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Daily Archives : Dec 21, 2012

Debate Moderator — One of the Few to Be Generally Praised — Gets a Promotion as ABC News Makes Personnel Moves

With Jake Tapper jumping from ABC to CNN, as we reported earlier today, ABC News is making a couple of key personnel moves. TheWrap.com reports that Jonathan Karl will fill the void left by Tapper, becoming the division’s new chief…

NBC Brings Back the First Animated Holiday Program Made for TV

Fifty years after it premiered on NBC, one of the oldest holiday programs around will return to the network’s prime-time lineup. The New York Times reports that "Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol" will make its first network appearance in decades on…

Wildly Funny, But Never Common. Today’s TWeek Highly Recommended Movie on TV: A Romantic Comedy Filled With Deft Sardonic Humor — and a Touch of Clowning Slapstick

Quick — name the best Hollywood directors from the 1930s and 1940s. You’ll likely answer Wyler, Curtiz, Hawks, Capra, Cukor, Stevens, Hitchcock, Ford, Preminger. Some might include Lang and Mamoulian and a few other wonderful directors less well known by…

For Your Holiday Viewing: The First Online Video to Be Viewed More Than a Billion Times

‘Bridesmaids’ Star to Host 2013 MTV Movie Awards

One of the breakout stars from the 2011 hit feature film “Bridesmaids” has been named to host the 2013 MTV Movie Awards, reports E! Online. Actress/comedian Rebel Wilson, seen recently in the comedy "Pitch Perfect," will host the event, set…

A Piece of TV History Goes Up for Auction: Overlooked Show Featured Performances by Many of the Greats, Including Count Basie, Steve Allen, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Bob Newhart and Lena Horne … and of Course, Judy

A sizable chunk of television history is going up for auction, with the rights to a largely forgotten — but memorable — show being put up for sale. CNN reports that the rights to “The Judy Garland Show” are on…

TVWeek’s NewsPro Picks Its ’12 to Watch in TV News’

"Our cover story, ’12 to Watch in TV News,’ looks at some journalists and other media professionals who are making a difference, and some of the people who hire them; many are old hands in TV news, including Jeff Zucker,…

CW Cancels Steamy Drama

The CW is pulling the plug on a steamy drama series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The channel won’t be bringing back "The L.A. Complex" for a third season, the story reports. The series is a soap opera about young…

NRA Attacks Media in Wake of Sandy Hook Shootings, Calls for Arming All U.S. Schools

One week after the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the CEO of the National Rifle Association today made the organization’s first public statement on the tragedy, NBC News reports. In a speech disrupted by protesters…

TVWeek Holiday Schedule

TVWeek will not formally publish on Monday and Tuesday next week, Dec. 24 and Dec. 25. We are also off on Monday and Tuesday of the following week, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. We WILL publish Wednesday, Thursday and Friday…