Networks are heavily promoting their night of Iowa caucus coverage, with reporters fanned out across the state and, throughout the day on Monday, anchors doing their best to stir up excitement in the waiting game before voting actually begins.
But as large as the investment is for broadcast and cable networks, the coverage is facing heavy competition on the night of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Fox has the Emmys, and ABC has what is likely to draw the biggest audience, the NFL playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Broadcast networks are sticking to their regular schedules with the possibility of news updates, leaving the ongoing coverage to their streaming and cable channels.
Four years ago, about 8.5 million watched Iowa caucus coverage across the three major cable news networks, but it was for a Democratic primary with a tight race for first place. In...
But as large as the investment is for broadcast and cable networks, the coverage is facing heavy competition on the night of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Fox has the Emmys, and ABC has what is likely to draw the biggest audience, the NFL playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Broadcast networks are sticking to their regular schedules with the possibility of news updates, leaving the ongoing coverage to their streaming and cable channels.
Four years ago, about 8.5 million watched Iowa caucus coverage across the three major cable news networks, but it was for a Democratic primary with a tight race for first place. In...
- 1/15/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Joe Biden’s reelection campaign raised almost $100 million in the most recent quarter, helped in part by a huge haul during a Los Angeles fundraising swing in December.
The campaign said that it raised more than $97 million for the campaign and the Democratic party during the October to December time frame. That exceeds the amount raised in the second and third quarters of 2023, when around $72 million was raised in each of those time frames.
The Biden campaign also said that it had $117 million in cash on hand, the highest by any Democratic candidate at this point in the cycle.
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Biden’s coffers got a boost from Hollywood donors, when he trekked to California for his first Los Angeles fundraising swing since announcing his reelection bid. That trip raised more than $15 million, according to Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is serving as campaign co-chair.
Tj Ducklo,...
The campaign said that it raised more than $97 million for the campaign and the Democratic party during the October to December time frame. That exceeds the amount raised in the second and third quarters of 2023, when around $72 million was raised in each of those time frames.
The Biden campaign also said that it had $117 million in cash on hand, the highest by any Democratic candidate at this point in the cycle.
Where D.C. and Hollywood Converge – Click Here
Biden’s coffers got a boost from Hollywood donors, when he trekked to California for his first Los Angeles fundraising swing since announcing his reelection bid. That trip raised more than $15 million, according to Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is serving as campaign co-chair.
Tj Ducklo,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Let’s start with the Golden Rule of the Climate crisis: the rich may take a hit on their investment portfolios, but it’s the poor and vulnerable who are truly fucked. It’s true in Bangladesh and Nigeria. It’s true on the Gulf Coast. And it’s definitely true in the coalfields of Appalachia.
For most people who care about the future of human civilization, last week was a very good week. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin quit dicking around and announced that he would support a 369 billion...
For most people who care about the future of human civilization, last week was a very good week. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin quit dicking around and announced that he would support a 369 billion...
- 8/4/2022
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
Joe Manchin has shoveled another heap of dirt on President Biden’s Build Back Better social spending agenda.
“What Build Back Better bill?” he said on Tuesday when reporters asked about him about the legislation. “I don’t know what you guys are talking about.”
“No, no, no, no,” Manchin added when CNN’s Manu Raju asked if he’d had any talks about the bill since December. “It’s dead.”
Build Back Better has become an amorphous term for a series of proposals, and it’s unclear whether Manchin...
“What Build Back Better bill?” he said on Tuesday when reporters asked about him about the legislation. “I don’t know what you guys are talking about.”
“No, no, no, no,” Manchin added when CNN’s Manu Raju asked if he’d had any talks about the bill since December. “It’s dead.”
Build Back Better has become an amorphous term for a series of proposals, and it’s unclear whether Manchin...
- 2/1/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
More than 100 Democrats in the House and Senate and independent Bernie Sanders have signed a letter urging the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to negotiate a fair contract with IATSE, saying, “We are united in our belief in the importance of livable wages, sustainable benefits, and reasonable rest periods between shifts and during the workday” – three of the union’s core demands.
The letter was signed by 31 senators and 87 representatives and sent to AMPTP president Carol Lombardini.
The union’s members begin voting on strike authorization Friday in advance of what could be the last round of bargaining before a strike that would shut down film and TV productions across the country.
The politicians also reminded Lombardini that industry workers “risked their health and safety” during the pandemic, and that “the entertainment you jointly produce is helping to heal our nation.”
Here is their letter:
Dear Ms. Lombardini:...
The letter was signed by 31 senators and 87 representatives and sent to AMPTP president Carol Lombardini.
The union’s members begin voting on strike authorization Friday in advance of what could be the last round of bargaining before a strike that would shut down film and TV productions across the country.
The politicians also reminded Lombardini that industry workers “risked their health and safety” during the pandemic, and that “the entertainment you jointly produce is helping to heal our nation.”
Here is their letter:
Dear Ms. Lombardini:...
- 10/1/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — Six weeks into Joe Biden’s presidency, there are new signs filibuster reform might happen.
After a marathon overnight voting session last week, the Senate voted along party lines to pass the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill supported by Biden. The American Recovery Plan Act of 2021 now heads to the House for a final vote. From there, it will likely land on Biden’s desk in the next week. When he signs it, the first major legislative accomplishment of the Biden presidency will be done.
So will the easy part of Biden’s policy agenda.
After a marathon overnight voting session last week, the Senate voted along party lines to pass the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill supported by Biden. The American Recovery Plan Act of 2021 now heads to the House for a final vote. From there, it will likely land on Biden’s desk in the next week. When he signs it, the first major legislative accomplishment of the Biden presidency will be done.
So will the easy part of Biden’s policy agenda.
- 3/8/2021
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-n.Y.) is calling for a strong response to the attack on the Capitol that President Trump fueled. She wants Congress to act to remove Trump from office, bar him from holding federal office again, and block him from pardoning himself. She has also said Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Iowa) should resign for their role in trying to overturn the election.
“Every minute and every hour that [Trump] is in office represents a clear and present danger, not just to the United States Congress, but,...
“Every minute and every hour that [Trump] is in office represents a clear and present danger, not just to the United States Congress, but,...
- 1/10/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The WGA West’s political action committee has endorsed Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president. The guild’s Pac joins entertainment industry unions IATSE, the American Federation of Musicians, and Actors’ Equity in endorsing the Democratic challengers to President Donald Trump and VP Mike Pence.
The WGA West Pac is also supporting the re-election of seven incumbent Democratic U.S. Senators: Cory Booker (NJ), Dick Durbin (Il), Doug Jones (Al), Ed Markey (Ma), Jeanne Shaheen (Nh), Tina Smith (Mn), and Gary Peters (Mi). The Pac is also supporting the election of nine Senate challengers — all Democrats –including Jaime Harrison (Sc), Steve Bullock (Mt), Cal Cunningham (Nc), Mike Espy (Ms), Sara Gideon (Me), Theresa Greenfield (Ia), Mj Hegar (TX), Jon Ossoff (Ga) and Raphael Warnock (Ga).
The Pac says its senatorial endorsements were made “with the goal of flipping the Senate to a pro-writer and pro-union majority.
The WGA West Pac is also supporting the re-election of seven incumbent Democratic U.S. Senators: Cory Booker (NJ), Dick Durbin (Il), Doug Jones (Al), Ed Markey (Ma), Jeanne Shaheen (Nh), Tina Smith (Mn), and Gary Peters (Mi). The Pac is also supporting the election of nine Senate challengers — all Democrats –including Jaime Harrison (Sc), Steve Bullock (Mt), Cal Cunningham (Nc), Mike Espy (Ms), Sara Gideon (Me), Theresa Greenfield (Ia), Mj Hegar (TX), Jon Ossoff (Ga) and Raphael Warnock (Ga).
The Pac says its senatorial endorsements were made “with the goal of flipping the Senate to a pro-writer and pro-union majority.
- 10/13/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Schur, creator of The Good Place and Parks and Recreation, is urging his fellow writers to donate to the WGA West’s political action committee to help “flip the Senate and bring in bold leaders who will check the power of the Supreme Court.”
“You undoubtedly already know how far Mitch McConnell and the party of Trump will go to enshrine their far-right agenda,” he said in a message sent out today to the guild’s members. “Now is the time to counter power with power.”
He added: “Your Wgaw Pac is putting its might behind candidates like Theresa Greenfield in Iowa, Steve Bullock in Montana, Cal Cunningham in North Carolina, and Jon Ossoff in Georgia – candidates looking to unseat the same Senators intent on replacing Justice Ginsburg before the November election. These are very close races, where our Wgaw Pac contribution travels far. These candidates, like established allies Cory Booker and Pramila Jayapal,...
“You undoubtedly already know how far Mitch McConnell and the party of Trump will go to enshrine their far-right agenda,” he said in a message sent out today to the guild’s members. “Now is the time to counter power with power.”
He added: “Your Wgaw Pac is putting its might behind candidates like Theresa Greenfield in Iowa, Steve Bullock in Montana, Cal Cunningham in North Carolina, and Jon Ossoff in Georgia – candidates looking to unseat the same Senators intent on replacing Justice Ginsburg before the November election. These are very close races, where our Wgaw Pac contribution travels far. These candidates, like established allies Cory Booker and Pramila Jayapal,...
- 9/25/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Al Franken’s name once again trended on social media Monday thanks to a lengthy profile on the former Minnesota Senator by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker.
The story, which runs more than 12,000 words, features an extensive interview with Franken. The former writer and performer on Saturday Night Live reflects on having to resign from his U.S. Senate seat in December 2017, after several accusations of inappropriate physical contact with women.
Mayer’s own Twitter tease for her story sums up her feelings on the matter: “How @alfranken got railroaded,” she wrote before linking to the piece.
“I don’t think people who have been sexually assaulted, and those kinds of things, want to hear from people who have been #MeToo’d that they’re victims,” Franken, 68, tells Mayer.
Having suffered a deep clinical depression in the aftermath of the case, he recalled that his therapist compared the experience to...
The story, which runs more than 12,000 words, features an extensive interview with Franken. The former writer and performer on Saturday Night Live reflects on having to resign from his U.S. Senate seat in December 2017, after several accusations of inappropriate physical contact with women.
Mayer’s own Twitter tease for her story sums up her feelings on the matter: “How @alfranken got railroaded,” she wrote before linking to the piece.
“I don’t think people who have been sexually assaulted, and those kinds of things, want to hear from people who have been #MeToo’d that they’re victims,” Franken, 68, tells Mayer.
Having suffered a deep clinical depression in the aftermath of the case, he recalled that his therapist compared the experience to...
- 7/22/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle has turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate.
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
- 10/5/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump took a shot at an old Democrat foe last night, saying former Minnesota Senator Al Franken, who resigned in January after accusations of sexual misconduct, was “a wacky guy” who folded “like a wet rag.”
Trump spoke at a massive rally at the Rochester, Minn. Mayo Civic Center, stumping for the state’s Republican midterm candidates and predicting the elections would move Minnesota into the red state column.
“It was like, ‘Oh he did something.’ ‘Oh, oh, oh, I resign. I quit. I quit,” Trump said of Franken, imitating the former comedian turned politician. “Wow. He was gone and he was replaced by somebody that nobody ever heard of.”
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith was appointed by Minnesota’s governor to succeed Franken. She faces Republican Karin Housely in November.
Franken resigned after several women accusing him of groping or forcibly kissing them. An infamous photo showing Franken...
Trump spoke at a massive rally at the Rochester, Minn. Mayo Civic Center, stumping for the state’s Republican midterm candidates and predicting the elections would move Minnesota into the red state column.
“It was like, ‘Oh he did something.’ ‘Oh, oh, oh, I resign. I quit. I quit,” Trump said of Franken, imitating the former comedian turned politician. “Wow. He was gone and he was replaced by somebody that nobody ever heard of.”
Lt. Gov. Tina Smith was appointed by Minnesota’s governor to succeed Franken. She faces Republican Karin Housely in November.
Franken resigned after several women accusing him of groping or forcibly kissing them. An infamous photo showing Franken...
- 10/5/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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