and neck with HLN but managed to eke out third place in P2+ Total Day and Primetime but split with HLN in the P25-54; beating it in Primetime but losing to it in Total Day. Both HLN and MSNBC posted year to year gains vs. Jan 2005. MSNBC was up 10% in daytime and 16% in Primetime (keep in mind there was a hole in the 9pm hour a year ago which dragged down MSNBC’s Primetime average as Deborah Norville’s show was being phased out so that needs to be factored in). HLN was up a whopping 43% in Primetime P2+ from a year ago as their new lineup wasn’t in place then. Both FNC and CNN registered losses vs a year ago. FNC was down 2% in Daytime and 7% in Primetime. CNN was down 9% in Daytime and 17% in Primetime.
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FTVLive scoops that FNC’s Juliet Huddy and Mike Jerrick are front runners to host a new FOX Broadcast Network Morning Show to maybe begin airing in late summer this year. Does this signal a possibility that Linda Vester will return to Dayside?