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Daily Archives : Jul 3, 2008
Leary, Louis-Dreyfus Visit ‘The Simpsons’
Denis Leary, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dallas Mavericks owner and HDNet founder Mark Cuban and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos will lend their voices to “The Simpsons” next season, Entertainment Weekly reports. Louis-Dreyfus reprises her role as Snake’s girlfriend in the Sept. 28…
Keating Joins Hearst-Argyle
Former Time Warner executive Roger Keating has been named senior VP of digital media for Hearst-Argyle Television, Broadcasting & Cable reports. He will be responsible for expanding and launching new-media initiatives for the company, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
‘Gong Show’ Lines Up Celeb Judges
Adam Carolla, Kate Walsh, Andy Dick, Ron White, Dave Navarro, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton and JB Smoove will serve as celebrity judges on Comedy Central’s “The Gong Show With Dave Attell,” Multichannel News reports. The first episode, which premieres July…
Clinton to Talk With Costello
Hollywood ReporterBill Clinton, Lou Reed, Tony Bennett and Elton John will be featured on the first four episodes of Elvis Costello’s new talk/music series, which will air on Sundance Channel in the U.S., the Hollywood Reporter says. Clinton is set…
Women Flock to ABC.com
Eighty-five percent of ABC.com viewers are female, which makes their presence even bigger online than in ABC’s TV viewership, Silicon Alley Insider reports. ABC’s research also found that viewers are more than twice as likely to remember an ad watched…
Bush to Attend Opening Ceremonies
The White House announced today that President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will attend the Opening Ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics on Aug. 8, the Hollywood Reporter says. The confirmation ends speculation over whether Bush would boycott the event…
LATV Fest Hosts NATPE Diversity Fellowship Program
The third annual NATPE Diversity Fellowship Program will kick off at the LATV Festival in Los Angeles, July 30 through Aug. 1. The fellowship program, which is presented in collaboration with the Walter Kaitz Foundation, will give 24 emerging television…
XETV San Diego Becomes CW Affil Aug. 1
XETV-TV will become San Diego’s CW affiliate effective Aug. 1, the same day Tribune-owned KSWB trades its CW affiliation to become a Fox Broadcasting affiliate. The announcement of the switch, which had been expected, was posted on the Grupo Televisa-owned…
NBC Chimes In on Network Slogan Front
First, ABC asked viewers to “Start Here.” And now, NBC apparently wants America to “Chime In.” With no advance fanfare, NBC late last month began tagging the end of many of its on-air promotional spots with the slogan “Chime In.”…