Yesterday I wondered about how The Most was doing since its debut. Well there’s another show that debuted recently; Glenn Beck. And like The Most, Beck’s show has had its ups and downs since launch…
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Here are CNN’s Memorial Day weekend coverage plans from a release issued last week…

CNN.com has launched a user-generated content feature as part of “Coming Home: Families and War,” an upcoming “Special Report” that explores the impact of the war in Iraq on U.S. troops and their families. At http://www.cnn.com/cominghomestories, users can submit their personal “Coming Home” videos, audio files, photos and text stories, as well as messages to U.S. troops in Iraq for possible inclusion in the special report.

For Memorial Day weekend, CNN plans to offer coverage on multiple platforms with CNN/U.S. airing CNN Presents documentaries about D-Day and soldiers wounded during the war in Iraq; coverage on Headline News; and related reports, through real-time, streaming coverage on up to four simultaneous feeds on CNN Pipeline.
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Last week’s Presidential address to the nation made cable TV’s top 40 programs for the week according to Nielsen. But only for one channel, FNC. FNC came in at #28 for the address and #30 for the post address analysis.

UPDATE: Here are the Top 40…
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Reese blogs some more on CNN’s drop…

Last week’s rating analysis failed to take into account one of my pet theories: whenever President Bush is in trouble CNN’s ratings go up. The President was never in more trouble than he was last March so why did CNN’s year-to-year primetime ratings fall by 37%?

CNN Money.com’s Chris Isidore writes about Fed Chairmen Ben Bernanke’s comments to the Senate Banking Committee regarding the incident with Maria Bartiromo and himself that occurred during the White House Correspondent’s Dinner last month…

“I warned you to be careful about what you say because people would follow what you said very closely,” Bunning said. Markets fell after Bernanke’s comments were reported the following Monday.

After Bunning asked him if he learned anything from the experience, Bernanke said: “That episode was a lapse of judgment on my part.” And he said future communication with the markets will be through established channels and testimony.

From CNN…

CNN Student News will air a four-part special report titled “Video Yearbook ’06.” Beginning Tuesday, May 30, this interactive series will spotlight some of the major events that shaped the world over the past school year, including Hurricane Katrina and the record-setting 2005 hurricane season, the war in Iraq, the deadly earthquake in Pakistan and recent appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The “Video Yearbook” will be accompanied by an online interactive quiz, which will test students’ knowledge of the year’s top stories. The quiz will also be available in a classroom-ready PDF format.

Starting Monday, June 5, CNN Student News will provide weekly update programs online at www.CNN.com/Education. The daily program returns online and on Headline News on Monday, Aug. 14. CNN Presents: Classroom Edition will air throughout the summer on Mondays at 4 – 5 a.m. (ET).

TV Guide.com’s Damian C. Holbrook has an interview with Cooper regarding his book…

TV Guide: I spent the weekend reading your book and let me tell you, it’s pretty dark. Working out some issues here, huh?

Cooper: [Laughs] Well, yeah… I guess.

TV Guide: Of course, between covering wars and natural disasters, this has been a tough year for you.

Cooper: Yeah. 2005 was especially interesting.

TV Guide: So why do the book instead of a TV special?

Cooper: I wanted to honor the people I met and the emotions they were experiencing. A lot of times we see things, but then that feeling disappears. I didn’t want this to disappear.