Press Play with Madeleine Brand

TV Roundup: Miss Universe Mess Up and More

What’s the most awkward thing you’ve ever seen on TV? Well, prepare for that moment to be supplanted by what happened at the end of the Miss Universe pageant last night. Host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner. Officials had to take back her crown on the spot and put it on the real winner.

By Barbara Bogaev • Dec 22, 2015 • 1 min read

What’s the most awkward thing you’ve ever seen on TV? Well, prepare for that moment to be supplanted by what happened at the end of the Miss Universe pageant last night. Host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner. Officials had to take back her crown on the spot and put it on the real winner. We hash out what went wrong and other small screen news in our regular Monday TV roundup.

Barbara Bogaev
radio journalist
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Michael Schneider
Senior editor at Variety

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

TV Roundup: Miss Universe Mess Up and More

What’s the most awkward thing you’ve ever seen on TV? Well, prepare for that moment to be supplanted by what happened at the end of the Miss Universe pageant last night. Host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner. Officials had to take back her crown on the spot and put it on the real winner.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

TV Roundup: Miss Universe Mess Up and More

What’s the most awkward thing you’ve ever seen on TV? Well, prepare for that moment to be supplanted by what happened at the end of the Miss Universe pageant last night. Host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner. Officials had to take back her crown on the spot and put it on the real winner.

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