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Daytime Emmy Winners|Newsday Says No To Verizon|More Magazines Launch In Bad Economy|Magazines Try New Cover Ad Tricks|Chris Wragge On Working Your Way Up - Posted August 31, 2009
TVNewser: ABC had a good year at the Daytime Emmy Awards yesterday. "Good Morning America" took home the "Outstanding Morning Program" prize for the third year in a row and "The View" was honored for "Outstanding Talk Show Host." New York Times: Newsday is being picky about its advertising. It has rejected... [FishBowlNY]

A&E Television Net Acquires Lifetime Entertainment - Posted August 27, 2009
A&E Television Networks, which is a joint venture between the Disney-ABC Television Group, Hearst Corp. and NBC Universal -- has entered into an agreement to acquire Lifetime Entertainment Services, which will put several cable channels under one management team. The new parent company, which will be called A&E Television Networks, will... [FishBowlNY]

"All My Children" Heads West - Posted August 5, 2009
ABC announced yesterday that soap opera "All My Children" is moving its production facilities from the Big Apple to Los Angeles at the end of the year. According to the network, the show's new home is twice as large as its current digs, and they will be able to facilitate high definition... [FishBowlNY]

Dine For A Cause - Posted August 4, 2009
Looking for something to do tonight? Make a trip to Zereoue, a West African-French fusion restaurant on East 37th St., and say "the Woodruffs sent me." Zereoue, which is owned by former NFL running back Amos Zereoue, will donate 15 percent of any diner's check that mentions the Woodruffs to Remind.org, the... [FishBowlNY]

Dine For A Cause - Posted August 4, 2009
Looking for something to do tonight? Make a trip to Zereoue, a West African-French fusion restaurant on East 37th St., and say "the Woodruffs sent me." Zereoue, which is owned by former NFL running back Adam Zereoue, will donate 15 percent of any diner's check that mentions the Woodruffs to Remind.org, the... [FishBowlNY]

Walter Cronkite Dies At 92 - Posted July 18, 2009
Legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite died earlier tonight. He was 92. Our colleagues at TVNewser have the full report of Cronkite's death, including statements from staffers at CBS News where Cronkite anchored the Evening News for 19 years, statements from ABC News and NBC's Brian Williams and a rundown of how cable news... [FishBowlNY]

Weekly Standard Sold|Chris Matthews Helps Honor Dads|WaPo Dumps Froomkin|ABC's Sciutto Roped Into Iran Twitter Scam|NYT's Keller Still Talking About His Reporting In Iran - Posted June 18, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cJason Jones: Behind the Veil - Minarets of Menacewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJason Jones in Iran FishbowlDC: News Corp. sold the Weekly Standard to Clarity Media Group, which also owns the Washington Examiner. TVNewser: Chris Matthews hosted the National Father's Day Committee's Father... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: NYT's Stelter Still Shocked About Cable News' Iran Coverage - Posted June 17, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu, The New York Times reporter and Twitter phenom Brian Stelter spoke about Twitter's role in the media's coverage of Iran and cable news channels' decisions over the week and in the past few days. "As more and more foreign journalists are forced out of the... [FishBowlNY]

WSJ Cuts Down Frequency Of Ad Column|Boston Globe Names New DC Bureau Chief|ABC News Refutes RNC Claims Of Unfairness|Brian Graden Leaves MTV|It Will Get Better For Mags, After It Gets Worse - Posted June 16, 2009
AgencySpy: The Wall Street Journal will be running its advertising column less often -- twice a week instead of five times. Says the 'Spy: "The section has been around for decades, and after you cut it to twice a week, there's not much left to cut." FishbowlDC: The Boston Globe has named... [FishBowlNY]

Twitter News Of The Day - Posted May 12, 2009
Social media monster (or whale?) Twitter is getting a lot of ink today. Here's what people are talking about (in 140 characters or less): Traffic Leader: Thanks to Oprah, Ashton Kutcher and CNN, Twitter scored more unique visits than The New York Times and WSJ.com last month The Future of Television Journalism?: On... [FishBowlNY]

Does Rupert Murdoch Have an Obama-Shaped Hole in his Heart? - Posted November 17, 2008
Today's New York Times is speculating whether Rupert Murdoch has a soft spot for Barack Obama. Anyone who keeps up with the New York Post can't help but be aware that the Senator and now President-elect has rarely been subject to the infamous (and endlessly entertaining) lacerations of the Post's... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 26, 2008
Keys to the Magic Kingdom: Dawn C. Chmielewski showcases the internships you wish you had in a story today. But our favorite part of this piece, just might be the headline. It looks like something out of the Hogwarts Daily Herald: 'Sorcerers' apprentices concoct new adventures.' Katie and Sarah: James Rainey points... [FishBowlLA]

Kevin Roderick Vs. Eric Longabardi: Two People You Don't Want to See in a Bikini Mud Wrestling Match - Posted August 13, 2008
We're not sure what bloggers Kevin Roderick and Eric Longabardi have against each other, but we know they won't be sharing a toothbrush any time soon. Longabardi, over at ERSNews.com, reports that K-Rod is grossly exaggerating his claims to two staff-awarded L.A. Times Pulitzers. For his part, L.A. Observed's Roderick... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted July 28, 2008
Funny Pages: A Kansas legislative hopeful (and political novice) raised $95,162.76 by launching an online comic strip -- at www.seantevis.com/3000. Liberal Bias? According to James Rainey: "The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, where researchers have tracked network news content for two decades, found that ABC, NBC... [FishBowlLA]

Deadline Hollywood Daily: AFTRA Ratifies Network News Contract - Posted March 19, 2008
AFTRA ratified contracts with ABC and CBS that include pay increases for network staff newspersons and fee increases for network freelance correspondents. The new two-year deal takes effect on May 16. More here.... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: They're Baaaaack! - Posted February 12, 2008
Show Biz is back: ABC: pickups of nine primetime shows: Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Dirty Sexy Money, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who? and Ugly Betty. How many of these are keepers? CW: new episodes for five series: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, Reaper and Smallville. One of... [FishBowlLA]

WGA 08 Strike: Gale Force Majeure - Posted January 15, 2008
ABC went all force majeure on Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia, Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, director Larry Charles, exec producer Jon Robin Baitz, writer Bill Callahan and actor/producer Taye Diggs, as well as others. Warner Bros. Television cut loose less than six deals; CBS Paramount Network TV ditched around ten, including... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: New Tricks, Old Pets - Posted January 14, 2008
ABC orders a reality series, Dance Machine, with newly-named host Jason Kennedy. CBS orders: America's Top Dog: reality competition for the best trained dog. Game Show in My Head: contestants receive instructions via an ear piece they wear to perform a series of often embarrassing and outrageous things in public. Secret Talent... [FishBowlLA]

HuffPo and ABC Collude? Whatever. - Posted December 10, 2007
Sometimes we delete the trash in our inboxes. Sometimes we report it: Big Head DC is all hot and bothered by an independent clause in some Washington Post story that suggest that ABC is colluding with the Huffington Post in some "liberal media" cabal. Not only is the item ridiculous, it's old. And... [FishBowlLA]

Sherri Shepherd Thrown to Lionesses on The View - Posted December 4, 2007
One wonders--did ABC hire Sherri Shepherd just so the coven would have someone to mock? This time, she's the butt on the Before Christ jokes. How long until Whoopi calls her a "nappy headed ho"? ... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 3, 2007
"Dick Cheney Is Still A War Criminal, Hilary Clinton Is Still Satan And I'm Back On the Radio": Shock-Jock Don Imus tried to say little has changed in the time between his firing from CBS eight months ago to his return to the air, on ABC, today. But that would give... [FishBowlLA]

WGA 07 Strike Week 3: It's All About Nikki - Posted November 20, 2007
Second Life avatars are striking, too. Kiwini Oe alerted us to their presence. Nikki Finke's got some hot news about a naughty, naughty showrunner, but banned any speculation by commenters. He was ratted out by an assistant which is a strategy that could so easily backfire. And Finke's site will host video shorts... [FishBowlLA]

Jessica Seinfeld Claims to Be Too Rich to Steal - Posted November 19, 2007
As a guest on The View, Jerry's girl defends herself against charges of ripping off Missy Chase Lapine by claiming to be too rich to steal. When writers go on strike, can their wives go with them? She sure looks guilty, doesn't she? And note to ABC: try to find the black girl... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Oct. 1, 2007 - Posted October 1, 2007
Game Plan Picks Off Kingdom Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson rocked the box-office over the weekend with his family laffer The Game Plan from Disney. The kid pic opened at $22.7 million, exceeding weekend expecations, THR reports. The showing bested the No. 2 movie in theaters, the Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner-starrer The Kingdom,... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: Borat Rip-off, Rich MILFs, Singing Stars, Geeks in Cube Farms - Posted September 21, 2007
Fox has a script commitment deal with Darren Star and Anthony Horowitz for Raffik (working title) - a fish out of water story about an Albanian police officer who moves to the US, and with some humor really gets into the American lifestyle. Why? Because Borat was a really cool... [FishBowlLA]

User-Generated Content: How Much Does it Cost If It's Free? - Posted May 30, 2007
User-created content is all the rage! Heinz, as in ketchup and Mrs. Kerry, is looking for amateur ad types, but it's expensive to wade through crap. And they should know. ABC offers I-Caught, a magazine show using video captured by the unwashed and massaged into stories by those trained professionals at ABC... [FishBowlLA]

ABC Rolls Out 12 New Shows - Posted May 16, 2007
ABC is either in big trouble or completely brilliant. The net unveiled 12 new shows, with a whole lotta hoopla. ABC will also let Sprint users watch full episodes on their cell phones. There's just no escape, really. ABC's Prime-Time Schedule (new shows in bold): MONDAY 8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars" 9:30 p.m. "Sam... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90: Going, Going, Gone - Posted May 15, 2007
Don't Go Away Mad George Lopez flamed ABC for canceling his show, saying TV just got a lot whiter. Nobody told Salma Hayek. Commenters point out that his show wasn't funny. Like that matters. Take Your Posing Suit and Go Bob Pool, who's something of an acquired taste, explores the machinations behind the banning... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted May 1, 2007
Behind Closed Doors: Clive Cussler is raising eyebrows for having his trial in front of only a handful of people -- but it's still more people than have read his books. Funny Misunderstanding: By the headline this morning, we had mistakenly thought the LAT had replaced Patrick Goldstein with 90-year-old comedy writer... [FishBowlLA]

Where's The Disgust, Jack? - Posted April 18, 2007
Slate's Jack Shafer promised yesterday that the world would be tsk-tsking journalists today for stooping to new lows in covering the heartache surrounding the Virginia Tech massacre. "Everybody is too busy right now consuming the Virginia Tech slaughter coverage to accuse the press of going overboard. But come tomorrow, those accusations will... [FishBowlLA]

ABC Markets Jimmy Kimmel by Making Him a Verb - Posted April 6, 2007
ABC seems to think that asking America Do you Jimmy? and suggesting that Real Men Jimmy and The More I Jimmy the Better I Feel will result in even more viewers for Jimmy Kimmel. Keep Out. I'm Gonna Jimmy Alone Come In. We'll Jimmy Together. FBLA came up with One Step Closer, and... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades: So Old It's New! - Posted March 14, 2007
Viacom is suing YouTube for unauthorized use of some 160,000 video clips from MTV, Comedy Central and VH1. Viacom thinks that $1 billion is fair recompense for the 1.5 billion times the clips were viewed. Viacom's argument included this: This is value that rightfully belongs to the writers, directors and... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades: Playas, Games, Stars - Posted March 13, 2007
ABC believes in the power of celebrity and cash to do good, having signed Ice Cube for Good in the Hood, a reality pilot, in which a reformed gang member, drug dealer or robber agrees to help someone in similar circumstances (a relative, friend or even a stranger) turn their lives... [FishBowlLA]

Ad Characters Get Sit-coms, Movies, and Back-stories - Posted March 5, 2007
The Wall Street Journal plumbs the shallows of those who would turn a car insurance ad into a laff-riot sit-com. Geico's Cavemen are getting a series on ABC, as was reported last week. Considering Geico spent an estimated $403 million on ad time and space in 2005, some royalty checks... [FishBowlLA]

ABC Orders Cavemen Sit-Com Pilot - Posted March 2, 2007
The Geico Caveman goes sit-com for ABC. A comedy pilot about three cavemen who battle prejudice and daily life in Atlanta has been ordered from the writer of the commercials, Joe Lawson. John Lehr is one of the actors in the ads, as are Jeffrey Daniel Philips and Ben Weber but... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades: Everyone Wants to Direct - Posted February 8, 2007
ABC ordered three new comedy pilots Traveling in Packs a group of three women who live together and hang out together. The Thick of It based on a BBC series, a workplace comedy set in a low-level US Senator's office. The News is set in the newsroom of a Phoenix television station. CBS... [FishBowlLA]

In the Trades - Posted February 2, 2007
ABC has a new reality project in the works called The Golden Cage, from EP John de Mol, creator of Fear Factor and Big Brother. Ten contestants live in a high end mansion with all the trappings of the filthy rich--servants, lavish parties, great food, etc. The thing is,... [FishBowlLA]

In the Trades: Reality, Antiquity, Infamy - Posted February 2, 2007
ABC has a new reality project in the works called The Golden Cage, from EP John de Mol, creator of Fear Factor and Big Brother. Ten contestants live in a high end mansion with all the trappings of the filthy rich--servants, lavish parties, great food, etc. The thing is,... [FishBowlLA]

In the Trades: Remakes, Remakes, Remakes - Posted February 1, 2007
Russell Crowe will star as the not-as-bad-as-we've-been-led-to-believe Sheriff of Nottingham, based on a spec script from Ethan Reiff and Cyris Voris of Sleeper Cell. Imagine's Brian Glazer will produce for Universal. Jennifer Garner will star in a remake of the perfect-the-way-it-is-now, so-why-mess-it-up? 1945 film Christmas in Connecticut. Barbara Stanwyck was... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades - Posted January 30, 2007
Variety: Kiss has launched a comic book company. The first title, Kiss 4K, will debut at the Wizard World convention in Los Angeles in March. The second title is expected to be Kiss Girls, which features four teenagers who talk about shopping and are about as dysfunctional as anyone until something happens... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds -- The Tour Edition - Posted January 15, 2007
Lost to end eventually: Nooooooo! Well, OK. But on one condition: You can do whatever you want to the plot -- make the whole thing Hurley's dream for all we care -- just promise future merchandising agreements include Matthew Fox popsicle molds. Dancing Into Idols: ABC will pit surprise hit Dancing... [FishBowlLA]

Pilot Season, and All the World is Young: Nets Throw Stuff at Wall, Pray Something Sticks - Posted January 9, 2007
Pilot season is that magical period when networks and basic cable alike feel a renewed sense of hope. Let's take a peek: CBS Skip Tracer Stephen Dorff as a charming finder of people in LA's darker corners. If they were in the bright, sunny spots, they wouldn't be lost. Viva Laughlin A guy opens... [FishBowlLA]

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