Watch the Box: Good News/Bad News - Posted January 3, 2008
Now! In Skank-O-Vision! MTV renewed A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila for a second season. E! returns on January 7th with a second season of Chelsea Lately, starring Chelsea Handler. When's the Theme Park Opening? Dick Wolf and NBC Universal are talking about developing a Law & Order: London for ITV. News for the... [FishBowlLA]

MTV and AP Get Street Team To Cover Elections - Posted December 21, 2007
MTV and AP will use "citizen journalists", which is an idea whose time has come and gone, to cover the elections. How does this differ from Off the Bus? The Street Team includes a cross-section of MTV's youth audience including student newspaper journalists, documentary film makers and community organizers. All of... [FishBowlLA]

Forget the Shows--Let's Watch Ads! Firebrand Launches - Posted November 27, 2007
Firebrand.com is "an online destination to view the best TV commercials", should anyone feel sad and lonely enough to do so. It's the MTV of ads! Firebrand even has CJ's (commercial jockeys), the same way MTV had VJ's, who will contextualize the commercials as art and entertainment. Where are they finding... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: It's So Real - Posted November 20, 2007
Hard to believe, but Celebrity Apprentice was greenlit before the WGA strike. And the "celebrities"? Trace Adkins, Carol Alt, Stephen Baldwin, Nadia Comaneci, Tiffany Fallon, Jennie Finch, Nely Galan, Marilu Henner, Lennox Lewis, Piers Morgan, Omarosa, Tito Ortiz, Vincent Pastore and Gene Simmons. Omarosa to win in a final bout with Lennox... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: Queens with Comb-Over, Home Do-Over, Mind Reading, Mind Blowing - Posted September 27, 2007
MTV offers a new reality series--Pageant Place--Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA will room together for a year in an NYC apartment. Donald Trump will stop by, hoping to catch the girls in their underwear. HGTV has The Fixer, with contractor Peter Marr in charge, will help homeowners who've... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 10, 2007
Hey, You Try Lip-Synching With A Stretched Out Uterus: We hate sentences like these: "An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of the MTV Video Music Awards -- but for all the wrong reasons." We really do. T-minus Sleaze And Counting: TMZ will... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: Words to the Wise - Posted September 7, 2007
Jeffrey Wells needs to keep it in his pants. Cat Vasko needs to get out more, judging by the Gridskipper dining guide to downtown LA. MTV needs to re-think the whole Britney thing--live, tape-delay or best, not at all. Luke Ford needs to abandon J-Date. And our anon. friend at 69.232.38.185 needs a new... [FishBowlLA]

Is iTunes In Trouble? - Posted August 31, 2007
First Vivendi shifted its weight away from Mr. Jobs, and now NBC is following suit. Rivals from MTV and Amazon.com, EMI and Wal-Mart are also nipping at the digital music titan's heels. Per Reuters: NBC decided not to renew its contract with iTunes, pulling Battlestar Gallactica and Heroes from the teeny-tiny... [FishBowlLA]

Ben Lyons Digs On Movies ... And Might Be Interested In Our Sister, Too - Posted March 13, 2007
E! Online has launched a few new columns meant to appeal to men -- you've heard of men, right? Those creatures with pendulous parts that wouldn't be caught dead reading a celeb site? Well, those clever E! folk may just have found their man-bait: Ben Lyons, son of Jeffrey, grandson of Leonard,... [FishBowlLA]

Tiki To Today | Time Inc. | MTV | Libby | 24 | Westminster - Posted February 13, 2007
Time Inc.: Launching in-house video studio. [USA Today] Tiki: To Today. [NYT] NYT's David Sanger: Take stand at Libby trial. [E&P] MTV Memo: Staff cuts across five business units. [Mediaweek] ESPN's Latest Brand Extension: Books. [WSJ] Does 24: Encourage detainee torture? [CSM] Sneak Preview: Of ex-Wallpaper* founder Tyler Brule's Monocle.... [FishBowlNY]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted February 13, 2007
I Want My Severance Check: MTV to slash 250 jobs in order to focus on music videos. Ha, just kidding. They're cutting jobs so they can throw a bunch of money online like everyone else. Remember when MTV was the leader in innovative programming? Larry King's Two Thumbs Are Up: Patrick Goldstein... [FishBowlLA]

Jim Cramer's Soft Side | View's New Star | O.J.'s Blood Money | Ivanka Trump's Defense - Posted January 5, 2007
A Tale: Of two Jim Cramers. [Marketwatch] Judge Freezes: O.J.'s blood money. [E!] View: To place Star Jones with Sherri Shepherd? [Jossip] Ivanka Trump: Rosie started it. [AP] NBC's: Holiday ratings blitz. [CityNews] MTV's: Rolling Stone reality show debut includes Jann Wenner-esque cockiness. [USA Today]... [FishBowlNY]

Times Square A Huge Target | MTV To Pimp Dubai | Reader's Digest's $150M Fumble | Kaplan To Save Katie? | Thai Queen Cracks Down On Coyote Ugly Dancers | Ford Not A 'Klutz' - Posted December 28, 2006
Reader's Digest: Fumbled $150 million on its sale price; new owners look to revive brand. [Folio: | TheStreet.com] Times Square NYE Ball Drop: Brought to you by Target in 3-D. [Daily News] MTV: Looks to pimp Dubai. [Variety] Ex-MSNBC Head Rick Kaplan: To rescue Katie Couric? [Page Six] Thai Queen:... [FishBowlNY]