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Hey, you guys opposing the sale of WTVJ -- come out of your time machine6 hours ago I haven't thought of them in years, those bedrag-gled, starving Japanese soldiers who -- when I was growing up in the early 1960s -- were periodically discovered in jungle caves on remote Pacific islands, unaware that … Tagged: newscasts and journalists, business side of tv, fcc and regulation |
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57 channels and nothin' on -- except Barack ObamaOct 10, 2008 Barack Obama, who already has his own satellite TV channel, is now trying to take over the airwaves, too. Obama's campaign has already purchased a half-hour of time on both CBS and NBC on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. And he's … Tagged: broadcast series, newscasts and journalists, secret stuff |
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Myrtle Fargate and Liz Matthews, RIPOct 9, 2008 Tough week for soap opera fans. Eileen Herlie (left), who at age 90 was still cranking out episodes of All My Children as the lovable Myrtle Fargate, a kind of surrogate mother to Susan Lucci's Erica Kane, died … Tagged: broadcast series |
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Four good reasons not to turn on your TV tonightOct 9, 2008 The good news is that this is the last big night of an abortive fall television season that still bears the scars of the Hollywood writers' strike earlier this year. The bad news is that it's the worst evening yet. And … Tagged: cable series, broadcast series, fall season |
Oct 8, 2008
It's amazing what the impending collapse of Western civilization's economic underpinnings will do for the TV ratings of a presidential debate. Tuesday night's McCain/Obama debate drew 63.2 million viewers, nearly 11 …
Tagged: newscasts and journalists