David Zurawik Baltimore Sun Martin O'Malley does 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' not so well

David Zurawik Baltimore Sun Martin O'Malley does 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' not so well

By David Zurawik contact the reporter

September 16, 2015

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/09/david-zurawik-baltimore-sun-martin.html

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-martin-o-malley-does-late-late-night-not-so-well-20150915-story.html

In case you haven't noticed, there's a late-night TV booking war for presidential candidates going on.

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Joe Biden have all been showing up on network talk shows right after the late news since the arrival of Stephen Colbert on CBS last week.

And then there's Martin O'Malley in late, late night with Seth Meyers getting about eight minutes of network time around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Poor Martin O'Malley, a late-night talk show is one of the last places he should go in his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.

Late-night talk shows -- and even more so late late-night talk shows like Meyer's on NBC -- are mostly about being conversational when it comes to guests. That's why the set features a couch and not a podium for them.

But O'Malley blasted away in high rhetoric like he was speaking to a convention hall of 25,000 people instead of casually "chatting" with a host sitting a few feet away from him behind a desk.

Read much more here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-martin-o-malley-does-late-late-night-not-so-well-20150915-story.html

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com

Barbara Billingsley, definitive '50s TV mom, dead at 94

Z on TV:  

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Barbara Billingsley, definitive '50s TV mom, dead at 94

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2010/10/barbara_billingsley_di.html

Barbara Billingsley, whose character of June Cleaver on the 1950's TV sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" helped define motherhood for a generation of baby boomers, died Saturday at the age of 94.

Her death was the result of a long illness and she died at her home in Santa Monica, a family spokeswoman told CNN.

Along with Jane Wyatt as Margaret Anderson on "Father Knows Best" and Donna Reed as Donna Stone on "The Donna Reed Show," Billingsley helped create an idealized depiction of the All-American TV mom living with her nuclear family in a post-World-War II, white-picket-fence fantasy neighborhood. Mayfield was the fictional community in which the Cleavers lived, and it was part Frank Capra's small-town America and part Utopian vision of the suburbs to which the rapidly expanding middle class was already starting to move at the end of the 1950s and early '60s when the series aired... http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2010/10/barbara_billingsley_di.html

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com

This and That from David Zurawik

Click here for more...: http://twitpic.com/la8oe David Zurawik’s commentary on the contemporary pop-culture scene on the tube: Z on TV http://tinyurl.com/yk2so3q
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/10/z-on-tv.html

This and That from David Zurawik

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/

Emanuel, Axelrod offer more bad media criticism
After the firestorm of media blowback that greeted Anita Dunn's declaration of war on Fox News last Sunday, you might think a little caution would be used before the administration played media critic again.But there was Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 18, 2009 11:35 AM

White House war on Fox: Echoes of Nixon-Agnew
I have been writing for several months about how thin skinned the White House has been about press criticism -- especially when it comes to the Fox News Channel. I have compared the current administration to the White House of Richard Nixon...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 12, 2009 5:50 AM

President Obama: A weak Sunday TV blitz
There he goes again, President Barack Obama playing media critic, -- and for all his many skills, media analysis is not one of them. But he can't seem to leave it alone. In that sense, he's getting less like JFK...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 18, 2009 7:09 PM

Van Jones, Glenn Beck and cable TV combat
The resignation Sunday of Van Jones, White House environmental jobs "czar," is as much a cable TV story as it is a Washington political one.Jones, who was appointed by President Barack Obama to a high level position as a special adviser...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 6, 2009 1:12 PM

Don Hewitt: Helping invent the wheel of TV news
If the only thing that Don Hewitt had done in his six decades starting at the birth of TV News was to invent the phenomenally successful "60 Minutes," he would still have been one of the most influential producers in...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 19, 2009 1:32 PM

Robert Novak on cable TV: A Polarizing Presence
I will leave it to his colleagues in Washington to place Robert Novak, who died Tuesday at age 78, on the political and journalistic map.But it is my job to talk about his TV presence over some 25 years -- most...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 18, 2009 1:21 PM

President Obama at his worst as media critic - again
There he goes again, President Barack Obama, sounding like Spiro Agnew or Richard Nixon complaining about the media. They also criticized TV for showing images of conflict, protest and confrontation. They too would have liked only to see the happy pictures...
Posted by David Zurawik on August 16, 2009 6:30 AM

Jackman gives Oscars a big musical opening
Shades of Billy Crystal -- host Hugh Jackman and producers Bill Condon and Lawrence Mark (Dreamgirls) certainly gave the Oscars telecast a big opening, one that is sure to keep viewers at least until the first commercial break. Well, older viewers anyway.The number...
Posted by David Zurawik on February 22, 2009 8:37 PM

No TV magic in Obama's press performance
After watching President Barack Obama's first primetime news conference, I am beginning to think the thrill is gone -- his TV magic and mojo have deserted him. Maybe, folks like me were just a little too quick in elevating him to...
Posted by David Zurawik on February 9, 2009 9:07 PM

Lee Atwater: The dark and dirty side of GOP politics
There is a tendency in this country to not want to look back. Once something positive happens, no matter how bad things have been, we want to turn the page.Last week's election was certainly one of those hopeful moments of passage,...
Posted by David Zurawik on November 10, 2008 6:27 PM

Obama: The last great TV candidate? We'll see tonight
Democratic presidential TV candidate Barack Obama is going to seem like he is everywhere on TV tonight thanks in part to a last minute flurry of interview bookings and media buys. And by the time he finishes his last appearance...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 29, 2008 5:29 AM

Palin-Biden debate draws 69.9 million viewers
The TV turnout for Thursday night's debate was even larger than expected -- and almost every analyst expected a huge audience. According to Nielsen ratings released late Friday, the showdown between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden was seen by 69.989...
Posted by David Zurawik on October 3, 2008 6:23 PM

Jim Lehrer looks ahead to Friday's presidential debate
One of the happiest developments in this increasingly partisan and hotly contested election is the fact that PBS' Jim Lehrer, the most trusted anchorperson on TV, will moderate the first presidential debate Friday night in Oxford, Miss. If there...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 23, 2008 6:40 PM

Is Bill Moyers the Olbermann of PBS?
Who thought this TV blog would get this political this fast? But we are living in the home stretch of a once-in-lifetime Presidential election, and TV and the media are at the center of it like they haven't been since the...
Posted by David Zurawik on September 9, 2008 9:00 AM

20091018 sdosm This and That from David Zurawik

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/

Z on TV

Z on TV

I do not watch much of “Top 40” commercial television; however I have come to appreciate David Zurawik’s commentary on the contemporary pop-culture scene on the tube. It is intelligent and informative and keeps me up-to-date without having the dreadful experience of having to watch it.

About David Zurawik Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/la8oe

I've been The Baltimore Sun's TV critic since 1989. My writings on TV and media have appeared in such publications as TV Guide, Esquire magazine and American Journalism Review.

I have a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an M.A. in specialized reporting (on popular culture) from the University of Wisconsin.

I'm the author of The Jews of Prime Time (Brandeis University Press), a look at 50 years of Jewish characters and identity on network TV. I have also been with WYPR-FM (88.1) radio since 1994 and can be heard Thursday mornings at 7:30 doing a weekly "Take on Television" report.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/

Recent posts by Mr. Zurawik:

White House war on Fox: Echoes of Nixon-Agnew

President Obama again the target of 'SNL' satire

'Law & Order' rips family reality shows (Think TLC)

This weekend with 'Reliable Sources,' 'Law & Order'

Wedding gives NBC's 'The Office' only a bump

Fall TV: Networks start naming winners, losers

Here's a stretch: Kate Gosselin plays angry 'mom'

Despite PR blitz, 'Jon & Kate' ratings still suffer

CNN features kids singing for healthcare reform

Jon Gosselin meets Nancy Grace, and it isn't pretty

Zurawik David 20091011 About David Zurawik

Art Library authors, Art Library writer profiles, Journalists, Journalists Zurawik-David, Media TV

http://twitpic.com/la8oe David Zurawik’s commentary on the contemporary pop-culture scene on the tube: Z on TV http://tinyurl.com/yk2so3q

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/10/z-on-tv.html http://tinyurl.com/yk2so3q

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/

David Letterman reveals affairs, extortion attempt

David Zurawik – “Z on TV:” David Letterman reveals affairs, extortion attempt

October 1, 2009

CBS "Late Show" host David Letterman shocked his audience Thursday with the revelation that he had sexual relationships with female staffers on his show and that he has been the target of an extortion attempt because of the acts.

The 62-year-old comedian told his studio audience during the taping of Thursday night's show that he had received threats to pay someone $2 million or his relationships with female employees would be made public.

Letterman said he turned the matter over to the district attorney's office in Manhattan, which set up a sting operation that resulted in the arrest of the person behind the blackmail attempt.

Read the rest here: David Zurawik – “Z on TV:” David Letterman reveals affairs, extortion attempt

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2009/10/david_letterman_extortion_atte.html

20091001 Zurawik Letterman reveals affairs extortion attempt

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/

A brief, quick observation about David Zurawik’s Baltimore Sun piece: “WBAL TV fires John Sanders over prank.”

A brief, quick observation about David Zurawik’s Baltimore Sun piece: “WBAL-TV fires reporter over prank."

Hat Tip: Duck Duck Goose: WBAL-TV fires blue scrotum reporter over prank 02/26/2009 Wonkette’s version is better than the Sun’s.

And Stan Moore posted it on Inside Charm City on February 24, 2009:

“DCRTV John Sanders, a correspondent for Channel 11/WBAL, disappeared from the Baltimore NBC affiliate’s website on Monday after, over the weekend, he’d been IDed as the prankster who edited the words “bright blue scrotum” into Fox Newser John Gibson’s verbal stream, in a Fox News video segment in which Gibson was commenting last week about the new attorney general. TVNewser has more about the original incident. No confirmation from WBAL as to Sanders’ fate at the Hearst station”

However, David Zurawik, with the Baltimore Sun, wrote some great commentary that has been lost in the whole kerfuffle…

[www.baltimoresun.com: “WBAL-TV fires reporter over prank - John Sanders inserted a graphic phrase in a faked video that ended up on YouTube,” by David Zurawik david.zurawik@baltsun.com February 24, 2009]

He introduced the background of the matter first…

WBAL-TV fired a producer-reporter today for altering a video in such a way as to put false and potentially inflammatory words into the mouth of Fox News anchor John Gibson.

The video that was doctored by John Sanders, who covered technology issues and produced promotional videos for Baltimore's NBC affiliate, became a viral sensation last week after the Huffington Post presented it as authentic.

However, what really resonated with me was:

“Beyond the end of Sander's career at WBAL, the video highlights the lack of verification at popular news Web sites such as the Huffington Post. Like many news aggregate sites, the Post does not employ traditional news reporters but relies mainly on contributions from readers, celebrities and columnists. Sanders' dismissal could also be seen as a cautionary tale for those who think that they can post something on the Internet as a prank for the enjoyment of their friends and that it will go no further.”

Want an example? Click here.

Read Mr. Zurawik’s entire piece here: WBAL-TV fires reporter over prank

Related links

Z on TV: WBAL fires reporter after doctored video goes viral
On the Web: Huffington Post reports on doctored John Gibson video

20090224 Sun WBAL TV fires John Sanders over prank
www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-fired-reporter-0224,0,2655073.story

Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/