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Robin Meade Oversleeps, Make-up Artists Go Into Overdrive

For the first time in 20 years of anchoring, HLN’s Robin Meade overslept this morning and then gave new meaning to the show’s title, “Morning Express” as the make-up artists had to work like a Nascar pit crew to get Meade made up before the 6am show went live.

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Mediabistro Event

Build Your Social Media Presence

Get social in our Social Media 101 online event and workshop starting Thursday, January 17 online. Keynote speakers like Brian Ries (left), senior editor, social media at Newsweek & The Daily Beast, will show you how companies and individuals use social media platforms to promote their brand. Register today.

The Scoreboard: Monday, January 14

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

  • Total day: FNC: 231 | MSNBC: 198 | CNN: 125 | HLN: 83
  • Primetime: FNC: 366 | MSNBC: 273 | CNN: 139 | HLN: 125

5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p: 12a:
FNC
TheFive:

353

Baier:

255

Shep:

241

O’Reilly:

484

Hannity:

378

Greta:

235

O’Reilly:

297

Hannity:

223

MSNBC
Matthews:

221

Sharpton:

229

Matthews:

240

EdShow:

230

Maddow:

346

O’Donnell:

242

EdShow:

148

Maddow:

93

CNN
Blitzer:

118

Blitzer:

138

Burnett:

155

Cooper:

128

Morgan:

135

Cooper:

153

Burnett:

67

Morgan:

71

HLN
Express:

45

Express:

45

Jane:

95

Grace:

134

DrDrew:

106

Grace:

134

Showbiz:

75

DrDrew:

44

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The Afternoon Ticker: ‘Nightline,’ Zahn, CNN

  • ABC’s “Nightline” has been quietly filming behind the scenes at Facebook in recent weeks, and already has a story cued up on the social network’s newest product: Graph Search. Facebook unveiled the new “Pillar,” as Mark Zuckerberg calls it, today. “Nightline’”s story airs tonight.

  • Investigation Discovery’s “On the Case with Paula Zahn” continues to be a ratings driver for the network. Sunday’s episode drew 1.125 million viewers, a record for the show, which is hosted by the former CNN and Fox News anchor.

Inauguration 2013: PBS Coverage Plans

PBS will broadcast a special daytime edition of “NewsHour” Monday to cover President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will anchor beginning at 11amET. They will be joined by syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, as well as presidential historians Richard Norton Smith, Beverly Gage and Anette Gordon-Reed.

Online, PBS will have coverage of the day’s events with a live stream and a live blog, as well as several online features.

More in the PBS press release, after the jump. Read more

Al Roker On His White House Accident: ‘I’m Laughing All the Way to the Bank’

TVNewser caught up with “Today” show weatherman Al Roker in Chicago this morning. He’s on a book tour for Never Goin’ Back Winning the Weight-Loss Battle For Good. It’s about his battle to keep off the pounds following gastric bypass surgery.

Much more of our conversation tomorrow, including just how long Mr. Roker intends on staying with “Today.” First, Roker uses a food analogy to discuss how “Today” intends on getting back the hundreds of thousands of viewers lost in the past year. We also asked whether he was surprised that his post-surgery White House confessional on “Dateline” went viral days later.

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@CNNbrk Hits 10,000,000 Followers

Remember a few years ago when the race was on to see who would be the first to get to 1,000,000 followers on Twitter?

At the time, the two biggest accounts were @CNNbrk the breaking news feed of CNN and @aplusk the Twitter handle of actor Ashton Kutcher.

The race to 1,000,000 culminated in April 2009. Chronicled here on TVNewser, just after 2amET on the morning of April 17, 2009 Kutcher was first to cross the million mark.

Fast forward almost four years, and both of those accounts have passed 10 million followers. In fact, Kutcher’s @aplusk has more than 13 million followers while @CNNbrk hit 10 million in the last week. So today, the digital newsroom in Atlanta celebrated.

“To me, the milestone is a signal that our approach is working,” says Lila King, CNN’s senior director for Social News. “Over the past few months we’ve worked hard to fine-tune our voice on Twitter and strike a balance between being authoritative and collaborative, and I’d like to think that 10 million would say it’s right on.”

While Kutcher was the first to 1,000,000 he’s only No. 22 on the list of top Twitter accounts today. Lady Gaga holds the lead with 33,073,438; Justin Bieber is next with 32,974,609 and Katy Perry is third with 32,201,464.

Inauguration 2013: Fox News Coverage Plans

Fox News Channel’s 2013 Presidential Inauguration coverage will begin Sunday morning and continue through Monday night, with Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly behind the anchor desk.

Baier and Kelly will anchor during the private ceremony Sunday at 11 AM, as well as the network’s coverage of the public ceremony Monday from 11AM-3 PM and from 9-10PM.

Contributors to the special programming will include Brit Hume, Chris Wallace and “The Five” co-hosts Bob Beckel, Juan Williams and Dana Perino. Karl Rove, Stephen Hayes, Charles Krauthammer and Kirsten Powers will also contribute.

On Monday, Bill Hemmer, Martha MacCallum, Shepard Smith and Neil Cavuto will anchor their programs live from Lafayette Park. In primetime, Bill O’Reilly and Greta Van Susteren will host their shows live.

As has become de rigueur, FNC will also be streaming the event on its website.

The Scoreboard: Sunday, January 13

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

  • Total day: FNC: 127 | MSNBC: 164 | CNN: 80 | HLN: 113
  • Primetime: FNC: 119 | MSNBC: 302 | CNN: 93 | HLN: 109

5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p: 12a:
FNC
NewsHQ:

99

FNSunday:

86

Report:

83

Huckabee:

150

Hannity:

120

Greta:

86

Huckabee:

78

Hannity:

70

MSNBC
Caught:

80

Caught:

89

Caught:

115

Caught:

289

Predator:

273

Predator:

344

Lockup:

302

Lockup:

371

CNN
Newsroom:

61

Newsroom:

77

Newsroom:

101

Presents:

55

Morgan:

92

Newsroom:

130

Presents:

141

Morgan:

89

HLN
Mysteries:

107

Mysteries:

134

Mysteries:

110

Mysteries:

55

Mysteries:

155

Mysteries:

117

Mysteries:

136

Mysteries:

196

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The Scoreboard: Saturday, January 12

25-54 demographic (Live +SD)

  • Total day: FNC: 128 | MSNBC: 127 | CNN: 99 | HLN: 115
  • Primetime: FNC: 56 | MSNBC: 150 | CNN: 64 | HLN: 73

5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p: 12a:
FNC
NewsHQ:

87

NewsHQ:

70

Report:

92

Huckabee:

58

Pirro:

67

Geraldo:

45

RedEye:

47

Pirro:

39

MSNBC
Caught:

52

Caught:

106

Caught:

153

Lockup:

109

Lockup:

134

Lockup:

208

Lockup:

304

Lockup:

318

CNN
Newsroom:

61

Blitzer:

61

Newsroom:

67

Presents:

57

Morgan:

66

Newsroom::

67

Presents:

54

Morgan:

64

HLN
Mysteries:

128

Mysteries:

152

Mysteries:

126

Mysteries:

70

Mysteries:

62

Mysteries:

85

Mysteries:

92

Mysteries:

109

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Vinita Nair Joins CBS News as Newspath Correspondent

Vinita Nair is joining CBS Newspath, the network’s 24-hour television news service for CBS affiliates, as a New York-based correspondent.

Nair is is a former co-anchor of “World News Now” and “America This Morning,” ABC’s early morning newscasts, and spent three years as a contributor for “Good Morning America.” Since leaving ABC last year, Nair has worked as a freelance anchor and reporter, appearing on CBS and NBC.

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