BC Beat
Commentary, analysis and observations on the business of television from the staff of Broadcasting & Cable.
AMC Geeks Out With 'Comic Book Men'
AMC is giving its viewers a peek inside the world of comic books with its newest unscripted series, Comic Book Men. The network held a Q&A with media members on Tuesday afternoon at Caroline’s on Broadway in New York, featuring filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Red State, Dogma), an executive producer for the show and Charlie Corwin, another executive producer, and the cast. The serie ...... Read More
Comments (0)Oxygen Gives New Yorkers Taste of 'Jersey Couture' Style
Oxygen is bringing a bit of Jersey to Manhattan. To promote the season two premiere of its reality series Jersey Couture, the network has opened a pop-up beauty bar at 684 Broadway in the NoHo neighborhood of New York City, giving visitors a chance to sample that Garden State style without crossing water. The network hosted a launch party for the store’s opening Thursday night, where guests ...... Read More
Comments (0)WJBK Anchors Honor Late Leader and Friend Jeff Murri
Huel Perkins and Monica Gayle, anchors of Fox-owned WJBK Detroit’s 10 p.m. news, offered a heartfelt tribute Thursday night to their leader and friend, the stations VP and general manager Jeff Murri and B&C’s 2011 General Manager of the Year who died suddenly earlier in the day. “He was more than our boss, he was our friend,” Gayle said during the 10 p.m. newscast. ...... Read More
Comments (1)UFC On Fox 2: Hits and Misses
When the UFC debuted on Fox late last year, fans saw that mixed martial arts fights can literally be too exciting — as in the great heavyweight brawl that barely lasted a minute. Then Saturday night at the second installment of UFC on Fox, fans saw that some nights the fights just aren’t going to be very good. More often than not, that will not be the case in the action-packed ...... Read More
Comments (2)NATPE 2012: The Dish On Where to Eat From One of Miami's Finest
Perhaps no other NATPE-goer is happier to see this week’s conference and exhibition back in South Beach than Miami-based Chris Sloan, the co-founder, president and executive creative director of 2C Media. (Click here for complete NATPE 2012 coverage)“As corny as it sounds, I love showing off the city,” Sloan said Tuesday afternoon at the Bleu Bar in the Fontainebleu Resort, wh ...... Read More
Comments (4)Gingrich Attacks Media Over Ex-Wife Interview
CNN debate moderator John King wasted no time addressing the story of the day in Thursday’s GOP debate, opening the event from the North Charleston Coliseum in South Carolina by asking Newt Gingrich about his ex-wife claiming in an ABC News interview that he asked for an open marriage. Gingrich, for his part, wasted no time in firing back at King for even asking the question. “I thin ...... Read More
Comments (0)Raunchy Showrunner Panel Breeds Insight into TV Business
A group of television’s top showrunners and exec producers - Graham Yost (Justified); Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead); Liz Meriwether (New Girl); Dave Finkel (New Girl) and Brett Baer (New Girl) - spoke about working on hit shows on a panel moderated by Peter Tolan (co-creator of Rescue Me) during the Hollywood Radio and Television Society’s Newsmaker Luncheon: The Hitmakers Thursday ...... Read More
Comments (0)NASCAR Chief Breaks Some News in B&C Cover Story
While NASCAR still has a lot of work to do to get back to where it was a few years back when it was the darling of the sports TV world, its ratings seem to have bounced off a bottom last season and NASCAR enters the upcoming Daytona 500 and 2012 season with some momentum from a Hollywood ending to 2011 in which the championship literally came down to the last lap of the entire season. So when I sa ...... Read More
Comments (7)TCA - Hagman: Recession May Bring Viewers to ‘Dallas' Yet Again
Cast and crew of TNT’s Dallas, a re-imagination (don’t dare call it a remake or reboot around the creators) of the iconic soapy family drama that aired from 1978-91, took the stage to atypical applause from critics Saturday afternoon during the cable portion of the winter TCA press tour in Pasadena, Calif. Original castmembers Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy were joined by ...... Read More
Comments (0)TCA: 'CBS This Morning' Looking to Attract 'One Viewer at a Time'
Pasadena, Calif. — Only three days into the new program, the CBS This Morning team appeared at the TCA press tour here Wednesday via satellite and said that it’s been so far, so good on the new broadcast. “We feel very good about this,” said anchor Charlie Rose. “Things are in place, but you grow and learn every day. We have grown to feel good about eac ...... Read More
Comments (0)TCA: 'Two and A Half Men' - It's All About The Hair
The cast and creators of Two and Half Men — Chuck Lorre, co-creator and exec producer; Lee Aronsohn, exec producer and stars Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones — took the stage during CBS’ portion of the winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif. Wednesday morning. Television critics couldn’t help but ask the expected Charlie Sheen-related questions and whether Kut ...... Read More
Comments (0)TCA: 'Watch What Happens Live' Branching Out from 'Housewives' Franchise
Pasadena, Calif. — Expanding Bravo’s late-night talk show Watch What Happens Live will help the show branch out its guest roster beyond the Real Housewives franchise it regularly followed on Thursday nights, executive producer Michael Davies at the TCA press tour Saturday. “Being on five nights a week gives us an ability to turn the focus more on pop culture, not just on House ...... Read More
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