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Those on whom the blame can rightly be placed for that abhorrent virus known as ‘Reality’ TV are apparently deeply concerned. “ANTM”s Tyra Banks, “Survivor’s” Mark Burnett, “Millionaire’s” Michael Davies, and many others held a lavish lunch for themselves at the Beverly Hills Hilton today, and desperately tried to define why [...] 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 [...] In news that should inspire a national sigh of relief that might almost invoke a Tsunami, a State Judge has spared us all serious pain and banned ex-Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich from pursuing his next grab at fame on NBC’s new reality import, “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.”
In a related continuance of last week’s ABC story, the number of subscribers ‘cutting the cord’ by canceling their cable or satellite service to watch TV online is now such a threat to their mountainous profits, the industry is due to debate it at the National Cable Show conference that bows tomorrow in [...] The New York Times is reporting that the Fox [melo]drama series, “24” is to become the first ‘carbon neutral’ television series. To offset the environmental impact of all those gratuitous car crashes and gun fights they intend to pay strange little men in India to run wind-farms that will balance the karma, and [...] You’ve got an early call in the morning and this could be your big chance. But you’re tossing and turning as the clock creeps around and you just can’t get to sleep…Sound familiar? Don’t fret, you’re far from alone. We spend a third of our lives in the sheets, so you need to [...] On February 1st this glorious country will once more grind to a halt as those so blessed as to call it their home take a pause from their labors, eager to offer their annual homage to an activity that is the causative focus of more devotion, worship and unbridled reverence than any religion [...] The suits in charge at Fox have announced that, starting in December they will be replacing most of their Saturday morning children’s schedule with two hours of infomercials, with the remainder being opened to affiliates for their own unspecified programming. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you a perfect microcosm of [...]
This is a sad day. Despite valiant efforts by dozens of blogs and web sites to rally the faithful, ABC has finally decided to kill “Pushing Daisies.” The press release doesn’t actually use the word ‘canceled,’ but PD’s odds of return or survival make the proverbial snowball’s look like a [...]
As you’ve all heard, MTV’s ‘Total Request Live’ got canceled last week, and the six people who care all nagged MTV to grant a reprieve. So far – thankfully – the answer is no. And now it’s all over, TRL’s staff and a vast swathe of other MTV workers are [...] |
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