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[The Limey] – In a move that will remodel the landscape of breakfast TV, and certainly its neck-wear, ‘Today Show’ movie critic Gene Shalit has announced he’s retiring from the post. Born in New York on March 25, 1925 the now 85-year old film buff has been a fixture of the [...] Enjoy your Thursday, folks – For those of us who find sports less than irresistibly transfixing, this is the last day of freedom we’ll see for two weeks. NBC’s coverage of the Olympics begins tomorrow and will continue at levels akin to saturation-bombing until we’re finally free of the whole gargantuan yawn-fest on August 24th. [...] Tuesday’s earthquake only lasted about 15 seconds – and I must confess to being somewhat dismayed that none of its Earth shuffling influence made it up here — but it apparently caused some major discomfort in parts further south… The “Big Brother” crew, located in Studio City, were close to the epicenter and [...] By now most of you should be re-entering society after finally subduing the boundless depression induced by news of the ‘Celebrity’ rehab show I mentioned last week. Well, it just got worse… A company called Morusa Media is currently pitching the Networks an idea that has to be the most desperate, insulting and patronizing concept [...] After yesterday’s malevolent demands by the AMPTP that every word a Writer has even contemplated committing to paper belonged to them and must be surrendered immediately or incur a Fatwah, we reach another low-point in the course of any strike; The Opportunists. The picket lines on the East Coast are rapidly becoming clogged and [...] Well, it’s official; The Writers will go on strike from early Monday after their negotiators recommended a walkout over royalties. A move that could shutter late-night TV shows immediately. The WGA vote was unanimous and the strike starts from 12:01 a.m. PT on Monday. The walkout will be the first in 20 years. The [...] Hard on the Cuban heels of that Sequin-encrusted festival of mind-crushing banality commonly referred to as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ comes news that ‘The Donald’ is at it again. There is to be another ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ I’ll give you a moment to try and overcome the depression. So far slated to appear in [...] In another example of the curious dichotomy that is American television, “Grey’s Anatomy,” which has the most expensive commercials of any show on broadcast TV, has once more emerged as the highest rated show of Fall’s first week among TiVo viewers, according to the CA-based company that makes the gadget.Over 50% of all TV [...] In what it pompously labels ‘a response to shifting viewer habits,’ WNBC in New York City will become the largest TV station to end its 5pm newscast. From September 10th it will be replaced by an Entertainment news show.Dan Forman, WNBC’s manager, says the change had been ‘in the works for years,’ as audience [...] Because, of course, they have nothing more pressing to attend to, Congress is now making moves to repeal the major Networks’ recent court victory over the FCC’s “fleeting expletive” ruling. A week after a Senate panel rejected one anal attempt to apply 19th-century regulations to 21st century life, the Senate’s ‘Commerce Committee’ without any dalliance [...] |
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