End-of-the-Year Media Shuffle Feat. TJ Holmes, Star Jones

It's December! Meaning now is the time to get dumped, hired, fired, move on or be replaced. It's time for some winter house cleaning before the new tax year starts. What's going down in medialand for the end of 2010? Larry King's leaving. But you already knew that. This column is for everyone else. Your John Robertses and your TJ Holmeses and your Star Joneses. Your other folks. Which, you know, gives me a perfectly good excuse to put up yet another picture of Holmes after ending my "Google Stalking TJ Holmes" feature last spring when he got married to that woman who was not me.

Life goes on. So who's staying and going?

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The Object of My Affections (An End to Google Stalking TJ Holmes)

For those who don't realize this, my fair Reese Peanut Butter Cup of the TV News aka "The Prince of West Memphis," Sir TJ Holmes got all kinds of married this month to a lovely woman who WAS NOT ME. I was crestfallen. There was a lot of me wandering around the Bat Cave singing Vesta's "Congratulations" while swilling the second cheapest bottle of halfway decent white wine I could find at Schnieder's on The Hill. Because TJ Holmes is now off the market and far, far away from my clutches (and because the wifey Marilee seems so sweet and dreamy), I'm just going to stop stalking him. I know, I know, long-time reader. You thought this day would never come, but I just can't. I will continue to be TJ's number #1 least stalkerish fan and maintain the photo gallery. I will even write about him from time-to-time. But ... I just can't stalk a married man, y'all! It's not as fun.

The Daily Show's Wyatt CenacSo I'm looking for some new guy to stalk. I met The Daily Show's Wyatt Cenac the other week on U Street. He seems nice. I showed him were Marvin's was and I totally name dropped Black Snob all over the place like I was P. Diddles. CNN's Chris Lawrence kind of makes me weak in an SWV-ish way. And I did threaten to stalk Jamal Simmons last year when I met him at Harvard's Annual Black Policy Conference. He's from St. Louis so that should count for something. (I'm a St. Louisian.) I attempted to stalk others, like Hill Harper, Don Lemon and such. But my heart just wasn't in it. Hill's cute and smart and all, but, I dunno. He doesn't bring out "the crazy" in me the way Teege does. And Don Lemon is adorable (and a great journalist), but I'd rather go shopping with him than have all his curly headed babies. Maybe it was because the Teege was from good ol' Arkansas and I've got a sweet spot for folks from Mama Snob's home state. (A matter of fact, "Arkansas Boy Done Good While Being Incredibly Handsome" probably had to do with about 90 percent of his appeal for me.)

Which reminds me, I need to call my Arkansas born n' bred Granny Snob back. I totally didn't take her call while I was partying last night, celebrating the passage of health care with a rack of ribs and a bunch of Howard U. grads. Maybe she'll recommend who I should stalk next? Or berate me for not landing TJ? After all, she once went in on me for not "snagging" Obama. I had to remind her that when the O Man got married it was 1992 and I was somewhere, with ance, grimacing my way through the halls of Hazelwood Central High School in a Cross Colours knock-off shirt at the ripe old age of 15.

Anyway ... who to Google Stalk? I just ... I just don't know.

TJ Holmes Knows I'm Alive! (Google Stalking TJ Holmes)

A Tweet that will live on in infamy.

I haven't written about the Prince of West Memphis in a while. Ya'll know how the Teege is my Reese Peanut Butter Cup of the TV News ... but ... I just had to say that after the WEEK FROM HELL I just had ... CNN's TJ Holmes totally responded to one of my Tweets!

(I've only been Google Stalking him for two years so .... no big, right?)

May it live on forever and ever! TJ Holmes totally spoke to me on the Twitter! Now I just need a wedding invite so I can sing Vesta's "Congratulations" in person.

Get Out Your Resumes: CNN Looking For On-Air Talent!

According to my homies at Mediaite:

In Brian Stelter’s New York Times write-up about the Sanchez show, he hints at something that hasn’t been previously reported:

Several CNN employees have said in recent weeks that they expect other changes to the network’s programming, given its ratings woes. CNN executives have put feelers out to talent agents recently in an apparent effort to scope out new hosts, but none have been hired.

Although none have been hired, the idea that the network is out there looking to hire new talent is notable, if not surprising. There are already a few late afternoon/pre-prime time changes on the way – Sanchez will host Rick’s List from 3-5pmET, with The Situation Room now airing from 5-7pmET. Then John King will anchor his yet-unnamed show at 7pmET.

But what else? Unlike MSNBC, which is making changes in the new year during daytime hours, CNN’s ratings troubles are more in prime time and less during the day. Adding a daytime host – let’s say to host a 2pmET show to lead into Sanchez’, doesn’t hit the area CNN most needs to improve.

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Google Stalking Hill Harper: Ludacris Gives Out Awards?

Hill Harper is supposed to attend the sixth (!) annual Ludacris Foundation Benefit Dinner where Ludacris (!) will be honoring Rep. Maxine Waters (great), Quincy Jones (awesome) and BET CEO Debra Lee (um ... no comment).

One. I had no clue Luda gave out awards. How nice.

Two. Debra Lee? Really? On the press release it said the awards were for those with, "a rich history of giving back and who demonstrate a strong commitment to community service." Is "Tiny and Toya" a "commitment to community service?" Or the Mo'Nique Show? Or Wendy Williams?

Three. Hill Harper is going to be there! All's forgiven!

Google Stalking TJ Holmes: It's A March Wedding!

And I'm not the bride, but that's beside the point.

From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Aww. That was the sound of the InterContinental becoming the Heartbreak Hotel. CNN anchor T.J. Holmes, emceeing the YWCA’s “Open Your Purse” fundraiser on Oct. 1, said he was wrangled into service with the promise of a ballroom full of women staring at him. (We totally were). Then he introduced his lovely fiancee, attorney Marilee Fiebig. We dashed out in between courses to eye her high-wattage bling. “He picked this himself,” she said, waving the hardware. They’ll tie the knot in March in Memphis. Sorry, ladies.

Thank you, anonymous TJ Holmes Wedding Watch Tipster!

Google Stalking Hill Harper: Harper Wants To Have A Conversation, But Is There Anything Left To Talk About?

In Hill Harper's new book "The Conversation" he takes a stab at the dating/marriage crisis in the black community. And why not? Everyone else is doing it from Steve Harvey to your grandmother. The Root gave the book a tepid review, arguing that while Harper tries to address both men and women in the book, it's still largely geared towards black women and doesn't offer much new.

But what more can be said about the black marriage crisis that hasn't been said 50 times over and hasn't been written about exhaustively in Essence Magazine? You have to applaud Harper for giving it the old college try because goodness knows, we need all the help.

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Google Stalking TJ Holmes and Hill Harper: Together At Last

If your TV exploded Saturday morning it was because that dasterdly handsome Prince of West Memphis, Sir TJ Holmes of CNN Weekend, was interviewing the sexy scholar/actor Hill Harper about his new book on relationships and marriage in the black community. Yes. Both. Together. AT THE SAME TIME! Be still my little heart. TJ and Hill also briefly mention TJ's engagement where the Teege says "I'm not trying to be part of the problem. I'm trying to be the solution here," in regards to his own engagement. Awww. On Twitter yesterday, TJ asked why 70 percent of professional black women were unmarried and I wrote back, "Because you can't marry us all, Teege!" So true. Enjoy the video. Hopefully it won't cause your browser to melt. (Thanks, Mia for the link!)

Tamron Hall and Others to Fill-in Carlos Watson's Slot On MSNBC

TVNewser is reporting that MSNBC will start rotating various news anchors into the old slot for Live with Carlos Watson at 11 a.m. The rotation will begin this week starting with Tamron Hall and Monica Novotny on Tuesday and then Hall and Alex Witt on Wednesday through Friday. So I know at least ONE of my Tamron Hall fanatic blog play cousins will be pretty happy about this development. Still, boooo! What happened to Carlos' show? Was it ratings? Was it just not working? TVNewser doesn't know. Mediaite doesn't know. Haven't heard anything from Gawker yet. (Slow on the ball, ladies, or just don't care?) I'll keep an ear out.