When NBC News announced in January that Hallie Jackson, its senior Washington correspondent, would leave the anchoring duties she had held at MSNBC since 2016, some eyebrows rose. But NBC News was chasing something else on the rise: Digital audiences.
Since Jackson began anchoring a late-afternoon hour on NBC News Now in December 2021, a growing audience has sought her out. Viewership surged 108% over the course of a year. “You don’t see those numbers in many businesses,” says Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News executive vice president who oversees the streaming outlet, in an interview. “When you see that level of audience increase, you know you are on to something,” On Monday, Jackson will double her time on her program, “Hallie Jackson Now,” to two hours, which means she will hold forth from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
NBC News Now is also on Monday expanding its evening lineup. Gadi Schwartz will...
Since Jackson began anchoring a late-afternoon hour on NBC News Now in December 2021, a growing audience has sought her out. Viewership surged 108% over the course of a year. “You don’t see those numbers in many businesses,” says Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News executive vice president who oversees the streaming outlet, in an interview. “When you see that level of audience increase, you know you are on to something,” On Monday, Jackson will double her time on her program, “Hallie Jackson Now,” to two hours, which means she will hold forth from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
NBC News Now is also on Monday expanding its evening lineup. Gadi Schwartz will...
- 3/13/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s something you don’t get to write every day. Fox News will be hosting a one-hour Democratic presidential town hall — or at least that’s how it’s being billed, as the event will be missing the party’s frontrunner, Hillary Clinton. The glorified sit down with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders takes place on Monday, Mar. 7th at 6 p.m. Et during an episode of “Special Report With Bret Baier.” It will be staged at the Gem Theatre in Detroit before an audience of Michigan voters just one day before the state’s primary. Also Read: Fox News...
- 3/3/2016
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
On Monday's Special Report With Bret Baier, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume thought Herman Cain's political days were numbered with the latest revelation coming out and an accuser speaking out publicly. “I didn’t think he could survive the other allegations,” Hume expounded. “Although I have misgivings about how they came about and the whole case, I think now it’s almost impossible."...
- 11/8/2011
- by James Crugnale
- Mediaite - TV
NEW YORK -- Vice President Dick Cheney's exclusive interview talking about his weekend hunting accident boosted Fox News' ratings Wednesday night. The channel's Washington managing editor, Brit Hume, scored the exclusive interview with Cheney, who had been roundly criticized after 24 hours elapsed before reporters found out that Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter Saturday afternoon at a Texas ranch. Special Report With Brit Hume averaged 2.1 million viewers from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, when the interview with Cheney aired, according to data released Thursday by Nielsen Media Research. That included 513,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 demographic.
- 2/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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