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[The Limey] – The former CBS ‘comedy’ ‘Two and a Half Men’ has attracted a lot of press recently – for all the wrong reasons. The show hasn’t been funny since about the time the dinosaurs left and Charlie Sheen has had some serious problems. And their Entertainment President, Nina Tassler [...] In news that’s a positive joy to report, it seems PBS has decided to show the rest of TV how it should be done. This glorious channel, currently celebrating its fortieth year, has decided to join Hulu and YouTube and offer its content online. Their new video hub allows both regular [...] After a lot of debate and months of concerned speculation among its still numerous fans, CBS has just announced that ‘Guiding Light‘ will be put out for good on September 17. According to The Guinness Book of World Records, ‘Light’ debuted on NBC Radio on January 25th, 1937, then moved to [...] In a welcome development from the earlier story about Fox’s online ambitions, ABC News plans to bow a daily political webcast, ‘Top Line,’ on Monday, according to Broadcasting and Cable. The 15-minute summary will be available every weekday on ABCNews.com, hosted by reporter, Rick Klein, and the Network’s political director, David Chalian. The [...]
In yet another endeavor to cement its position as the television network for those who think cardigans are cutting-edge fashion, CBS has announced plans to add ‘mini-shows’ between their real shows. I’m not sure what those in charge at ‘the Eye’ are inhaling to form an idea so [...]
Hello, and welcome to Chapter 46 of “How Google Took Over The World.” With market share for their rather wonderful browser starting to inexplicably slide, everyone’s favorite billionaire geeks have announced a new and much-anticipated tactic in their ceaseless march towards world domination: Full-length TV shows on You Tube.
In an interview that appears today on Forbes.com, ten-time Emmy Award-winner Steven Bochco becomes the latest witness to Network greed. He’s decided to take his new drama series, “Raising the Bar,” to the cable station TNT, instead of to one of the Nets. Mr Bocho accuses the Networks of devolving into purveyors of programming he [...] Just in case you were under the quite understandable impression that “Reality” shows couldn’t get any dumber or their creators more desperate, our friends at The Food Network would like to prove you wrong. The formerly respectable channel has decided it’s time to gorge on a slice of the lucrative ‘Reality’ pie and are currently [...] In news that hits rather too close to home for my taste, and which may also be a harbinger of oncoming doom for the US market, the news is coming in that the British commercial broadcast network, ITV, might be acquired by one of the largest names in ‘Reality’ programming – Endemol. Shares in the [...] When you leap out of bed at the crack of noon on a Monday morning and spend a peaceful few hours composing your blog, beneath a sky so resplendently blue you could almost believe the entire astral canopy is an inverted Wedgwood bowl, life can seem pretty good. …Then you read TV Guide. Once a [...] |
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