Media Buzz

{{Short description|American TV news program}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Media Buzz FNC.png

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| genre = News media

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 60 minutes

| num_seasons = 10

| presenter = Howard Kurtz

| country = United States

| location = Washington, D.C.

| language = English

| network = Fox News Channel

| first_aired = {{start date|2013|9|7}}

| last_aired = present

}}

Media Buzz is an hour-long news media criticism program on Fox News, hosted by Howard Kurtz.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings-five-weeks-of-reliable-sources-and-mediabuzz_b199743 |title=Ratings: Five Weeks Of 'Reliable Sources' And 'MediaBuzz' |author=Weprin, Alex |access-date=October 23, 2013 |date=October 11, 2013 |publisher=MediaBistro}} The show airs live on Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. ET, and discusses that week's current events and how they were portrayed by American media.

The show replaced the similar Fox News Watch, the last edition of which aired on August 31, 2013. Media Buzz aired at the same time as CNN's Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter, which Kurtz had hosted from 1992 until his departure from CNN on June 30, 2013, and was wound down in 2022.{{cite news |title=MediaBuzz |work=Fox News |url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/media-buzz/index.html}}{{Cite web |author=Frank Pallotta |title=CNN is ending 'Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/18/media/reliable-sources-cnn-brian-stelter/index.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=CNN|date=18 August 2022 }} Media Buzz surpassed one million viewers in late 2013.{{cite news |author1=Steinberg, Brian |date=November 19, 2013 |title=Howard Kurtz Cracks 1M Viewers On Fox News MediaBuzz |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/howard-kurtz-cracks-1m-viewers-on-fox-news-mediabuzz-1200855117/}}{{cite news |author1=Flint, Joe |date=November 12, 2013 |title=CNN's 'Reliable Sources' overtaken by Fox News' 'Media Buzz' |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-stelter-kurtz-cnn-fox-media-20131112-story.html}}