When Sean Hannity handed off his Fox News program to Laura Ingraham last Thursday night, he had company.
On-air switches between cable-news hosts make for bright moments on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, with the audiences at home and producers in studio looking at warm exchanges between personalities like Hannity and Ingraham or Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell. The chatter between former CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon generated so much attention that producers often let the segment bleed into Lemon’s first segment of the night and even time reserved for commercials. These days, Hannity has begun letting a new crowd bear witness.
Since January of this year, Hannity has been hosting some editions of his regular 9 p.m. program in front of a live, in-studio audience consisting of a few dozen people. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, Fox News viewers can see the crowd as “Hannity” goes to commercial break,...
On-air switches between cable-news hosts make for bright moments on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, with the audiences at home and producers in studio looking at warm exchanges between personalities like Hannity and Ingraham or Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell. The chatter between former CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon generated so much attention that producers often let the segment bleed into Lemon’s first segment of the night and even time reserved for commercials. These days, Hannity has begun letting a new crowd bear witness.
Since January of this year, Hannity has been hosting some editions of his regular 9 p.m. program in front of a live, in-studio audience consisting of a few dozen people. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, Fox News viewers can see the crowd as “Hannity” goes to commercial break,...
- 7/17/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati news anchor and mayor who came to preside over the controversial and extremely profitable talk show bearing his name, has died. He was 79.
According to NBC affiliate Wlwt, where he once worked as a news anchor, Springer died peacefully Thursday at his home in the Chicago suburbs.
“The Jerry Springer Show” began its multi-decade run in 1991 and, in 1998 at the height of its popularity, beat “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in the ratings, drawing 12 million viewers.
Like Geraldo Rivera, Springer signed on for a show that he thought seemed like the logical next step in his journalism career — a show not unlike “Donahue” that would take a serious look at a variety of important issues. But as with “Geraldo,” the pressure to score big in the ratings pretty quickly meant appealing to the lowest common denominator — Springer and his new producer, Richard Dominick, who’d worked at the Weekly World News,...
According to NBC affiliate Wlwt, where he once worked as a news anchor, Springer died peacefully Thursday at his home in the Chicago suburbs.
“The Jerry Springer Show” began its multi-decade run in 1991 and, in 1998 at the height of its popularity, beat “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in the ratings, drawing 12 million viewers.
Like Geraldo Rivera, Springer signed on for a show that he thought seemed like the logical next step in his journalism career — a show not unlike “Donahue” that would take a serious look at a variety of important issues. But as with “Geraldo,” the pressure to score big in the ratings pretty quickly meant appealing to the lowest common denominator — Springer and his new producer, Richard Dominick, who’d worked at the Weekly World News,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
A charlatan, a ringmaster, and, at his most charitable, an irresponsible pig. This was Morton Downey Jr., and “Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie” is probably the film he deserves. Destined to provoke knowing nods from his fanbase, and predictable tsk-tsks from his detractors, 'Evocateur' examines the seeds that were planted in the late eighties when “The Morton Downey Jr. Show” hit the airwaves to a cacophony of pop culture noise. From the directing team of Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, 'Evocateur' highlights Downey’s immodest beginnings, as the liberal son to a crooning father and a mistreated starlet wife. Downey tried music, and even dabbled in poetry before finding his calling, as a hard-right entertainer taking on the guise of a “voice of the people.” 'Evocateur' takes great pains to illustrate that Downey wasn’t the first to welcome on-air confrontation with obnoxious braggadocio, nor is he the last,...
- 6/5/2013
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) audiences responded enthusiastically to the documentary Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, the story of larger-than-life, talk show host Morton Downey Jr. from co-directors and co-producers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger. Tff crowds called Evocateur one of the funniest documentaries in years and the New York-based specialty distributor Magnolia Pictures responded to the positive reviews by acquiring U.S. rights to the movie. Kramer, Miller and Newberger, partners at Ironbound Films, told Tff writer Kristin McCracken about how they grew up watching, debating and even attending The Morton Downey Jr. Show. Asked to describe the controversial Morton Downey Jr., Kramer, Miller and Newberger summed up their subject as “think Fox News meets the Saw Franchise.”...
- 6/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) audiences responded enthusiastically to the documentary Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, the story of larger-than-life, talk show host Morton Downey Jr. from co-directors and co-producers Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger. Tff crowds called Evocateur one of the funniest documentaries in years and the New York-based specialty distributor Magnolia Pictures responded to the positive reviews by acquiring U.S. rights to the movie. Kramer, Miller and Newberger, partners at Ironbound Films, told Tff writer Kristin McCracken about how they grew up watching, debating and even attending The Morton Downey Jr. Show. Asked to describe the controversial Morton Downey Jr., Kramer, Miller and Newberger summed up their subject as “think Fox News meets the Saw Franchise.”...
- 6/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
A charlatan, a ringmaster, and, at his most charitable, an irresponsible pig. This was Morton Downey Jr., and “Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie” is probably the film he deserves. Destined to provoke knowing nods from his fanbase, and predictable tsk-tsks from his detractors, 'Evocateur' examines the seeds that were planted in the late eighties when “The Morton Downey Jr. Show” hit the airwaves to a cacophony of pop culture noise.
From the directing team of Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, 'Evocateur' highlights Downey’s immodest beginnings, as the liberal son to a crooning father and a mistreated starlet wife. Downey tried music, and even dabbled in poetry before finding his calling, as a hard-right entertainer taking on the guise of a “voice of the people.” 'Evocateur' takes great pains to illustrate that Downey wasn’t the first to welcome on-air confrontation with obnoxious braggadocio, nor is he the last,...
From the directing team of Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, 'Evocateur' highlights Downey’s immodest beginnings, as the liberal son to a crooning father and a mistreated starlet wife. Downey tried music, and even dabbled in poetry before finding his calling, as a hard-right entertainer taking on the guise of a “voice of the people.” 'Evocateur' takes great pains to illustrate that Downey wasn’t the first to welcome on-air confrontation with obnoxious braggadocio, nor is he the last,...
- 4/21/2012
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
Tribeca: Tell us about Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie. How do you describe Morton Downey Jr. to people not familiar with him? Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger: Morton Downey, Jr., was argumentative, divisive, violent - arguably the most controversial talk-show host in the history of television. Think Fox News meets the Saw franchise. Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie examines Mort's mind, motivation, and legacy. Tribeca: What inspired you to tell this story? It clearly seems like a labor of love and passion. Were you fans from way back? Kramer/Miller/Newberger: The three directors of Évocateur - Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger of Ironbound Films - came of age in the suburbs of New Jersey and Long Island. Watching, discussing, and attending The Morton Downey Jr. Show was our Facebook. Jeremy even played Morton Downey Jr. Show dress-up with his high school friends.
- 3/17/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
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