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New Releases at Home? But There's A Catch

Hollywood wants permission to block video to some TV hardware

(Newser) - Hollywood is asking the government to let it control what movies HDTV watchers can see based on what hardware they’re using. Studios don’t want pre-DVD releases going over analog cables, where they can be illegally copied. In return, they’re offering to release new movies in HD on...

Can Bravo Survive Award-Show Malaise?
 Can Bravo Survive
 Award-Show Malaise? 
ANALYSIS
Jun 12, 2008 2:54 PM CDT

Can Bravo Survive Award-Show Malaise?

As network launches first ever awards show into a crowded market

(Newser) - Though 2008 has seen awards shows take an historic battering in the ratings, Bravo will try to reverse the trend tonight with the launch of its own contender. The A-List Awards—centered on fashion, food, and design and hosted by in-house celeb Kathy Griffin—might take a similar ratings hit...

Is That a Commercial or a Game Show? Maybe Both

Advertisers creating their own TV programs

(Newser) - The days when a TV host would serve up a tasty bowl of Alpo or light up a Lucky Strike on-air and sing its praises are long gone, but in-show sponsorship may be making a comeback, the New York Times reports. Meow Mix will launch its own game show this...

'Gossip Girl' Spin-Off Under Way
 'Gossip Girl' Spin-Off Under Way 
Jun 11, 2008 10:22 AM CDT

'Gossip Girl' Spin-Off Under Way

Execs may tap co-star Taylor Momsen for leading role

(Newser) - "Gossip Girl" producers are planning a spin-off series set at a girls' boarding school, Reuters reports. The CW drama’s Taylor Momsen or a new character to be introduced into the series this fall will likely land the leading role of the spin-off, inspired by the novel The It ...

Best Small-Screen Frightfests Ever

EW lists its top 16, from Twilight Zone to X-Files

(Newser) - Who says the small screen can't scare up big fear? NBC’s new horror anthology, Fear Itself, has sparked Entertainment Weekly to list its top TV scare-fests of all time:
  1. The Twilight Zone: The geography may be fuzzy (fifth dimension? parallel universe?) but fright fans have memorized every episode.

Swayze to Star in A&amp;E Series
 Swayze to Star in A&E Series 
Jun 8, 2008 2:43 PM CDT

Swayze to Star in A&E Series

'Dirty Dancing' star to continue treatment for pancreatic cancer

(Newser) - Cancer isn't stopping Patrick Swayze from making a jump to the small screen with his new show on A&E. Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer but says he's responding well to treatment, secured the network's OK and will start filming The Beast this summer. He'll star as a weathered...

Internet Killed the Video Star That Killed the Radio Star

One-time trendsetter can't connect with wired youth

(Newser) - The MTV generation is pushing middle age, and its favored video-delivery system is falling victim to YouTube, the Independent reports. Younger audiences–those key 16- to 24-year-olds–turn to the Internet for the hottest new music, and MTV's attempts to reconnect have failed. They include stabs at social networking and...

Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe
Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe
Jun 6, 2008 8:13 AM CDT

Brits Fine Foul-Mouthed MTV Europe

Network pays $485K, promises to tone down language

(Newser) - A UK media watchdog has fined MTV Europe $484,500 for having a potty mouth, Variety reports. The network repeatedly uses “highly offensive language and material” in its videos and shows, often before 9pm, the family-viewing cutoff point. An MTV rep said the firm “takes this sanction and...

Mrs. O Gets Her Own View
 Mrs. O Gets Her Own View 
Jun 5, 2008 10:42 AM CDT

Mrs. O Gets Her Own View

Following Cindy McCain's path, Michelle Obama will guest-host June 18

(Newser) - Following Cindy McCain's lead, Michelle Obama will co-host The View on June 18, the AP reports. ABC’s mid-morning gabfest asked the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee to be a guest, but she said she’d rather jump into the often-lively chat and guest interviews, as McCain did in...

Rosie: View Producers Threatened to Sue Me

O'Donnell dishes as she buries hatchet with Howard Stern

(Newser) - Shoot-from-the-lip comedian Rosie O'Donnell had plenty to say about her acrimonious last days on The View when she called up Howard Stern to bury the hatchet with the shock jock, MSNBC reports. O'Donnell told Stern that producers threatened to sue when she told them she was leaving. But ABC insiders...

Daytime TV as Campaign Stop
 Daytime TV as Campaign Stop 
ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2008 2:26 PM CDT

Daytime TV as Campaign Stop

'Low-info' voters, soft-pedaling hosts want personal details

(Newser) - You know where they stand on gas prices, but what about pantsuits and family pets? Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama are making the rounds of daytime talk shows and celebrity gossipfests, courting "low-info" voters—those mostly white, working class, and undecided folks who haven't been paying much...

Russian TV Rubs Out Putin Foes
 Russian TV Rubs Out Putin Foes 
Jun 3, 2008 9:17 AM CDT

Russian TV Rubs Out Putin Foes

Rumored 'stop list' keeps pesky gov't opponents off the airwaves

(Newser) - Russian TV stations have just the solution for pesky opposition commentary—they simply keep it off the airways, even digitally erasing one anti-Putin analyst, the New York Times reports. Putin’s opponents are included in what some call a “stop list” of figures banned from television coverage. It’s...

Tyra Says It: She 'Wants Power'
Tyra Says It: She 'Wants Power'
Jun 1, 2008 7:25 PM CDT

Tyra Says It: She 'Wants Power'

Host of 2 TV shows produces a third to 'instill self-esteem in young girls'

(Newser) - The supermodel who hosts two TV shows and sits front-row center at fashion galas insists she is frugal and unhip, but ambitious. "I want power,” 34-year-old Tyra Banks says in a New York Times profile. “The power to make change.” Savvy and outrageous, the follower of...

'Lost' Delivers Mind-Blowing Finale
 'Lost' Delivers
 Mind-Blowing Finale 
opinion
May 30, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

'Lost' Delivers Mind-Blowing Finale

Critics try to get minds around season's end

(Newser) - The fourth season of "Lost" came to an explosive conclusion last night, and as usual it left its devotees thrilled, bewildered, and scurrying toward Wikipedia. Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune found herself pausing, rewinding, and having “14 different kinds of reactions in two hours.” As promised,...

Family Guy Neighbor Gets Own Show

Affable Cleveland Brown will step out on his own

(Newser) - Fox's hit cartoon Family Guy is spinning off a new show centered around Cleveland Brown—the soft-spoken neighbor to Peter Griffin. The Cleveland Show will debut in 2009, and follow a recently divorced Brown on a quest to his Virginia hometown, where he falls in love with an old flame.

Sony Deal Ends Cable Box Era
 Sony Deal Ends Cable Box Era 
May 28, 2008 12:19 PM CDT

Sony Deal Ends Cable Box Era

Strikes deal for accessory-free TV

(Newser) - The days of set-top cable boxes are surely numbered, thanks to Sony, the first consumer electronics company to close a deal to produce TVs that need no accessories to receive digital cable signals. The memorandum of understanding, signed by all the major cable companies, doesn’t just apply to Sony;...

This Season's Hot Accessory: The Movie Tie-In

Sex and the City cottage industries look more like penthouses

(Newser) - For the innumerable entities cashing in on Sex and the City, the movie due out Friday is the tip of the multimillion-dollar iceberg, reports Forbes. New Line Cinema, which has tie-in deals with eight companies, compares the likely blockbuster to “the Super Bowl for women.” Other high-end beneficiaries...

How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans&mdash;and Journos
How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos
OPINION
May 23, 2008 6:05 PM CDT

How TV, Money Robbed Sports Fans—and Journos

Playing field used to be level enough for writers to give true portraits

(Newser) - The days when journalists could get to know professional athletes well enough to write the kinds of profiles that would give fans true insight are long gone, Pat Jordan laments on Slate, with television and the accompanying big money the main culprits. Where Jordan once spent days with Catfish Hunter,...

HBO's Recount Scathing But Fair
 HBO's Recount 
 Scathing But Fair 
TV REVIEW
May 23, 2008 10:11 AM CDT

HBO's Recount Scathing But Fair

Film doesn't 'play it safe' politically

(Newser) - "Recount," HBO’s “first-rate” docudrama about the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, takes the bold step of showing the harsh truth of the story, instead of “playing it safe,” writes Gary Kamiya for Salon. Leading players on both sides approved the script—surprising, Kamiya...

Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso
Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso
May 21, 2008 3:50 PM CDT

Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso

Copyright showdown looms for video streaming site

(Newser) - Three of the big networks are trying to get a handle on video syndication website RedLasso, cNet reports. The site records and indexes clips from TV and radio shows, making it easy for bloggers to share and embed them. NBC, CBS and Fox News have issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering...

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