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CBS and The National Academy of Television Aerts & Sciences (NATAS) announced on Thursday that “Entertainment Tonight” co-hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner are set to return as hosts for “The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards,” which will air Friday, June 7 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt on CBS.

Frazier and Turner previously hosted the awards show in 2022 (“The 49th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards”) and 2023 (“The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards”), making this year the third time the two will be on hand to host and their third consecutive year overall.

In addition to hosting duties, Frazier and Turner are nominated this year in the Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily category, while “Entertainment Tonight” is nominated in the Outstanding Entertainment News Series category.

Frazier was named co-host of “Entertainment Tonight” in September 2014, coinciding with the beginning of the show’s 34th season. Prior to that,...

President Joe Biden sat down for a one-on-one conversation with Erin Burnett on CNN on May 8 at 7pm Et. Stream the full episode of the “Erin Burnett OutFront” show on the SiriusXM app now.

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Breaking from his cross-country campaign, Biden joins CNN host Erin Burnett on the “Erin Burnett OutFront” program to discuss the economy and his plans for a second term.

Designed to showcase Burnett’s unique style — casual, smart, and confident — “OutFront” stays ahead of the headlines, delivering...

All customers of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform can now watch live news content from CNN.

Max is now officially in the news streaming business. Warner Bros. Discovery has launched its new CNN Max content hub on Max, meaning subscribers of the Max with Ads, Max Ad-Free and Ultimate Max Ad-Free plans all get live news, breaking updates, and much more. Wbd first announced it was bringing live news from CNN to Max in August.

“We have the broadest and highest quality entertainment offering, and now will include world-leading news as a meaningful addition for all Max subscribers, at no extra charge,” Wbd’s head of streaming J.B. Perrette said. “CNN Max is differentiated by having 24/7 news at its core from CNN, the leading global news organization, and being available on a scaled streaming service in the U.S., which has a significantly younger and additive audience compared to traditional TV.

As CNN races to catch up with the streaming world, its strategy in launching CNN Max — more than a year after the failure of CNN+ — will be a hat trick: offer news on its main subscription platform while preserving as much of its fast-declining linear audience as possible.

The pressing need to get CNN into the streaming space is obvious. Competitors like Fox News have already begun building an audience on their own streaming services. And adding news to the Max platform gives Warner Bros. Discovery a significant leg up over competitors like Netflix and Disney+, which currently do not carry live news at all.

“There is only one CNN and a significant number of U.S. homes have cut the cord. So if you don’t have a robust streaming solution, you can’t reach them,” Dave Morgan, CEO of cross-channel TV advertising firm Simulmedia, told TheWrap.

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The new Warner Bros. Discovery streaming platform Max announced Thursday the addition of CNN Max, a 24/7 news service that will be free to subscribers.

The streaming news offering will launch Sept. 27, just over a year after the hastily aborted launch of CNN+. That project, which launched in May of 2022, was shut down three weeks later as the Warner Bros. merger with Discovery was freshly underway.

“CNN Max will leverage CNN’s reporting excellence, global newsgathering, and live programming from CNN US, CNN International, and feature original programming built specifically for Max,” the company said in a Thursday release. “CNN Max will be a new seven-day-a-week/24-hour service and be part of an open beta for news that will enable experimentation with product features, content offerings and original storytelling, all with the input and feedback from the Max community.”

The service will feature known CNN anchors and new programming built specifically for the streaming platform.

A year and a half after the demise of erstwhile streaming service CNN+, Warner Bros. Discovery is getting back into the news-streaming business in a big way as it was announced on Thursday that the company’s flagship streamer, Max, would begin hosting a 24-hour stream of CNN programming on Sept. 27. The newly named CNN Max will be available in the United States and will “leverage CNN’s reporting excellence, global newsgathering, and live programming from CNN US, CNN International, and feature original programming built specifically for Max.”

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While this offering will not be an exact live stream of CNN’s cable broadcast, it will feature new shows created specifically for streaming, “CNN Newsroom” featuring CNN anchors Jim Acosta, Jim Sciutto, Rahel Solomon, Amara Walker, and Fredricka Whitfield. Sciutto will also lead breaking...

Lauren Mensch and Chris Russell will take over the reins of “CNN This Morning” as the flagship program’s new co-executive producers, the network announced Monday.

According to a press release from the network, Mensch will “lead editorial direction and oversee control room execution to bring the show to air every weekday morning from 6-9 a.m. Et.” Meanwhile, Russell joins CNN to executive produce during the dayside and evening hours, “bolstering the show’s 24-hour infrastructure and editorial operations so it’s best positioned for the following morning.”

The pair will report to Ryan Kadro, CNN’s senior vice president of content strategy, and will both be based out of the New York Bureau.

“In just over four months, ‘CNN This Morning’ has become a destination for top newsmakers and is well positioned to grow under the leadership of Lauren and Chris, who bring years of experience producing exciting and relevant morning television,...

Chris Licht made his first big programming move at CNN with the announcement that Don Lemon will leave primetime (and his post-primetime hour) to anchor a new morning show with Poppy Harlow (who is leaving 9 a.m.) and Kaitlan Collins. For those who mourn the loss of “Don Lemon Tonight,” here’s the thing: It was failing.

“Chris is redeploying our talent in ways he thinks make sense and will resonate,” a CNN spokesperson told IndieWire on Thursday. “This won’t be the last.”

“Don Lemon Tonight” is in last place in viewers across CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC, in both hours. The primetime hour at 10 is down 42 percent year-to-year in total viewers and 48 percent in the key news demographic of adults 25-54, according to Nielsen. The 11 p.m. hour is down 35 percent and 45 percent, respectively.

CNN is targeting late November or early December for the swap, the spokesperson said,...

CNN anchor Poppy Harlow announced Tuesday she’s stepping away from the network temporarily to study at Yale Law School. Jim Sciutto will continue to co-host the hour they currently anchor together and her slot will be filled with rotating guest co-hosts.

“Starting next week, I will be taking a break from being with you every morning on this show so that I can go back to school. Yes, school! I’m going to study law for a Master’s degree. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and if this year and a half has taught me anything, it is, ‘Why not try?'” she said during “CNN Newsroom.”

Harlow has been with the cable channel since 2008 and is a familiar face for mid-morning viewers. According to her employer, she’ll be enrolled in a two-semester Master of Studies in Law degree program, but...

CNN mid-morning anchor Poppy Harlow is going to take a hiatus from working on her program to tend to a legal matter: studying the law at Yale University.

Harlow, who has been with CNN since 2008, will be pursuing Yale Law School’s one-year Master of Studies in Law, a program aimed at people who are not attorneys but want to become more familiar with legal studies and apply knowledge of the law to the work they do. The degree is open to journalists. Linda Greenhouse, the longtime New York Times reporter who covered the Supreme Court for many years, attended the program. Harlow’s last regular day on air for now will be August 20.

“I’m here to stay for good as a journalist, but I wanted to learn more about the law,” Harlow explained in a recent interview. “I really felt that over the last year and a half.

Jeffrey Toobin made his CNN return Thursday, seven months after being fired from the New Yorker for exposing himself on a Zoom call with his colleagues. He said he was “incredibly grateful to CNN for taking [him] back.”

Since his November ouster from the New Yorker, which came after 27 years of employment, the media world has been wondering about Toobin’s fate as CNN’s chief legal analyst, but the cable network has stayed mum about his future. He was “on leave,” he confirmed during his on-air reemergence Thursday, adding that his behavior on that Zoom call last fall was “deeply moronic and indefensible.”

Anchor Alisyn Camerota — echoing the thoughts of just about everyone who’s read the story of what happened that fateful day in October — said asked him, “What the hell were you thinking?” Note, too, that Camerota, a Fox News alum, has been outspoken against sexual harassment in the media industry for years.

Fox News premiered two new shows this weekend and both took the top ratings in their respective time slots, according to early Nielsen Media Research ratings data.

“Unfiltered with Dan Bongino,” which airs at 10 p.m. Et Saturdays, was the most-watched cable news program all weekend. It took in 1.751 million total average viewers, of whom an average of 307,000 were in the advertiser-coveted age demographic of 25 to 54. Comparatively, CNN took in an average of 469,000 total viewers in that time slot, with 90,000 in the key demo. MSNBC, meanwhile, brought in an average of 429,000 total viewers for “American Voices With Alicia Menendez.” Of those, 75,000 were in the demo, on average.

In Sunday’s 7 p.m. Et hour, “Sunday Night in America With Trey Gowdy” brought in an average of 1.292 million total viewers, with 156,000 of them in the demo. “CNN Newsroom” took in an average of 496,000, of whom 89,000 were demo viewers. MSNBC’s “American...

Nischelle Turner has been promoted to co-host of “Entertainment Tonight.” She’ll now anchor the entertainment newsmagazine program alongside existing host Kevin Frazier on a full-time basis.

“Nischelle can do it all. She can go from a heartfelt conversation with Oscar winner Viola Davis about the impact of Cicely Tyson to singing karaoke on a balcony with Jimmy Fallon. She is warm, thoughtful, and full of energy,” Erin Johnson, “Entertainment Tonight’s” executive producer, said in a statement on Thursday. “Celebrities respect her skills as a seasoned journalist, and our audience has taken notice of her fun chemistry with Kevin (Frazier). There is no one more deserving to lead ‘Et’ in our history making 40th season and beyond.”

Frazier, who earlier this week helped make headlines with his Sharon Osbourne interview, could use the help: Former longtime “Entertainment Tonight” host Nancy O’Dell left the show in 2019. Turner, who is a regular CNN contributor,...

Jake Tapper, the Washington-based correspondent for CNN, will likely get a new spotlight at the network after it said it would expand his weekday program to two hours and make him the lead anchor for all Washington events. The move is part of a broader shakeup of the cable-news outlet’s Washington coverage, which has taken over more of its schedule in the last few months of the Trump administration.

As part of the changes, Abby Phillip will take over as anchor of the weekend broadcast of “Inside Politics,” while Dana Bash will co-anchor the Sunday talk program “State of the Union” with Tapper. Tapper and Bash will each anchor two Sundays a month, beginning January 24th.

CNN placed other prominent Washington operatives in new slots. Jim Acosta, whose profile has grown as CNN’s chief White House correspondent, will take on weekend anchoring duties of a program that will...

In today’s TV news roundup, HBO released the teaser trailer for “Lovecraft Country,” and the documentary “Freestyle Love Supreme” announced that it will no longer be airing on Hulu on June 5 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

First Looks

HBO has released a teaser for its adaptation of “Lovecraft Country,” coming this August. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, “Lovecraft Country” takes a road trip through America in the era of Jim Crow with Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they battle both racism and supernatural monsters. “Lovecraft Country” is executive produced by Misha Green, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim and David Knoller.

Executive News

Kim Brunhuber has joined CNN International as an Atlanta-based anchor. He will anchor the Europe morning editions of “CNN Newsroom” in addition to weekday programming.

CNN’s Brooke Baldwin announced Friday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus.

“Hi friends,” she wrote in a statement posted on Instagram. “I’ve tested positive for coronavirus. I am Okay. It came on suddenly yesterday afternoon. Chills, aches, fever. I’ve been social distancing. Doing All the things we’re being told to do. Still — it got me. I’m healthy… no underlying conditions… Honestly, I feel like one of the lucky ones.”

She is the second of the network’s daily anchors to make that announcement, following colleague Chris Cuomo earlier this week.

Also Read: CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Tells Chris Cuomo to Stop Broadcasting With Coronavirus (Video)

Using emojis, she expressed her excitement to be back on television “real soon” and giving a shoutout “to the doctors and nurses who are doing the real work right now.”

During her hour of “CNN Newsroom,” Baldwin has...

Ed Henry, the chief national correspondent for Fox News Channel, has been named the new co-anchor of the cable network’s mid-morning “America’s Newsroom,” the latest shuffle in the outlet’s daytime anchor lineup in the wake of the departure of Shepard Smith.

Henry, who has been with Fox News since 2011, will work with co-anchor Sandra Smith on the three-hour news program. He will take over the slot from Bill Hemmer, who has been named to anchor the cable-news network’s 3 p.m. slot, which Smith vacated in October. Henry will give up his weekend-host duties on “Fox & Friends” to tackle the new role. Hemmer’s new program, “Bill Hemmer Reports,’ is slated to debut January 20.

“America’s Newsroom” is the first news program to greet Fox News viewers each weekday, which typically starts with the opinion program “Fox & Friends First” and “Fox & Friends.” The show typically wins more...

Over on CNN Newsroom, CNN contributor April Ryan blasted Linton for what anchor John Berman called "a tough look."...

[[tmz:video id="0_6exmxmg0"]] A "Unite the Right" rally in downtown Charlottesville has been met with protesters, and so much violence erupted ... the governor declared a state of emergency. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe made the declaration Saturday morning amid clashes between white nationalists and thousands of protesters. City officials deemed the rally an "unlawful assembly" and state police equipped with riot gear cleared Emancipation Park. Video of the violence shows brawls, tear gas being used and people holding weapons.

On Thursday's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, comedian Anthony Atamanuik talked about the unlikely origin of his new Comedy Central talk show, where he will play the host – President Donald Trump. The President Show will debut Thursday April 27th at 11:30 p.m. Eastern.

"I've been under Gristedes for 15 years like a troll, improvising," Atamanuik says, referencing the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. One night in August 2015, Atamanuik says, he decided to impersonate Trump on a whim. The character was in his head, he says, as it was only two...

Comedy Central is thinking bigly with its next late night franchise. As the network teased last week, it has ordered the new weekly series “The President Show,” starring Anthony Atamanuik as Donald Trump.

“The President Show” will air Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. Et, behind “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” starting April 27. The series will be produced like a talk show, with desk segments, field pieces and guest interviews – but set in the Oval Office and hosted by “Trump.”

And like any good talk show, “The President Show” will feature a sidekick ¬– Vice President Mike Pence (played by Peter Grosz).

“Laughing at the President is a proud American tradition and we hope not to disappoint anyone in that department,” Atamanuik said. “But our political system is too broken for us to be content joking about one man, even though he is a disastrous silly little toddler boy. Mostly I...

John Berman and Poppy Harlow will co-anchor CNN Newsroom from 9-11 Am, replacing Carol Costello, who said yesterday she’s moving to Hln. Kate Bolduan, who co-anchored At This Hour at 11 Am with Berman, will now anchor solo. The new morning schedule was announced by CNN chief Jeff Zucker, effective February 6. Harlow has been a CNN weekend anchor since 2015. Meanwhile, Dave Briggs joins CNN in February as co-anchor of Early Start alongside Christine Romans, beginning…...

CNN announced a new dayside lineup on Tuesday that will pair popular hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow for “CNN Newsroom” each weekday from 9-11 a.m. Et, replacing Carol Costello who will move to Hln. Berman’s former co-host, Kate Bolduan, will now anchor “At This Hour” alone at 11 a.m. Et starting on Feb. 6, while Dave Briggs will join CNN to take over Berman’s “Early Start” gig. Briggs, who will join CNN on Feb. 23, was the co-anchor of “Weekend Fox & Friends” for five years. He most recently co-hosted a program on the NBC Sports Network and was also.

During Tuesday’s episode of CNN Newsroom, guest Charles Kaiser used the N-word while mistakenly quoting Donald Trump‘s controversial choice for chief White House strategist Steven Bannon. Brooke Baldwin Calls Out Guest For Using N-word Kaiser was expressing his disapproval of the president-elect’s choice and was allegedly quoting Bannon when he used the N-word. The show’s host Brooke Baldwin was visibly […]

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Brooke Baldwin rebuked a guest on her show, CNN Newsroom, on Tuesday after he used the N-word live on air.

Charles Kaiser, a noted author and blogger, used the word moments before Baldwin cut him off, during a condemnation of Steve Bannon, President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for chief White House strategist.

“The more I’ve sat here and listened to the fact that somebody used the N-word on this show — it is not Ok. It is not Ok, Charles Kaiser,” Baldwin said.

She was visibly bothered, her eyes appearing to water and her voice shaking. “Please don’t use the N-word on my show,...

Memo to “CNN Newsroom” guests: Check your racial epithets at the door. CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin savaged a guest on “CNN Newsroom” Tuesday, after the guest hurled the N-word on the show. Baldwin took author Charles Kaiser to task for using the slur while he was condemning President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for chief White House strategist, Steve Bannon. Also Read: CNN's Brooke Baldwin Says 'B.S.' Response to Ted Cruz 'Speaks for Itself' (Video) “Charles … just hang on a second,” Baldwin said. “Please don’t use the N-word on my show.” “The more I’ve sat here and...

The death of musician legend Prince has caused both broadcast and cable news organizations to scrap their plans and focus on the “Purple Rain” singer. Fox News, CNN and MSNBC have spotlighted on Prince’s death since the news broke Thursday morning, with everything from vintage interviews and footage of emotional fans reacting. CNN announced that tonight’s scheduled new episode of “The Eighties” will be moved so the network can focus its attention on Prince. CNN will be live throughout the evening with reporters en route to Minnesota including Kyung Lah, Stephanie Elam and Ryan Young. “CNN Newsroom” anchor...

Viewers of the morning edition of CNN Newsroom were in for a scary time when CNN anchor Poppy Harlow briefly fainted while reporting live. Poppy Harlow Faints While Reporting Live Harlow was reporting on a poll that was taken by American citizens based on their opinions on the war on terror. While a CNN graphic […]

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As this week brought 20-plus inches of rain, tornadoes, and severe flooding to parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing more than 20 people, some major media figures have taken to noting a connection between the storms and anthropogenic climate change. Bill Nye's reaction caused quite a bit of controversy with his detractors, and so on Friday morning, he responded via an appearance on CNN Newsroom.

Saturday Night Live, Season 40, Episode 17, “Michael Keaton/Carly Rae Jepsen”

Aired April 4, 2015 at 11:30 pm Et on NBC (East coast version watched for review)

The Host: The world needs more Michael Keaton. He is an actor capable of incredibly unhinged weirdness and painfully deep pathos, so it makes some unfortunate sense that Hollywood has not always known what to do with him. But it is rather unfortunate that SNL can’t really figure out what to do with their host either. Keaton either finds himself at the center of sketches that can’t construct a universe to sustain his oddball energy (the advertising sketch) or sidelined in sketches without strong POVs (the “Smart House” sketch). It’s unsurprising, then, that the one sketch where Keaton shines is the Easter greeting sketch, where he just addresses the camera for five minutes, a conceit that puts the full breadth of his talents on display.

"I'm Brooke Baldwin, and you're watching the loose collection of daytime nonsense we call the CNN Newsroom." So opens this stellar sketch from tonight's Michael Keaton-hosted episode of "SNL," which takes on the inanity of CNN daytime's apparent propensity for trotting out 8-bit Nintendo-quality graphics to reenact horrific real-life events and Muppets to dramatize Iranian nuclear negotiations. Also, Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act gets a delirious performance-art spin.

Michael Keaton has hosted “Saturday Night Live” twice before, but hasn’t hosted since 1992. It was a full decade between that and his original hosting gig. The man does not rush things when it comes to hanging out in Studio 8H. And while the iron may not be quite as hot on his career as it was during the recent Oscars season, that’s no reason not to have him host now. His off-kilter persona and unique energy are still perfect for the show, and there’s little reason to think there’s every chance for a great episode tonight. As always, I’ll be liveblogging each segment as they air. As always, a few of you will not understand that it’s Ok if my opinions don’t line up with yours. As always, most of you understand that and enjoy sharing your opinions along with mine in real time.

A week after 12 people were killed at its office, satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo released an eight-page edition in 16 different languages with a cover featuring the Prophet Muhammad — the image the magazine was targeted at for publishing—with a single tear saying, “All is Forgiven.”

Five million copies are expected to be sold.

Some of the biggest media platforms in the world chose not to show the cover in its coverage.

The New York Times’ story links to French daily Libération Société, describing the cover but not showing it.

Also Read: CNN, MSNBC Censor Controversial Charlie Hebdo Cartoons to Varying Degrees...

In the aftermath of the deadly terror attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 on Wednesday, more people watched Fox News than any other cable news network in both total day and primetime, while CNN topped cable news in the coveted 25-54 demo.

Also Read: Paris Terror Attack: The Horrifying Shooting Scene at Charlie Hebdo (Photos)

Fox News drew 2,125,000 total viewers in primetime and 1,414,00 total day viewers. CNN won the 25-54 demo in both primetime and total day, with 390,000 primetime viewers and 289,000 total day viewers (CNN attracted 941,000 primetime viewers and 801,000 total day viewers). MSNBC ranked third in both measurements...

After apparently becoming incensed with a CNN anchor, Joan Rivers cut short a taped nationally televised interview. The Fashion Police personality walked off of a CNN Newsroom interview with host Fredricka Whitfield after the conversation turned to her boundaries when telling jokes. "This whole interview is becoming a defensive interview," Rivers said, also protesting that Whitfield's line of questioning was mainly "negative."  Story Joan Rivers: Why Johnny Carson 'Never Ever Spoke to Me Again'  "You are not the one to interview a person who does humor, sorry," she added, before walking off the set.  Whitfield later

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No, Jay Leno isn't returning to oversee another late-night program. But the former Tonight Show host will find himself in front of a captive audience nevertheless when he heads to his alma mater, Emerson College, to deliver the undergraduate commencement address next month. Leno, who graduated from the school in 1973, will speak to about 900 students during the ceremony, which is scheduled to take place on May 11 at Boston University's Agganis Arena. The 63-year-old comedian will also receive a Doctor of Humane Letters, along with Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition; Don Lemon, anchor of CNN Newsroom; and Catherine D'Amato, president and CEO of The Greater Boston Food...

NBC News’ Natalie Morales-Rhodes and CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield have signed with Wme. Both come from N.S. Bienstock. The signings happened last week amidst rumors that changes were afoot for the New York-based agency founded by Richard Leibner and Carole Cooper, which specializes in representing TV news personalities. Today, UTA announced the acquisition of N.S. Bienstock whose clients include Bill O’Reilly, Anderson Cooper, Robin Roberts and Megyn Kelly. Morales-Rhodes is the Today show news anchor, co-hosts the third hour of Today and appears on other NBC News programs including Dateline and Nightly News. Whitfield hosts the weekend daytime edition of CNN Newsroom. The two join Wme’s news personality roster that includes Lara Spencer, Al Roker, Scott Pelley, Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzeziniski, and Willie Geist.

CNN business correspondent Zain Asher revealed brother Chiwetel Ejiofor had been spared from a car accident at the age of 12 that killed everyone else aboard – including their father – in an emotional interview Thursday celebrating Ejiofor’s Best Actor Oscar nomination. “Some people know this already, but when Chiwetel was 12 years old, he was in a car accident with my father. And everybody in the car died apart from Chiwetel,” Asher told anchor Carol Costello during CNN Newsroom. Also read: Oscar Nominations: ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Gravity,’ ‘American Hustle’ Lead the Pack Asher said the family is very proud of...

During another of the incessant end-of-year recap segments on cable TV these days, CNN Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter delivered what he felt would be "an unpopular opinion" to CNN Newsroom host Carol Costello Friday. In a discussion of the media's coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombing, Stelter said "I wonder if there was an overreaction in the press, considering the relatively low number of deaths and injuries."...

CNN's Jeanne Moos is known for pun-filled segments that take a look at the lighter side of the news, and her latest drew an interesting reaction from CNN Newsroom anchor Carol Costello. Moos was doing a light segment on the annual tradition of pardoning a turkey at the White House, and finished off with a crack about the online election race between Caramel and Popcorn, the two turkeys duking it out for clemency. "The people will decide whether Popcorn or Caramel gets the glory this year," Moos said...

As we reported earlier, Senator Ted Cruz joked, at the 2013 Values Voter Summit, that he might be abducted and disappeared when he goes to the White House this afternoon for a meeting with President Obama. On CNN Newsroom, anchor John Berman made the observation that the joke was ironic because "last person in the world the White House wants to disappear right now is Ted Cruz. One could argue he's doing the White House a lot of good right now."...

On CNN Newsroom Tuesday morning, a conservative commentator compared President Obama's signature health care law with something entirely inappropriate, which makes this what we in the biz call "a day ending in -day," but what makes CNN contributor Will Cain's narrow comparison of Obamacare with Jim Crow laws special is Hln contributor and political science Professor Jason Johnson's priceless reaction.

CNN anchor Don Lemon has, of late, turned the focus of his frequent conversations on race to the idea of personal responsibility in the African American community. On Saturday night's edition of CNN Newsroom, Lemon continued that controversial trend with comic legend Bill Cosby, who has also felt the heat of controversy on the subject. Cosby talked to Lemon about young black men raising their kids, over-medication of juvenile inmates, and may have even coined a new word: "No-groes."...

After talking past each other for several weeks, CNN's Don Lemon and music mogul Russell Simmons finally came face to face and discussed Lemon's controversial critique of the black community, and Simmons' reaction to it. Simmons, who wrote a scathing open letter to Lemon, and Lemon, who delivered a lengthy response to that open letter on the air, hashed things out in a lively interview that aired on Saturday's edition of CNN Newsroom.

The truth will set you free? Maybe not in Lance Armstrong's case. Disgraced bicyclist Lance Armstrong, who admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career in an interview with Oprah Winfrey last month, is now facing a lawsuit that could cost him at least $12 million. Sca Promotions, which paid Armstrong big bonuses for winning three Tour de France races, plans to sue Armstrong for its money back, the company's attorney, Jeffrey Tillotson, told Ashleigh Banfield on "CNN Newsroom" on Wednesday. Also read: Lance Armstrong Confession: Did Anyone Actually Believe Him? Tillotson, who...

Grey’s Anatomy and Modern Family will each face new competitors when they attempt to defend their respective titles as Best Drama and Best Comedy Series at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

Smash, The L.A. Complex, Go On and The New Normal were among the first-time nominees when the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media advocacy and anti-defamation organization announced its list of nods — which honor fair and inclusive representations of the Lgbt community — Wednesday morning.

“Images and stories from the Lgbt community continue to push support for equality to historic levels,” said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick,...

CNN's boots-on-the-ground coverage of the violence in and around Gaza City has yielded some dramatic, if possibly flawed, results. The network dispatched marquee talents Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper to the region late Sunday, to round out a complement of ten CNN reporters in the region. During a live shot Sunday night, Anderson Cooper was startled by a nearby explosion in Gaza City, but continued his reporting largely unfazed. On Monday morning, foreign correspondent Frederik Pleitgen was forced to calmly hit the deck in the middle of his report to CNN Newsroom anchor Carol Costello when an incoming Hamas missile triggered an alarm.

Said hi to @jonahhill in hotel. Think he thought i was bellman. Didn't know his name til bellman told me. A lesson to always be kind.— Don Lemon (@DonLemonCNN) November 09, 2012

Feud alert! CNN Newsroom host Don Lemon and Oscar-nominee Jonah Hill — man, isn’t it still a little weird to see “Oscar-nominee Jonah Hill”? — got into a virtual pissing match yesterday. And while Hill has deleted his half of their heated exchange, plenty of sources had already copied what they said before the original tweets disappeared into the ether.

It all began when Lemon complained that Hill had been rude to him in a hotel.

Jonah Hill apparently doesn't rank among Don Lemon's favorite funny people. Or at least he doesn't anymore! The two both admit to running into each other at a hotel—but that's where their stories diverge. According to Hill, he was perfectly cordial to the CNN anchor. According to Lemon, Hill was "rude" and "a tool." Let's get their stories straight: "Said hi to @jonahhill in hotel," Lemon tweeted this evening. "Think he thought i was bellman. Didn't know his name til bellman told me. A lesson to always be kind." In response to a fan who called Lemon adorable and asked about the kindness comment, the CNN Newsroom host...

PBS CEO Paula Kerger says she was surprised Mitt Romney brought up his plans to cut federal funding for PBS during Wednesday's presidential debate. "With the enormous problems facing our country, the fact that we are the focus is unbelievable to me, particularly given the fact that at another part of the debate, both candidates talked about the importance of education," Kerger said on CNN Newsroom. "We're America's biggest classroom." Also read: Romney Wins Big Bird Debate as Obama Is as Visible as Snuffleupagus Romney wasn't saying anything new: He told Forbes in...