Brian Steinberg

You write a 3,000 word story on an eyebrow-raising industry dynamic with multiple on the record interviews with hard to get senior executives and no one says 'boo.'

You write a 300 word squib on someone's fushlugginer primetime news special and everyone yells at you on a Sunday

ABC News Schedules Sunday Primetime Special With David Muir as TV News Continues Coverage of Attacks in Iran ABC News Schedules David Muir Sunday Primetime Special as TV News Continues Coverage of Attacks in Iran

ABC News readies Sunday primetime special devoted to coverage of attacks in Iran, anchored by David Muir and featuring reporters stationed around the globe...

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Years-old 'Ziggy' mystery revealed as the random guy Ziggy talks to in the park while searching for something - anything - to distract from a miserable life turns out to be named Mr. Pendleton. Why is he always in the park with nothing to do but engage with Ziggy? Still unknown!

Today's 'Mutts' tribute to 'Dick Tracy' is probably better than 99% of modern 'Dick Tracy'...

'With all the angry customers around here, we like to have some fun,' says the mechanic, armed with a socket wrench in case one of those aforementioned customers tries to attack...

'Too quiet in here. Gonna turn on some tunes....' by using the vintage radio handed down to me by my ancestors, rather than my smart phone, subscription music service and mobile speakers!

Nerds: Who among us is thrilled to see the reference to a song by Queen in 'Flash Gordon,' today, spurring memories of the band's soundtrack to the 1980 'Flash Gordon' movie...?

Just in: Tom Llamas will do Saturday anchoring duty for NBC Nightly News, owing to coverage of military activity in Iran

I did not believe A.I. was real until this day of February 28, 2026, when it became a critical point in a storyline in "Mary Worth"...

CNN Staffers Fear Warner Bros.-Paramount Deal Will Hurt Their Journalism and Network’s Financial Health CNN Staffers Fear Warner Bros.-Paramount Deal Will Hurt Its Journalism and Network's Financial Health

Anderson, cooped. Jake, tapped. Erin, burnt. Kasie, hunted. Wolf, blitzed.

Fears are running high among CNN staff after parent company Warner cleared the way for a sale to Paramount, which has been a shaky custodian of its own journalism assets

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So this panel raises all sorts of questions about the current state of the Bumsteads: Is this some new flirty game Dagwood and Blondie like to play? Has Blondie been fooled by a robot version of her husband? What was the 'old' security check?

NBC Expects Savannah Guthrie’s ‘Today’ Return, But Timeline Remains Uncertain NBC Expects Savannah Guthrie to Return to 'Today,' But Timeline Remains Uncertain

Savannah Guthrie expected to return to NBC's 'Today,' but on her own timeline, even if she requires a significant period off the show, according to a person familiar with the matter. Hoda Kotb will be available while Guthrie is with her family in Arizona

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Hoda Kotb to Continue at ‘Today’ in Savannah Guthrie’s Absence Hoda Kotb to Continue at 'Today' in Savannah Guthrie's Absence

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A woman warns her beloved she is about to gut a nearby antagonist with what looks to be a jagged-edge carving knife and my question is, "When did Quentin Tarantino take over 'Judge Parker'?"

Creator-economy jokes are hot, amirite?

Ali Velshi to Pick Up MS NOW Election-Night Duties Previously Held by Steve Kornacki Ali Velshi to Pick Up MS NOW Election-Night Duties Previously Held by Steve Kornacki

Ali Velshi gets official nod at MS NOW as the new master of the interactive board on Election Night, picking up duties once held by Steve Kornacki....

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Just in: Late Night with the Associated Press?

AP says it will produce a live show from inside the U.S. Capitol for SOTU, featuring AP reporters and invited guests. Veterans Meg Kinnard and Sagar Meghani will host, and program will stream on YouTube...

Have I Got News for You: CNN Keeps Digging Deeper Into Comedy With a continuing spotlight on 'Have I Got News For You' CNN is trying to widen an array of programing with ties to comedy

I sat in on a recent -- and raucous -- Friday-night taping of 'Have I Got News For You,' an Americanized version of the U.K. mainstay that CNN hopes to use to delve further into news programming with a decidedly different lens...

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Have I Got News for You: CNN Keeps Digging Deeper Into Comedy With a continuing spotlight on 'Have I Got News For You' CNN is trying to widen an array of programing with ties to comedy

Roy Wood Jr. doesn’t sound like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper or Erin Burnett. And yet, his importance to CNN could start approaching that of those popular anchors as CNN keeps digging into comedy programming as much as it does the headlines....

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Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Paramount Sent Revised Bid, but Doesn’t Divulge New Terms Warner Bros. Discovery Confirms Paramount Sent New Bid

Just in: Warner Bros. Discovery confirms Paramount has filed a revised bid to buy the company, but doesn't divulge the new terms...

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Kristen Welker is the face of a new pitch from NBC News for its recently launched subscription product, which touts 'exclusive briefings' for SOTU and 'regular video briefings from my expert colleagues'

Perhaps the future won't be so bad after all....?

A rare smack at tariffs in today's 'Beetle Bailey,' which relies on the U.S. government for jokes. With prices soaring, even 'Chipz,' the Camp Swampy PX's answer to Lay's and Wise, is using 'snackflation,' or less product for more money, to pass costs on to the consumer...

Yes, at first glance this scene seems chaotic, confused, topsy-turvy.

But ask yourself this: What would YOU do if a giant red-lettered BOOM!! manifested itself above your head in your regular work office?

Daisy's alarmed expression, visible in the lower left corner of the panel, surfaces as phalanx of attorneys from Comcast and NBCUniversal surround the Bumstead house, determined not to leave until Dagwood retracts his statement...

Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert and Sean Strickland Draw Scrutiny to Paramount While Bid for Warner Plays Out Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert and Sean Strickland Draw Scrutiny to Paramount's Talent Ties While Bid for Warner Plays Out

As Paramount Skydance careens through one of the more pivotal chapters in its short existence, it appears to have talent problems....

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The only thing that could improve this wonderful 56 year old anecdote in NYT Metropolitan Diary would be if the writer's last name were Furay, making him one of Neil Young's band mates in Buffalo Springfield...

Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert and Sean Strickland Draw Scrutiny to Paramount While Bid for Warner Plays Out Anderson Cooper, Stephen Colbert and Sean Strickland Draw Scrutiny to Paramount's Talent Ties While Bid for Warner Plays Out

As Paramount woos Warner, the company is having talent issues. Anderson Cooper doesn't want to work there. Stephen Colbert is annoyed by attorneys. And foul-mouthed UFC fighter Sean Strickland didn't win over broader audiences to Saturday's fight...

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ESPN, MLB Take New Swing at Games They Hope Bring Die-Hard Fans to Streaming ESPN, MLB Take New Swing at Games They Hope Bring Die-Hard Fans to Streaming

Last year, ESPN and Major League Baseball appeared to have struck out. A decades-old alliance was torn asunder, with the Disney sports giant backing away from “Sunday Night Baseball.”

ESPN believes it has gotten its corporate mitt on something better.

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