Retirement Living, NBC News Co-Produce Daily Caf

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Retirement Living TV and NBC News will team to co-produce RLTV’s news show Daily Café, which premieres Nov. 11.

The one-hour daily series, now in its third season, will broadcast live from Washington D.C. and New York, with former Congressman Fred Grandy and MSNBC anchor Alex Witt.

During its premiere week, Daily Café will feature interviews with recording and film stars Elton John, Elvis Costello, Daniel Craig and George Hamilton, while prominent political journalists fresh off of the campaign trail will give their viewpoint on the recent election and President-elect Barack Obama.

"We are happy to further develop our relationship with Retirement Living TV," said Cheryl Gould, senior vice president of NBC News in a statement. "The Daily Café partnership is a great way to share NBC News with a wider audience and specifically tailor our programming to fit the needs of mature adults."

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.