Larry King reportedly considering a 'Daily Show' gig. Is comedy the hot career move for newscasters?
Larry King is dead serious about his comedy. First, the former CNN anchor debuted some grampa stand-up on The Tonight Show. Now, according to the Hollywood Reporter, he’s in talks to potentially join The Daily Show. (King would be an occasional contributor, like Lewis Black or Larry Wilmore.) Comedy Central wouldn’t confirm the talks, but it doesn’t seem that far outside the realm of possibility. For one thing, Stewart has always seemed pretty fond of King. For another thing, King wouldn’t be the first newscasting personality to make the jump into sly self-parody — former Fox newsbot...
- 3/14/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Looks like viewers prefer fake news over real news. According to Sportsnewser, the mid-January premiere of Onion SportsDome on Comedy Central beat out Espn SportsCenter, the show it was mocking. And Onion News Network, which debuted on IFC at the end of January, has proven to be a big critical success. The third episode of Onion SportsDome drew a 0.8 U.S. rating and 1.443 million viewers, even in ratings and up 22% in viewership from the episode one week earlier (0.8, 1.182 mil), and down just 8% and 5%, respectively, from the series premiere two weeks ago (0.9, 1.520 mil). Tuesday's episode drew a series-high 2.0 rating among men 18-34, topping last week's episode (1.3) and the series premiere (1.9), writes Sports Media Watch. The first episode garnered a 0.9 rating and 1.5 million viewers which beat out SportsCenter which earned a 0.7 rating and 900,000 viewers. Former Fox News anchor Suzanne Sena, who has appeared in some of The Onion's highly successful online video projects,...
- 2/3/2011
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Perhaps you’ve heard that the world of cable network news received a little jolt last night. Nope, we’re not talking about the sudden departure of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann — but rather the debut of IFC’s Onion News Network. Onn (whose sibling, the SportsCenter-tweaking Onion Sports Dome, premiered on Comedy Central earlier this month) takes aim at cable network news (especially Fox News Channel) with a slick copy of the format that just might fool a few channel-surfing viewers for a moment until they realize that they’ve stumbled into a lion’s den of ludicrousness. And...
- 1/23/2011
- by Dan Snierson
- EW.com - PopWatch
You read it, you loved it, you laughed till you cried. Dry those tears just in time for “The Onion News Network’s" TV premiere Friday night on IFC. You’ll want to know about Kim Jong-Il closing North Korea’s nuclear program in exchange for the lead role in the “The Dark Knight Rises.” And what happens when a predator drone stands trial in a military court? Anchor Suzanne Sena, late of Fox News, executive producer Will Graham and head writer Carol Kolb sat down with TheWrap to get to the bottom...
- 1/20/2011
- The Wrap
Photograph by Phil Knott
Big idea: To transform the fledgling cable channel IFC into a major media player by acquiring critically acclaimed, low-rated series such as Freaks and Geeks, while also producing original programs, including the soon-to-be-launched Onion News Network, a comedy starring David Cross, and a reality show about the world of competitive beard growing. "Like everything on IFC, it's slightly off-kilter," says Jennifer Caserta, 39.
Credentials: Caserta worked her way up through the ad sales and marketing departments of Oxygen, the Food Network, and Court TV before joining IFC as vice president of marketing in 2004. She left two years later to run Fuse, the music channel, but returned in 2007 to take over IFC's TV and online programming as well as its marketing and communications.
Ding-dong, IFC here! For one of her first missions, Caserta hired a research firm to go into viewers' homes -- sometimes with beer and...
Big idea: To transform the fledgling cable channel IFC into a major media player by acquiring critically acclaimed, low-rated series such as Freaks and Geeks, while also producing original programs, including the soon-to-be-launched Onion News Network, a comedy starring David Cross, and a reality show about the world of competitive beard growing. "Like everything on IFC, it's slightly off-kilter," says Jennifer Caserta, 39.
Credentials: Caserta worked her way up through the ad sales and marketing departments of Oxygen, the Food Network, and Court TV before joining IFC as vice president of marketing in 2004. She left two years later to run Fuse, the music channel, but returned in 2007 to take over IFC's TV and online programming as well as its marketing and communications.
Ding-dong, IFC here! For one of her first missions, Caserta hired a research firm to go into viewers' homes -- sometimes with beer and...
- 1/17/2011
- by Fast Company Staff
- Fast Company
The Onion is coming to cable TV with two new shows — IFC’s Onion News Network (parodying cable news networks) and Comedy Central’s SportsDome (spoofing Espn’s SportsCenter).
First up, here’s a rather hilarious (and exclusive) new trailer for Onion News Network …
On their TCA panel, Onn producer Will Graham ripped into Fox News.
“Fox News is the best comedy being produced right now,” Grahma says, “and we’re in the same vein of misinforming our viewers.”
“It’s impossible to be more ridiculous than Fox News or MSNBC,” he continues. “There’s times we’ll be joking...
First up, here’s a rather hilarious (and exclusive) new trailer for Onion News Network …
On their TCA panel, Onn producer Will Graham ripped into Fox News.
“Fox News is the best comedy being produced right now,” Grahma says, “and we’re in the same vein of misinforming our viewers.”
“It’s impossible to be more ridiculous than Fox News or MSNBC,” he continues. “There’s times we’ll be joking...
- 1/7/2011
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Well, At Least I Won't Get Called Poncy Again. I Hope....
As you read this week's column, I'll already be attending the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour down in Pasadena, California. And before I've attended a single panel, I can already pretty much guarantee this is going to be one of the weaker (gay) tours in memory. For starters, CBS hasn't given us a single screener for their two new shows (which sound utterly conventional and appear to be gay free. Shock!) and even ABC which is reliably gay-friendly, doesn't have anything that looks terribly promising.
Honestly, Starz looks to be the best bet between Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Torchwood, but since for some reason, Russell T Davies won't be available for me to interview during the TCA, even that won't take up quite as much as my time. Fortunately, Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight is available...
As you read this week's column, I'll already be attending the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour down in Pasadena, California. And before I've attended a single panel, I can already pretty much guarantee this is going to be one of the weaker (gay) tours in memory. For starters, CBS hasn't given us a single screener for their two new shows (which sound utterly conventional and appear to be gay free. Shock!) and even ABC which is reliably gay-friendly, doesn't have anything that looks terribly promising.
Honestly, Starz looks to be the best bet between Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Torchwood, but since for some reason, Russell T Davies won't be available for me to interview during the TCA, even that won't take up quite as much as my time. Fortunately, Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight is available...
- 1/7/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
Local area online faux news program to make television debut in January. The Onion News Network - the online video arm of satirical newspaper of past, present, and future, The Onion - announced in March it would make the transition to TV. The Independent Film Channel said it would develop an Onn series as part of a new, late-night line-up of comedy programming. Said series will make its debut on January 21 at 10Pm Est. Onn on IFC will showcase "the network’s top-rated prime time show, a hyperactive graphics and sound effect-laden news explosion called FactZone with Brooke Alvarez, hosted by the world’s most respected news-reader (played by real-life, former Fox News anchor Suzanne Sena). Co-host Tucker Hope (played by Todd Alan Crain, who recently hosted a special edition of Jeopardy where humans played against Hal 9000) will join Alvarez at her news desk as the duo throws to a...
- 11/22/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Brokerage firm Td Ameritrade Holding Corporation launched its own financial advice web series The Invested Life on the Money section of MSN.com today. The reality television-formatted series is hosted by familiar Onion News Network anchor Suzanne Sena, who tells us: "In these times of economic uncertainty, we want to give you the tools to take control of your financial future. So we went out and found people just like you and matched them up with some of the most well respected financial coaches from across the country—with one goal in mind: helping you manage portfolio, and reaching your retirement goals."...
- 9/29/2010
- Tubefilter.com
My father and I were engaging in the modern-day phenomenon known as Instant Messaging—or, as my dad likes to call it, "talking on the computer." Living on opposite sides of the country, we've become accustomed to conducting most of our interaction in cyberspace. But this time was special—this time we were planning my upcoming visit home.We planned dinners. We planned nights in. Even though it would be a short trip, it would be the first in more than a year, and the first since my father experienced a pretty serious health scare a couple months prior. Knowing all too well how an actor's schedule changes day to day, my father sounded nervous as he asked, "You sure you're coming home, Suzy?"With just one day left before my departure, and having booked out with all of my agents, I felt confident. "Dad," I Im'ed with a grin,...
- 11/30/2009
- backstage.com
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