johnny dollar's place archive: jan-feb 2008

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It's probably a bunch of people reading too much into an off-hand comment...unless it isn't. It all got started on GretaWire Monday morning and the back and forth continued into the evening and beyond the midnight hour. This is an extremely condensed version, representative of numerous posts, that got started with this:

• Comment by Simply Amazed: Greta, I will record the show. I can’t stay up that late. Unless you like the late hours, I wish you could be on earlier, say 8 p.m. Eastern!
  
• Comment by Greta Van Susteren: i would like an earlier time, too…the time of my show is the drawback for me…and a reason why i might want to change careers…
  
• Comment by Beth: Greta, Please don’t leave OTR. Get Fox to change your hours!
  
• Comment by Lisa S: Seems like Greta has had a lot of time off lately and not quite focused on the big stories of missing and murdered women.
  
• Comment by David 1787From IL: I think Greta might be trying to get out of her contract. If Greta wants a change jobs then it’s in her best interest to do so….Especially if she dosesn’t like the hours… She just might be yearning to go and practice law again..
  
• Comment by Barb in Bolingbrook: I agree David…But how cool is it that she’s letting us down slowly ya know? They cannot replace her, but I understand you gotta do what ya gotta do. She should go back to practice law. Although I think she’d be a kick-ass DA. Barb don’t like defense attorneys. (Um…till I need one)
  
• Comment by jillian wv: Greta has pretty much burned her bridges with CNN. she quit there and has not been shy about taking shots at them about having like 67 people on their staff to do andersen coopers 360 ten PM show while they have about 12 on her staff and in one pod cast she was in an auditorium that had been set up for reporters and was going to tear up CNN’s sign so they would not know where they were seated..So I think CNN may be out of the picture…
  
• Comment by jillian wv: It takes 2 parties to re-up a contract and there is the possibility Greta was ready to re-up and possibly Fox was not…
  
• Comment by PAM in PA: Greta, Everyone’s up in arms about your possible job change!
  
• Comment by Greta Van Susteren: i am not going any place soon….so don’t be up in arms!!

It was reported yesterday by Inside Cable News that Fox News Watch is going to be revamped, and that long-time host Eric Burns will be leaving FNC:

ICN has learned that FNC has not renewed their contributor agreement with Fox News Watch host Eric Burns which is set to expire later this spring. I'm told the program will remain focused on media criticism but will be revamped with a new host and more of an eye on the evolving new media. Fox News Watch handily beats CNN's Reliable Sources…proving that Fox is not afraid to tweak even successful programming.

Fox News has told me that my contract will be terminated within the next 2 months, perhaps sooner. I was given no reason. It certainly has nothing to do with ratings; the last episode of Fox News Watch was the second highest-rated weekend show on on all 3 cable news networks and the program has almost been in the top 4 or 5. I have no theory, none, why they are getting rid of me. Although I heard rumors, I have never heard reasons.

• This Is Why People Hate the Media
• It's the Elephant in the Room: It's Fox News
• Too Good to Check

Shepard Smith and Greta van Susteren have weighed in. John Gibson has had his say. Now it is your turn: should Ron Paul be a part of Fox's Sunday night Presidential forum? Voting is now closed! The results:

• Yes: 33%
  
• Yes, and Duncan Hunter too: 25%
  
• No: 41%

For the days leading up to the New Hampshire primary, Fox News has changed its weekend schedule.

Today (Saturday):

• 8:00 pm EST: The O'Reilly Factor (w/ Laura Ingraham)
  
• 9:00 pm: You Decide '08 (Bret Baier)
  
• 10:00 pm: On the Record (Greta van Susteren)
  

• 6:00 am: Fox & Friends (Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Gretchen Carlson)
  
• 9:00 am: America's Newsroom (Bill Hemmer,Megyn Kelly)
  
• 11:00 am: Happening Now (Jon Scott, Jane Skinner)
  
• 1:00 pm: The Live Desk (Martha MacCallum)
  
• 2:00 pm: America's Pulse (E.D. Hill)
  
• 3:00 pm: Studio B (Shepard Smith)
  
• 4:00 pm: Your World (Neal Cavuto)
  
• 5:00 pm: The Big Story (John Gibson, Heather Nauert).
  

• 6:00 pm: Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)
  
• 7:00 pm: The Fox Report (Shepard Smith)
  
• 8:00 pm: Republican Presidential Forum (Chris Wallace)
  
• 9:30 pm: Analysis and reaction (Brit Hume)
  
• 10:00 pm: Hannity & Colmes

Stan Freberg's Christmas masterpiece. You can read the transcript, but for the full effect, listen. If you don't have the CD, take this opportunity to listen online.

More seasonal recommendations:

Classic Christmas videos:

• It's a Wonderful Life, FNC-style: YouTube video

• Amos 'n' Andy: Christmas show [listen]
• Dragnet: A .22 Rifle for Christmas [listen]
• Jack Benny: Last Moment Christmas Shopping [listen]
• Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter [listen]
• Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Carmen Kringle Matter [listen]
• Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Red Mystery Matter [listen]

• Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Busy Christmas [dvd]
• Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Late Christmas Present [dvd]
• Dragnet: The Christmas Story
• The Honeymooners: 'Twas The Night Before Christmas [dvd]
• JAG: All Ye Faithful
• Lois & Clark: 'Twas the Night Before Myxmas [dvd]
• Night Gallery: The Messiah on Mott Street
• Roswell: A Roswell Christmas Carol [dvd]
• Space: Above and Beyond: River of Stars [dvd]

• Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers) [dvd]
• A Christmas Story [dvd]
• It's a Wonderful Life [dvd]
• The Lemon Drop Kid [dvd]
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994) [dvd]

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