TheWrap’s guide to television coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech, including who’s anchoring the broadcasts and providing analysis
President Barack Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Et, with expected topics including national security, immigration, health care and the environment. Sen. Jon Ernst (R-ia) is expected to provide the Republican response.
After the president’s address, while the Republicans are giving their response and the networks are starting to break down their analyses, Obama will be preparing for something altogether different. His administration has invited three YouTube...
President Barack Obama will give his seventh annual State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Et, with expected topics including national security, immigration, health care and the environment. Sen. Jon Ernst (R-ia) is expected to provide the Republican response.
After the president’s address, while the Republicans are giving their response and the networks are starting to break down their analyses, Obama will be preparing for something altogether different. His administration has invited three YouTube...
- 1/20/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
Conservative commentators Bill O’Reilly and David Brooks are fuming now that it’s safe to blaze in Colorado. Jon Stewart deconstructed the media pundits’ outrage over loosening marajuana laws on Tuesday’s edition of “The Daily Show” and discovered that the problem with pot is that it a gateway drug to all manner of juvenile excess. On his Fox News program, O’Reilly declared that smoking pot is “literally Russian Roulette,” noting that some adult users can handle being stoned, while others…eat a lot of junk food? “I think the only difference between a bong hit and pointing...
- 1/8/2014
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
The life of the Presidential Medal of Freedom-winning Washington Post cartoonist who took on Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon is coming to HBO next year. The premium network said today that it has picked up U.S. TV rights to Herblock: The Black & The White. The Michael Stevens-directed and George Stevens-produced documentary will air January 27. Political cartoonist Herb Block also won four Pulitzer Prizes during his 55 years at the Post from 1944 to his death in 2001. The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, comedian Lewis Black and journalists Ted Koppel, David Brooks, Gwen Ifill, Tom Brokaw, Bob Schieffer, Jules Feiffer, and Tom Friedman are featured in the film. The 95-minute Herblock played at various festivals including this year’s Tribeca.
- 10/31/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
On Sunday's Meet The Press, New York Times writer David Brooks said that in his view, "most of the blame" for the fiscal cliff situation has to "go to the Republicans", but President Obama's fault lies in governing "like a visitor from a morally superior civilization." According to Brooks, since the election, Republicans have had a "brain freeze." In the "shambolic" process of government, Gop members "have no strategy, they don't know what they want, they haven't decided what they want." Obama, however, "hasn't built their trust."...
- 12/30/2012
- by Anjali Sareen
- Mediaite - TV
By Rachel Bennett
Television Editor & Columnist
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Election Day is finally here!
We’ve been bombarded with political ad after political ad (to the point that some of us burst into tears at the mention of President Barack Obama or Gov. Mitt Romney), but one of the most divisive presidential elections in U.S. history is almost over.
After you cast your ballot, you will most likely turn on the TV to watch the returns this evening. With more channels than ever, you will have to make one more choice before the clock strikes midnight: Which election coverage to watch.
Just as you should be informed about your presidential nominees, you should be informed about your election night coverage options. Check out the candidates below:
Broadcast Networks
• NBC: The Peacock network’s election special begins at 7:00 p.m. Est/4 p.m. Pst and lasts until 3 a.m. Est./12 a.m.
Television Editor & Columnist
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Election Day is finally here!
We’ve been bombarded with political ad after political ad (to the point that some of us burst into tears at the mention of President Barack Obama or Gov. Mitt Romney), but one of the most divisive presidential elections in U.S. history is almost over.
After you cast your ballot, you will most likely turn on the TV to watch the returns this evening. With more channels than ever, you will have to make one more choice before the clock strikes midnight: Which election coverage to watch.
Just as you should be informed about your presidential nominees, you should be informed about your election night coverage options. Check out the candidates below:
Broadcast Networks
• NBC: The Peacock network’s election special begins at 7:00 p.m. Est/4 p.m. Pst and lasts until 3 a.m. Est./12 a.m.
- 11/6/2012
- by Rachel Bennett
- Scott Feinberg
On today's edition of NBC's Meet the Press, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow blasted what she called Gop presidential candidate Mitt Romney's "truthfulness problem," former Gop Senate candidate Carly Fiorina focused on what she sees as a "trust issue" with President Barack Obama, and moderate Republican columnist David Brooks lamented that this has been the worst presidential campaign season he has ever covered.
- 10/28/2012
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
So, what's on your mind these days? Maybe you're looking ahead to the general election or pondering the nature of judicial activism. Whatever the case, recent events make me pause, as I do often, to think about how much time we spend reading and listening to speculation and predictions from pundits-- that curious cadre of people we've installed in our society, on our talk shows and on our RSS feeds and newspapers who tell us what to think. Whatever one thinks of them, there's little question that these bearers of blood pressure do a very effective job of inflating the deeply contingent nature of reality and making us worry. In my industry, one of our trade magazines reported that the deployment of the words "double-dip recession" which crested at a frenzied 230 articles per week last year has now subsided to under 40 in February of 2012. Then there's the continuing Gop race...
- 4/9/2012
- by Tom Silva
- Aol TV.
Tune in alert for the best analysis in election coverage on PBS Newshour on Tuesday, January 10 at 11 pm Et. From PBS The PBS Newshour will provide a special coverage package for the New Hampshire Primaries on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, supplementing the regular broadcast with a half-hour results show airing at 11 p.m. Both the regular broadcast and the later special edition will be co-anchored by Senior Correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill, who will be covering the election from Manchester, Nh. Political columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks will be providing analysis, along with Newshour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni and Stu Rothenberg, editor of the Rothenberg Political Report. Along with broadcast coverage, the PBS Newshour will...
- 1/6/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Tune in alert for PBS Newshour will provide extensive coverage of the 2012 Iowa Caucuses, including a 30-minute special broadcast airing Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 11 pm Et (check local listings.) From PBS With Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff reporting on the early results from the Iowa Convention Center in Des Moines and political columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks providing analysis, Newshour is ready to report on every aspect of the Gop primary race and its implications for the 2012 presidential elections. The Newshour.s coverage of the Iowa Caucuses will begin during the regular evening broadcast (check local listings) which will be co-anchored by Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill in the Newshour studio and Judy Woodruff in Iowa.
- 1/3/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Tune in alert for PBS Newshour.s primary specials on Tuesday, January 3 at 11 pm Et. In addition to its regular broadcast and online reports, PBS Newshour will be offer extensive coverage of the Iowa Caucuses in a 30-minute special broadcast airing Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 11 pm Et (check local listings.) From PBS Newshour Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff will report from the Iowa Convention Center with the early results from the Caucuses. The Newshour.s regular political analysts, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks will also be in Iowa to discuss developments in this, the first electoral event of the Gop primary race and its implications for the 2012 presidential elections. The...
- 12/30/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
PBS announced today that, effective June 6, Jim Lehrer will no longer be a regular anchor on PBS Newshour. He still plans to appear on many Friday evenings to moderate his weekly analysis of syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. He’ll also remained involved in the editorial direction of Newshour.
In 2009, PBS transitioned The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer to Newshour and began rotating in Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff, Jeffrey Brown, Ray Suarez and Margaret Warner as anchors.
PBS Newshour airs five nights a week on more than 315 PBS stations across the country and is also available online.
In 2009, PBS transitioned The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer to Newshour and began rotating in Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff, Jeffrey Brown, Ray Suarez and Margaret Warner as anchors.
PBS Newshour airs five nights a week on more than 315 PBS stations across the country and is also available online.
- 5/12/2011
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
Jim Lehrer -- a public broadcasting fixture -- announced to staff this morning that he is stepping down from the regular anchor role on "PBS NewsHour." Lehrer, who's spent 36 years as at the "Newshour" anchor desk, will relinquish his seat on June 6th. While he will no longer be part of the regular daily anchor rotation team, Lehrer said he will still appear on some Friday evenings to moderate the weekly analysis of columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Lehrer said he will also remain involved in the...
- 5/12/2011
- by Dylan Stableford
- The Wrap
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!).
Sholem-aleykhem Zoners! I hope your Daylight Savings Time was…ok, maybe not enjoyable, but I sure hope you remembered it! Hey, it’s the only bit of time travel I’ve ever done, so at least I have that going for me. It was a great week of shows, and it sure challenged my fact finding noggin, which I always enjoy. I do have to add that I wouldn’t mind showing Stephen my advanced degree for a few beads! Which segments did you enjoy?
Monday
On Notice/Dead to Me – Mike Huckabee
The Kenyan view of the Mau Mau Revolution is far different from the American view, which...
Sholem-aleykhem Zoners! I hope your Daylight Savings Time was…ok, maybe not enjoyable, but I sure hope you remembered it! Hey, it’s the only bit of time travel I’ve ever done, so at least I have that going for me. It was a great week of shows, and it sure challenged my fact finding noggin, which I always enjoy. I do have to add that I wouldn’t mind showing Stephen my advanced degree for a few beads! Which segments did you enjoy?
Monday
On Notice/Dead to Me – Mike Huckabee
The Kenyan view of the Mau Mau Revolution is far different from the American view, which...
- 3/15/2011
- by Toad
- No Fact Zone
Has everyone indulged in some Ben & Jerry’s this weekend? I’m still flying high from the deliciousness that was Thursday’s show, and the pure joy generated by Stephen, Jimmy, and Jon. Thank you guys for one of the happiest and funniest episodes ever. You looked like you were having loads of fun, and we did too. You are all definitely my sundae with the hot fudge and cherry on top.
Now let’s see what Stephen has in his ice cream dish for this week….
Monday, 3/7: Joshua Foer
“Memories…in the corner of my mind. Misty watercolor memories….” The name that goes with a face, the place you left your keys, the right question to a Jeopardy answer: all these are things you might forget—but Joshua Foer won’t. Foer has become what is known as a “memory athlete,” someone who tests his skills at total recall in competitions,...
Now let’s see what Stephen has in his ice cream dish for this week….
Monday, 3/7: Joshua Foer
“Memories…in the corner of my mind. Misty watercolor memories….” The name that goes with a face, the place you left your keys, the right question to a Jeopardy answer: all these are things you might forget—but Joshua Foer won’t. Foer has become what is known as a “memory athlete,” someone who tests his skills at total recall in competitions,...
- 3/8/2011
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
On Meet the Press yesterday the New York Times' David Brooks weighed in on the topic on everyone's mind this weekend: Arizona's new immigration law. Brooks concern was less about the civil right abuses the law may leave a (very big) open window for, than how this new law will allow the Democrats to push at lot of other important stuff to the side and focus on purely political goals.
- 4/26/2010
- by Glynnis MacNicol
- Mediaite - TV
It must be acknowledged, I think, that the horrific tragedy in Haiti concerns much more than a natural disaster. As David Brooks astutely observed on The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, we had already pumped an enormous amount of aid and resources into this, the poorest country in our hemisphere before last Tuesday's tragedy, yet both economic and social progress was agonizingly slow in coming. It would be criminal to minimize the horrendous human loss and devastation we've all witnessed -- who can fail to have their guts wrenched by the misery and suffering broadcast from there into our tidy little homes? Yet in the rubble of Haiti perhaps we can seize the chance to help re-build a country -- not just by providing humanitarian relief and ongoing financial support, but also addressing the more complex long view, confronting the fundamental...
- 1/18/2010
- by John Farr
- Huffington Post
It's like Timmy waving goodbye to Lassie, the heart-welling farewell tossed by Marc Ambinder to his Atlantic colleague Ross Douthat, soon to occupy the op-ed slot at The New York Times stained by the late, yet still irksomely present, William of Kristol. Steadying himself against a railing while the coffee machine refills, Ambinder produces quite a ballad to consecrate this bittersweet moment (via TBogg): It's one step back for the Atlantic, but an order of magnitude forward for the country: my colleagues and I learned today that senior editor Ross Douthat will, in short order, become an opinion columnist for the New York Times. Ross is a late-twenties-year-old public intellectual with the sensibility of a 60-year eminence grise, the range of a Hitchens, the pitch of a conservative Ajp Taylor, the conscience of a Neibuhr and the intellectual honesty of his frequent sparring partner, Andrew Sullivan. Not to mention...
- 3/12/2009
- Vanity Fair
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