Channel Island archive
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“At the Movies,” the syndicated series that introduced the TV-watching masses to passionate on-air debates about film, is about to get a major face-lift.
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Boy wonder gets his break. Now, give him a break?
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Fresh from her post-Oscars show lap dance with Hugh Jackman, the TV host is excited about ‘The View’s’ West Coast layover.
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TV’s writer-producers are shaping up to be the most influential players in the industry.
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The streaming video site offers a free and relatively painless way to watch your favorite shows on a computer.
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SOON, IT will all return: the mammoth egos, the nasty feuds, the career fates that teeter on choosing just the right fabric swatch.
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The network thinks the series based on James Patterson’s books could be television’s next “CSI.”
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Although ratings haven’t fallen much yet, the networks are grappling with weak programming.
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When push comes to shove, residuals are going to matter more than reality writers in the union.
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He was ‘low-key’ during the writers strike. With the industry fearing another work stoppage, shouldn’t he get involved?
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The election played havoc with prime-time schedules, so TV executives hope a ratings rebound is coming in its wake.
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Films and TV sag under the $tar system.
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NBC has pulled out. Other networks on the fence pending the dispute’s outcome.
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While broadcasters stick with reality this summer, and have some hits, cable puts in a strong showing with scripted shows.
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With image and politics overlapping, TV personalities are in tight races.
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As if the writers strike wasn’t enough to worry about, the networks take a Global beating from the foreign press. So much for the purported broadcast renaissance.
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SPEND AN hour or so with Bonnie Hunt these days and you come away convinced she’s got a daytime talk show inside her head.
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The promising ABC comedy starring Christina Applegate will return from the writers strike with a solid partner as lead-in.
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No surprise here, but Snoop Dogg is not a big worrier.
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Last year’s walkout by the writers hurt many types of shows, but if the actors go out, only some scripted programs would be affected.
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The man behind ‘Fear Factor’ is happy to entertain viewers any way he can. Really. His latest -- ‘Wipeout’ -- involves a giant obstacle course.
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The media blasted one another, and bloggers left a big impression.
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The hosts of the new reality show follow in the footsteps of the U.K.’s Simon Cowell, Cat Deeley and others
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The glut of reality TV isn’t being driven solely by the writers strike, but by a desire by networks to overhaul the cost structure of programming.
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Media Rights Capital will program and finance the prime-time lineup.
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The long-running series has one of television’s most loyal audiences, but it’s had to survive a few crises along the way.
