Since people were leaving comments on the TJ Holmes posts totally unrelated to TJ we felt it was time to start a new topic post. So here's the place to post those complaints and complements about CNN.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Your Views on the News 12/9/11
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
TJ Holmes to BET
Award-Winning Journalist T.J. Holmes Signs Multi-Platform Talent Deal With BET Networks
NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks announced today a multi-platform talent agreement with award-winning journalist and television personality, T.J. Holmes. The deal with Holmes includes a new show on BET as well as content on BET.com in which he can bring his many talents to some of the most important and interesting stories to BET's audience.
"We are of course ecstatic to have T.J. Holmes coming to our fold. He's been an outstanding news anchor and we look forward to making him shine. He's been an outstanding news anchor and we look forward to working with him in a variety of new ways on BET," said Stephen G. Hill, President of Music Programming and Specials at BET Networks. "We look forward to weaving T.J.'s mixture of credibility and charisma into our fabric."
An award-winning journalist and respected television personality within the African American community, T.J. Holmes was formerly a news anchor for various CNN programs and has anchored numerous major breaking news stories and human interest pieces ranging from the devastating tornadoes across the Midwest and Southeast to the Gulf oil spill in 2010 to Saddam Hussein's execution in 2006. Holmes came to CNN from NBC11 in the San Francisco Bay Area. While with NBC, he covered the 2004 Olympics, the first Summer Games held since the September 11th terrorist attacks. Before that, Holmes served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Ark. He began his career at KSNF-TV in Joplin, Mo. Holmes contributed to CNN's 2010 coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill that garnered a Peabody Award. In 2007, he was honored with the Young Alumni Award by the University of Arkansas. Holmes graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. He is a board member of the Emory University Board of Visitors, a member of 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. and serves on the Chancellor's Board of Advisors at the University of Arkansas.
Source: BET Networks
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
TJ Holmes Leaving CNN
According to the Maynard Institute:
T.J. Holmes, who anchors the weekend edition of "CNN Newsroom" on Saturday and Sunday mornings, told colleagues on Sunday that he is leaving the network at the end of the year for another job. He did not disclose the new position. Holmes joined CNN in October 2006.
TVNewser published CNN's memo to staff:
From: Rodriguez, Janelle
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 3:24 PM
Subject: Staff Announcement
Please join me in congratulating TJ Holmes who will be leaving the company at the end of the year to pursue other opportunities. Since 2006, we’ve had pleasure to work alongside him as he anchored CNN Newsroom and reported stories from throughout the world. We wish him well in his future endeavors.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Ratings For The Week of November 28th - December 2nd
Rating calculations are weekly averages based on nightly
ratings provided by TVNewser with data by Nielsen Media Research. Numbers
reflect Live and same day (DVR) data.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Your Views on the News 12/3/11
The Colbert Report did a segment this week on CNN's recent firings and layoffs. (If you missed that news it was reported by TVNewers on November 11th.) We thought it might make a good jumping off point for this week's discussion.
"Bravo CNN for getting rid of all those pesky professionals. Hopefully this bold move will help you get rid of your remaining viewers." ~ Stephen Colbert
Friday, December 2, 2011
This Weekend's Programming 12/2/11
SATURDAY, December 3, 2011
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Thirty years ago, five men in Los Angeles died from a mysterious disease later classified as HIV/AIDS by the CDC. Now, 25 million people have died from and 33 million people are currently living with the disease. In reflection of World AIDS Day, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, visits Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Clinic to talk with Angelle Vuchetich, RN, founder of Grady Infectious Disease Program (IDP), one of the largest AIDS clinics. Also, Dr. Gupta speaks with a man that may have actually been cured from HIV/AIDS. Dr. Erin Carr-Jordan is banned from McDonald’s because of the “McGerms” she found in various play areas – now she is working on legislation to give local health departments jurisdiction forcing big corporations to clean up their acts. Also, Barry Estabrook, author of “Tomatoland”, will discuss newfangled fruit and how modern industrial agriculture is destroying our most alluring fruit.
THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER – Airs Saturday 6:00PM – 7:00PM
The best of The Situation Room from the week of Nov. 28.
Anchor: Wolf Blitzer
COMMON DREAMS – Airs Saturday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM (Sunday 2:00AM)
Actor and Grammy-winning artist Common travels to Haiti to see the hardened forced child labor practice rooted deep within the culture. He learns of the noble premise on which the “restavek” system began and comes to understand how a devastating earthquake and decades of despotic rule have eroded the restavek ideal. Common meets the children, their ‘guardians’ and a team of dedicated people determined to change cultural perceptions and provide them with a better life. In the process, his team helps convince a family to give a little girl what she so desperately wants: the chance to go to school and dream of a better future.
SUNDAY, December 4, 2011
SANJAY GUPTA, MD – Airs Saturday & Sunday 7:30AM – 8:00AM
Thirty years ago, five men in Los Angeles died from a mysterious disease later classified as HIV/AIDS by the CDC. Now, 25 million people have died from and 33 million people are currently living with the disease. In reflection of World AIDS Day, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, visits Atlanta's Ponce de Leon Clinic to talk with Angelle Vuchetich, RN, founder of Grady Infectious Disease Program (IDP), one of the largest AIDS clinics. Also, Dr. Gupta speaks with a man that may have actually been cured from HIV/AIDS. Dr. Erin Carr-Jordan is banned from McDonald’s because of the “McGerms” she found in various play areas – now she is working on legislation to give local health departments jurisdiction forcing big corporations to clean up their acts. Also, Barry Estabrook, author of “Tomatoland”, will discuss newfangled fruit and how modern industrial agriculture is destroying our most alluring fruit.
STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY – Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM, NOON – 1:00PM
Topic: Campaign 2012; Jobs; Economy
Guest: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), GOP presidential candidate
Topic: Campaign 2012; Jobs; Economy
Guest: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), GOP presidential candidate
Topic: Global Hot Spots; Campaign 2012; Payroll Tax and Unemployment Benefits
Guest: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), ranking member, Armed Services Committee
Topic: Jobs Numbers; Payroll Tax and Unemployment Benefits
Guest: Alice Rivlin, former Director, Office of Management and Budget
Guest: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former Director, Congressional Budget Office
Guest: Ron Brownstein, editorial director, National Journal; CNN political contributor
Anchor: Candy Crowley
FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Topic: Greece’s economic crisis – what’s next? What’s the solution? Should Germany be doing more? Should Greece just default?
Guest: George Α. Papandreou, former Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic of Greece
A FAREED ZAKARIA GPS exclusive
Topics: What to do about the Pakistan problem? How quickly can we/should we drawdown from Afghanistan? Will we strike Iran? How did President Obama’s Asia trip effect US-China relations?
Guest: Ian Bremmer, PhD, president, Eurasia Group
Guest: Nile Gardiner, director, The Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom
Guest: Gideon Rose, editor, Foreign Affairs magazine
Guest: Anne-Marie Slaughter, D.Phil, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State (Obama Administration)
Topic: Why does Ijaz think a branch of Pakistan’s ISI should be labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S.? What does the “S Branch” of the ISI do?
Guest: Mansoor Ijaz, venture capitalist; middleman of “Memogate”
Anchor: Fareed Zakaria
RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs LIVE Sunday 11:00AM – NOON
Topics: Coverage of Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain; Greta’s Tie to Cain’s Campaign
Guest: Steve Roberts, professor, The George Washington University
Guest: Jennifer Rubin, “Right Turn” blogger, The Washington Post
Guest: Bill Press, syndicated talk radio host
Topics: Scandal at Syracuse
Guest: Mike Wise, sports columnist, The Washington Post
Guest: Jason Whitlock, FoxSports.com
Topics: Allegations against Syracuse’s Bernie Fine
EXCLUSIVE Guest: Vince Doria, vice president and director of news, ESPN
Host: Howard Kurtz
THE NEXT LIST – Airs Sunday 2:00PM – 2:30PM
Anchor Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviews engineer Heather Knight, who studies social charisma between humans and technology. Knight discusses how socially-intelligent robots can interact with humans through humor, gestures, language and even performance art in order to ultimately make technology more useful and user-friendly.
LARRY KING SPECIAL: DINNER WITH THE KINGS – Airs Sunday 8:00PM – 9:00PM and 11:00PM
CNN’s Larry King and wife Shawn King invite viewers to join their dinner party with some of the biggest names in Hollywood to discuss life, love, finding success and coping with insecurities and failure. With dinner prepared by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, the Kings host Tyra Banks, Russell Brand, Twitter / Square founder Jack Dorsey, Quincy Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Conan O’Brien, and Shaquille O’Neal.
A Dinner with the Kings to Air Sunday, Dec. 4th
For his fourth hour-long special for CNN, Larry King and his wife Shawn hosted a dinner part with some of the biggest names in Hollywood and invited viewers in to join. The one hour special titled “Larry King Special: A Dinner with Kings” will air Sunday, December 4th at 8 and 11pm ET.
The dinner prepared by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck includes Tyra Banks, Russell Brand, Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey, Quincy Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Conan O’Brien, and Shaquille O’Neal. Join Larry and his guests as they discuss life, love, insecurities, success and failures at this dinner party like no other.
Conan O’Brien on insecurities: “There's a tendency for people to look at a table like some of the people that are here and say they’ve made it. They have it. And what they don't understand is the amount of insecurity that drives you when you're 15. But it's still there when you're 48”.
Tyra Banks on her looks: “I'm so not sexy. I know how to turn it on for a picture, but I'm not sexy in real life”
Russell Brand on his success: “How I deal with my personal, material success is guiltily”
Seth MacFarlane: “I'm still working on my hiding my insecurity 100 percent”
Jack Dorsey on success: “I've made hundreds and hundreds of mistakes and -- and learned from 'em. And -- and that's what makes a successful company, that's what makes a successful creative endeavor, is learning from your mistakes”.
The special will re-air December 10th at 8 and 10pm ET and on CNN international on Saturday, December 10th at 9pm and Sunday December 11th at 6am.
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