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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and Kamala Devi Harris were sworn in to office as US President and Vice President Wednesday morning, marking then end of now-former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence's tenure in office. While Biden's inauguration was broadcast across MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN on Wednesday, the three networks and their talking heads took different approaches in their coverage and commentary. Fox News The Fox News Channel took a very comparative and more critical approach to Biden's inauguration than its competitors, highlighting the administration transition from Republican to Democrat control. The outlet also echoed right-wing...

Benny Hill Woodstick A parody of Woodstock.

Since Samantha Bee's obscene woman-hating comments directed at Ivanka Trump, she and TBS senior staff members have been plotting on what to do next. The answer will come June 6 on Bee’s “Full Frontal” show: she will offer a more detailed account of this issue. They have their work cut out for themselves. If what happened on May 30 was an anomaly, Bee could ride it out, saying she was apologizing for this one-time screw up. But this was not one ugly chapter in an otherwise sterling series of shows. While it was more over the top than any of...

Who among us watched the X-Files Monday night after watching Donald Trump Rally?

Long before Stephanie Birkitt was revealed as David Letterman's squeeze, the funnyman was known to surround himself with beautiful young staffers who ministered to his daily needs -- and favored women when it came to promotions. Holly Hester, who interned for Letterman in the early '90s while she was a student at NYU, said yesterday the two had a steamy, secret affair for a year. She said Letterman called her one day and asked her to the movies, and they soon began seeing each other on the sly. "I was madly in love with him at the time," Hester told...

Briefing: Parents have tools for TV control By Ellen Thomson St. Paul Pioneer Press April 26, 2006 TV Turn Off Week ends Sunday, but it's never too late to take steps to limit the kinds of programs your family watches and the amount of time spent in front of TV screens. Parents can begin by taking three simple steps, according to TV Watch, a national coalition of individuals and organizations concerned with educating parents about available control tools and increased government control of programming. First, learn the meanings of TV ratings, which may be shown at the beginning or during...

Watching TV may damage children's brain development leading to increased anti-social behaviour, new research claims. There is also a correlation between the amount of television children watch and the degree of educational damage they suffer, according to the report by Dr Aric Sigman, who is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. And significant long term damage occurs even at so-called modest levels of viewing - between one and two hours a day, the report, entitled Remotely Controlled, says. Children now spend more time watching a TV screen than they spend in school, but viewing even a moderate amount...

CNBC Pulls Tina Brown Show By John M. Higgins -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/6/2005 4:25:00 PM The subterranean ratings of Topic A with Tina Brown have finally prompted CNBC to pull the weekly interview show. A memo sent to CNBC employees late Friday said that Brown was leaving the show to work on a book on the legacy of Princess Diana. But Brown's ratings tell a more compelling story. Last Sunday, Topic A's prime time airing managed to draw just 4,000 souls in the key news demo, adults 25-54. Total viewership reached just 26,000. The weekly show debuted in February...

Earlier this year, I wrote a column about the impropriety of airing prophylactic advertisements during Saturday morning children's programming. Aficionados of the moral debauchery into which our nation is descending snapped classic animation is no longer directed at young children but rather towards libertine post-adolescents with less control over their urges than barnyard animals. Some unable to muster a rational argument instead chose to disparage my personal appearance. Even if the viewing public must concede dominion of old favorites to these reprobates, does that mean we must stand by and yield all quality programming to those who want to drag...

Did anyone see the Presidents speech to the US Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, on televison last night, and if so what station or network carried it?Thanks for the help,