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Scrapped TVs Spell Disaster for Environment

Analog sets will contaminate dumps after digital conversion

May 24, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - In 2009 a federal law will convert all TV stations to digital, sending most of the US's 268 million analog TVs into the trash. As consumers snatch up plasmas and HDTVs, the old sets—made of lead, cadmium, and mercury will be thrown into garbage dumps, where they may contaminate... More »

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television • environment • recycling • cable TV • electronics • HDTV

Jordin is America's Idol

May 24, 07 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - FOX's new American Idol is 17-year-old Jordin Sparks. The teenager outsang and outperformed her last remaining rival Blake Lewis, wowing the Idol judges and hauling in a majority of the record 74 million votes cast. Jordin, the daughter of former New York Giants cornerback Phillippi Sparks, is the youngest ever... More »

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entertainment • television • music • American Idol • Jordin Sparks • Melinda Doolittle • Blake Lewis

Fourth-Place Peacock
Goes Light
on New Shows

NBC puts quality ahead of quantity, sticks with light, cerebral, heroic for fall

May 15, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - NBC offered surprising few new plays for its 2007-08 season, with only one new comedy, five new dramas and a slew of cancellations. The network has been bringing up the rear in a generally bearish market, but signaled it would continue to push shows with critical acclaim but middling commercial... More »

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entertainment • television • Heroes • NBC • The Office • network television

Plot Twist:
NBC Renews 'Law & Order'

'Mothership' back for season 18, but spinoff to move to cable sibling

May 14, 07 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a fitting move for a show that made its name with unexpected twists, ratings-challenged "Law & Order" will return to NBC's fall lineup for its 18th season, the network announced today. The eleventh-hour deal relegates the show's "Criminal Intent" spinoff to fellow NBC Universal network USA, with... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • Dick Wolf • Law and Order • Gunsmoke

Katie's Ratings Flatline

Some doubt if viewers are ready for a woman anchor.

May 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric, as always, is upbeat, but her ratings are undeniably dismal: “CBS Evening News” numbers have dropped lower than they've been since the Nielsens began measuring audiences with “people meters” 20 years ago, the New York Times  reports. The 8-month-old show is an even-more-distant third than... More »

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television • Katie Couric • CBS • news • audiences • reporter • journalist • news anchor

'Extreme Makeover'? Try 'People's Court'

Heartwarming reality-TV episode ends in orphans' bitter lawsuit

May 13, 07 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It was supposed to be a great story: ABC's hit reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" transformed the home of Phil and Loki Leomiti and their five adopted children into a nine-bedroom dream house. Today the children, who moved out within weeks of the show's broadcast, are locked in... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • ABC • lawsuit • Extreme Makeover

HBO Axes CEO After Arrest

Albrecht fired after earlier attack on a girlfriend, hushed by HBO, was revealed

May 10, 07 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Albrecht, who turned HBO into a titan with mega-hits "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos," was fired yesterday in the aftermath of an arrest for choking his girlfriend outside the MGM Grand in Vegas. A temporary leave was announced after Sunday's altercation, but Albrecht was... More »

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television • cable TV • Chris Albrecht • HBO • CEO • alcoholism

TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

Parsons: 'They are
the Custer of the modern world. We
are the Sioux Nation.'

May 9, 07 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A panel of top television executives at a Vegas conference yesterday went on the offensive against their digital rivals, blasting the perception that cell phones, the Web, and other digital formats are killing their business. Quite the contrary, pronounced Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons: "The Googles, they are the... More »

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television • media • Google • Internet • Viacom • YouTube • online media • Richard Parsons • News Corp

Drama Builds
At HBO As
CEO Departs

Albrecht takes indefinite leave after drunken arrest Sunday

May 8, 07 8:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - HBO's capo is making like Tony Soprano and taking an indefinite leave of absence from the cable network. Chris Albrecht, who has led the network since 2002, was arrested by Las Vegas police on Sunday, after officers said they witnessed Albrecht in a violent altercation with his girlfriend. More »

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entertainment • television • alcohol • cable TV • Chris Albrecht • HBO • resignation

'Lost' to Unravel Final Mystery

Producers to unlock the puzzle in 2010 series finale

May 8, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lost will end in 2010, ABC announced yesterday, after three more seasons of just 16 episodes each. The unusual strategy is an attempt to reverse a ratings slump caused by scheduling shifts and a slew of increasingly baffling plot twists. Co-creator Damon Lindelof tells USA Today the team behind the... More »

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entertainment • television • Lost • ABC

'Idol' Down To Final Four

No more charity for contestants, and Idol's down to final four.

May 3, 07 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - American voters—135 million strong—sent two "American Idol" finalists home last night, leaving three women and one man in the running. Smooth-domed Phil Stacey and Justin Timberlake-esque hearthrob Chris Richardson got the boot, but neither seemed distraught: A spot in the top six is a fine career starter,... More »

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entertainment • television • music • reality TV • American Idol • Simon Cowell • Phil Stacey • Chris Richardson • Blake Lewis

Dolans' Offer
Scores With
Cablevision

Third time's the charm for founding family buying back the company

May 2, 07 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Dolans have finally  struck a deal to take Cablevision private. The $10.6 billion transaction, announced today, ends two years of wrangling with the entertainment conglomerate's board, and is a victory for Charles, the company's 80-year-old founder and his son James, now CEO. More »

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entertainment • television • Cablevision • Charles Dolan • James Dolan • business • privatization

Dolans Make Third Run At  Buying Back Cablevision

Offer shows confidence in cable future

May 2, 07 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cablevision's founding family is close to taking the entertainment giant private, the Journal reports. The Dolans have tried and failed twice since 2005 to strike a deal with the board, but the third time may be the charm. The magic number is $36 a share, up from $30 in an... More »

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television • Time Warner • cable TV • Verizon • Cablevision • Charles Dolan • James Dolan

Roseanne Eyed as New Rosie

She has a big enough mouth, if outspoken still suits "The View"

May 1, 07 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - They can gab all they want about Elisabeth Hasselbeck's second pregnancy; it's Rosie's successor come June "The View" stalwarts are obsessing over. The Post claims the smart money is on Roseanne Barr—talk about typecasting—but other names circulating include Whoopi Goldberg, Connie Chung, and  Kathie Lee Gifford. More »

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television • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • Roseanne Barr • Whoopi Goldberg • Connie Chung • Kathie Lee Gifford • rumor

Rosie's Leaving "The View"

Controversial host will depart in June

Apr 25, 07 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Loose-cannon comedienne Rosie O'Donnell will give up her post as a co-host of ABC's "The View" in June, after a one-year stint marked by public tiffs with celebs like Donald Trump that embarrassed "View" doyenne Barbara Walters. More »

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entertainment • television • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • Barbara Walters

Cowell Defends Eye-Roll at VA Tech Tribute

Killjoy judge says
he didn't mean to disrespect victims

Apr 20, 07 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Notorious wet blanket Simon Cowell insists he was not rolling his eyes at a contestant's tribute to the Virginia Tech victims during Tuesday's "American Idol." What viewers saw, the blunt British judge says, was a reaction to the performance, not the remarks, of "Idol" hopeful Chris Richardson. More »

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entertainment • television • American Idol • Simon Cowell • Virginia Tech shootings

Sanjaya Gets
The Boot

Loved, hated, off-key  'Idol' contestant says goodbye at last

Apr 19, 07 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reality caught up with reality TV last night, when "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar was finally booted from the show. Sanjaya, as he's known to legions of fans and detractors, gained attention for his missed notes, his faux-hawk, and his popularity on the sabotage website votefortheworst.com More »

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entertainment • television • music • reality TV • American Idol • Sanjaya Malakar

MTV Meets Web 2.0 Halfway

Will user-generated content, viral videos, be fountain of youth?

Apr 17, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - MTV is fighting an unprecedented drop-off in ratings by tapping straight into the YouTube generation. The revamped bastion of youth culture will be less cable channel and more media hub, letting its teen viewers decide—and create—what they want to see, while keeping them connected to their digital world. More »

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television • media • Internet • YouTube • MTV • user generated content • pop culture

Doe-Eyed Sanjaya Divides America

Idol, not Iraq, galvanizes
youth vote

Apr 12, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar, the waifish breakout star who lacks only a singing voice, is America’s latest wedge issue, according to The New Republic. One teenager went on hunger strike for 16 days to protest Sanjaya's continued presence, sparking a counter protest of "Binge Eating for Sanjaya"... More »

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entertainment • television • American Idol • Sanjaya Malakar • VoteForTheWorst.com • pop culture

Advertisers
Dump Imus

Procter & Gamble and others pull ad dollars after racist comment

Apr 11, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Piling on to the mounting outrage against Don Imus, three advertisers have pulled their support from the CBS radio show or its simulcast MSNBC TV program. The three include marketing heavyweight Procter & Gamble, Staples and Bigelow Tea, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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television • media • radio • CBS • advertising • Don Imus • Proctor • MSNBC • General Motors • Staples • Bigelow Tea

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