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Television
Arleen Sorkin, the former co-host of “America’s Funniest People,” has filed a racial discrimination suit against the producer of the show, claiming that he dismissed her because she is white.
April 17, 1993
Lampoon Soap Spoof: Vin Di Bona, the Emmy-winning producer of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and “America’s Funniest People,” is developing a spoof of soap operas called “National Lampoon’s Desire Under the Magnolias.”
June 2, 1993
Awards
The former ABC executive who helped “America’s Funniest Home Videos” producer Vin Di Bona bring his vast repository of amateur videos to the Web has left the company they founded amid differences over the future direction of the company.
Aug. 14, 2013
FishBowl Worldwide Media President and CEO Bruce Gersh exits
Dispute: Sitcom ‘Sherman Oaks’ plans to shoot in two quake-hit homes, but residents want it to move elsewhere.
Jan. 27, 1996
TV or not TV. . . .
March 20, 1990
Company Town
After Megyn Kelly’s NBC News interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones generated a week of publicity-drawing controversy, radio host Howard Stern poked fun at the program’s modest ratings.
July 18, 2017
Smile!
May 23, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
FUNNIEST TRIBUTE: The producers of ABC-TV’s “America’s Funniest Home Videos” will be at Rancho Santiago College tonight as part of the college’s annual tribute to television classics (F2).
Oct. 19, 1991
When Vin Di Bona took out advertisements in TV Guide and People Magazine six months ago asking readers to send in funny home-video footage for a new TV show, he knew he’d get a response.
Feb. 14, 1990