Fox’s Bill O’Reilly Gets a Taste of His Own Ambush Medicine - Mother Jones
“They’re becoming more Netflix-like.”
8 P.M. (C-Span) THE CONTENDERS: THEY RAN & LOST BUT CHANGED POLITICAL HISTORY
What if Dewey had actually defeated Truman? This program ponders that possibility, along with candidates like William Jennings Bryan, Barry Goldwater, George Wallace and Ross Perot. - NY Times
“I’ve seen this movie before. How is it that there are people of color who are CEOs of companies, that are presidents of universities, but there is no reflection of that on the networks? It is arrogance and it is narcissism. Even the commercials have more black people than the programs.”
ESPN’s Lee Corso drops F-Bomb
“I did, because of the language and the sexual overtones that were included in the show that were being shown to sophomores in high school,” Punke said. “Many of the children don’t even have TVs in their houses because of religious beliefs.”
Click if you dare: Matthew Weiner Gives Away the 'Mad Men' Ending - The Atlantic Wire
Animal Planet is familiar as the home of garish shows like “Fatal Attractions” and “My Extreme Animal Phobia.” On Monday night, though, it goes for the touching rather than the tacky with “Saved,” a new series about people who were in need of some kind of spiritual boost and received it from an animal.
9 P.M. (PBS) SYRIA UNDERCOVER
As the death toll from the revolution in Syria nears 3,000, Ramita Navai, a reporter for “Frontline,” travels incognito to meet with members of the opposition movement and experiences life as a fugitive when she is trapped in a safe house with three coordinators on the government’s most-wanted list. Also, Anthony Shadid, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, talks about how President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has managed to hold on amid the Arab unrest.
The death of Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Oct. 5 was not unexpected, and PBS has his video obituary ready to air. “Steve Jobs — One Last Thing,” which premieres tonight at 10…
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Jon Stewart to Be Brian Williams' First Guest on Tonight's 'Rock Center' Premiere | HuffPo Media
America in Primetime – PBS explores the finest television shows today
Rachel Maddow, along with Andrew Sullivan and Thomas Friedman will be on Real Time With Bill Maher tonight.
Wall Street Fat Cat watches with perverse delight as Tavis Smiley and Cornel West react to the news from Bill O’Reilly that nobody on Wall Street committed any crimes.
Profound thanks to Matt Langer for the original gif.
Thank GOD. Ever since this caught our attention last night, we’ve been waiting for someone with mad gif skills to come along. The fat cat Photoshop is just bonus.
