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Commentary, analysis and observations on the business of television from the staff of Broadcasting & Cable.
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
Comments (0)Cable Ratings: Stacking Up 2011
The end of December sees the usual flurry of end-of-year ratings press releases touting gains and best-ever years. And 2011 was indeed a good year for cable, which for the first time took in more money than the broadcast networks during the upfronts ($9.3 billion vs. 9.1 billion, for those of you keeping score at home). While the rankings at the top were unchanged - a sixth straight #1 rank for US ...... Read More
Comments (1)Newscasts Cover VA Tech Shootings, Again
“It’s happened again,” Brian Williams said at the top of his NBC Nightly News broadcast, referring to another deadly shooting at the Virginia Tech campus that left two people dead on Thursday afternoon. NBC had a report on the shooting of a police officer and a second victim, believed to be the gunman, from its justice correspondent Pete Williams as well as taped accounts from ...... Read More
Comments (1)NYWIFT Honors Five "Muses" of TV and Film
This season has been abuzz with the success of female-led comedies, but The Good Wife’s Christine Baranski says that it is not just comedy leading the field — television itself is entering a “new and exciting age for women.” Baranski was among five women receiving New York Women in Film & Television’s Muse Awards at its 31st annual luncheon at the N ...... Read More
Comments (0)Where to Be, What to Watch: Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4
Here is a rundown of where to be and what to watch the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4. Monday, Nov. 28 Find out which a capella group wins the Sony Music recording contract (and cash of course), as the top three groups battle it out one last time on the live finale of NBC’s The Sing Off at 8 p.m. ABC will air a pair of holiday specials featuring How the Grinch Stole Christmas at 8 p.m. followed by ...... Read More
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