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CNN Launches A Comedy News Show

You know the Colbert Report, and how it's really successful? And how other forms of news are less popular and some are dying? CNN noticed that too! So their Headline News channel will soon be airing Not Just Another Cable News Show, a weekly program with a light take on hard news using memorable gaffes from the past week. Time.com Washington editor Ana Marie Cox, of Wonkette fame, and noted Canadian/Huffington Post contributor Rachel Sklar will be commenters. The show, whose concept is stolen from the first segment of the Daily Show and whose title is stolen from the Wayans brothers, begins April 5. [AP]

2:51 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By rebecca
1,704 views, 35 comments

Latest by n/a: The best bits on the Daily Show & Colbert are when they're making fun of CNN. Sklar & Cox are going to have a court jester problem with that: they can make fun, but not too much fun. more »

media

Media Bubble: Outside The Portfolio

  • Welcome back to CBS Radio, CEO Dan Mason. There are a couple of items in your inbox. Start with that Imus folder. [NYP]
  • Gwen Ifill discomfits Tim Russert and David Brooks over their Imus appearances. [E&P]
  • Funny people and Arianna Huffington discuss how Don Imus crossed the line. Apparently, it was the "moral authority of his own irreverence" that did him in. [NYM]
  • David Carr takes a look at Field & Stream. Eat it, Portfolio. [NYT]
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    11:05 AM on Mon Apr 16 2007
    By abalk2
    605 views, 4 comments

    Latest by Chief Wahoo: @Seeräuber Jenny: Not to be ignorant here, but who is America Ferrera? Even if you are gorgeous, kids are terrible to each other. Fortunately the parents didn't go with something completely stupid, like 'Apple'. more »

    comedy central

    Comedy Central: "You're Gay, You Have A Girlfriend"

    Our friends at Comedy Central left us a voicemail! Apparently the media bowling league competition has turned ugly. Actually we just have one friend at Comedy Central—this is [UPDATE: From a jerkface who has since apologized. Albeit at gunpoint.] Language NSFW. Unless you work at Viacom, we guess. More »

    4:20 PM on Tue Mar 27 2007
    By Choire
    2,794 views, 15 comments

    media

    Media Bubble: Comedy Central Going Down

  • Comedy Central and TVLand head downtown to Hudson Street, although that may just be a plot by Viacom to make mass layoffs easier to handle. [NYP]
  • Google will happily narc out its users. [Internetnews]
  • SF Chron reporters not to attend jail. And the BALCO steroids case leaker? The BALCO guy's lawyer. Innaresting. [SFGate]
  • David Carr weeps for the tabloidization of the Observer; the Post cites its "bizarre and frightening" artwork. Mike Bloomberg just reads it for that column by windowdresser Simon Doonan. [NYT]
  • Keith Olbermann re-signs with MSNBC. [TVNewser]
  • Even in England celebrity mags are beating the hell out of regular lady titles. [Guardian]
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    9:18 AM on Thu Feb 15 2007
    By abalk2
    220 views, 1 comment

    Latest by Sailor: i may be missing something here, but where does the post get off criticizing anyone about graphic design? more »

    remainders

    Remainders: Did Someone Say Mid-Terms?

  • A reader emails us that her friend who works at the Daily Show suggested sending us the sign above because it was just so funny. Wow, working at Comedy Central must be really depressing.
  • Joel Klein and Russell Simmons made a video together about voting. Next week: Mayor Bloomberg and Jay-Z rap about smoking cigarettes, trans fats. [NYM]
  • Chelsea Clinton probably didn't watch the video, because she couldn't vote. [NYT]
  • The Yale Daily News endorses both candidates in the Connecticut Senate race. How very useful for the electorate. [IvyGate]
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    6:00 PM on Tue Nov 7 2006
    By Doree Shafrir
    127 views, 10 comments

    Latest by Simpatia: I think that this sign is offensive to Foley. He never touched brown children, EVER. more »

    dan rather

    Dan Rather to Play Grumpy Grandpa on Comedy Central Tonight

    Finding himself with time on his hands post-CBS — despite that bitchin' new job at HDNet — Dan Rather will ... co-host? co-anchor? something ... with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert tonight on Comedy Central. The trio will analyze election results live starting at 11 p.m. ET, though unfortunately Rather says he will clamp down on his trademark insane folksy witticisms. We'll be heading out shortly to get our hands dirty with some participatory democracy here in New York, where we're already hearing rumbles of poll chaos around the city due to lost voter rolls and technical foul-ups. If you've run into inadvertent disenfranchisement today in NYC through agencies human or otherwise, let us know your tales of voter angst. More »

    3:30 PM on Tue Nov 7 2006
    By Chris Mohney
    80 views, 5 comments

    Latest by OscarBuddyTV: I think Rather's going to be great tonight. If he's there all night, I can't imagine the ridiculousness that could occur. more »

    media

    Media Bubble: Get Your Piece of Stereogum While There's Still Time


    • Comedy Central rats out YouTube, clips pulled. [NYT]
    • Time Inc. to invest heavily in the Internet components of its top-tier titles. Not in the top tier: Time. Guess The Ana Log doesn't draw as many eyeballs as People's coverage of Vince and Jen. Also, more job cuts to come. [WSJ]
    • You can't sell a book by its cover. Unless, you know, Vince and Jen are on it. [WWD]
    • Just because Katie Couric's dad has Parkinson's and she's donated to Michael J. Fox's foundation doesn't mean she can't deliver a completely impartial interview with Fox. [CBS]
    • Porn baron Richard Desmond to decimate Express staff. [Guardian]
    • Scott "Stereogum" Lapatine now owned by joint consortium of Bob Pittman, Jason Hirschorn. [NYP]

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    10:10 AM on Mon Oct 30 2006
    By abalk2
    46 views, 1 comment

    Latest by matt: perhaps one of Scott's first missions as a Captain of Industry can be informing the Post that "indie" tends to be spelled as such. ironically embracing Indianapolis racing (a la "indy-rock") is so 2004. more »

    comedy central

    George Takei Teaches Us to Laugh Again

    Sure, last night's Comedy Central roast of William Shatner was all about the Dick-licking. On the other end of the wholesomeness scale was proudly out Star Trek actor George Takei, having plenty of chuckles at Shatner's expense as well as his own. The camera went to him frequently, proving that the Comedy Central producers were just as fascinated as we were by Takei's joyous open-mouthed laugh-rictus. Above is a homage of Takei's best laughs, plus bonus man-smooch courtesy of roast comedian Jeff Ross.

    3:45 PM on Mon Aug 21 2006
    By Chris Mohney
    592 views, 1 comment

    Latest by sarahblooms: I thought the most fascinating part of the roast was when Rose Nylon from the Golden Girls got on stage and made an off-color racial joke. more »

    south park

    'South Park' Wins Peabody, Tom Cruise Foiled Again

    After some ten years of inane genius, South Park's "distinguished acheivement and meritious service" was recognized last night with a Peabody. Other honorees included House, Boston Legal and Battlestar Galactica, but there's nothing quite so compelling as watching Comedy Central continue its goofy march towards legitimacy. More »

    10:55 AM on Tue Jun 6 2006
    By Jessica
    159 views, 2 comments

    media bubble

    Media Bubble: Coming to Praise Brown and to Bury Him

    • CNN's changes had nothing to do with getting rid of Brown; that was just a coincidence. "He's really a doll to work with," says CNN chief. [NYT]
    • Of course, ol' Aaron had been a "drag" on CNN's ratings. [NYP]
    • Knight Ridder sale could spark industry consolidation. You know, because there are too many independently owned papers left these days. [WSJ]
    • S&S EIC Micahel Korda to step down, after 938 years in job. [WP]
    • Comedy Central ups Colbert Report order to a full year, ensure 11 more months of a show we sort of feel like we should be watching but also don't enjoy as we'd hoped to when we do. [E! Online]
    • Jack McCoy's flannel suits too boring for your TV-crimefighting tastes? Rejoice, then, in Sleuth, NBC Universal's new cable net featuring old crime shows from The A-Team to Miami Vice. [B&C]
    • Russ Smith doesn't like Arthur Sulzberger. We're shocked. [NY Press]

    2:30 PM on Thu Nov 3 2005
    By Jesse
    83 views, 4 comments

    tv

    The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

    The Times today looks at Comedy Central's forthcoming Colbert Report, which debuts Monday, and considers the tough terrain faced by television spinoffs: More »

    2:30 PM on Wed Oct 12 2005
    By Jesse
    95 views, 1 comment

    media bubble

    Media Bubble: He Had a Dream

    • A milestone in the struggle for equality: TV networks cover a missing black and Hispanic woman the same way they usually cover missing white women. Someplace, Dr. King is smiling. [USAT]
    • Surprised to learn in the Post a few days ago that Osama planned to poison our cocaine? Yeah, so was the DEA. [NYDN]
    • Morgan Spurlock is coming to Comedy Central, continuing his effort to become more ubiquitous than McDonald's but not nearly as delicious. [Mediaweek]
    • Interestingly, in-flight mags are not the best place for subversive political satire. Who knew? [Folio:]
    • At new Bloomberg LP headquarters, Charlie Rose guests are insufficiently from the hoi-polloi reporters. The horror. [WWD]
    • Bob Woodward's The Secret Man is, maybe, a very poorly selling best-seller. [Media Mob]

    2:00 PM on Fri Jul 29 2005
    By Jesse
    65 views