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Daily Archives : Apr 9, 2012

Fox Ready to Change the Game on Saturday Nights

Fox is readying a programming strategy that it hopes will remake the Saturday night broadcast landscape, B&C reports. The network is counting on sports to pump new ratings life into the night. Fox will air more than 100 hours of…

Alarmingly Low Ratings Numbers Across the Board, Even on a Night of Heavy Reruns

Sunday’s prime-time ratings were mediocre or worse across the broadcast spectrum, with CBS, fueled in part by overrun from The Masters golf tournament, rising to the top of a short heap, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC’s all-original lineup of low-rated shows was…

Morning Anchor Exits CBS News

A CBS News anchor who has been working on the early-morning “CBS Morning News” is leaving the network, TVNewser reports. Betty Nguyen has been with CBS for the past two years after leaving CNN. Nguyen tweeted this morning about her…

Fox Renews Three Series; Future Not as Bright for Two Others

Fox has announced the renewals of three popular prime-time series, Deadline.com reports. Returning for new seasons will be “Glee,” “New Girl” and “Raising Hope.” “New Girl,” one of the best-performing freshman sitcoms, will return for a second season. Said Kevin…

Actress Arrested for Allegedly Stalking Alec Baldwin

An actress who once worked on the 2002 movie "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," in which Alec Baldwin had a cameo role, was arrested in New York on Sunday night for allegedly showing up at his Manhattan apartment and stalking…

In a Career That Spanned the History of TV Itself, Mike Wallace Became the Medium’s Best Reporter and Best Interviewer. How He Came to Develop His Interview Style. Some Early Examples of the Bulldog Unchained

"I’m Mike Wallace and the cigarette is Philip Morris." With that introduction every Sunday night on ABC at 10:30 p.m., the nation was introduced to interviews by a TV reporter like no other. The interviews were so different, in fact,…

Mike Wallace Was TV’s Best Reporter and Best Interviewer. How He Came to Develop His Interview Style. Some Early Examples of the Bulldog Unchained

It was 55 years ago this month that national TV viewers first tuned in to a program on ABC that featured, in its opening shot, a man smoking against a black background. They then heard these words: "I’m Mike Wallace and…

CNN Anchor Apologizes After Correspondent Airs Offensive Language in Coverage of Tulsa Shootings

After a CNN correspondent aired offensive language on live television on Sunday, anchor Fredricka Whitfield apologized for her, reports TVNewser.com. The correspondent, Susan Candiotti, was reading a Facebook posting by one of the suspects in the Tulsa shootings of five…

NBC News Fires Producer Behind Edited 911 Call

The producer who was involved in a misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin shooting was fired by NBC News, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. NBC News declined to name the fired producer, the story notes. The action…

ABC’s Katie Couric Stunt Fails to Achieve Its Objective

NBC’s “Today” show kept alive its historic winning streak in the morning daypart last week, fending off a challenge by ABC’s “Good Morning America” and former “Today” co-host Katie Couric with what turned out to be surprising ease. “Today’s” domination…