FNC Primetime programming update
FNC will have weekday primetime programming tonight and tomorrow in response to the escalating violence and tension in the Middle East. Greta will be live tonight with On The Record.
Sunday, The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, and On The Record will all be live with the regular hosts. The programs will predominantly focus on the Mideast.
UPDATE: I don’t know where else to stick this so I’ll put it here. FNC was live at 5 am covering the Bush press conference with Bob Sellers and followed a few minutes later with Donna Fiducia talking with Mike Tobin about the Middle East crisis. The only reason I know this is I had set my Tivo to record the Your World 5 am repeat and it caught the tail end of the press conference.
UPDATE 2: Shepard Smith will be leading FNC’s coverage from Israel. Bill Hemmer will be reporting from Israel tomorrow as well.
Yeah, Fox was on top of things last night. Fiducia had live reports all night long with the correspondents and Sellers had an extended conversation with Tobin after the press conference. What did I see when I turned over to MSNBC? Back to tape!
Comment by SuperNoxic — July 15, 2006 @ 5:07 pm
MSNBC did cover the press conf and had Dan K. do a 5min summary of the press conf when it was over then they went back to tape.
Comment by IceMan — July 15, 2006 @ 5:16 pm
Translation : they saw CNN’s overnight numbers and now
ABC and NBC are sending Gibson and Williams.AC 360 from
Israel was awsome last night.Even Larry King and Paula
Zahn will likely have big numbers.
Comment by future tv mogul — July 15, 2006 @ 6:24 pm
At the end of his show last evening, Shep said that he was going on vacation. World events intervened.
Comment by cella — July 15, 2006 @ 7:54 pm
I don’t give a crap if Shep was going on vacation and he cancelled it. Does he want a medal? Yet one more example of a FOX wannabe reporter inserting himself/herself into the story instead of telling it. Oh, and NO, he’s not doing me any favors by sticking around either. I’m sure Jane Skinner or whoever would have filled in for him on his programs would have done just as good, if not better job than he would have. Can you say… EGOTRIP!
Comment by Nobody — July 15, 2006 @ 8:51 pm
Nobody, why are you singling out Shep? Did you not just read that Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson are being sent over by their networks? With all three anchors in identical situations, why is Shep and FNC you chose to single out?
Comment by Missy — July 15, 2006 @ 9:10 pm
I think they are all playing catch up with CNN.Someone
at CNN knew it would be smart to send Anderson Cooper asap.Now he is a step ahead of everyone.He was up close
and persoanl with an Israeli artilley squad,in bunkers
with families and going out and about.Now he is in Lebanon
going out and about getting real close to the situation.
Nobody does that better.
Comment by future tv mogul — July 15, 2006 @ 9:23 pm
Who wants ‘talking heads’ anchoring, I mean hosting, a news story. Bring in REAL journalists to cover these events.
Comment by Cable News Watcher — July 15, 2006 @ 9:52 pm
future TV mogul = present day idiot
I don’t think that anyone would need to see ratings to understand that (heaven forbid) these events might well touch off a middle eastern war. Any network would want to be in the middle of that.
Comment by Enquiring Minds Want to Know — July 15, 2006 @ 9:54 pm
#9…this latest episode of Middle East unrest errupted WELL before THURSDAY…CNN finally decided to send AC and the other networks THEN followed. If “any network would want to be in the middle of that”, why didn’t FNC, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS send their correspondants/anchors etc. out to the Middle East on Tuesday or Wednesday? The story was just pretty intense on Tuesday/Wednesday too. They’re clearly playing catch-up here.
Comment by Anonymous — July 15, 2006 @ 10:44 pm
My parents raised me to respect others opinions without
having to insult someone to make a point.I can tell you
that all of the networks watch each other to make decisions.
I have relatives in the tv news biz.I am currently in college,which means I had to take the SAT for addmission.
Dude you need to really grow up and get a life.Apparently,
FNC,NBC, ABC and CBS missed the importance of the events
unfolding in the Mideast or they would not be playing
catchup and sending in their high profile people.Dude
you definitely have issues.
Comment by future tv mogul — July 15, 2006 @ 11:07 pm
*sigh* #11…I was taking your side. :
I’m guessing your SAT scores weren’t that hot, were they?
Comment by Anonymous — July 15, 2006 @ 11:17 pm
Sorry, I was not speaking of you.I was commenting on
# 9 (he called me an idiot).By the way I started college at 17.In high school,I was an honor student in the
Advance Placement Program or TAG(talented and gifted)in
some states.
Comment by future tv mogul — July 15, 2006 @ 11:52 pm
#8, I would hardly call Charles Gibson, Brian Williams and Shepard Smith “talking heads.” The term “talking heads” is usually used for political speakers and pundits, people who just yammer on and on for a segment or two.
If you look up their bios and watch their work, I think it would be more than fair to use the term “journalist” to describe Williams, Gibson and Smith.
Comment by Charles — July 16, 2006 @ 12:10 am
#10, if you think nobody has had correspondents on this story in Israel and Lebanon until Thursday then you clearly haven’t been watching or reading any blogs. Just because they decided to send more people now does not mean that they haven’t already had people over there doing excellent reporting. But that’s how the business goes, eventually they all send the big name over there.
Comment by OverHere — July 16, 2006 @ 7:43 am
14 I’m talking about hannity and colmes, greta, oreilly. Bring in a NEWS anchor NOT a political talk show host, a lawyer turned tv talking head. Having a qualified journalist in the chair would be more credible. BUT then again we’re talking about FNC. A racoon could be in the the chair and people would watch.
Comment by Cable News Watcher — July 16, 2006 @ 9:55 am
Cable News Watcher, you definitely have issues with FNC. The situations described above apply to all all broadcast and cable news networks, yet you INSIST on singling out FNC for your extensive criticism.
*** Spud***
Are you SURE he isn’t a troll/mole?
BTW, it’s a given that CNN and CNN-I have done a stellar job in covering this critical world situation. But FNC has come in a close second, from what I’ve seen.
Comment by Missy — July 16, 2006 @ 10:43 am
future tv mogul and cable news watcher - wake up.
Every reporter/anchor, etc. in Israel is playing catch up to Jennifer Griffin. Did you not watch CSPAN’s Q&A with Brian Lamb a few weeks ago? Nobody knows this story better than Jennifer Griffin. She’s the best there is there.
CNNI is also great to watch, but I don’t want to miss Griffin’s reports, so Fox is where I’ll stay for this story.
Comment by Staycee — July 16, 2006 @ 10:55 am
Staycee, I agree, Jennifer Griffin is an excellent reporter. I listen to the news on XM at work and her reporting is so thorough I can “see” what’s going on even without the pictures.
Comment by OverHere — July 16, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
# 17 let’s see…CNN has NEWS anchors anchoring the coverage NOT talking heads. How credible is Greta whats her name, H and C and BO covering a story like this? Not very.
Comment by Cable News Watcher — July 16, 2006 @ 11:53 pm
Cable News Watcher, really, there are at least SIX reporters on the scene in Lebanon and Israel. THEY did the reporting in prime time last night. Why does it matter who is sitting at the desk in NYC or DC when all they do is say, “Now let’s go to [insert name of reporter] in Israel for the latest?” I’m not a fan of O’Reilly or Hannity & Colmes, but I didn’t watch last night’s coverage to see them. I watched to see the people on the scene, reporting on what was going on.
Comment by OverHere — July 17, 2006 @ 8:14 am