An Al Rodgers special on Giuliani, cartoons, flashback, media bits, videos, and more below the fold and in the comments...
Lineup (Pls link, if you're copying to another site.)
- MTP: Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) on his recent Iraq trip; roundtable of CBN's David Brody, NBC's David Gregory, NPR's Michele Norris, and WaPo's Eugene Robinson discuss issues important to minority voters and the GOP debate Doesn't it seem as though the only time an MTP roundtable has more than one black participant, is when so-called 'black issues' are a major topic of discussion?
- FTN: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); David Axelrod (Obama08 strategist) and Howard Wolfson (Clinton08 comm dir)
- This Week: Mike Huckabee (R-AR); roundtable of Peggy Noonan, Elisabeth Bumiller, Katrina vanden Heuvel and George Will; Steve Van Zandt of the E Street Band on bringing rock and roll to the classroom
- FNS: Karl Rove v. DCCC Chair Rep. Chris Van Hollen on 08; FedEx CEO and founder Fred Smith
- Late Edition: Pres. George W. Bush; Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX); Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT); Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno (a Cmdr. in Iraq); Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI); Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)
More TV Alerts (all subject to change)
- Iowa Black & Brown Forum moderated by NPR's Michele Norris and PBS's Ray Suarez, airing on HDNet, 12/1, 8pm
- Political Capital w/ Al Hunt (Bloomberg, repeats throughout weekends): Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM)
- Conversations With Judy Woodruff (Bloomberg, repeats throughout weekends): fmr Sens. Warren Rudman and John Culver on Iowa and New Hampshire
- Chris Matthews Show 12/1-12/2: Andrew Sullivan, Gloria Borger, John Heilemann, Elisabeth Bumiller discuss "How Much Trouble is Rudy In? And Will Huckabee Ruin Romney's Plan for an Early Primary Sweep? Condi Rice: How Much Did Her Battle with Rummy and Cheney Harm Foreign Policy?" Quotes here.
- 60 Minutes (CBS, Sun): Will Smith; one laptop per child; "The Purge" of Iraq's Christians
- Q&A (C-SPAN, 8pm, Sun): John Micklethwait, editor in chief of The Economist
- GMA and World News (ABC): Afghanistan poll results released 12/3
- The View: Charlie Gibson 12/3; Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) 12/4
- GMA: Caroline Kennedy 12/6
- "Sand and Sorrow" HBO documentary on Darfur narrated by George Clooney, 12/6, 8pm.
- Bill Clinton, Don Imus and others on Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating on 12/6
Sunday Talk Ratings for Last Week's Shows
Last week, Fred Thompson called Fox News biased, while on Fox News, and MTP won the ratings race. Last week's guests here.
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Rudy, Rudy, Rudy
Via Al Rodgers.
Every Strike Needs Its Own Hip Hop Anthem
Conan O'Brien is paying his staff (once they're laid off by NBC) out of his own pocket, and he's still bringing the funny. James Franco and Mila Kunis explain why we need writers. The four major networks made $120M from web ads sold for their free streaming content. That may or may not represent a profit, but it's a solid start... and profitability is clearly on the horizon given this. Give the writers a share, AMPTP!
I miss Jon Stewart
Watch him sing with Elmo.
Flashback
NY Post 2004 Blunder
The State of the GOP
Cartoon source.
Dennis Hastert and Trent Lott said good-bye this week. The list of GOP-held open seats is growing really long. The Dem one is much shorter. Bye Trent:
Another excellent Trent Lott cartoon here.
More
Best column written about Sean Taylor's death and the issues that have come up in regards to the tragedy.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Carson family.
In case you missed it... Prisoners freed by DNA NYT special section.
And OMG, it's journalism!
Media Mix: WGA knows how to use 'new media' to win public relations battles ... the rise of entertainment reporter, blogger and columnist Nikki Finke ... ABC News and Facebook hook up ... Online ads for streaming shows, are hot property ... Senate Commerce Committee Tees Up FCC-Blocking Bill ... the Ben Bradlee interview at Radar ... the Matt Drudge interview from Sky News ... Cable industry wins on FCC regulation plans ... CNN sucks a lot of the time (just not this moment)... ABC News writers get new contract ... Josh Marshall's funny photo in GQ (the lengthy profile is good, too) ...
Ratings, Circ & Stats: 60 percent of online newspaper visitors are "fly-bys," people who use the site briefly and irregularly ... Nightline ratings for week of Nov. 12 ... November cable ratings are out, and we know that Bill O'Reilly's show continues to grow, that MSNBC actually beats CNN in sales prime, that Headline News is doing well, and that Wolf Blitzer and The Situation Room are down a bit ... CNN/YouTube GOP debate draws record 4.49M viewers ... CNBC celebrates best ratings in 7 years ... more cable ratings news here ...
Remainders
Keith Olbermann cameo on The Simpsons
Caroline Kennedy turns 50 and is an AARP magazine cover girl.
Players parlay a jersey trade into a single mom's dream
Trivia of the Week:
Victory next year would allow the two Udall first cousins to join each other in the Senate exactly a decade after they ran for and won their respective House seats. And, should the Udalls' second cousin Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) win his bid for a third term, then three Udall cousins would be serving in the Senate simultaneously when the 111th Congress convenes in January 2009.
Rahm Emanuel's chief scheduler, Jen Waller, is fighting breast cancer. The Congressman and his staff are rallying around her. The entire article is rather moving, but here's just a snippet.
When Waller grew frustrated this month with losing her hair strand by strand, Emanuel's chief of staff, Liz Sears Smith, dropped by Waller's home and sheared it off. "It was a little bit traumatic," Waller says.
One of the Congressman's daughters, 7-year-old Leah, is growing her hair out so she can donate it to a charity that provides wigs for people undergoing chemotherapy. Emanuel says his daughter asked him, "Do you think Jen would wear my hair?" Emanuel says, in all seriousness, "We're researching that."
Presidential candidates' favorite TV shows.
Tucker Carlson is a "good friend" of brothel owner and Ron Paul endorser, Dennis Hof.
More in the comments...
Re: Poll
If your dad is deceased answer as though it said "My dad was..." or don't answer at all.