Jesse Watters is expanding his footprint at Fox News.
The cable network announced Monday that Watters will take over as permanent host of the 7 pm hour. The new program, entitled Jesse Watters Primetime, will premiere Monday, Jan. 24.
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“Jesse’s versatility and hosting acumen has grown exponentially over the last five years, and he has developed a deep connection to the audience through two hit shows The Five and Watters’ World,...
The cable network announced Monday that Watters will take over as permanent host of the 7 pm hour. The new program, entitled Jesse Watters Primetime, will premiere Monday, Jan. 24.
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“Jesse’s versatility and hosting acumen has grown exponentially over the last five years, and he has developed a deep connection to the audience through two hit shows The Five and Watters’ World,...
- 1/10/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Rachel Maddow is staying put at her home of MSNBC.
Maddow, who has been hosting The Rachel Maddow Show in the cabler’s 9 pm time slot since 2008, has reportedly signed a new multi-year deal that will keep her at the news outlet beyond 2022, according to our sister site Variety.
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As part of the terms of her new agreement,...
Maddow, who has been hosting The Rachel Maddow Show in the cabler’s 9 pm time slot since 2008, has reportedly signed a new multi-year deal that will keep her at the news outlet beyond 2022, according to our sister site Variety.
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As part of the terms of her new agreement,...
- 8/22/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Fox News has cut ties with longtime legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him.
On Monday, 27-year-old Fox News employee John Fawcett — who serves as an associate producer on Fox Business Network’s Kudlow — filed a complaint alleging that Napolitano “has sexually harassed numerous young male employees during his tenure at Fox News,” including an incident in which Napolitano stroked Fawcett’s arm and made a sexually suggestive comment to him while they were in an elevator together.
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On Monday, 27-year-old Fox News employee John Fawcett — who serves as an associate producer on Fox Business Network’s Kudlow — filed a complaint alleging that Napolitano “has sexually harassed numerous young male employees during his tenure at Fox News,” including an incident in which Napolitano stroked Fawcett’s arm and made a sexually suggestive comment to him while they were in an elevator together.
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- 8/3/2021
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Judge Andrew Napolitano, a legal contributor for Fox News, is no longer employed by the network following allegations of sexual harassment.
In a complaint filed on Monday, a 27-year-old Fox News associate producer alleged that Napolitano has “sexually harassed numerous young male employees during his tenure at Fox News.” The plaintiff, whose name is John Fawcett, claims that he reported Napolitano’s misconduct to Fox News’ human resources department but they did not take any immediate action against him.
In a statement to Variety, Fox News said that upon learning of the allegations, the network “immediately investigated the claims and addressed the matter with both parties.” Napolitano has not appeared on air at Fox News for several months.
“The network and Judge Napolitano have since parted ways. We take all allegations of misconduct seriously, are committed to providing a safe, transparent, and collaborative workplace environment for all our employees and took immediate,...
In a complaint filed on Monday, a 27-year-old Fox News associate producer alleged that Napolitano has “sexually harassed numerous young male employees during his tenure at Fox News.” The plaintiff, whose name is John Fawcett, claims that he reported Napolitano’s misconduct to Fox News’ human resources department but they did not take any immediate action against him.
In a statement to Variety, Fox News said that upon learning of the allegations, the network “immediately investigated the claims and addressed the matter with both parties.” Napolitano has not appeared on air at Fox News for several months.
“The network and Judge Napolitano have since parted ways. We take all allegations of misconduct seriously, are committed to providing a safe, transparent, and collaborative workplace environment for all our employees and took immediate,...
- 8/3/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News revealed Monday that it has parted ways with Judge Andrew Napolitano after multiple accusations of sexual harassment including one from a male staffer at the network.
It is not known exactly when Fox News cut ties with Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge who became a legal analyst and frequent on-air personality and host for Fox News beginning in 2006. He was one of the rare Fox News personalities who spoke out against former President Donald Trump during his time in office but has not appeared on air for several months.
The network announced the news in a statement Monday morning responding to a separate lawsuit involving Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow, who was accused of making racist and sexist remarks. The lawsuit’s plaintiff, associate producer John Fawcett, also accused Napolitano of sexual harassment in a 2019 elevator encounter.
“Upon first learning of John Fawcett’s allegations against Judge Andrew Napolitano,...
It is not known exactly when Fox News cut ties with Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge who became a legal analyst and frequent on-air personality and host for Fox News beginning in 2006. He was one of the rare Fox News personalities who spoke out against former President Donald Trump during his time in office but has not appeared on air for several months.
The network announced the news in a statement Monday morning responding to a separate lawsuit involving Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow, who was accused of making racist and sexist remarks. The lawsuit’s plaintiff, associate producer John Fawcett, also accused Napolitano of sexual harassment in a 2019 elevator encounter.
“Upon first learning of John Fawcett’s allegations against Judge Andrew Napolitano,...
- 8/2/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Fox News Media said it has parted ways with legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, following an associate producer’s claim of sexual harassment.
The employee, John Fawcett, who works on Fox Business Network’s Kudlow, filed a lawsuit Monday in New York Supreme Court (read it here) against the network, outlining his claims against Napolitano.
Fawcett also alleged that Larry Kudlow, the host of the show, has used ethnic slurs and made sexually inappropriate comments about women “in front of multiple staffers,” including himself and a senior vice president. He also claimed that Kudlow nixed the appearance of Rep. Byron Donalds (R-fl) on the show because of his race.
In a statement Fox News Media said: “Upon first learning of John Fawcett’s allegations against Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News Media immediately investigated the claims and addressed the matter with both parties. The network and Judge Napolitano have since parted ways.
The employee, John Fawcett, who works on Fox Business Network’s Kudlow, filed a lawsuit Monday in New York Supreme Court (read it here) against the network, outlining his claims against Napolitano.
Fawcett also alleged that Larry Kudlow, the host of the show, has used ethnic slurs and made sexually inappropriate comments about women “in front of multiple staffers,” including himself and a senior vice president. He also claimed that Kudlow nixed the appearance of Rep. Byron Donalds (R-fl) on the show because of his race.
In a statement Fox News Media said: “Upon first learning of John Fawcett’s allegations against Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News Media immediately investigated the claims and addressed the matter with both parties. The network and Judge Napolitano have since parted ways.
- 8/2/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano was accused of sexually assaulting a waiter, forcing him to participate in a “bizarre sex game” and attempting to rape him over the span of nearly three years, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday in New Jersey Superior Court.
According to the suit, Napolitano developed a “strong attraction” for James Kruzelnick when he was a waiter at a steakhouse in New Jersey and groped his buttocks from behind in the bathroom of the restaurant in Dec. 2014. After Kruzelnick told Napolitano that he was not interested in a sexual relationship, Napolitano continued to dine at the steakhouse, ask for Kruzelnick to be his waiter and make “sexually suggestive and inappropriate remarks,” the suit said.
According to the lawsuit, Napolitano invited Kruzelnick to visit his house in 2015, which is when Kruzelnick was forced to participate in a “bizarre sex game” that involved Napolitano asking Kruzelnick...
According to the suit, Napolitano developed a “strong attraction” for James Kruzelnick when he was a waiter at a steakhouse in New Jersey and groped his buttocks from behind in the bathroom of the restaurant in Dec. 2014. After Kruzelnick told Napolitano that he was not interested in a sexual relationship, Napolitano continued to dine at the steakhouse, ask for Kruzelnick to be his waiter and make “sexually suggestive and inappropriate remarks,” the suit said.
According to the lawsuit, Napolitano invited Kruzelnick to visit his house in 2015, which is when Kruzelnick was forced to participate in a “bizarre sex game” that involved Napolitano asking Kruzelnick...
- 9/29/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
When Shepard Smith returns to the anchor chair Wednesday, he’ll be occupying one of his former time slots, 7 p.m. on weekdays, but in a very different environment, CNBC. He also wants The News with Shepard Smith to be a very different show than what you’d get on Fox News, his old employer, or any other cable news channel.
“There’s plenty of places for opinion, for telling you how to think, and I have nothing bad to say about any of them,” he said in an interview last week. “It’s just not what I want to do. What I want to do is this, and it just matched so perfectly.”
It’s been almost a year since Smith surprised many in the news business, and many of his colleagues, when he abruptly announced his departure at the end of his 3 p.m. newscast on Fox News,...
“There’s plenty of places for opinion, for telling you how to think, and I have nothing bad to say about any of them,” he said in an interview last week. “It’s just not what I want to do. What I want to do is this, and it just matched so perfectly.”
It’s been almost a year since Smith surprised many in the news business, and many of his colleagues, when he abruptly announced his departure at the end of his 3 p.m. newscast on Fox News,...
- 9/28/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
This story has been updated with follow-up comments from Dr. Phil, which you can find below.
TV show host Phil “Dr. Phil” McGraw appeared to downplay the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday’s episode of “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News, rattling off a series of statistics with at least one glaring error — the number of people who die in swimming pools every year.
Reaction to the appearance was such that Dr. Phil was trending very highly on Twitter as critics ripped him for his incorrect stats and for arguing in favor of reopening the country before we have a handle on the pandemic.
“250 people a year die from poverty. And the poverty line is getting such that more and more people are going to fall below that because the economy is crashing around us. And they’re doing that because people are dying from the coronavirus. I get that,...
TV show host Phil “Dr. Phil” McGraw appeared to downplay the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday’s episode of “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News, rattling off a series of statistics with at least one glaring error — the number of people who die in swimming pools every year.
Reaction to the appearance was such that Dr. Phil was trending very highly on Twitter as critics ripped him for his incorrect stats and for arguing in favor of reopening the country before we have a handle on the pandemic.
“250 people a year die from poverty. And the poverty line is getting such that more and more people are going to fall below that because the economy is crashing around us. And they’re doing that because people are dying from the coronavirus. I get that,...
- 4/17/2020
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
In an episode airing Tuesday night at 11 p.m. Et, “Vice News Tonight” goes inside an Italian hospital, showing the extent of the coronavirus crisis in one of the hardest-hit areas in the world.
“The Italians on the ground who we’ve been in contact with over the last few weeks have been really eager for us to be there. What they’re experiencing is unprecedented, and they really wanted the world to understand their experiences — and to see the humanity of what is unfolding,” correspondent Isobel Yeung told TheWrap.
That humanity is shown in the clip above, exclusively on TheWrap. Yeung, clad head-to-toe in protective gear, walks past the hospital beds of infected Italians in Papa Giovanni Hospital, narrating, “This guy here is having his blood taken out. He’s having it oxygenated here before it’s then pumped back into his veins… This guy over here is only in his 30s.
“The Italians on the ground who we’ve been in contact with over the last few weeks have been really eager for us to be there. What they’re experiencing is unprecedented, and they really wanted the world to understand their experiences — and to see the humanity of what is unfolding,” correspondent Isobel Yeung told TheWrap.
That humanity is shown in the clip above, exclusively on TheWrap. Yeung, clad head-to-toe in protective gear, walks past the hospital beds of infected Italians in Papa Giovanni Hospital, narrating, “This guy here is having his blood taken out. He’s having it oxygenated here before it’s then pumped back into his veins… This guy over here is only in his 30s.
- 4/14/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Tuesday morning on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” morning show, senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano pushed back on President Donald Trump’s Monday declaration that he has “total” authority over the coronavirus-related shutdown of the United States economy and workforce.
“In areas of health, safety and welfare the Tenth Amendment expressly reserves the power to regulate for those areas to the states,” explained the judge when asked directly about the division of power by co-host Steve Doocy.
He went on, “In terms of the actual power — for example, to reopen Broadway theaters, to reopen stadiums, to reopen restaurants, to reopen other parts of the economy that have been shut down — it is the governors who have shut them down and it is the governors who will make the decision to open it up.”
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“In areas of health, safety and welfare the Tenth Amendment expressly reserves the power to regulate for those areas to the states,” explained the judge when asked directly about the division of power by co-host Steve Doocy.
He went on, “In terms of the actual power — for example, to reopen Broadway theaters, to reopen stadiums, to reopen restaurants, to reopen other parts of the economy that have been shut down — it is the governors who have shut them down and it is the governors who will make the decision to open it up.”
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- 4/14/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
President Trump threatened to sue Robert Mueller and the prosecutors who were involved with the Roger Stone case. Per usual, the president’s rant came via Twitter.
In a rambling burst of Tuesday morning tweets, Trump threatened to sue “everyone all over the place.”
The president’s latest outburst came after Judge Andrew Napolitano appeared on Fox News Tuesday morning and spoke about Stone deserving a new trial. In his tweets, Trump quoted Napolitano, saying that the need for a retrial was “pretty obvious.”
Trump also quoted Napolitano saying that Stone,...
In a rambling burst of Tuesday morning tweets, Trump threatened to sue “everyone all over the place.”
The president’s latest outburst came after Judge Andrew Napolitano appeared on Fox News Tuesday morning and spoke about Stone deserving a new trial. In his tweets, Trump quoted Napolitano, saying that the need for a retrial was “pretty obvious.”
Trump also quoted Napolitano saying that Stone,...
- 2/18/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Update, 1:54 Pm Pt: Republicans took aim at one of the Democrats’ legal scholar witnesses at the impeachment hearing: Pamela Karlan, professor of law at Stanford Law School.
Karlan used a line that seemed intended for a viral moment: “The Constitution says that there can be no titles of nobility. So while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.” She had been talking about how the framers had tried to put in safeguards to guard against monarchism.
But Donald Trump’s re-election campaign seized on Karlan’s comment. They sent out a press statement accusing Karlan of mocking the Trumps’ 13-year-old son on TV. “Disgusting,” Kayleigh McEnany said in the statement.
First Lady Melania Trump tweeted, “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering,...
Karlan used a line that seemed intended for a viral moment: “The Constitution says that there can be no titles of nobility. So while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron.” She had been talking about how the framers had tried to put in safeguards to guard against monarchism.
But Donald Trump’s re-election campaign seized on Karlan’s comment. They sent out a press statement accusing Karlan of mocking the Trumps’ 13-year-old son on TV. “Disgusting,” Kayleigh McEnany said in the statement.
First Lady Melania Trump tweeted, “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News is so pleased with the first year of its subscription streaming service Fox Nation that the network is setting bigger goals for the platform to appeal to both hardcore fans of the cable giant as well as newbies.
The company has not released subscription or revenue figures, but Fox Nation head John Finley told TheWrap the service has surpassed internal projections for sign-ups and trumpeted its 80% trial-to-subscription rate — higher than the industry standard — and a low churn rate of people unsubscribing.
Moreover, the service has added thousands of hours of content from Fox News regulars like Bret Baier Kat Timpf, Tomi Lahren and Judge Andrew Napolitano as well as an increasing amount of programming that might seem to fall outside the network’s wheelhouse. That includes Brian Kilmeade’s history show “What Made America Great,” travel series like Abby Hornacek’s “Park’D,” Ed Henry’s sports-themed “Front...
The company has not released subscription or revenue figures, but Fox Nation head John Finley told TheWrap the service has surpassed internal projections for sign-ups and trumpeted its 80% trial-to-subscription rate — higher than the industry standard — and a low churn rate of people unsubscribing.
Moreover, the service has added thousands of hours of content from Fox News regulars like Bret Baier Kat Timpf, Tomi Lahren and Judge Andrew Napolitano as well as an increasing amount of programming that might seem to fall outside the network’s wheelhouse. That includes Brian Kilmeade’s history show “What Made America Great,” travel series like Abby Hornacek’s “Park’D,” Ed Henry’s sports-themed “Front...
- 11/26/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
With veteran Fox News host Shepard Smith’s surprise announcement that he’s leaving the network on Friday, can it still be argued that the network is anything but a propaganda machine for President Donald Trump, in the same way Russia’s Rt “news” network bends to the will of Russian President Vladimir Putin?
Smith, who was part of the network’s founding staff when it launched in 1996, signed off his Friday broadcast by saying goodbye, “Recently, I asked the company to allow me to leave. After requesting that I stay,...
Smith, who was part of the network’s founding staff when it launched in 1996, signed off his Friday broadcast by saying goodbye, “Recently, I asked the company to allow me to leave. After requesting that I stay,...
- 10/12/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Journalists from across the TV-news sector will miss Shepard Smith at Fox News. The bean counters at the cable-news outlet’s parent, Fox Corp., will not.
Smith sent media circles teetering off their centers Friday by announcing in the final minutes of his mid-afternoon show that he was leaving the network as soon as he finished uttering the last sentence on his teleprompter. “I heard Shepard’s sign off in real time on my car radio and had to pull over to process it,’says Alisyn Camerota, the CNN “New Day” anchor who worked at Fox News for more than a decade. “Before he was an anchor, there were many breaking news stories we worked on, side by side ,in the field and I was always floored by his indefatigable work ethic. After a 12-hour shift of reporting, he’d still be in the van editing his own pieces well past midnight,...
Smith sent media circles teetering off their centers Friday by announcing in the final minutes of his mid-afternoon show that he was leaving the network as soon as he finished uttering the last sentence on his teleprompter. “I heard Shepard’s sign off in real time on my car radio and had to pull over to process it,’says Alisyn Camerota, the CNN “New Day” anchor who worked at Fox News for more than a decade. “Before he was an anchor, there were many breaking news stories we worked on, side by side ,in the field and I was always floored by his indefatigable work ethic. After a 12-hour shift of reporting, he’d still be in the van editing his own pieces well past midnight,...
- 10/12/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Shepard Smith, a veteran Fox News Channel veteran who tried to report events with a down-the-middle attitude despite the network’s political leanings, is leaving the cable-news outlet where he has held forth for years – in an abrupt move that caught even his colleagues by surprise.
Smith was one of the original hires at the Fox Corp.-owned network, which launched in 1996. He wrapped his last broadcast Friday afternoon. He was less than two years into a new “multi-year deal” he inked with Fox News in 2018.
“Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged,” Smith said in a statement. “The opportunities afforded this guy from small town Mississippi have been many. It’s been an honor and a privilege to report the news each day to our loyal audience in context and with perspective,...
Smith was one of the original hires at the Fox Corp.-owned network, which launched in 1996. He wrapped his last broadcast Friday afternoon. He was less than two years into a new “multi-year deal” he inked with Fox News in 2018.
“Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged,” Smith said in a statement. “The opportunities afforded this guy from small town Mississippi have been many. It’s been an honor and a privilege to report the news each day to our loyal audience in context and with perspective,...
- 10/11/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News’ Shepard Smith will step down from his position as chief news anchor, managing editor of Fox’s breaking news unit, and anchor of “Shepard Smith Reporting,” according to a Friday announcement from Fox News president and executive editor Jay Wallace. Smith has been one of the network’s rare critics of President Donald Trump.
Friday afternoon’s episode of Smith’s show was his last, the network said. Until a replacement for Smith’s show is announced, a rotating group of anchors — including Jon Scott and Trace Gallagher — will host his 3 p.m. Et time slot, a Fox News spokesperson told TheWrap. For now, the show will be renamed “Fox News Reporting,” according to the spokesperson.
“Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged,” Smith said in a statement. “The opportunities...
Friday afternoon’s episode of Smith’s show was his last, the network said. Until a replacement for Smith’s show is announced, a rotating group of anchors — including Jon Scott and Trace Gallagher — will host his 3 p.m. Et time slot, a Fox News spokesperson told TheWrap. For now, the show will be renamed “Fox News Reporting,” according to the spokesperson.
“Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that I stay, they graciously obliged,” Smith said in a statement. “The opportunities...
- 10/11/2019
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Updated with more details: Shepard Smith is stepping down from Fox News Channel, effective with Friday afternoon’s edition of Shepard Smith Reporting.
The anchor has been a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s attacks, after Smith had been critical of the president at certain points in his administration. Smith’s abrupt departure also comes just hours after Attorney General Bill Barr met with Fnc owner Rupert Murdoch at the media mogul’s New York City residence.
Chris Giglio, a spokesman for Smith, said later Friday that “there is no truth to the rumor about the Barr meeting having anything to do with Shep’s departure.” Added Giglio to the New York Times: “This was Shep’s decision and his alone.”
Smith has been a contrast to many of Fox News’ primetime opinion hosts, contradicting or clarifying their pro-Trump rhetoric and remarks. Most recently, he said that the...
The anchor has been a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s attacks, after Smith had been critical of the president at certain points in his administration. Smith’s abrupt departure also comes just hours after Attorney General Bill Barr met with Fnc owner Rupert Murdoch at the media mogul’s New York City residence.
Chris Giglio, a spokesman for Smith, said later Friday that “there is no truth to the rumor about the Barr meeting having anything to do with Shep’s departure.” Added Giglio to the New York Times: “This was Shep’s decision and his alone.”
Smith has been a contrast to many of Fox News’ primetime opinion hosts, contradicting or clarifying their pro-Trump rhetoric and remarks. Most recently, he said that the...
- 10/11/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Fox makeup artist Juan Legramandi says he was discriminated against at Fox News for being a gay Latino, and was ultimately fired in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court Thursday.
In the suit, obtained by TheWrap, Legramandi names host Harris Faulkner, contributor Angela McGlowan, and executives Jill Van Why and Marsheila Hayes specifically. According to the suit, McGlowan compared a makeup room he was in with another gay stylist to “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Faulkner, the suit says, called Hispanic women “ignorant” in front of him and, when he shared his mother’s Latina heritage, told him his birthplace of Colombia is “a third-world country.”
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He says a request not to work with Faulkner going forward was denied, though other stylists’ requests regarding certain talent were honored.
Legramandi says he was called a “diva” by a colleague,...
In the suit, obtained by TheWrap, Legramandi names host Harris Faulkner, contributor Angela McGlowan, and executives Jill Van Why and Marsheila Hayes specifically. According to the suit, McGlowan compared a makeup room he was in with another gay stylist to “Sodom and Gomorrah.” Faulkner, the suit says, called Hispanic women “ignorant” in front of him and, when he shared his mother’s Latina heritage, told him his birthplace of Colombia is “a third-world country.”
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He says a request not to work with Faulkner going forward was denied, though other stylists’ requests regarding certain talent were honored.
Legramandi says he was called a “diva” by a colleague,...
- 10/11/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump predictably attacked Fox News after it released the results of a poll showing that a new high of 51% want him impeached and removed from office.
That’s in line with other polling that shows growing public support for the House’s impeachment inquiry and removing Trump from office. The Fox poll is notable because support for his removal is now in the majority.
As he has done other times recently, Trump also attacked the network itself and some of their personalities who have been critical of him.
He wrote on Twitter, “From the day I announced I was running for President, I have Never had a good @FoxNewsPoll. Whoever their Pollster is, they suck. But @FoxNews is also much different than it used to be in the good old days. With people like Andrew Napolitano, who wanted to be a Supreme…Court Justice & I turned him down...
That’s in line with other polling that shows growing public support for the House’s impeachment inquiry and removing Trump from office. The Fox poll is notable because support for his removal is now in the majority.
As he has done other times recently, Trump also attacked the network itself and some of their personalities who have been critical of him.
He wrote on Twitter, “From the day I announced I was running for President, I have Never had a good @FoxNewsPoll. Whoever their Pollster is, they suck. But @FoxNews is also much different than it used to be in the good old days. With people like Andrew Napolitano, who wanted to be a Supreme…Court Justice & I turned him down...
- 10/10/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s getting more complicated over at Fox News as we move into day three of impeachment inquiry news.
On Wednesday night, primetime host Tucker Carlson slapped back at afternoon news anchor Shepard Smith’s rebuke of a guest on Carlson’s Tuesday night show whom Smith had called “repugnant.” “Unlike maybe some dayside hosts, I’m not very partisan,” Carlson said of Smith.
“Why do we find ourselves in a situation where people aren’t willing to admit that their passions are guiding their news coverage?” Carlson added. “Wouldn’t it be better if we just said out loud, ‘You know, this is what I think’?”
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It all started on Tuesday when Carlson guest and former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova called Fox News’ Senior Judicial Analyst Andrew Napolitano “a fool” for suggesting President Trump...
On Wednesday night, primetime host Tucker Carlson slapped back at afternoon news anchor Shepard Smith’s rebuke of a guest on Carlson’s Tuesday night show whom Smith had called “repugnant.” “Unlike maybe some dayside hosts, I’m not very partisan,” Carlson said of Smith.
“Why do we find ourselves in a situation where people aren’t willing to admit that their passions are guiding their news coverage?” Carlson added. “Wouldn’t it be better if we just said out loud, ‘You know, this is what I think’?”
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It all started on Tuesday when Carlson guest and former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova called Fox News’ Senior Judicial Analyst Andrew Napolitano “a fool” for suggesting President Trump...
- 9/26/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith hit back at Former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova after he appeared on Fox Tuesday night and called Judge Andrew Napolitano “a fool.”
“Last night on this network during primetime opinion programming, a partisan guest who supports President Trump was asked about Judge Napolitano’s legal assessment, and when he was asked, he said unchallenged, ‘Judge Napolitano is a fool.’ Attacking our colleague who is here to offer legal assessments on our air in our work home is repugnant,” Smith said on his afternoon show Wednesday.
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On Smith’s show Tuesday, Napolitano, Fox’s Senior Judicial Analyst, said it is a crime for a president to solicit aid for his campaign from a foreign government during a discussion of President Donald Trump’s communication with the Ukrainian president.
“Last night on this network during primetime opinion programming, a partisan guest who supports President Trump was asked about Judge Napolitano’s legal assessment, and when he was asked, he said unchallenged, ‘Judge Napolitano is a fool.’ Attacking our colleague who is here to offer legal assessments on our air in our work home is repugnant,” Smith said on his afternoon show Wednesday.
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On Smith’s show Tuesday, Napolitano, Fox’s Senior Judicial Analyst, said it is a crime for a president to solicit aid for his campaign from a foreign government during a discussion of President Donald Trump’s communication with the Ukrainian president.
- 9/25/2019
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
President Trump’s relationship with Fox News isn’t as rosy as it was in their halcyon days of six months ago. Whether it’s bashing hosts Bret Baier and Martha MacAllum for the job they did moderating a town hall with Bernie Sanders, or slamming legal correspondent “Judge” Andrew Napolitano for discussing the contents of the Mueller report, the president has lately warmed to the idea of criticizing his most influential propaganda machine. On Sunday, he levied what may have been his most pointed attacks on the network yet,...
- 7/8/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The presidents of CBS News, NBC News and ABC News broadly defended their coverage of President Trump’s tweets on Thursday during a joint panel discussion at the Financial Times Future of News conference in New York City on Thursday.
“Something may seem irrelevant in a Trump tweet, but it does get into what he’s thinking, what might happen,” CBS News chief Susan Zirinsky said on stage. “We make judgements based on editorial value, but I think the tweets are important. They are the voice of the president.”
“Some of the tweets … do provide insight into the president’s thinking,” NBC News president Noah Oppenheim added, while noting they can often be “precursors to policy announcement that have a real substantive impact.”
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“This is the president in his own words, unfiltered,” ABC News head James Goldston said.
“Something may seem irrelevant in a Trump tweet, but it does get into what he’s thinking, what might happen,” CBS News chief Susan Zirinsky said on stage. “We make judgements based on editorial value, but I think the tweets are important. They are the voice of the president.”
“Some of the tweets … do provide insight into the president’s thinking,” NBC News president Noah Oppenheim added, while noting they can often be “precursors to policy announcement that have a real substantive impact.”
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“This is the president in his own words, unfiltered,” ABC News head James Goldston said.
- 6/6/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
The New York Times deleted what they called a “poorly worded” tweet on Tuesday that suggested the current first family might be “the American Answer to British royalty.”
“We have deleted an earlier tweet to this article that was poorly worded and did not properly reflect the story,” the paper said in an update Tuesday evening.
“The Kennedys have long occupied the American political culture as the unofficial royal family. But on President Trump’s visit to Britain, a different opportunity seemed to present itself: his family as the American answer to British royalty,” the original tweet read.
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The post was introducing a piece from the Times by Maggie Haberman and Katie Rogers highlighting how the president’s family — including his four adult children — had all accompanied him to the the United Kingdom...
“We have deleted an earlier tweet to this article that was poorly worded and did not properly reflect the story,” the paper said in an update Tuesday evening.
“The Kennedys have long occupied the American political culture as the unofficial royal family. But on President Trump’s visit to Britain, a different opportunity seemed to present itself: his family as the American answer to British royalty,” the original tweet read.
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The post was introducing a piece from the Times by Maggie Haberman and Katie Rogers highlighting how the president’s family — including his four adult children — had all accompanied him to the the United Kingdom...
- 6/5/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said that former special counsel Robert Mueller will have to testify before Congress so that he can further explain his remarks that he gave at a press conference on Wednesday.
“He is certainly going to testify again, whether he wants to or not. He’s a private citizen, they’re probably going to serve him with a subpoena this afternoon,” Judge Napolitano told the hosts of “Fox & Friends” on Thursday morning.
“I think [Attorney General William Barr and Mueller] are going to testify next to each other at the same time. That would be really dramatic,” Judge Napolitano continued, while also shooting down speculation from co-host Brian Kilmeade that Mueller would never answer questions publicly.
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“Listen, they work for us, we don’t work for them,” Judge Napolitano said to Kilmeade. “We’re adults.
“He is certainly going to testify again, whether he wants to or not. He’s a private citizen, they’re probably going to serve him with a subpoena this afternoon,” Judge Napolitano told the hosts of “Fox & Friends” on Thursday morning.
“I think [Attorney General William Barr and Mueller] are going to testify next to each other at the same time. That would be really dramatic,” Judge Napolitano continued, while also shooting down speculation from co-host Brian Kilmeade that Mueller would never answer questions publicly.
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“Listen, they work for us, we don’t work for them,” Judge Napolitano said to Kilmeade. “We’re adults.
- 5/30/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
On Wednesday’s “The Daily Show,” Trevor Noah took a long look at Attorney General Bill Barr’s Senate testimony about his handling of the Mueller report, and then identified what he says is a major problem besetting the United States.
The moment came after Noah looked at Barr’s bluntly uncooperative response to a request by Sen. Richard Blumenthal to see Barr’s notes from a phone call Barr says he had with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
“May we have those notes,” Blumenthal asked.
“No,” said Barr.
“Why not?” asked Blumenthal.
“Why should you have them,” Barr replied.
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“America, I feel like I have discovered a fundamental flaw in your democracy: You have no defense against someone just being a d—,” Noah said after watching a clip of the exchange.
“Seriously, just look at Sen.
The moment came after Noah looked at Barr’s bluntly uncooperative response to a request by Sen. Richard Blumenthal to see Barr’s notes from a phone call Barr says he had with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
“May we have those notes,” Blumenthal asked.
“No,” said Barr.
“Why not?” asked Blumenthal.
“Why should you have them,” Barr replied.
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“America, I feel like I have discovered a fundamental flaw in your democracy: You have no defense against someone just being a d—,” Noah said after watching a clip of the exchange.
“Seriously, just look at Sen.
- 5/2/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
CNN Contributor Paul Begala says he so against President Trump winning the 2020 election that he would vote for any Democratic he thought could beat him — even one who shot his dog.
“I am a JFK Democrat; I will pay any price, bear any burden, support any friend, oppose any foe to ensure the defeat of Donald J. Trump,” Begala told Chris Cuomo on his CNN program “Cuomo Primetime” on Monday. “You could be for Medicare for all or not, you could shoot my dog and if I think you could beat Trump, I’m going to be for you.”
“Well that is uh, very mainstream of you,” noted a visibly surprised Cuomo before moving on.
A rep for CNN did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Begala is a longtime Democratic strategist and a former host of the CNN show “Crossfire,” which he helmed with current Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
“I am a JFK Democrat; I will pay any price, bear any burden, support any friend, oppose any foe to ensure the defeat of Donald J. Trump,” Begala told Chris Cuomo on his CNN program “Cuomo Primetime” on Monday. “You could be for Medicare for all or not, you could shoot my dog and if I think you could beat Trump, I’m going to be for you.”
“Well that is uh, very mainstream of you,” noted a visibly surprised Cuomo before moving on.
A rep for CNN did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Begala is a longtime Democratic strategist and a former host of the CNN show “Crossfire,” which he helmed with current Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
- 4/30/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano has responded to President Trump’s weekend Twitter broadside against him, expressing some surprise to Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo.
“This is the way you treat your friends? How do you treat your enemies?” the judge said while opening up the segment on Monday morning. “He wanted to divert attention from what Mueller had said about him and what I had commented about Mueller to his relationship with me. His relationship with me is not the story. He and I have been friends for 30 years and probably will be for the next 30 years.”
Still, Napolitano characterized Trump’s attack on him as “brilliant.”
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The segment with Bartiromo came after President Trump denounced Napolitano on Saturday, saying the judge had turned nasty because he wasn’t appointed to the Supreme Court.
“This is the way you treat your friends? How do you treat your enemies?” the judge said while opening up the segment on Monday morning. “He wanted to divert attention from what Mueller had said about him and what I had commented about Mueller to his relationship with me. His relationship with me is not the story. He and I have been friends for 30 years and probably will be for the next 30 years.”
Still, Napolitano characterized Trump’s attack on him as “brilliant.”
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The segment with Bartiromo came after President Trump denounced Napolitano on Saturday, saying the judge had turned nasty because he wasn’t appointed to the Supreme Court.
- 4/29/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Nick Bosa is a young man living the dream. He’s the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, heading to the rising San Francisco 49ers, set to make millions of dollars, and will be living in one of the best cities in the USA.
There’s just one problem – Bosa’s politics, which seemingly don’t align well with the San Francisco zeitgeist and his team’s ties to one particular player. It seems Bosa was active on social media during his Ohio State college career, and among his tweets was calling former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick a “clown.”
He’s also advocated for President Trump on several occasions, something that won’t sit well in a decidedly liberal town. And he’s no fan of Beyonce, whose music he called “complete trash” or the Black Panther film, which he termed the “worst Marvel movie.”
Today’s shout-out from President...
There’s just one problem – Bosa’s politics, which seemingly don’t align well with the San Francisco zeitgeist and his team’s ties to one particular player. It seems Bosa was active on social media during his Ohio State college career, and among his tweets was calling former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick a “clown.”
He’s also advocated for President Trump on several occasions, something that won’t sit well in a decidedly liberal town. And he’s no fan of Beyonce, whose music he called “complete trash” or the Black Panther film, which he termed the “worst Marvel movie.”
Today’s shout-out from President...
- 4/27/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump called into Hannity on Thursday night. As is usually the case whenever the president and his favorite Fox News personality convene on the air, the “interview” was extremely long — about 45 minutes this time — and incredibly terrifying.
Goaded by Hannity, Trump railed against Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation, which he described as a “coup” to “overthrow the United States government.” He also claimed the “top people” at the FBI were corrupt, and that Hillary Clinton “destroyed the lives” of people working on Trump’s campaign. (Several Trump campaign...
Goaded by Hannity, Trump railed against Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation, which he described as a “coup” to “overthrow the United States government.” He also claimed the “top people” at the FBI were corrupt, and that Hillary Clinton “destroyed the lives” of people working on Trump’s campaign. (Several Trump campaign...
- 4/26/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano kept up his relentless criticism of President Trump this week — calling the president’s behavior as described in the Mueller Report “immoral,” “criminal,” “defenseless” and “condemnable.”
“Prosecutors prosecute people who interfere with government functions and that’s what the president did by obstruction, where is this going to end? I don’t know, but I am disappointed in the behavior of the president,” Napolitano said during a monologue of his Fox Nation show “Judge Napolitano’s Chambers.”
“If he had ordered his aides to violate federal law to save a human life or to preserve human freedom, he would at least have a moral defense to his behavior,” he added. “But ordering them to break federal law to save him from the consequences of his own behavior, that is immoral, that is criminal, that is defenseless, that is condemnable.”
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“Prosecutors prosecute people who interfere with government functions and that’s what the president did by obstruction, where is this going to end? I don’t know, but I am disappointed in the behavior of the president,” Napolitano said during a monologue of his Fox Nation show “Judge Napolitano’s Chambers.”
“If he had ordered his aides to violate federal law to save a human life or to preserve human freedom, he would at least have a moral defense to his behavior,” he added. “But ordering them to break federal law to save him from the consequences of his own behavior, that is immoral, that is criminal, that is defenseless, that is condemnable.”
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- 4/26/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
“Fox & Friends Weekend” has tapped “The View” alum Jedediah Bila as a new permanent co-host, Fox News announced on Wednesday.
Bila, who has previously appeared on the program as a fill-in guest co-host, is set to debut as a permanent co-host on Saturday, April 27. The Fox News contributor will appear alongside Pete Hegseth and a rotating third co-host.
“Jedediah’s thoughtful analysis and endearing personality have cultivated a connection with our audience that has grown exponentially over time. We are confident that she will make an excellent addition to the ‘Fox & Friends’ family,” said Lauren Petterson, senior vice president of morning programming & talent development.
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“The opportunity to co-host a program within the ‘Fox & Friends’ franchise is truly an incredible milestone in my career,” added Bila. “I am really excited to build an even...
Bila, who has previously appeared on the program as a fill-in guest co-host, is set to debut as a permanent co-host on Saturday, April 27. The Fox News contributor will appear alongside Pete Hegseth and a rotating third co-host.
“Jedediah’s thoughtful analysis and endearing personality have cultivated a connection with our audience that has grown exponentially over time. We are confident that she will make an excellent addition to the ‘Fox & Friends’ family,” said Lauren Petterson, senior vice president of morning programming & talent development.
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“The opportunity to co-host a program within the ‘Fox & Friends’ franchise is truly an incredible milestone in my career,” added Bila. “I am really excited to build an even...
- 4/24/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano laced into Jared Kushner on Tuesday during an appearance on the Fox Business program “Kennedy,” saying the presidential adviser (and Trump’s son-in-law) had been “disingenuous and deceptive” during his remarks about Russia earlier in the day.
“Kushner’s efforts to diminish Russian interference is both disingenuous and deceptive,” Napolitano said. “The attack on our democracy involved much more than the purchase of Facebook ads.”
During an interview at the Time 100 summit, Kushner dismissed the Mueller Report and moved to minimize Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election as “a couple of Facebook ads.” Kushner also said the effects of the Mueller Report were “more harmful” than the actual extent of Russia’s involvement in the election.
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In his Tuesday monologue, Napolitano went on to list all...
“Kushner’s efforts to diminish Russian interference is both disingenuous and deceptive,” Napolitano said. “The attack on our democracy involved much more than the purchase of Facebook ads.”
During an interview at the Time 100 summit, Kushner dismissed the Mueller Report and moved to minimize Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election as “a couple of Facebook ads.” Kushner also said the effects of the Mueller Report were “more harmful” than the actual extent of Russia’s involvement in the election.
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In his Tuesday monologue, Napolitano went on to list all...
- 4/24/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano took a sharply critical view of President Trump after the release of the Mueller report on Thursday, saying that the evidence in the report “might be enough to prosecute” him and that even if not, there was abundant evidence that Trump has behaved in a less than presidential manner.
“Depending on how you look at them, there might be enough to prosecute, but the attorney general has decided it’s not enough to prosecute,” Napolitano said during a monologue on his Fox Nation series “Judge Napolitano’s Chambers.” “But it did show a venal, amoral, deceptive Donald Trump, instructing his aides to lie and willing to help them do so. That’s not good in the president of the United States.”
“On obstruction of justice … the president is not exactly cleared,” Napolitano continued, noting how the report detailed “eleven instances” of times...
“Depending on how you look at them, there might be enough to prosecute, but the attorney general has decided it’s not enough to prosecute,” Napolitano said during a monologue on his Fox Nation series “Judge Napolitano’s Chambers.” “But it did show a venal, amoral, deceptive Donald Trump, instructing his aides to lie and willing to help them do so. That’s not good in the president of the United States.”
“On obstruction of justice … the president is not exactly cleared,” Napolitano continued, noting how the report detailed “eleven instances” of times...
- 4/19/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano may have some explaining to do after his December 2018 statement that there was “ample evidence” to indict President Trump — and that he might already been indicted in secret.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller ended a lengthy investigation Friday by concluding that there was no evidence of organized collusion between Donald Trump and the Russians during the 2016 campaign. That leaves the Department of Justice with no reason to indict the president, as Napolitano suggested in might do.
“There’s ample evidence — this doesn’t require too much analysis — to indict the president,” Napolitano told Fox News anchor Shepard Smith in December. “The question is, do they want to do it? The Doj has three opinions on this. Two say you can’t indict a sitting president, one says you can, but all three address the problem of what do you do when the statute of limitations is about to expire.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller ended a lengthy investigation Friday by concluding that there was no evidence of organized collusion between Donald Trump and the Russians during the 2016 campaign. That leaves the Department of Justice with no reason to indict the president, as Napolitano suggested in might do.
“There’s ample evidence — this doesn’t require too much analysis — to indict the president,” Napolitano told Fox News anchor Shepard Smith in December. “The question is, do they want to do it? The Doj has three opinions on this. Two say you can’t indict a sitting president, one says you can, but all three address the problem of what do you do when the statute of limitations is about to expire.
- 3/25/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
It may be one of the most infuriating moments in TV history, as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and university professpr Christine Blasey Ford, one of several women who has accused him of sexual assault when they were teens, are expected to testify Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The hearing, which is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Et in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, comes despite the fact that Ford and Senate Democrats have asked for an FBI investigation into Ford’s claims. The Senate committee officials and Donald Trump have refused to allow the FBI to examine the allegations.
Instead, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who refused to even hold a Senate hearing in 2016 on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, is now looking to “plow right through” the confirmation process despite growing number of allegations against Kavanaugh.
“I believed he was going to rape me,...
The hearing, which is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Et in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, comes despite the fact that Ford and Senate Democrats have asked for an FBI investigation into Ford’s claims. The Senate committee officials and Donald Trump have refused to allow the FBI to examine the allegations.
Instead, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who refused to even hold a Senate hearing in 2016 on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, is now looking to “plow right through” the confirmation process despite growing number of allegations against Kavanaugh.
“I believed he was going to rape me,...
- 9/27/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
At least 8 major U.S. TV networks launched a new show they believed would generate bigger ratings than anything being replaced on their Thursday daytime schedules.
The nation’s biggest TV-news outlets replaced game shows, “The View,” regular news programming and even “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” to cover a congressional hearing that is expected to become a lighting rod for national attention. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing of testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused him of assaulting her sexually when they attended high school in the 1980s, represents a conflagration of the highest degree over whether the judge should be approved to sit on the Supreme Court and influence so many national issues.
CNN called the event an “Historic Hearing.” CBS News labeled it a “High-Stakes Hearing.”
Ford’s testimony made for early water cooler moments, When asked how certain...
The nation’s biggest TV-news outlets replaced game shows, “The View,” regular news programming and even “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” to cover a congressional hearing that is expected to become a lighting rod for national attention. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing of testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused him of assaulting her sexually when they attended high school in the 1980s, represents a conflagration of the highest degree over whether the judge should be approved to sit on the Supreme Court and influence so many national issues.
CNN called the event an “Historic Hearing.” CBS News labeled it a “High-Stakes Hearing.”
Ford’s testimony made for early water cooler moments, When asked how certain...
- 9/27/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The most anticipated Supreme Court confirmation hearing in a generation is set for 7 a.m. Pt Thursday, when nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexual assault when they were teenagers in the 1980s, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Deadline is offering a livestream of the hearing (watch it here). But if you can’t be at a computer or on your phone, here’s a rundown of how to watch it. The day will begin with a statement by Republican committee chair Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, followed by a statement from Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the panel.
CBS News is offering gavel-to-gavel coverage starting at 7 a.m. Pt. Its programming with kick off with CBS This Morning at 6 a.m. Pt. Cbsn will stream coverage led by Vladimir Duthiers and Anne Marie Green starting at 6 a.
Deadline is offering a livestream of the hearing (watch it here). But if you can’t be at a computer or on your phone, here’s a rundown of how to watch it. The day will begin with a statement by Republican committee chair Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, followed by a statement from Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the panel.
CBS News is offering gavel-to-gavel coverage starting at 7 a.m. Pt. Its programming with kick off with CBS This Morning at 6 a.m. Pt. Cbsn will stream coverage led by Vladimir Duthiers and Anne Marie Green starting at 6 a.
- 9/26/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Nation will be Fox News Channel’s stand-alone streaming service. But it will feature many of the personalities that already draw fans to the company’s flagship cable operation.
All of Fox News’ most popular personalities – including hosts from the 21st Century Fox-owned network’s primetime lineup and its “Fox & Friends” morning show – are expected to have regular roles on the subscription-based outlet, the network said Wednesday. The subscription price has yet to be announced. The service, said to be aimed at so-called Fox News “super fans,” is expected t launch in the fourth quarter.
“We are thrilled to announce that our most popular hosts and contributors from Fox News will be among the key talent involved in Fox Nation,” said John Finley, senior vice president of development and production, in a prepared statement. “Fox News has an incredibly loyal audience and we are confident our super fans...
All of Fox News’ most popular personalities – including hosts from the 21st Century Fox-owned network’s primetime lineup and its “Fox & Friends” morning show – are expected to have regular roles on the subscription-based outlet, the network said Wednesday. The subscription price has yet to be announced. The service, said to be aimed at so-called Fox News “super fans,” is expected t launch in the fourth quarter.
“We are thrilled to announce that our most popular hosts and contributors from Fox News will be among the key talent involved in Fox Nation,” said John Finley, senior vice president of development and production, in a prepared statement. “Fox News has an incredibly loyal audience and we are confident our super fans...
- 9/12/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
While Fox News opinion hosts gushed about President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to replace Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the set of “Fox & Friends” was a bit cooler on the idea.
On set, Fox News legal guru Judge Andrew Napolitano laced into Kavanaugh, saying he was “disappointed” in the selection.
“The Washington establishment, sometimes known as the swamp, wanted Judge Kavanaugh,” said Napolitano. “I am disappointed in the president because this is not the type of person he said he would pick. Justice [Neil] Gorsuch was. This person is at the heart and soul of the D.C. establishment against whom the president railed.”
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“So you’re saying it’s a swamp pick?!” asked co-host Pete Hegseth.
“Yes!” said Napolitano.
.@Judgenap: “I am disappointed in the president because this is not...
On set, Fox News legal guru Judge Andrew Napolitano laced into Kavanaugh, saying he was “disappointed” in the selection.
“The Washington establishment, sometimes known as the swamp, wanted Judge Kavanaugh,” said Napolitano. “I am disappointed in the president because this is not the type of person he said he would pick. Justice [Neil] Gorsuch was. This person is at the heart and soul of the D.C. establishment against whom the president railed.”
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“So you’re saying it’s a swamp pick?!” asked co-host Pete Hegseth.
“Yes!” said Napolitano.
.@Judgenap: “I am disappointed in the president because this is not...
- 7/10/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump continued his Twitter attack on Special Counsel Robert Mueller this morning.
Potus has championed a campaign to discredit Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the election, this week making good on his Sunday “I hereby demand” tweet:
I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/Doj infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!
FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Ag Rod Rosenstein blinked and, on Thursday, House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes and Oversight Chair Trey Gowdy will meet with Doj and FBI officials about an FBI source who reportedly met with Trump campaign participants. No Dems are invited to the meeting.
Trump this morning ratcheted up his claim the FBI spied on his campaign.
“Look how...
Potus has championed a campaign to discredit Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the election, this week making good on his Sunday “I hereby demand” tweet:
I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/Doj infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!
FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Ag Rod Rosenstein blinked and, on Thursday, House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes and Oversight Chair Trey Gowdy will meet with Doj and FBI officials about an FBI source who reportedly met with Trump campaign participants. No Dems are invited to the meeting.
Trump this morning ratcheted up his claim the FBI spied on his campaign.
“Look how...
- 5/23/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
The set of “Fox & Friends” turned to a familiar subject Thursday morning — Hillary Clinton.
With longtime legal guru Andrew Napolitano, the cast on the couch yammered that it still wasn’t too late for President Trump to prosecute his former rival.
“She shouldn’t be immune from prosecution because she ran for president and lost or because her last name is Clinton,” said Napolitano. “The evidence of guilt is overwhelming, the statute of limitations in ten years … There’s evidence of serious felonies on her part.”
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“Why doesn’t Jeff Sessions do it?” demanded show co-host Steve Doocy.
“You’re asking the wrong person,” Napolitano sighed. “I’ve been asking the attorney general to do this for months and I wish he would.”
For what it’s worth, Napolitano offered the critics view as well, saying that those opposed to prosecuting Clinton are likely willing to look past her guilt to avoid the “banana republic” appearance of a victorious presidential candidate jailing a defeated one.
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Trump — as we all know — is a regular “Fox & Friends” viewer and it’s hard not to wonder if the segment was a deliberate reminder for him about his “lock her up” campaign pledge. With Trump’s “Fox & Friends” tweets often coming in real time during the show, it looks like he didn’t take the bait today.
“Prediction on Hillary. Justice department will not seek her indictment. Contrary to all reason,” Napolitano said dejectedly at the end of the segment.
“We already know that,” added co-host Ainsley Earhardt.
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With longtime legal guru Andrew Napolitano, the cast on the couch yammered that it still wasn’t too late for President Trump to prosecute his former rival.
“She shouldn’t be immune from prosecution because she ran for president and lost or because her last name is Clinton,” said Napolitano. “The evidence of guilt is overwhelming, the statute of limitations in ten years … There’s evidence of serious felonies on her part.”
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“Why doesn’t Jeff Sessions do it?” demanded show co-host Steve Doocy.
“You’re asking the wrong person,” Napolitano sighed. “I’ve been asking the attorney general to do this for months and I wish he would.”
For what it’s worth, Napolitano offered the critics view as well, saying that those opposed to prosecuting Clinton are likely willing to look past her guilt to avoid the “banana republic” appearance of a victorious presidential candidate jailing a defeated one.
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Trump — as we all know — is a regular “Fox & Friends” viewer and it’s hard not to wonder if the segment was a deliberate reminder for him about his “lock her up” campaign pledge. With Trump’s “Fox & Friends” tweets often coming in real time during the show, it looks like he didn’t take the bait today.
“Prediction on Hillary. Justice department will not seek her indictment. Contrary to all reason,” Napolitano said dejectedly at the end of the segment.
“We already know that,” added co-host Ainsley Earhardt.
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