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Television Broadcasting and Production

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Hollywood Walk of Fame is More Like Great White Way: Minority Stars Hard to Find

    shakira.comShakira got her star on this week.​Updated at the bottom with comments from the Media Action Network for Asian Americans' Guy Aoki. First posted at 12:59 p.m. It looks like L.A's world-famous Walk of Fame might as well be called the Great White Way. That's because minorities are s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Culinary Bachelors Dating Show: Apply Now!

    ​Single and looking for love in all the wrong kitchens? Pilgrim Studios (producers of Dirty Jobs, American Chopper and My Fair Wedding) is seeking a chef, restaurateur, gourmand, food writer or serious culinary enthusiast who's also an attention whore and wants to star his own dating show on " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Important News If You Still Remember Your MySpace Password

    Ahh, the good ol' days​If you're still mackin' on MySpace, we have some bad news: Not only will the site issue massive layoffs this week, it also will probably be sold for the price of a few bacon-wrapped hot dogs. As Gawker reported yesterday, the social media site that News Corp. paid $580 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    A VERY SPECIAL TUESDAY

    Ahh, the good ol' days​If you're still mackin' on MySpace, we have some bad news: Not only will the site issue massive layoffs this week, it also will probably be sold for the price of a few bacon-wrapped hot dogs. As Gawker reported yesterday, the social media site that News Corp. paid $580 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Conan O'Brien Whooped Both Jay Leno And Jon Stewart On Cable TV Last Night -- But Can He Make The Magic Last?

    TBSSomewhere between poverty and basic cable​Hot damn, Conan. We knew the comeback would be big, but that was some next-level shit. America's favorite middle-aged carrot set the record for the most-watched show in cable-TV history last night: His brand-new 11 p.m. slot on TBS roped in a baffl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2010

    And the Winner Is...The Television Networks!

    TBSSomewhere between poverty and basic cable​Hot damn, Conan. We knew the comeback would be big, but that was some next-level shit. America's favorite middle-aged carrot set the record for the most-watched show in cable-TV history last night: His brand-new 11 p.m. slot on TBS roped in a baffl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Hollywood Industry Transportation Workers Make A Deal Not To Strike

    ​Transportation workers from the Teamsters' Hollywood Local 399 voted to accept a new contract from movie and TV producers on Sunday, avoiding the possibility of an industry-wide strike. Earlier this month, the labor union threatened to strike if wage increases were not approved by the Allia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    MySpace To Relaunch As Pre-Teen Perv's Heaven: Wait, It Already Is

    Tila Tequila: Now too old for MySpace.​News Corp., the owners of MySpace, announced plans to relaunch the waning site with a focus on younger users, a company representative told LA Weekly. At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen recently News Corp. chief digital officer Jon Miller ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    GLAAD Names CW and MTV As the Most Gay Friendly Networks

    ​ MTV and the CW are the most gay-friendly channels, according to an exhaustive study by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the Hollywood Reporter reports. GLADD noted in a press release that the survey reviewed 4,787.5 hours of primetime programming from the five major network ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    RONA BARES IT

    ​ MTV and the CW are the most gay-friendly channels, according to an exhaustive study by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the Hollywood Reporter reports. GLADD noted in a press release that the survey reviewed 4,787.5 hours of primetime programming from the five major network ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Conan Announces New Late-Night Show On TBS

    ​Conan O'Brien on Monday announced he's headed to cable network TBS for an 11 p.m. late-night show that will start in November. The move will bump George Lopez's own talk show to midnight. The move appears to confirm that the host will remain in Los Angeles, where he moved from New York for hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Federal Ruling In Favor Of Limiting Internet Access Could Be Mixed Blessing For Hollywood

    ​A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday that would allow Comcast to limit customers' access to heavy-file downloading and other sites that take up a lot of data "pipe" could be a mixed blessing for Hollywood. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Breaking News: L.A.'s Local TV News Not So Local

    ​A USC study of local television news released Tuesday found that half-hour newscasts only covered local government issues for an average of 22 seconds, with nearly half of the shows' time left over after ads, sports, weather and teasers were accounted for being devoted to news from outside th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    The Cooking Channel: More Options For Your 24-Hour Food Cycle

    If you like your food on your television screen as much as you like it on your plate, you're in luck. Debuting Memorial Day, May 31st, the Cooking Channel will provide non-stop food television, featuring new shows by Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray. If this sounds a whole lot like another ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    MySpace Woes Continue As New Chief Steps Down

    ​The woes at MySpace continue as its CEO, Owen Van Natta, stepped down this week after nine months running the Beverly Hills-based social network. Two of his second-in-command executives, Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn, will step up to share Van Natta's duties, MySpace announced. "In talking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    TV Writers Get $70 Million In Age Discrimination Settlement

    ​One-hundred-sixty-five television writers jointly received a $70 million settlement Friday in their age-discrimination claim against some of Hollywood's biggest players, including ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and more. " ... With years of disruptive litigation remaining, and all networks and major tel ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Why the Comcast/GE/NBCU Deal May Harm Consumers

    Does Big Media = Behemoth Media = Bad Media?

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    SMOTHERS AND OTHER STRANGERS

    Does Big Media = Behemoth Media = Bad Media?

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    How To Give The Finger To Your Cable Company

    Ah, the outrageous bills, the alluring premium content that expires in three months, and the subscriber packages that never give you the exact channels you want -- not mention the lack of competition: Cable is so Soviet era.​ You've been clamoring to shed this ball and chain, and now maybe yo ... More >>

  • Articles

    November 12, 2009

    Oprah's Move: Good luck or good riddance?

    Ah, the outrageous bills, the alluring premium content that expires in three months, and the subscriber packages that never give you the exact channels you want -- not mention the lack of competition: Cable is so Soviet era.​ You've been clamoring to shed this ball and chain, and now maybe yo ... More >>

  • News

    October 15, 2009

    Trick or Treat

    This week had surprises for Hollywood

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    61st Emmys: Deja Vu All Over Again

    Winner-watching with cynicism and subversion

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    All Fire, All the Time

    As firefighters slowly but stubbornly turn the tide against the Station Fire, FM radio station KPCC offers a full Web page devoted to Southern California's wildfires. The page, which fills a void left by television stations that have pretty much abandoned round-the-clock coverage of the Station Fire ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal to Wed

    "Till death do us part."Those words will weigh heavily during the planned vows that will be exchanged between troubled actor Ryan O'Neal and longtime companion Farrah Fawcett, whose health is deteriorating from terminal cancer. In a segment of ABC TV's 20/20 program to air Friday, O'Neal, who has ha ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Summer Movies: Villains and Heroes, Robots and Mad Men

    Secret plot for Wall Street 2, huge tracking for Transformers 2

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    Just What We Need . . .

    Secret plot for Wall Street 2, huge tracking for Transformers 2

  • News

    March 5, 2009

    Why You Leavin' (News Corp.), Peter Chernin?

    And what you earnin', Chernin?

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2008

    It's a Stevie Wonderful Life

    And what you earnin', Chernin?

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    TV Party Tonight

    And what you earnin', Chernin?

  • News

    May 1, 2008

    What's Hot: Talks Between Actors and Producers Look DOA

    Meanwhile, pilots are vibrantly alive

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2008

    More on the emo attacks in Mexico

    As I've reported at my personal blog Intersections, emos are under attack in Mexico. Here are a few good primary sources to better understand what's happening. In Mexico, emo culture is a butt of many jokes. It is either despised intensely or generally ignored. But it's only the despising sentim ... More >>

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    WGA's Biggest Enemy

    A fed up writers’ union hopes to appeal to a sense of fair play. In Hollywood

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    They Must Be High

    Spacing out with Ben, Chris, Tom and Tom

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    Alphabet Soup

    Spacing out with Ben, Chris, Tom and Tom

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Screwing the TV Viewers

    The CW Network is the bastard child of The WB and UPN

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    They Shoot News Anchors: Part II

    Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Our Russia, Ourselves

    Sleeping with the enemy . . . then scolding her

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    NBC’s Nasty Secret

    What’s behind the network’s refusal to pay domestic benefits for its gay and lesbian employees?

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Dumb and Dumberer

    Why the FCC shouldn’t consolidate without concessions

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Fox Idols

    Who the network should worship for its sweeps month success

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    The Untold Story

    How corporate takeovers make the media less curious

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    The Nature of Fall TV

    Bada-bing or just bad?

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Tinsel-Town Rebellion

    Writers, moguls and Hollywood’s day of reckoning

  • Art+Books

    December 16, 1999

    Now! Jerry Springer on Your Satellite Dish!

    New law allows satellite TV to carry local channels. The problem is, they don't have the room.

  • Film+TV

    August 12, 1999

    Homeboys From Outer Space and Other Transgressions

    TV in black and white

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Charter End Game

    Councilman Svorinich discovers global capitalism

  • Art+Books

    April 15, 1999

    Consumer One

    Last in a Three-Part Series

  • Art+Books

    April 8, 1999

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Off

    Taming the digital signal

  • Art+Books

    April 1, 1999

    The End of TV As We Know It

    Digital television commandeers the airwaves

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