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talk-show host stories: 11 news summaries

 Appendicitis Takes Beck Off Air 

Fox host has appendix removed, out indefinitely

Nov 4, 09 6:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s appendix accomplished today what the nasty wishes of liberals everywhere couldn’t: It took him off the air. Beck excused himself early from his national radio show; an exec at his production company confirmed the operation. “Before going under Glenn asked the doctor to draw out... More »

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Fox News • talk show • Glenn Beck • talk-show host • appendicitis • conservative media • appendix • Premiere Radio Networks

What Jay-Z and Glenn Beck Have in Common

Rap and right-wing talk radio are more similar than you might think

Sep 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After listening to hours of Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, and Mark Levin on the radio while driving the Nebraska countryside, a peculiar thought occurred to David Segal: conservative talk-show hosts are surprisingly similar to gangsta rappers, he writes for the New York Times. Consider the parallels:
  • Huge egos.
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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • hip-hop • Glenn Beck • rap music • Michael Savage • right wingers • talk-show host • Jay-Z

 Talk Show Host Grills Blago 

Bonnie Hunt tells former governor to take responsibility

Sep 11, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich got unexpectedly tough treatment from Bonnie Hunt on her talk show today, the Chicago Tribune reports. In what was probably supposed to be a routine stop on the former governor’s book tour, Hunt, an Illinois native, instead pressed Blago on why he doesn’t take responsibility for... More »

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corruption • Illinois • memoir • daytime talk show • governor • Rod Blagojevich • talk-show host • daytime television • Bonnie Hunt

(Newser) - Don Imus is negotiating with Fox Business to broadcast a video simulcast of his morning talk show, the Los Angeles Times reports. Imus had a simulcast deal with MSNBC when his radio show was on CBS, before he referred to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC • shock jocks • Fox Business Network • radio stations • Rutgers University • WABC • RFD-TV • talk-show host • simulcast

Palin's Not Job-Hunting, Lawyer Says

Soon-to-be-former Alaska governor focused on upcoming book

Jul 9, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has no plans to take a new job, her lawyer tells the Washington Post. Though the departing Alaska governor has received “hundreds of credible offers”—including a pitch for a gig as a talk-show host—she hasn’t pursued any of them except a previously announced... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Republican Party • talk show • governor • talk-show host • Sarah Palin • book deal • Republican governor • Thomas Van Flein

Oprah Cans Columbine Episode

10th anniversary show set for today 'focused too much on the killers'

Apr 20, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey canceled an episode of her show commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, set to air today, the New York Post reports. “After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers,” Winfrey said of the scrapped show in a Facebook posting. “... More »

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television • Oprah Winfrey • talk show • Colorado • anniversary • Columbine school massacre • talk-show host • school shootings

 Oprah Denies Snubbing Palin  

Palin has so far declined invitation to appear, says talk show queen

Dec 5, 08 3:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Rumors that Sarah Palin hasn't been invited to appear on Oprah are way off the mark, the talk-show queen tells Extra. "I said I would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin when the election was over," Oprah said. In fact, the Alaska governor seems to be going... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • talk show • daytime talk show • talk-show host • Sarah Palin

Four More Years:
O'Reilly Re-Ups

O'Reilly Factor host to dodge 'slings and arrows' and stay on

Oct 22, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly has signed up for 4 more years of controversy at Fox News, the New York Daily News reports. The outspoken host of top-rated cable news show The O'Reilly Factor says he’s staying on because "the good outweighed the bad"—despite the security entourage he must... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Fox • talk-show host • news anchor

Maddow Sends MSNBC Ratings Rocketing

Execs thrilled as new host grabs for
Larry King's crown

Oct 21, 08 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rachel Maddow has made MSNBC a prime-time contender with dizzying speed, the New York Times reports. The liberal pundit's Rachel Maddow Show more than doubled the network's ratings in the 9 pm slot within days of its debut six weeks ago, and has beaten CNN's Larry King Live among viewers... More »

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MSNBC • Larry King • Keith Olbermann • talk show • talk-show host • Rachel Maddow • Bill Maher Grid

 Backstage Tour Lays 
 Bare Springer Nation 

Campy disasters inspire schadenfreude

Oct 1, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A backstage tour of The Jerry Springer Show reveals "fundamental truths about the human condition," Kevin Pang writes in the Chicago Tribune. Philanderers and home-wreckers vetted by the show receive star treatment for a day, and insist their tales are true—for the most part. It's "all... More »

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television • trash • talk show • talk-show host • Jerry Springer • television personality

Righty Host Furious After McCain Apology

Talking head vows
to join Ann Coulter in supporting Clinton

Feb 27, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Cunningham has “had it up to here with John McCain,” the conservative talk-show host tells CNN of the likely GOP presidential nominee. By apologizing for Cunningham’s remarks at a McCain rally yesterday—in which Cunningham called Barack Obama a “hack” and repeatedly used his middle... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Ann Coulter • Muslims • conservative • negative campaigning • Bill Cunningham • talk-show host

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