TV Guide

Lunch: A Heaping Helping of The Usual Suspects - Posted March 4, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE It's a lo-cal edition of 'Lunch' today. After all, you can't expect to indulge in a diet rich in celebs and boldface names every week. We've spoiled you, I know. (By the way, if you're looking to chat with some big-time media mavens and news makers, don't miss the... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA Exclusive: Samantha Harris Would Welcome Paula Abdul - Posted April 28, 2008
TV Guide talks with Dancing With The Stars judges Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba about whether Paula Abdul should be a contestant on the upcoming season -- as if FOX would let her. DWTS hostess Samantha Harris tells FBLA exclusively: "I've known Paula for years and would be ecstatic if she... [FishBowlLA]

This Just In: Men Like The Same Shows Girls Do. But For Different Reasons - Posted March 10, 2008
It took TV Guide and Spike TV money, time and marketing research effort to figure out what Desperate Housewives casting agents knew instinctively (and Sex and the City agents did not): Men will watch chick shows if the chicks on those shows are sufficiently hot. ... [FishBowlLA]

TV Guide Network Underperforms, No One Surprised - Posted December 10, 2007
MediaPost's Wayne Friedman suggests the TV Guide Network needs a bigger picture. Macrovision is buying the Gemstar assets, including TV Guide magazine, website and the cable network. The TV channel underperforms: TV Guide Network is in some 81 million homes. But like some other networks of its type and size--Hallmark Channel,... [FishBowlLA]

What the Candidates Watch - Posted November 26, 2007
TV Guide surveys the Presidential hopefuls and finds out that they watch TV. Hillary Clinton is a fan of HGTV makeover shows, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol, and Dancing with the Stars, but her all-time TV favorite is The Ed Sullivan Show. And she lies like a rug. Barack Obama tells TV... [FishBowlLA]

WGA Strike Snippets of News - Posted November 5, 2007
The WGA members seem to be worried about their public image. Maybe if they start the picket lines before 9 (like when the Teamsters go to work), the strikers might be taken more seriously. And lose the lattes and the Blackberries. United Hollywood suggests there'll be chaos. They wish. We stand... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: Transformations - Posted October 16, 2007
HowStuffWorks.com was acquired by Discovery for $250 million, and is supposed to be "quickly incorporated into programming". Owners of the site include investor Carl Icahn, and was founded in 1998 by the aptly named Marshall Brain. Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment is pitching Hitch as a sitcom, but without... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 13, 2007 - Posted September 13, 2007
Spielberg's Talisman on Hold at TNT THR talks about Steven Spielberg's The Talisman in today's paper, telling its readers that the adaptation of the Stephen King, Peter Straub novel has hit a snag. Apparently, the TNT six-hour project "has been put on hold because of budgetary issues," a source tells THR. Talisman... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 13, 2007 - Posted September 13, 2007
Spielberg's Talisman on Hold at TNT THR talks about Steven Spielberg's The Talisman in today's paper, telling its readers that the adaptation of the Stephen King, Peter Straub novel has hit a snag. Apparently, the TNT six-hour project "has been put on hold because of budgetary issues," a source tells THR. Talisman... [FishBowlLA]

Legend Lines Up For TV Guide Bash - Posted September 6, 2007
Okay, so it's not the Oscars but Emmy night is still one of Tinseltown's biggest post-awards party nights. And the race is on to see who will get the prize for best bash on Sept. 16. TV Guide is tossing its hat into the ring with a Les Deux-set soiree that... [FishBowlLA]

Legend Lines Up For TV Guide Bash - Posted September 6, 2007
Okay, so it's not the Oscars but Emmy night is still one of Tinseltown's biggest post-awards party nights. And the race is on to see who will get the prize for best bash on Sept. 16. TV Guide is tossing its hat into the ring with a Les Deux-set soiree that... [FishBowlLA]

TV Guide Channel Changes Plastic Surgery Victims: Rinna In, Rivers Out - Posted April 19, 2007
TV Guide has dropped Joan Rivers and daughter Melissa in favor of Lisa Rinna and her lips. Rinna will take her first walk down the red carpet on Sept. 16, when she hosts TV Guide's pre-coverage of the Emmy Awards. Which is nice for her, as she's unlikely to get anywhere near... [FishBowlLA]

At Least They Waited Until She Was Buried - Posted April 3, 2007
TV Guide blogs about Law & Order: Criminal Intent's May 8 episode, in which new mom Kristy Swanson plays a "voluptuous, ill-fated drug-abusing model/rich guy’s widow/new mom (whose older son is found dead)." Sorry, Jenny McCarthy. Looks like Swanson has a leg up on you for the Anna Nicole biopic.... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades: Dolls, Idols, - Posted February 21, 2007
HBO and American Girl have made a deal to develop films, series, specials and documentaries, based on the American Girl dolls. Better idea would be dolls based on HBO products: G-String Divas, The Sopranos or Sex and the City. Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, eps of American Idol, will produce... [FishBowlLA]

In The Trades: Dolls, Idols, - Posted February 21, 2007
HBO and American Girl have made a deal to develop films, series, specials and documentaries, based on the American Girl dolls. Better idea would be dolls based on HBO products: G-String Divas, The Sopranos or Sex and the City. Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, eps of American Idol, will produce... [FishBowlLA]