David Tanklefsky

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‘Gossip’ Heats Up But CW Affils Sit Tight

Some still-unidentified comely young people will engage in a threesome on Monday night’s episode of Gossip Girl and a torrent of criticism from the Parents Television Council hasn’t compelled any of the CW’s affiliates to preempt the show as of presstime Monday afternoon. “We have no affiliate pull-outs whatsoever,” said the network’s Senior VP... More

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House Amendment Puts Abuse of Prisoners Back in Spotlight

An amendment from Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Ct.), which was part of a homeland security appropriations bill that passed in the House Oct. 15, would give the Department of Defense the authority to continue to suppress photos that show the abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody overseas. The ACLU has sought the release of the photos and other records of detainee abuse through the Freedom of... More

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Roland Martin Prepares “Sunday Brunch”

Sounds of smooth jazz wailing out of Kirk Whalum’s saxophone will be the first intonation to viewers that Washington Week With Roland Martin , TV One’s new Sunday morning public affairs show, will not sound like the rest of Sunday fare. According to Martin, it’s not going to look much like those other shows either. He speaks of positioning his show as the... More

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Affiliates Dig In to ‘Naughty Kitchen’ Promotion

The reality cooking landscape is about to gain another out-sized (and, welcomingly, plus-sized) personality when Oxygen introduces Blythe Beck, head chef of trendy Dallas eatery Central 214 and the star of the upcoming The Naughty Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck , Sept. 22. Much like Bravo did with its Top Chef promotion , the channel is launching an ambitious affiliate promotion campaign... More

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Ling and Lee Open Up…Online

Four weeks since they returned to the U.S., Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have opened up for the first time about their nearly five months in captivity in North Korea. But rather than break their silence with a national TV interview with the likes of Oprah Winfrey or Meredith Vieira, as many had expected , the two spoke about the experience in a post on the Current TV... More