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  • September 2008

    • TV Lights Tone Down Former NY DA Pirro

      New York Times  |  Sep 29, 08 11:33 AM CDT

      TV Lights Tone Down Former NY DA Pirro

      (Newser) - Becoming a TV judge seems, in her own words, to have “mellowed” Jeanine Pirro, who long added color to New York’s state political scene with a fiery stint as Westchester County’s district attorney, spiced with a brief Senate run opposite Hillary Clinton and a rocky marriage to a man with alleged mafia connections. “I’m in a very good place,” she tells the Times . More »

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      television  • TV shows  • district attorney  • Jeanine Pirro

    • PBS Draws Curtain on Mr. Rogers

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 1, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      PBS Draws Curtain on Mr. Rogers

      (Newser) - Today is not a beautiful day in Mister Rogers' neighborhood. The show has aired for the last time on most PBS stations, making way for newer programs with higher ratings, the Chicago Tribune reports. Loyal fans have created a website and Facebook group to try to save the reassuring cardigan-clad friend who teaches kids about what one fan calls "clumsy, awkward, uncomfortable real life." More »

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      TV ratings  • TV shows  • PBS  • nostalgia

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

      Portfolio  |  May 12, 08 6:51 PM CDT

      HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

      (Newser) - Apple and HBO are close to an agreement that would let iTunes sell episodes of HBO shows, Portfolio reports. Sources say HBO has cut a good deal—either by breaking iTunes' $1.99 video price ceiling or getting a bigger share of the same rate. But at least one HBO source is still grumbling: "We should have done this a long time ago," the insider said. More »

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      Apple  • cable TV  • iTunes  • Time Warner  • HBO  • digital downloads  • TV shows

    • Scandal-Plagued Ex-DA to Become TV Judge

      Associated Press  |  May 6, 08 12:21 PM CDT

      Scandal-Plagued Ex-DA to Become TV Judge

      (Newser) - An ex-DA from the New York suburbs will be behind the bench starting this fall—on TV. Judge Jeanine Pirro stars a onetime Hillary Clinton Senate challenger who landed the CW gig even though Pirro and her husband have a history of controversies ranging from tax fraud to wiretapping probes, the AP reports. Pirro is also a regular on the Fox News Channel. More »

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      television  • New York  • judge  • TV shows  • host  • Jeanine Pirro  • CW network

  • April 2008
  • January 2008

    • Critics Love Wire 's Media Turn

      Washington Post  |  Jan 6, 08 4:32 PM CST

      Critics Love Wire 's Media Turn

      (Newser) - Entering its last season, HBO's urban drama The Wire "succeeds strikingly at getting what's wrong just right," Tom Shales writes in the Washington Post . “Written and acted to the highest standards of the best TV drama,” the show has dealt with drugs, job loss, and school troubles, and now explores the trials of a major newspaper. More »

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      entertainment  • HBO  • reviews  • TV shows  • The Wire  • Baltimore Sun

  • December 2007

    • Anchors Squirm in HDTV's Glare

      Baltimore Sun  |  Dec 4, 07 7:45 PM CST

      Anchors Squirm in HDTV's Glare

      (Newser) - As HD takes hold, TV personalities face a new challenge: namely, hiding that zit in magnified resolution. Makeup techniques that traditionally hid flaws have become as obvious as the blemishes themselves, the Baltimore Sun reports. And, er, seasoned anchors worry the improvements could shift focus from content to complexion, forcing stations to seek youthful replacements. More »

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      HDTV  • TV shows  • TV networks  • Anderson Cooper  • local news

  • October 2007

    • Hollywood Writers Vote to Strike

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 20, 07 6:20 AM CDT

      Hollywood Writers Vote to Strike

      (Newser) - Hollywood writers are headed for the picket line if they don't reach a deal with the studios by Oct. 31. Members of the film and TV writers' union voted by a 90% margin to authorize a strike if the standoff isn't resolved, the first such strike vote since 1988, the Los Angeles Times reports. At issue is the writers' belief that they are being shortchanged on home video sales and web distribution. More »

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      Hollywood  • Writers Guild of America  • film studio  • labor strike  • TV shows

  • July 2007

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