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2006: At 10th Anniversary, Fox News Makes Changes To Stay On Top > Dec. 28: Sean Hannity gets a weekend primetime show> Dec. 7: Will Tiki Barber stay at FNC? > Nov. 29: FNC and NCTC re-up for three years > Nov. 19: FNC may air two eps of right-leaning news satire show > Nov. 16: FNCers distance themselves from OJ's "If I Did It;" corporate hypocrisy? > Nov. 15: Ken LaCorte becomes VP and senior EP of FOXNews.com> Nov. 14: More of Moody's memos start to surface > Oct. 16: FNC and Cablevision reach carriage deal; "north of 75 cents" per sub > Oct. 30: Kevin Magee will oversee Huddy/Jerrick morning show > Oct. 23: Explaining FNC's ratings slump: Maybe its core audience "is a little burned out right now;" Shep agrees > Oct. 12: Ailes is looking for "the stars of the next ten years" > Oct. 5: Wiig is joining FNC full-time; later, his wife reports for the net too
> Oct. 2: FNC's 10th anniversary receives proper recognition; it's possible to divide the news calendar into "Before Fox and After Fox"> Oct. 2: Ailes recently considered retiring, but rejected the idea; he says "we're freshening up" > Sep. 28: "We cannot rest on our accomplishments... and I will continue to make changes," Ailes says > Sep. 26: Skinner says Fox is "trying to bring both sides," and Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer laughs out loud
> Sep. 23: Bill Clinton accuses Chris Wallace of "doing Fox's bidding;" "nice little conservative hit job;" Wallace responds: "all I did was ask him a question"> Sep. 22: Gretchen Carlson replaces E.D. on F&F, starting immediately > Sep. 22: E.D. Hill loses F&F gig; without a proper goodbye, she moves to 10am hour of Fox News Live > Sep. 21: D.C. bureau chief Kim Hume is leaving; Bruce Becker is interim replacement > Sep. 20: FNC starts experimenting with new lower-thirds > Sep. 19: Jerry Burke becomes co-EP of F&F > Sep. 14: The Live Desk with Martha MacCallum will replace DaySide; Jane Skinner gets the 2pm hour > Sep. 14: David Rhodes becomes VP for news; Jay Wallace becomes EP for news > Sep. 13: News Corp. threatens to pull FNC if cable ops don't agree to rate increases; also: It "could seek to rally support from its wide fan base" > Sep. 12: FNC announces a ten-city "Thank You America" tour for its 10th anniversary; it begins in Boston on Sep. 19 > Sep. 8: Shep imagines a 10pm Fox Report > Aug. 28: Bill Hemmer to host Fox Online at noon ![]() > Aug. 27: Centanni and Wiig are freed; "journalists should never be hostages or pawns in world events," Ailes says > Aug. 23: In kidnapping tape, Centanni and Wiig appear healthy; Moody asks for their "immediate release" > Aug. 16: "We still have no word on their whereabouts or condition," Hume and Smith report > Aug. 15: Network reps meet with Palestinian officials; this kidnapping seems different; it may not end soon> Aug. 14: Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig are kidnapped in Gaza; "pray for their release," Moody tells staffers; archive of TVNewser coverage > Aug. 8: FNC records 25 percent fiscal year growth; Ailes gets a $3.4 million bonus > Aug. 7: Dennis Miller rejoins FNC as a contributor to Hannity & Colmes > Aug. 2: Two Jordanian freelancers say they won't work for "blatantly one-sided" FNC > Jul. 31: FNC settles Joe Chillemi harassment lawsuit for $225,000 > Jul. 27: Shep Smith receives praise for his Middle East reporting; he blankets the net > Jul. 26: Rumors of personnel changes behind the scenes > Jul. 24: A tryout? Laura Ingraham subs for O'Reilly > Jul. 18: DaySide is ending: Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy will host a morning show for Fox affiliates> Jul. 11: FNC shakes up DaySide, assigns temporary EP > Jul. 7: Kelly Wright replaces Julian Phillips on F&F Weekend > Jul. 5: Linda Vester isn't coming back to FNC > Jun. 26: "Ailes is on the warpath" following FNC's ratings slump "and he won't hesitate to clean house to turn things around," B&C says > Jun. 26: Jennifer Griffin would love to staff an FNC bureau in Tehran > Jun. 15: Imagine a Fox version of The Daily Show > Jun. 14: Iran sends an overture to the U.S. through senior VP John Moody > Jun. 7: Top UN official calls Fox a "detractor" > Jun. 6: FNC's "now hiring" ad is aimed at its own employees > Jun. 6: Catherine Herridge donates part of liver to her four-month-old son > Jun. 5: In one year, FNR "has increased the number of affiliates from 58 to more than 330"
> Jun. 1: Celebrating Fox News Radio's one-year anniversary> May 21: FNC airs another global warming special > May 11: Carl Cameron returns to campaign trail, Brett Baier becomes chief WH correspondent, Major Garrett is promoted to congressional correspondent > May 9: Laurie Luhn becomes director of booking > May 1: FNC's ad sales team "wants to snatch away some dollars from broadcast" > Apr. 27: Fox News Sunday celebrates its 10th anniversary with a big party > Apr. 27: "Is there a White House policy that all government TV's have to be turned to Fox?" > Apr. 26: Brian & The Judge replace The Tony Snow Show > Apr. 26: Tony Snow moves from Fox News to the White House; says press secretary gig was "too good to pass up"> Apr. 24: Roger Ailes is TV Week's "most powerful person in TV news;" later, he's an "influential" in New York mag. > Apr. 19: "Sure, I'm a conservative," but "look at the work," Brit Hume says > Apr. 18: Brian Lewis becomes executive VP at Fox > Apr. 17: News Corp. wants $1 per month per sub; "completely unrealistic?" > Apr. 13: Fox O&O's become more like FNC > Mar. 23: Dick Cheney wants his TVs turned to Fox > Feb. 22: Fox News is supposed to produce a crime show for My Network TV; it never materializes > Feb. 17: Fox and Sirius ink new deal, including distribution of Fox News Talk > Feb. 15: Brit Hume gets the first post-shooting interview with Dick Cheney > Feb. 13: No love from the NYT > Jan. 28: Two employees sue FNC, claiming injury from exposure to mold and pesticides > Jan. 18: Journal Editorial Report starts airing on FNC > Jan. 11: Rudi Bakhtiar becomes FNC correspondent > Jan. 4: Bill O'Reilly has a "culture war conversation" with David Letterman > Jan. 2: XM launches Fox News Talk > Jan. 2: Sirius drops Fox News Radio; the two sides can't reach a deal 2006: Dobbs & Cooper Symbolize CNN > Dec. 21: Rick Sanchez gets Lin's timeslot> Dec. 18: Carol Lin packs her bags; she says "I'm ready to try something new" > Dec. 12: Zahn explores race relations in America; a town hall follows > Dec. 11: Cal Perry becomes Baghdad bureau chief > Dec. 6: Two promotions and one addition in The Sit. Room > Nov. 22: > Nov. 2: Before election, CNN pre-empts Zahn's show, pairs her with Blitzer > Oct. 24: Is Klein micromanaging LKL? > Oct. 22: CNN airs insurgent video of a sniper attack in Iraq; Duncan Hunter asks, "does CNN want America to win this thing?"
> Oct. 20: CNN believes we have a "Broken Government"> Oct. 18: CNNI #1 for ten years according to PAX survey > Oct. 10: Dobbs expands to seven nights a week; and he starts hosting town hall meetings > Oct. 3: CNN debuts a "News Wall" in NYC > Oct. 3: Cooper takes 360 to the "killing fields" of Africa > Sep. 25: Kelly Wallace leaves CNN, joins CBS > Sep. 23: CNN Newsroom becomes weekend brand, too > Sep. 11: Ronaldo Santos becomes senior VP for international relations
> Sep. 1: Her contract wasn't renewed, so Daryn Kagan says goodbye to CNN; later, she launches an inspirational web site called DarynKagan.com> Aug. 29: Kyra Phillips leaves her mic on during a bathroom break > Aug. 24: CNN walks In The Footsteps of bin Laden > Aug. 16: Ed Litvak becomes American Morning's EP > Aug. 15: CNN announces streamlined daytime programming; CNN Newsroom will premiere Sep. 4; American Morning shrinks> Aug. 11: CNN is making "substantial progress" closing the demo gap, Kent says > Aug. 9: Cooper stays in the Middle East for a long time > Aug. 7: Christiane Amanpour starts hosting "quarterly specials;" her first is about AIDS orphans in Kenya > Aug. 3: Sam Feist adds "political director" to his duties > Jul. 31: CNN is still, barely, the "most trusted name in news" > Jul. 23: During the Middle East conflict, CNN abuses the "breaking news" banner > Jul. 19: CNN's brand spanking new Weather Center > Jul. 18: CNN airs Bush's expletive; other nets bleep it > Jul. 15: This Week At War replaces On The Story
> Jun. 21: Cooper interviews Angelina Jolie, prompting criticism, high ratings, and a spike in donations; Later: "Celebrity News Network?> Jun. 12: Klein wants to grow American Morning's audience > Jun. 10: Pipeline is a tough sell; CNN is talking to cable ops and broadband providers about distribution > Jun. 8: CNN experiments with "A Week At War" specials > May 31: Cooper's "Dispatches From The Edge" is hot > May 22: CNN promotes "the best political team in television" > May 19: Walton says "CNN Worldwide brings in more than twice as much revenue as Fox News" > May 17: Mark Nelson is officially the VP of CNN Productions > May 15: CNN prematurely airs Bush speech, after NBC stage manager cued the president early
> May 14: "I think CNN is going to undergo a big shakeup in the next three to six months," NYT's Bill Carter predicts; later, he says the net has "bland people"> Apr. 21: CNN to host three summits with the Clinton Global Initiative > Mar. 31: Dobbs is "sui generis," Klein says > Mar. 24: Ed Henry to White House, Dana Bash and Andrea Koppel to Capitol Hill > Mar. 22: Morning VP Kim Bondy steps down > Mar. 21: Gallup and CNN end 14-year partnership > Mar. 15: Greg Liebman and Keith Berkelhamer become ad VPs > Mar. 10 and 15: Two negative stories about Larry King prompt FNCers to say "we respect Larry;" finally, Klein defends King> Feb. 28: Dobbs drives the Dubai ports deal controversy; later, he "wins" > Feb. 24: Ted Turner exits the Time Warner board > Feb. 15: Lou Dobbs starts getting press; later, more and more and more > Feb. 14: Anne Woodward becomes VP for technical ops > Feb. 13: Phil Kent says "the deficit at CNN in the past was skill level of producer"
> Feb. 13: Buzzing about Jack Cafferty> Feb. 10: CNNI unveils spectacular, clean new graphics > Feb. 1: John Roberts joins CNN > Jan. 16: CNNI cancels Diplomatic License, a weekly look at the United Nations > Jan. 16: CNN adds conservatives: J.C. Watts becomes contributor; Bill Bennett too > Jan. 16: Iran bans CNN, citing a translating error; the interpretation company fires the translator; the ban is lifted > Jan. 9: Spending millions to promote Anderson Cooper; later, "stop CNN before it kills Anderson" > Jan. 9: CNN makes more money than Fox News > Jan. 7: Jon Klein says Paula Zahn Now is getting "stronger" 2006: Less 'Headline News,' More Views![]() > Dec. 21: Showbiz gets 11pm PT repeat > Dec. 4: HLN has a cool new Atlanta set > Dec. 4: "From news to views" is a success > Nov. 29: Grace's image consultant isn't earning her retainer > Nov. 21: Duckett's attorneys sue Grace and producers for wrongful death; suit raises questions about "post-modern witch hunts" > Nov. 16: Beck's "Extremist" special delivers a million viewers to HLN
> Nov. 10: Robin & Co. celebrates first birthday
> Sep. 29: "You're a big bitch," caller tells Grace > Sep. 25: In suicide note, Duckett wrote: "I only wish you do not push anyone else;" Grace defends herself again > Sep. 15: After being interviewed by Grace, Melinda Duckett commits suicide; Grace is unapologetic > Sep. 11: Rolando Santos moves to CNNI; the dayparts are reformatted, so Thomas Roberts and Kathleen Kennedy lose their newscast > Aug. 2: Maybe Star Jones could star on HLN > Jul. 6: Grace prompts a guest to describe child rape in explicit detail > Jun. 28: Beck's ratings are initially low, but they improve > Jun. 7: Headline Prime spreads to Saturdays and Sundays > May 8: Glenn Beck premieres; cheers and jeers> May 8: Ken Jautz wants to inject "personality, passion, and point of view" in primetime > Apr. 10: Schedule shuffle: Prime News to 6pm; Showbiz Tonight loses 7pm airing; daytime tweaks, too > Apr. 10: Beck's show will be called Glenn Beck; will air at 7 and 9pm > Mar. 21: Fire interrupts HLN broadcast > Mar. 7: Jim Walton once said "if there is a talk show on Headline News, there will be newscasts on CNN," but that's no longer true > Mar. 1: Questions about Grace's "creation story"> Feb. 28: In one year, HLN doubles its primetime viewership > Feb. 22: Grace marks 1st anniversary on HLN > Feb. 20: Grace's timeslot up 181 percent in first year > Feb. 2: Nancy Grace gets a new EP, Dean Sicoli > Jan. 18: In '05, HLN attracted 70 new advertisers thanks to rising ratings > Jan. 17: HLN signs Glenn Beck; Ken Jautz calls him "the next piece of the puzzle" 2006: Olbermann & Doc Block Boost MSNBC's Ratings > Dec. 18: It's time for Olbermann to negotiate a new contract; he reportedly wants $4 million a year
> Dec. 5: Chris Matthews off air for a week due to complications from diabetes
> Nov. 29: "It's official, we are on a roll," Abrams tells staffers> Nov. 27: MSNBC acquires rights to Super Size Me and other documentaries > Nov. 20: "MSNBC has seen the future, and it is politics" > Nov. 3: Chris Licht becomes Scarborough's EP > Nov. 1: In the midst of budget cuts, "things are looking up at MSNBC" > Oct. 19: In NBC U 2.0, MSNBC will work "more closely" with NBC News; employees brace for job cuts > Oct. 19: NBC will shut down Secaucus site in 2007; MSNBC will move to 30 Rock (with some to Engelwood Cliffs) > Sep. 20: MSNBC covers an ostrich on the loose > Sep. 19: As his Special Comments continue, Olbermann receives more and more positive press
> Aug. 29: Rumor has it that MSNBC may move out of Secaucus > Aug. 22: XM satellite radio drops MSNBC > Aug. 21: MSNBC has a snazzy new graphics package
> Aug. 14: Carlson will be Dancing with the Stars this fall; later, he's the first contestant to be sent home> Aug. 13: Your Business starts airing on Sunday mornings > Aug. 1: At the Top Of The Rock, NBCers enjoy MSNBC.com's first-place position > Jul. 31: MSNBC adds Davidson Goldin as editorial director > Jul. 27: Tammy Haddad stays with MSNBC, becomes VP in Washington > Jul. 27: Scarborough Country takes a tabloid turn; later, a producer gets drunk to simulate Mel Gibson's intoxication > Jul. 17: MSNBC is using more NBC talent
> Jul. 15: MSNBC recognizes its tenth anniversary with a party in NJ; "The challenge hasn't changed in 10 years -- to clarify why MSNBC is an alternative to CNN," ex-GM Erik Sorenson says> Jul. 10: Tucker's show is now called Tucker > Jun. 29: MSNBC schedules tape from 9 to 11pm; Rita Cosby loses her show; Carlson moves to the afternoon > Jun. 26: Michael Rubin becomes VP of longform
> Jun. 26: NBC exec says more tape is coming to MSNBC's primetime> Jun. 26: Abrams wants a "live and urgent, less newscasty" daytime > Jun. 16: Connie Chung sings goodbye > Jun. 14: Zucker wants more crime and repeats > Jun. 12: "This is an unconventional play. We know that, and that's the beauty of it," an insider says > Jun. 12: Dan Abrams becomes general manager and Phil Griffin becomes executive in charge> Jun. 12: Capus considers MSNBC a "news and information network" > Jun. 8: Is there "any real place or need for a third cable news network?" > Jun. 8: "It's time to push... and grow the channel in a way it hasn't to date," Steve Capus says > Jun. 7: Rick Kaplan exits; a "mutual decision;" it's "the first step in the strategic restructure of MSNBC" > May 31: "MSNBC and CNBC are doing much better," Bob Wright states > May 1: Tucker Carlson ditches the bow tie > May 1: The Most with Alison Stewart premieres> Apr. 18: Joe Scarborough and Rita Cosby switch timeslots; it puts Rita, Nancy and Greta head-to-head-to-head > Apr. 18: MSNBC tries repeating Countdown at 9am > Apr. 5: Susan Sullivan replaces Mark Effron as daytime VP > Mar. 19: MSNBC realizes the value of tape > Feb. 27: Jeff Zucker says "there's real and actual momentum at MSNBC" > Jan. 28: MSNBC is worth $1 billion? > Jan. 27: Analyzing the Microsoft-NBC split: "GE knows how to contractually rape its prospective partners" > Jan. 11: MSNBC begins airing taped shows from 9pm to midnight on Fridays; Rick Kaplan implies that it's temporary > Jan. 9: Weekends with Maury and Connie premieres. "This one won't last through the summer," an e-mailer predicts > Jan. 4: Jon Friedman says MSNBC is "quietly showing serious improvement in its reporting and programming" 2006: CNBC Gets Younger > Dec. 11: The net's demo #'s are up almost 60 percent from last year> Dec. 4: CNBC launches new web site; it connects TV and the Internet > Oct. 30: NBC will merge some CNBC bureaus with O&O's > Oct. 30: Howard's newsmag keeps getting delayed; later, it's named Business Nation > Oct. 3: Hyping the Dow's record high > Oct. 2: A record earnings year for CNBC > Oct. 1: CNBC is working on new international distribution agreements > Sep. 16: Looking for a timeslot for Fast Money; where will it go?> Sep. 15: Cramer is a best-selling bobblehead > Sep. 7: Glen Rochkind is out at CNBC; the net announces several changes to the business news desk > Jul. 21: Forbes wants to compete with CNBC with this syndie pilot > Jul. 18: CNBC experiments with town hall shows at 8pm > Jul. 12: Someone didn't get Joe Kernen's joke about Aquaman > Jul. 3: Josh Howard is prepping a monthly newsmag > Jul. 3: Hoffman and Wald are moving CNBC "toward a broader definition of business coverage" > Jun. 26: Meredith Stark, new VP of CNBC.com, is charged with recreating the net's online presence > Jun. 8: Jonathan Wald becomes senior VP; David Friend leaves the network; later, Friend becomes a VP at WCBS> Jun. 8: CNBC tries a "checkerboard" of programming at 8pm > May 11: Thomas J. Clendenin becomes VP of marketing > May 5: Jeremy Pink becomes prez of CNBC Asia > May 1: Maria Bartiromo moves the markets after a private conversation with the Fed Chair > May 1: Will Surratt becomes EP of The Big Idea; Mary Duffy becomes EP of primetime development > Mar. 28: Mad Money is a ratings winner > Mar. 13: John Harwood becomes chief D.C. correspondent > Feb. 20: Ron Insana leaves the anchor desk; becomes "senior analyst" and starts investment newsletter > Feb. 14: Conversations with Michael Eisner premieres, and it's boring> Jan. 19: Six appointments on the news desk > Jan. 18: "King of Wall Street:" Jim Cramer is developing a reality show> Jan. 17: "Is CNBC's management team shelving some long-time anchors in favor of younger faces?" > Jan. 13: CNBC pushes Ted David off Morning Call; he moves to radio > Jan. 9: What does Mark Hoffman want? "Intellectual combat" 2006: Fox Biz Launch Edges Closer > Dec. 13: Fox has to "find entertainment in otherwise ordinary business stories"
> Dec. 11: FNC "has been conducting a lot of business about business news" lately > Dec. 4: FNC inks video deal with Yahoo Finance; Cheryl Casone hosts hourly updates for web> Nov. 30: Cavuto to start anchoring a financial newscast for Fox News Radio > Nov. 9: The drumbeat continues: "We're getting pretty close," Chernin says again > Nov. 7: Comcast will carry Fox Biz, NYT reports > Nov. 3: "I think we're ready for Fox," GE's Jeff Immelt declares > Oct. 30: Kevin Magee will oversee channel -- "in the event distribution is secured for its launch" > Oct. 23: CNBC's Jonathan Wald says Ailes won't steal his staffers for a biz channel > Oct. 9: This is the "second phase" of Fox Biz > Sep. 13: Peter Chernin says Fox Biz is set to launch in 30 million homes in early 2007 > Sep. 12: "We're close" to being able to launch, Cavuto says
> Sep. 12: Grove got it right: Alexis Glick joins FNC as the director of business news> Jul. 24: "We are still looking" at a possible business channel, Ailes says: "It probably wont happen this year. After that it could happen, and we are in active negotiations" > Jun. 20: Ailes tells analysts he's aiming for early-to-mid 2007 > Jun. 5: Roger Ailes doesn't want to launch unless wide distribution is assured > May 8: Neil Cavuto says Fox looks "at the whole picture" and is optimistic> Apr. 17: News Corp. wants 10 cents for Fox Biz carriage > Feb. 27: FNC may offer cable ops a lower carriage fee in exchange for Fox Biz distribution > Feb. 6: We're making "quite considerable progress" getting distribution, Rupert Murdoch says > Jan. 25: The announcement of a "new network" scares CNBCers; it turns out to be the CW > Jan. 3: CNBC's Jim Cramer predicts Murdoch will give Ailes "the staff he needs to set up" Fox Biz 2006: This Is Katie Couric's World, We Just Live In It![]() > Dec. 18: As it turned out, the newscasts finished November sweeps in the same order they had before Couric -- NBC first, ABC second, CBS third -- with each network's ratings slightly down over the year, continuing a long-standing trend. The first woman anchor had not much changed the evening news' numbers one way or another" > Dec. 13: "Stop analyzing her!" > Dec. 12: Maybe America wasn't ready for Katie > Nov. 30: Couric in Amman on her first overseas trip; she gets a trifecta > Nov. 8: Couric's election coverage gets mixed reviews > Oct. 27: How has CBS "managed to bungle Katie Couric's rep so badly?" Jossip blames Gil Schwartz> Sep. 5: The big day is here; "sometimes I feel like human chum," she says > Sep. 2: Couric doesn't know the name of the CBS morning show > Aug. 29: Thanks to Photoshop, Couric loses 20 pounds; CBS sort of apologizes > Aug. 25: "Perky and cute, but smart, informed and liberal, too" > Aug. 16: Couric's celebrity junket for journalists > Aug. 14: Couric is trying to lower expectations > Aug. 14: "I don't know how long I'm going to do this," she says > Jul. 16: CBS says Couric will have a daily blog, an on-camera Evening News tease each afternoon, "daily digital reports," and more > Jun. 22: Katie is going on a Hillary-style "listening tour" > Jun. 14: "I've already made my money back," Moonves grins > Jun. 5: Maybe she'll sign off with "Peace out, homies" > Jun. 2: She pays $6.3 million for new home in East Hampton > May 31: Couric's final day on Today
> May 18: Couric, at the upfronts, steps in front of the CBS eye> Apr. 12: "Our first date:" Couric and Schieffer have lunch for the cameras > Apr. 5: TVNewser says: "For CBS, Couric is a move in the right direction, but she won't be the savior some are expecting" > Apr. 5: Couric "is joining CBS News;" it's a five-year deal including 60 Minutes face-time; it's a big coup for Les Moonves > Apr. 5: "I have decided I'll be leaving Today at the end of May;" NBC says thanks; Couric's P.R. operation works like a charm > Apr. 4: On the anniversary of Couric's 15th year at Today, the rumors become official> Apr. 2: Couric's deal with CBS "is completed in principle" > Mar. 27: "The ball is in her court" > Mar. 24: Couric is thinking about her legacy, according to "Desperate Networks" > Feb. 20: NBC would offer Couric $20 million? > Feb. 18: Couric starts asking NBCers if they'd come with her to CBS -- "hypothetically" of course > Feb. 7: Couric doesn't anchor the opening ceremonies of the Olympics; "NBC was sending its star a warning" > Jan. 19: She hires PR wiz Matthew Hiltzik > Jan. 12: Couric tries to throw cold water on the CBS rumors > Jan. 10: Russ Mitchell wants her. And Elizabeth Vargas thinks it's a wonderful idea > Jan. 9: Bob Schieffer hopes Couric will come to CBS > Jan. 4: A research firm says Couric's likability rating has declined 2006: "A New Day" At NBC, Including Vieira, New Execs & Budget Cuts > Dec. 20: A fourth hour of Today: is it 50/50, a strong possibility, or a done deal?> Dec. 14: Gregory and Snow spar again; this time, Snow apologizes > Dec. 13: Dateline is applying the Predator format to other subjects > Dec. 5: NBC tries a sole-sponsor Nightly News; less commercials, more news is a hit with viewers > Dec. 4: Today, with Vieira, stays in first place> Nov. 27: NBC decides to label Iraq a "civil war" > Nov. 22: After Christmas, Dateline gets a third night > Nov. 13: Today survives the transition; "I'm surprised we hung in there," Lauer says > Nov. 10: 17 pink slips at Dateline; Robb Stafford and Edie Magnus are out; layoffs at NN and Today too > Nov. 7: Man commits suicide when police (and Dateline crew) come knocking > Nov. 4: Williams' viewers sampled Couric, but they come back > Oct. 30: NBC will look for operational efficiencies, like sending one camera crew for multiple networks > Oct. 19: NBC/MSNBC/CNBC guest booking and graphics departments will merge > Oct. 19: Confronting a "new electronic reality," NBC U 2.0 plan is revealed; to save $750 million, 700 jobs will be cut, including 220 at NBC News; it's "salary-tightening time" > Oct. 12: President Bush compliments Kevin Corke's suit > Oct. 10: NBC opens bureau in Bangkok; Ian Williams joins net from ITN > Oct. 4: CNN vet Jane Arraf moves to NBC > Sep. 14: 6.9 million viewers for Vieira's premiere > Sep. 13: NBC welcomes Vieira to the Today Show family; she premieres on a futuristic set > Sep. 8: Lauer supports a fourth hour of Today -- if NBC supports it by adding staffers > Sep. 7: Dateline's predator deal is lucrative for Perverted Justice> Aug. 31: Curry breaks her nose in between Today Show segments > Aug. 23: Nancy Snyderman becomes chief medical editor > Aug. 21: New control room and HDTV studio space for Today > Aug. 10: Williams reads viewer mail on the Nightly News; John Reiss says "we're trying to lift the veil a bit"> Aug. 8: Will NBC add a fourth hour of Today? > Jun. 28: NBC doubles its staff of investigative producers > Jun. 16: NBC moves Mark Mullen to Beijing and names Fritz Von Klein South East Asia bureau chief; at the same time, NBC downsizes in Moscow > Jun. 9: Couric's gone, but Today viewers don't seem to mind; the morning gap holds steady > May 31: Couric leaves Today; NBC starts promoting "a new day"> May 22: NBC opens "Middle East bureau" in Beirut; Richard Engel is the bureau chief > May 15: Dateline to lose its Sunday spot in the fall; but it'll be back after football season; Steve Capus says "we have big plans" for Dateline > May 1: NBC's new ad slogan: "Wherever you go, there we are" > Apr. 25: To Catch A Predator is back for May sweeps > Apr. 24: Meet the Press celebrates five years at #1 > Apr. 21: NBC tried to woo Mike Wallace > Apr. 11: Matt Lauer gets $13 million a year in a new 5-year deal > Apr. 6: "I'm very honored that NBC has asked me to co-host the Today show," Vieira announces on The View; NBC holds press conference > Apr. 4: NBC offers Vieira a 4-year, $10 million contract > Mar. 23: Photographer David Hume Kennerly becomes contributing editor > Mar. 10: Ann Curry reports from Darfur > Mar. 13: Vieira has had "several meetings" with NBC, but her agent downplays the rumors > Mar. 3: Phil Alongi becomes specials EP > Mar. 2: Mark Lukasiewicz becomes VP > Feb. 28: Two new VP's: Doug Vaughan and Lloyd Siegel > Feb. 13: David Gregory and Scott McClellan exchange words; later, Gregory explains > Feb. 15: Alexis Glick leaves NBC; later, Natalie Morales becomes a full-time Today correspondent> Feb. 6: TMZ is the first to suggest Meredith Vieira could move to Today; Vieira doesn't deny the possibility > Feb. 2: New EP of Weekend Today: Lyne Pitts > Jan. 23: Dateline moves to Saturday "graveyard" > Jan. 12: NBC correspondents vote to leave the AFTRA union > Jan. 9: Alex Wallace becomes VP; oversees Nightly News, specials and newsgathering 2006: At ABC News, Steadying The Ship > Dec. 19: Almost a year after being injured in Iraq, Woodruff "looks and sounds great"> Dec. 12: Gibson edges close to Williams, especially in the demo > Dec. 1: This Week's first sweeps win over Face the Nation in five years > Nov. 30: Primetime gets a five-episode run > Nov. 28: One-year anniversary of the new Nightline > Nov. 15: Dan Harris is the official anchor of WN Sunday; other promotions > Nov. 9: World News This Morning becomes America This Morning; Nancy Han becomes AM news EP > Nov. 7: With 'Dancing' as its lead-in, ABC's election coverage is #1 > Nov. 6: Vargas is back full-time on 20/20 > Nov. 1: Diane Masciale leaves NBC to become executive editor for special coverage > Oct. 20: Despite the Couric competition, World News is "thriving" > Oct. 19: Woodruffs are writing a memoir; primetime special to air in Spring 2007 > Oct. 17: Sawyer reports from North Korea > Oct. 1: ABC reporting leads to Mark Foley's resignation; Brian Ross gets the credit > Sep. 10: What will Diane do? She says she doesn't know; later, B&C says her eyes are "fixed on the exit door" > Aug. 22: Sam Champion is named GMA's weather anchor> Aug. 22: Chris Sheridan becomes weekend news EP > Aug. 21: Chris Cuomo's campaign pays off: He is named news anchor of GMA > Aug. 21: Rejected by an employment tribunal: Richard Gizbert doesn't get any money from ABC > Aug. 16: Vargas gives birth to Samuel Wyatt Cohn > Aug. 10: Virginia Moseley becomes senior political editor > Aug. 10: ABC News All Media unit forms > Aug. 7: Remembering Peter, one year later > Aug. 3: Nightline's audience is getting younger; later, the show beats Letterman three weeks in a row; it's called a "ratings resurgence" > Jul. 26: Jim Murphy will become senior EP and Tom Cibrowski will become EP of GMA > Jul. 19: Nightline stops using Times Square studio > Jul. 19: World News drops the Tonight> Jul. 11: Jeffrey Schneider gets promoted to senior VP of communications > Jul. 7: The Russian government closes ABC's operations in Moscow > Jul. 2: "I'll do everything in my power" to anchor a nightly newscast again, Vargas pledges > Jun. 28: "We're glad you're finally ours," WNT EP Jon Banner tells Gibson > Jun. 28: "And so this wonderful 19-year experience of a lifetime comes to an end:" Gibson says goodbye to his GMA family> Jun. 13: Woodruff visits ABC News > Jun. 2: GMA EP Ben Sherwood resigns; the posturing begins > May 30: Gibson signs on; ABC markets him as "your trusted source" > May 26: Vargas signs off > May 23: Did Diane want the chair? What will she do now? Later, B&C suggests CNN; she says she wants to do "more serious journalism in primetime" > May 23: Sources say Vargas "struggled" to keep her job; but ABC swears it was her choice; on WNT, she gives a concession speech> May 23: "Charles Gibson has been named anchor of World News Tonight;" ABC doesn't replace Gibson on GMA > May 18: Sawyer hires lawyer Allen Grubman > May 16: 20/20 is renewed; Primetime gets a full pickup but not a timeslot; it'll be "used to fill holes" in the fall > May 15: "The government is tracking the phone numbers we call in an effort to root out confidential sources," ABC's investigative unit says > May 15: Jan Crawford Greenburg joins ABC; later, she interviews John Roberts > May 8: Sawyer plans to stay on GMA through 2007 > May 8: George Stephanopoulos gets good press; and later, more and more and more> May 3: Shelley Ross' final stunt; she departs ABC in Dec. > Apr. 24: At NAB/RTNDA, remembering Peter > Apr. 6: ABC releases the first photograph of Woodruff > Mar. 23: Drudge publishes old "Bush makes me sick" e-mail by GMA Weekend EP John Green; he expresses regret; later, he is suspended for one month > Mar. 16: Woodruff heads home > Mar. 15: The Western Edition doesn't last long > Mar. 13: Forget Sawyer; Charles Gibson will be WNT's "temporary permanent replacement," sources say > Mar. 8: Rumor has it that Diane's taking the WNT chair > Feb. 24: Post-Koppel Nightline is up in the demo > Feb. 23: Vogt heads home to France; Woodruff still "mildly sedated" > Feb. 21: W. 66th St. becomes Peter Jennings Way > Feb. 10: Vargas is pregnant; later, "it's a boy" > Feb. 8: Vogt moves to outpatient facility; Woodruff still sedated> |