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“Dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell” is how President Donald “I Hire The Best People” Trump just described his former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Mike Pompeo is doing a great job, I am very proud of him. His predecessor, Rex Tillerson, didn't have the mental capacity needed. He was dumb as a rock and I couldn't…

So much for retirement. Bob Schieffer is returning to CBS News as an occasional contributor throughout the political  election cycle, division president David Rhodes announced one day after coming to TCA. Schieffer stepped away as CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent and anchor of it Sunday Beltway show Face the Na…

An average audience of 3.949 million tuned in last Sunday to say so long to Bob Schieffer as host of CBS’ Face The Nation – his biggest crowd since January 18. Schieffer’s swan song beat closest competitor, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos-hosted This Week (2.818 million) by more than a million viewers. NBC’s Chuck…

Bob Schieffer hosted CBS News' Face The Nation for the last time today. In early April, Schieffer, 78, announced he would retire after 46 years at CBS News and his 24th anchoring CBS' Sunday Beltway show, which just finished the May sweep with a first place finish in total viewers and in the news demo.Schieffer had…

CBS News Political Director John Dickerson will succeed the retiring Bob Schieffer as host of CBS News’s Sunday Beltway show, Face the Nation, when Schieffer steps down “this summer,” Schieffer announced on this morning’s show. Schieffer, 78, noted there's been much speculation as to who would take his place on the…

Bob Schieffer, the anchor of CBS News’ Face The Nation, announced Wednesday that he will retire this summer. Schieffer, 78, has been with CBS News for 46 years and this year marked his 24th anchoring CBS’ Sunday Beltway show, which finished out 2014 as the highest-rated show of the genre for a third consecutive year…

ABC’s This Week beat NBC’s Meet the Press in the news demo for the February sweep – the first time that’s happened in 22 years. The ABC Sunday Beltway show turned in its strongest sweep performance in the news demo in six years, and its smallest news demo gap against frontrunner, CBS’s Face the Nation, during a…

Face The Nation, CBS’s Sunday Beltway show, celebrated its 60th anniversary today with separate interviews with President Obama and George W. Bush, and with videos from the show’s archives. That includes its first broadcast on Nov. 7, 1954, when a panel of journalists sparred with Sen. Joesph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin)…

ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos won the first Sunday of the 2014-2015 season in both total viewers (3.391 million) and in the news demo (1.003 million). The Premiere Week win was This Week’s first in 12 years in overall audience and first in six years in the demo. The ABC program improved on previous…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today that Bob Schieffer, renowned broadcast television journalist for CBS, will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award (DSA) during the 2013 NAB Show. Schieffer will accept the award at the opening keynote session, sponsored by…

NoHo Arts District, Calif. – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Committee has selected a distinguished group of television innovators and icons to be inducted into the 22nd Hall of Fame. Additionally, for the first time ever, this year's Hall of Fame ceremony will benefit the Television Academy…