Martin Bashir Leaves ABC News for MSNBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Late Night, ABC, Cable, NBC, News,
While ABC prepares for the debut of Christiane Amanpour on This Week, the network says goodbye to another colleague.
Martin Bashir, a co-anchor on Nightline for five years, has announced he is leaving for MSNBC. The British journalist, who has famously done interviews with Princess Diana and Michael Jackson, will front a daily afternoon program on the cable channel. He will also contribute pieces to NBC’s Dateline.
Bill Weir, the current co-anchor of Good Morning America‘s weekend edition, will now share late-night duties Terry Moran and Cynthia McFadden. (Weir’s morning replacement has not yet been announced.)
“Since joining us in 2004, Bill has done some of our most innovative reporting from every conceivable venue, both as co-anchor of weekend GMA and for all of our other programs and platforms,” said ABC News President David Westin.
Bashir will start his new MSNBC post in September. Meanwhile, This Week with Christiane Amanpour will kick off on Sunday Aug. 1.
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Christiane Amanpour Signs Off at CNN
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: ABC, Cable, Video,
After nearly three decades - 30 years! - with CNN, Christiane Amanpour said farewell to the cable channel last week. The network’s chief international correspondent and anchor of Amanpour left her longtime home to become the new anchor of ABC’s This Week.
“This is our final broadcast, and I want to say what a privilege it has been to be at CNN for the past 27 years,” Amanpour said on Friday. “To have had the opportunity to report the news to you all over the world, from all over the world. I have tried to be your eyes and ears in pursuit of the truth and the stories that beg to be told. That’s been my mission in the field and here in the studio. My team and I would like to say ‘Thank You,’ and we’d like to leave you with some moments we’ll never forget.”
The clip above gives you an idea of what we can expect when Amanpour makes her Sunday morning debut this August.
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TV Talk: Bob Guiney Gets the Ladies, True Blood Returns in June
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, Cable, HBO, MTV, The Hills, Gossip,
-Who says nice guys finish last? It was revealed in a recent Bachelor special that Bob Guiney got the most play during his run on the show. “I think he was 5 1/2 women,” executive producer Mike Fleiss claimed.
-Ted Koppel wasn’t interested in hosting This Week, but how about Christiane Amanpour? According to a report, the CNN reporter is currently weighing an offer made by ABC.
-Comcast is going all out for Tiger Woods’ long-awaited return to golf. For the first time, the Masters will be offered in 3D on a designated channel and online.
-It’s now time to put Season 2 of True Blood in your Netflix queue. HBO has just announced the hit series will return for Season 3 on June 13.
-Couldn’t they just ban him for life? An insider claims Spencer Pratt has been banned from The Hills’ set for six weeks after threatening a producer. He’ll reportedly undergo anger management training.
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