video Last night The Daily Show's Jon Stewart brought Brian Williams from NBC's Nightly news onto his program for the third time in the last 12 months. It's not surprising that Williams is on so much - he and Stewart have a relaxed rapport, and he's displayed almost savant-like comedic chops in other arenas. What was surprising was something Stewart appeared to say a couple minutes into the interview - something that, if he meant it as it sounded, goes against everything he's ever said about his Daily Show work. (more...)

Q&A NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was the first of the Big 3 anchors to get on the ground in Haiti, and spent several days reporting on the damage and devastation. We talked to Williams this week about the experience and the story, still dominating the evening news on a regular basis, in the latest Q&A in our "Back From Haiti" series. (more...)

video Brian Williams is widely regarded as an objective, unbiased news anchor from his time on CNBC and MSNBC and during his run at NBC Nightly News. But last night he let down his guard and revealed his bias - about baseball player (and now admitted steroid user) Mark McGwire. (more...)

Which reporter logged the most minutes of air time during from 2000-2009? The honor goes to Andrea Mitchell of NBC, according to the invaluable resource that is Andrew Tyndall's TyndallReport.com. Here's a full breakdown. (more...)

Drop everything you are doing and pay tribute to Frank Buckles, the last living World War I veteran and who seems to be the nation's oldest living veteran as well. He is 108 years old — and he is still fighting for what he believes in. And he went to Capitol Hill to do it. (more...)

video "Tonight a new era begins on this broadcast," said NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams five years ago this night, as he officially took over the anchor chair from Tom Brokaw. Since then he has been to Iraq, Afghanistan, New Orleans, Waveland, Banda Aceh, Germany, Hong Kong and Israel in the line of duty, often wearing this shirt. He's also covered news at home, obviously, taking him from storm-ravaged New Orleans to fire-ravaged California, not to mention a hugely historic presidential election — all through probably the most tumultuous time in media since Chet Huntley and David Brinkley wished each other goodnight. (more...)

It's been a big week for Brian Williams. Tonight, he guest-stars on 30 Rock. Last night, he emceed "Stand Up For Heroes," the star-studded annual charity show benefiting wounded returning soldiers via the Bob Woodruff Foundation, sharing the stage with Elvis Costello and his idol Bruce Springsteen. Sunday, he returned from a week spent in Afghanistan, alive and intact (it is something you can't underestimate in a paragraph that includes the name Bob Woodruff). His one big failing from the last week was not being able to do Leno, and many would regard that as a plus. (more...)

The NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams won the 2008-2009 season - and was the only network newscast to gain viewers year-to-year. The 2009-2010 season will see a big change, as Diane Sawyer assumes the anchor chair from Charlie Gibson on ABC's World News. But after 13 seasons on top - will ABC or CBS be able to catch NBC? (more...)

Remember when an anchor stepping down was a huge deal? Tom Brokaw. Dan Rather. Peter Jennings. These names were huge pillars of the news ecosystem, and their departures were big stories — as well as the fraught issue of who had the gravitas, the experience, the journalistic, anchorly heft to step into their enormous shoes. The last transition was just a few years ago, but oh how things have changed. Today, the news that Charlie Gibson is leaving ABC's World News after only a few years in the top spot is definitely news, but is shaking no foundations. It's also not at all surprising who is replacing him: Diane Sawyer. And why should it? Sawyer's got a track record a mile long. She's an accomplished journalists, well-known to ABC viewers over the year, a longtime partner of Gibson and equal to him in stature at the network, as well as in the upper echelons of that news ecosystem. Well, for one thing, Sawyer's a woman. (more...)