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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All three broadcast networks are producing hourlong editions of their flagship newscasts on Monday, the eve of the groundbreaking, high-stakes national election. At last count on Friday, it appeared the rare second half-hour would be carried by significant numbers of local stations, even though clearance...
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New York City’s Times Square usually is known as the crossroads of the world, but on Nov. 4 it will be Election Central. ABC News is going big-screen on Election Night with multiple data feeds tailored for the eye-catching video signs on the Reuters building and the Nasdaq building, as well as the headline...
As the markets have gone down, down, down, demand has gone up, up, up for camera-ready guests who can explain the economic spiral and its ramifications for viewers of less business-driven TV shows. Dylan Ratigan, host of CNBC’s “Fast Money,” appeared on a live edition of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” last...
The debate within television news organizations over what to call the financial legislation passed last week rivaled the debate over the bill itself. “We’re betting heavily on this bailout, rescue—call it what you want—package,” Diane Swonk, chief economist for Mesirow Financial, said on CNBC’s “Squawk...
Roger Goodman, ABC’s VP for special projects, has successfully transmitted ABC News programming from a submerged nuclear submarine, an aircraft carrier, a cruise ship and a dinghy rocking in the icy North Atlantic. All his previous challenges pale next to rigging a nine-car Amtrak train to broadcast...
Quote of the Week “Whoa! Whoooooa! What time is it? Is this morning? Geeeez.” —Actor Sean William Scott, sitting in as Kelly Ripa’s guest co-host on “Live With Regis and Kelly” Aug. 7, while watching a bikinied audience member shadow-dance behind the summer travel trivia game screen. Boob Tubing The...