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Marisa Guthrie
Marisa Guthrie
May 7, 2008
Nailbiter at CBS News

CBS News almost had its own “Dewey Beats Truman” moment during the Indiana primary Tuesday night. The network went out on a consid...... More

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BC Crawler   RSS

BC Crawler
BC Crawler
February 4, 2008
Monday: Super Bowl Roundup, Writers on Other Shows, and more...

By Alex Weprin [One Super Bowl] So, there was this thing on TV last night… football… you may have heard of it. Yes, the Super Bo...... More

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A daily hyperlinked digest of TV/media-related stories from elsewhere on the Web.

BC Review   RSS

David Bianculli
David Bianculli
May 8, 2008
HBO's "Hear and Now" is a Wonder to See and Hear

In Hear and Now, Ilene Taylor Brodsky’s loving but unflinching portrait of her deaf parents, we get a very close look – and an equally ...... More

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The BC Review offers one-stop shopping for TV fanatics, with a roundup of the latest reviews from the leading critics, featuring resident BC Review critic/blogger David Bianculli.

BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington   RSS

John Eggerton
John Eggerton
May 8, 2008
Missing Witnesses To History

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin talked about the historical significance of Thursday's announcement of the Wilmington, N.C., DTV test  as posters pr...... More

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BC/DC is the media executives' must-see view from Washington, delivered by yours truly without the aid of rose-colored glasses and without the need, quite yet, of bifocals.

Beyond the Box   RSS

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak
May 8, 2008
Daily DigVid Review: To copy-protect or not, that is the question?

As reported by CNET’s Ina Fried, neither Microsoft nor NBC is considering including blocking technology in the Zune that would keep people fr...... More

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A blog covering the world of multiplatform video, including mobile TV, IPTV, user-generated video and video blogs.

Fates & Fortunes   RSS

Kate Bacon
Kate Bacon
May 8, 2008
A little sports, a little news, a little shopping

IT folks are sometimes the Rodney Dangerfield’s of the entertainment, broadcast, cable, TV business. But they keep us all going. Admit it&hel...... More

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Fates & Fortunes follows the comings and goings of the people who work in the TV industry.

Sponsored Content: Crosswords   RSS

Sponsored Content: Crosswords
Sponsored Content: Crosswords
May 8, 2008
CELEBRITY CROSSWORDS

Ever since I last blogged about Reese Witherspoon being a big Merv Griffin’s Crosswords fan she and other celebrities have come out of the Cr...... More

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Blog sponsored Merv Griffin's Crosswords
Written by Ty Treadway, Host, Merv Griffin's Crosswords & Ritch Colbert, Principal, Program Partners, Inc.

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Sponsored Content: Family Court
Sponsored Content: Family Court
April 17, 2008
Family Court: The Cases

Family Court with Judge Penny will allow the viewer to not only be entertained, but will also allow the viewer to gain knowledge in the areas that ...... More

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Blog sponsored by Family Court 
Written by Monday is Ritch Colbert, Principal for Program Partners and the Honorable Judge Penny Brown Reynolds and Thursday is Judge Penny Brown Reynolds

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Sponsored Content: Marie Osmond
Sponsored Content: Marie Osmond
April 29, 2008
The Hopeful and Humorous

As Ritch noted in his blog, perhaps we all need a bit more of the “hopeful and humorous” in our lives. I’ve just spent the p...... More

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Blog sponsored Marie Osmond 
Monday is Ritch Colbert, Principal for Program Partners and Thursday is Marie Osmond

Station to Station   RSS

Mike Malone
Mike Malone
May 8, 2008
Sinclair Discussing Going Private

Believing Sinclair's stock price undermines its performance, Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO David Smith said the company has discussed going pri...... More

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Station to Station covers the odds, ends, ups and downs of the local televison business across America

Studio 60--The End is Near?   RSS

Mike Malone
Mike Malone
November 1, 2007
DiPasquale "In Good Spirits"

Recovering from bypass surgery late last week, Newport Television head Sandy DiPasquale is feeling good and itching to get back to work. "He's...... More

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Several reports out this morning claim that NBC is thisclose to pulling the plug on critical darling turned ratings disaster turned insert -Aaron-Sorkin-can’t-write -sketch-comedy-to-save-his-life- riff here, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The cast members are already telling friends and cleaning out their lockers.  This news isn’t exactly out of nowhere—our scorecard this week discusses the shows slow, but seemingly unavoidable demise--but what was more surprising was the news just last week that three more episodes had been ordered on Friday.  I repeat: On Friday. That kind of public stand by your man usually means the network is going to grin and bear it for at least a few more weeks while they continue to monitor the pulse of what seemed to be a near-dead audience. It makes one wonder what happened over the weekend?   NBC has not yet confirmed the cancellation....

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