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Texas U to Launch Own 24/7 Sports Network

UT aims to cash in big time on Longhorns

Nov 9, 08 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - In what could become the first of its kind enterprise, the University of Texas is negotiating to create its own 24-hour sports channel, reports BusinessWeek. University officials have teamed up with IMG Worldwide talent agency to negotiate programming distribution of the tentatively named Longhorn Sports Network on Time Warner, Comast,... More »

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NCAA football • University of Texas Austin • college sports • Big 12 Conference • network television

 Fey: Palin Sketches 
 'Fair, Quite Gentle' 

To complete transformation, 'we glue my ears down,' Fey says

Oct 22, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Should Tina Fey take it easy on Sarah Palin? She doesn't think so, Access Hollywood reports. "I stand by the pieces as both fair and quite gentle," says Fey, who plays the veep nominee on SNL. At first Fey "didn’t think we looked alike at all,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • network television • Sarah Palin

TV REVIEW

 Kath & Kim Is Floppy Seconds 

Aussie remake misses satirical mark

Oct 9, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - As if Knight Rider wasn't bad enough, NBC continues to look like a college kid "furnishing an apartment out of mom's hand-me-downs" in debuting the "witlessly Americanized" sitcom Kath & Kim, writes Robert Bianco in USA Today. The Australian remake wastes Molly Shannon's talents while "exposing the... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • comedy • network television • Kath & Kim • Selma Blair • Molly Shannon

 Cable's Mad Men, 
 Adams Sweep Emmys 

Broadcast hangs tough in comedy with big wins for 30 Rock

Sep 22, 08 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable shows trumped network TV in last night’s 60th annual Emmy Awards as HBO’s John Adams grabbed 13 awards, a record for a miniseries, the Los Angeles Times reports. AMC’s Mad Men, which led in nominations, took home six trophies, including one for best drama. Glenn Close... More »

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television • cable TV • Los Angeles • Emmy Awards • network television

 


 Fall TV Is on the Fritz           




Nation of nobodies prevails to everybody's detriment

Sep 21, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everybody knows nobody watches fall TV. In fact, Hank Stuever writes in the Washington Post, the erstwhile must-see event is dead. And “who wouldn't want it to die?” After all, come September, “networks unleash their wallop of slickly packaged hopefulness, with relentless and outdated demands.” Viewers... More »

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television • network television

 'Dr. Greene' to Return to ER 

Edwards will reprise role as dead character in flashbacks

Sep 5, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(AP) - Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to ER, but he's not coming back from the dead. Anthony Edwards will reprise the role of Greene, who died of a brain tumor at the end of the 2002 season, in flashback scenes in the Nov. 13 episode, NBC says. Other County General... More »

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NBC • network television • guest appearance • cameo • ER • Anthony Edwards

 WB Favorites Survive Online 

Fresh content, networking tools also in the mix

Sep 2, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer can rejoice: The defunct WB network relaunched last week as an interactive website. TheWB.com features on-demand episodes of its classic teen shows, alongside original programming aimed at the 16- to-34-year-old market, Advertising Age reports. The site also sports "sharing features,"... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • soap operas • Warner Brothers • network television • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Mad Men, Damages Make History With Emmy Nods

Best-series noms are first for basic cable

Jul 17, 08 9:11 AM CDT
(AP) - Mad Men, AMC's sleek 1950s advertising drama, and FX's legal thriller Damages made Emmy nominations history today as the first basic cable programs to gain best-series nods. HBO's John Adams, meanwhile,  was the overall frontrunner with 23 bids, including a lead-actor nomination for Paul Giamatti's turn as Adams. More »

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television • cable TV • Lost • Emmy Awards • The Wire • network television • Mad Men

 Gossip Girl a Fashion Force 

Despite modest ratings, CW show great at selling garments

Jul 8, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - CW’s Gossip Girl has enjoyed only so-so ratings in its first year, but it's become a major trend-setter in fashion for young women, the New York Times reports. Retailers say the show, which features rich and preppy teens, has a huge influence on sales, sort of like a Sex ... More »

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television • fashion • clothing • fashion designer • network television • Gossip Girl • trend • fashion industry

analysis

 Networks Wrestle 
 With Fall Uncertainty 

Strike fallout just one factor adding to pile of woes

Jul 7, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Still reeling from the writers strike and dealing with the threat of an actors strike, network TV faces an uphill battle for viewers this fall. On the eve of the annual dog-and-pony show to introduce new shows to critics, USA Today TV expert Robert Bianco looks at the uncertainty plaguing... More »

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television • network television

ANALYSIS

 Where Will Jay
 Go After 
 Tonight? 

Comedian may be getting the boot, but tomorrow's looking pretty bright

Jun 28, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno might be losing his beloved "Tonight Show," writes the Hollywood Reporter, but the host still has a ratings punch and an enviable set of options (in decreasing order of probability):
  1. Take ABC’s 11:30pm-12:30am slot, displacing Nightline and Jimmy Kimmel Live and competing
... More »

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NBC • CBS • ABC • news • stand up comedy • Jimmy Kimmel • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • network television

 Trauma Unit:
 TV's Leading
 Luckless
 Ladies 

If these characters didn't have bad luck, they wouldn't have any luck at all

Jun 11, 08 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a cokehead-dating addict who, among other things, got shot by carjackers, burned in a house fire, and suffered amnesia, Kelly Taylor of "Beverly Hills, 90210" is the gold standard of TV victims. Employing the misery-measuring "Kellyness" scale, Radar rates prime time's most luckless ladies.
  1. Meredith Grey,
... More »

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reality TV • Lost • Grey's Anatomy • victimization • network television • dramatic tv • One Tree Hill

 Digital Switch May KO Ratings 

9.4% of US households are 'completely unready' for death of analog TV

May 27, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost 25 million US homes own at least one set that will go dark when broadcast TV switches to digital next year—which could wreak havoc on ratings, the New York Times reports. Roughly 17% of network prime-time viewers are using unprepared TVs, according to Nielsen. Secondary TVs, like... More »

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Nielsen • TV ratings • digital television • digital broadcasting • network television • TV advertising

Network TV Records Worst Ratings Ever

Fox is tops in dismal strike-plagued season; cable's gain continues

May 21, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With just a few days left in the 2007-'08 TV season, Fox is set to take the ratings belt from five-time winner CBS. But it’ll be something of a hollow victory, because network TV on the whole recorded its worst year ever, Variety reports. Among the top five... More »

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television • CBS • Nielsen Ratings • Fox • TV ratings • network television • Fox network

Opinion

So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You

Couric traded perky for automaton, but needed 'Michael Moore's DNA'

May 20, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric’s unhappy tenure as CBS Evening News anchor will soon end, and not a moment too soon for Nancy Franklin of the New Yorker. Couric seemed likely to succeed at the start, but she wound up ditching the qualities people liked in her and becoming a... More »

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media • Katie Couric • Leslie Moonves • network television • news anchor • television news • CBS Evening News

ABC Schedules Only 2 New
Fall Shows

Reality show, drama get green light; Oprah passes on Big Give

May 13, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - ABC will debut just two new shows in the fall, partly because of the writers' strike. One will be a reality show produced by Ashton Kutcher that tests family members on how well they know each other. The other, Life on Mars, is based on a British show about a... More »

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television • ABC • Oprah Winfrey • network television • Oprah's Big Give

Will Britney Join TV Cast? Harris Says No Thanks

Star of 'How I Met Your Mother' thinks it's too much work for her

Apr 10, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears did a fine job in her guest spot on "How I Met Your Mother," but don't expect her to join the cast anytime soon, star Neil Patrick Harris tells MTV. "You do it one week, it's fine, but to do it a lot of weeks... More »

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Britney Spears • celebrity • network television • How I Met Your Mother • Neil Patrick Harris

MSNBC Cans 'Tucker' for Rising Star

David Gregory will
helm new evening political show

Mar 10, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - MSNBC today picked rising star David Gregory to helm a new political show in place of Tucker Carlson's low-rated "Tucker", TVNewser reports. Gregory's "Race for the White House" will air at 6 p.m. weekdays while he continues to report on the White House for NBC News and... More »

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television • media • cable TV • MSNBC • Tucker Carlson • NBC News • network television • news anchor

NBC Ditching Fall Debuts

Peacock plans to stagger show introductions throughout the year

Feb 20, 08 4:37 PM CST
(Newser) - NBC appears to have followed through on pledges to use the writers' strike as a springboard to changing the television industry, ditching traditional fall debuts of new shows for staggered introductions throughout the year. The move is designed so the network can keep things fresh, and work more closely with... More »

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television • NBC • CBS • advertising • ABC • Fox • network television • product placement

The CW Smacks Down WWE

Network will drop wrestling mainstay from schedule

Feb 8, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The CW network and wrestling show/ratings bonanza "Smackdown" are no longer a tag team, Variety reports. Speculation is that the network and World Wrestling Entertainment couldn’t agree on a price for the new season; the CW is also trying to foster a more feminine image. But it's a... More »

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World Wrestling Entertainment • network television

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