Dupre and Sawyer

Here’s Eliot Spitzer’s call girl, Ashley Dupre, with ABC’s Diane Sawyer.

In an email just sent to reporters promoting Sawyer’s interview with Dupre (airing November 21), it says Dupre“speaks candidly about what life as a high-end escort is like, how an upper-middle class girl next door got inot the professional and the psychological journey Read More

Today’s Wake-Up

It’s just past 8 a.m. on the set of ABC’s Good Morning America, and Samantha Finck is crying like a baby. She is a baby–Samantha is one-sixth of three separate sets of Finck twins appearing on the show today–and just minutes to air, she’s wailing so loudly the production assistants jam fingers in their ears. Read More

Diane Sawyer Is ABC’s Last Diva, Ready to Roar

On Oct. 12, Good Morning America aired the first part of Diane Sawyer’s exclusive interview with a twitching, sweaty, contrite Mel Gibson—by far the biggest of this fall’s big gets—beginning at 7:30 a.m. The next day, the news was devastating: Early ratings reports had the Today show beating Good Morning America by 1.5 million viewers, Read More

Diane Sawyer Is ABC’s Last Diva, Ready to Roar

On Oct. 12, Good Morning America aired the first part of Diane Sawyer’s exclusive interview with a twitching, sweaty, contrite Mel Gibson—by far the biggest of this fall’s big gets—beginning at 7:30 a.m. The next day, the news was devastating: Early ratings reports had the Today show beating Good Morning America by 1.5 million viewers, Read More

Sawyer Cruises, Backing Gibson As ABC Anchor

Don’t unplug that coffeepot just yet: Diane Sawyer isn’t angling to leave Good Morning America for World News Tonight, according to two ABC staffers. Instead, Ms. Sawyer has been pushing for her morning co-host, Charles Gibson, to take over the unsettled evening anchor desk.

“Diane was lobbying last week for Charlie to get the job,” Read More

Sawyer Cruises, Backing Gibson As ABC Anchor

Don’t unplug that coffeepot just yet: Diane Sawyer isn’t angling to leave Good Morning America for World News Tonight, according to two ABC staffers. Instead, Ms. Sawyer has been pushing for her morning co-host, Charles Gibson, to take over the unsettled evening anchor desk.

“Diane was lobbying last week for Charlie to get the Read More

What if CBS News Is Calling Diane, Not Katie Couric?

Here is everything we know about the future anchor of the CBS Evening News, as outlined on Jan. 18 by the extremely tight-lipped, by-all-accounts-visionary and shorter-than-you’d-expect Sean McManus, the boy-wonder president of CBS News:

The person will be “recognizable to the American public.” He/She will have “great journalistic credentials,” “credibility,” “a persona” and, more than Read More