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Steve McPherson is fired up. Along with the rest of the TV industry, Mr. McPherson, president of the ABC Entertainment Group, has struggled through tough times during the past 18 months. He’s had to try to develop new hits while slogging through the twin terrors of a writers strike and a collapsing economy...
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“Ugly Betty” remains in vogue at ABC. The network Thursday renewed the Thursday night dramedy as part of a mass pickup of a dozen staples of the ABC schedule. Also greenlit for the 2009-10 season: “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Desperate...
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Thu, Apr 23 2009
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ABC’s “Lost,” NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and HBO’s “Entourage” and “John Adams” are among the television programs being honored with a 2008 Peabody Award. AMC’s critical darling “Breaking Bad” will also receive a Peabody Award, as will Nick’s “Avator: The Last Air Bender.” Several of HBO’s documentary...
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Wed, Apr 1 2009
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“Lost” led the way at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films’ 35th annual Saturn Awards nominations. The ABC show received 11 nominations, followed by “Heroes” with six nominations and “Battlestar Galactica” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” with four nominations apiece...
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Tue, Mar 10 2009
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After spending much of the past decade trying to push the envelope creatively, network development executives are headed back to basics with their fall 2009 pilot rosters. Having been burned one too many times by shows that garnered critical acclaim but low Nielsen numbers—from “Arrested Development...
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Fri, Feb 20 2009
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Channeling Larry King once again… CNBC's Rick Santelli Rick Santelli, the CNBC blowhard who moronically lashed out at President Obama’s mortgage rescue plan last week in a much-publicized rant , certainly had every right to speak his mind as he did. And I have every right to never watch CNBC again...
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Fri, Feb 20 2009
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In the first report of its kind on online video viewership of television shows, Nielsen reported today that “Lost” is the most popular TV show watched on the Web, followed by “Saturday Night Live” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” “Lost” drew 1.4 million unique viewers in December, “Saturday Night Live” attracted...
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Paris Barclay earned nominations for both drama and comedy series today when the Directors Guild of America announced its nominees for directorial achievement in television. In the dramatic series category, the nominees are Dan Attias for “The Wire,” Mr. Barclay for “In Treatment,” Jack Bender for “Lost...
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Fri, Jan 9 2009
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In the new season of “Lost” premiering Jan. 21, expect a lawyer to show up at the home of Kate Austen and demand a sample of blood. Someone—he can’t say who—wants to know if Kate is actually related to her son Aaron. If you want to know more, you’ll have to tune in, but those details were...
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The Insider’s love affair with television developed relatively late in life. For four Air Force brats who spent three formative years in Germany, English-language TV was often unavailable. And it would be years before a sense of irony would develop to make hearing Tonto address the Lone Ranger with ...
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Sun, Dec 28 2008
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The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its annual awards in the television, news, radio, graphic animation and promotional writing categories. Nominees in the dramatic series category include the writing teams for Showtime’s “Dexter,” NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” ABC’s “Lost,” AMC...
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Mon, Dec 8 2008
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The broadcast networks are looking for a do-over. After an awful autumn that saw the Big Five shed a stunning 12% of their collective audience year-to-year, the networks are planning radical surgery on their prime-time schedules next year. More than a dozen newcomers will have their debuts between next...
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Sun, Dec 7 2008
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When it comes to stories about the strange and unusual, nothing beats science fiction. Whether it’s exploring the mystery of life on other planets, in other dimensions or in our own backyards, this is one genre where there are no boundaries except the imagination. Because of that, sci-fi is also a genre...
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ABC’s slow-motion semi-unveiling of its winter schedule continued Thursday with word that “Scrubs” will air Tuesdays at 9 starting Jan. 6. As for the information many die-hard fans of the network’s several struggling series want to know—namely, the fates of “Pushing Daisies,” “Dirty Sexy Money” and ...
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“Lost” has found a new time slot. ABC announced on its Web site Friday that the island mystery will return to Wednesday nights next year, airing at 9 p.m. The show will kick off its penultimate season Jan. 21 at 9 p.m. with a two-hour episode. The network plans to make a night of it, too, airing a one...