Edwards Revisits ‘ER’
Anthony Edwards will return to “ER” for one episode during the show’s 15th and final season. Mr. Edwards will reprise his role as Dr. Mark Greene in an episode to air Nov. 13. The installment will feature Dr. Greene, who…
Daily Archives : Sep 4, 2008
PBS to ‘Make ’Em Laugh’ With Comedy Documentary
PBS will air “Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America” over three consecutive nights starting Jan. 12. The six-hour documentary, hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris, will explore more than a century of American comedy through…
ABCFamily.com Adds Brigitte Dale’s Video Blog
ABC Family is bringing Internet personality Brigitte Dale’s video blog to its Web site. Ms. Dale’s blog, which covers news, pop culture and twenty-something issues, will be featured on ABCFamily.com starting this month. Ms. Dale will continue to write, produce…
Local Broadcasting Pioneer Pat Polillo Dies
Former KYW-TV Vice President and General Manager Pat Polillo died Tuesday of brain cancer. He was 75. Mr. Polillo worked in local television for almost four decades, from 1961 to 1998, serving as news director at stations in Philadelphia, Boston,…
Shawn Johnson’s ‘Secret Life’
Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson will play herself on an upcoming episode of ABC Family’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” TV Guide reports. On the episode, Johnson gets to flirt in the school hallway with Daren Kagasoff’s…
LinkedIn, CNBC to Link Up
CNBC and professional networking Web site LinkedIn are partnering, Reuters reports. The business channel will begin airing content generated by the site’s 27 million members including survey and poll results. LinkedIn stands to benefit from CNBC’s programming, articles, blogs, financial…
TVB Sees Local Station Ad Sales Off in 2009, Up in 2010
The Television Bureau of Advertising released a forecast on Thursday predicting local station ad sales will drop between 2% and 5% next year. In 2010, the TVB said, station ad sales will rise between 6% and 10%. The television station…
TV Shows to Stream on Amazon
Online retailer Amazon.com is now offering streams of TV shows and movies for rent or purchase, Lost Remote reports. On the Amazon Video on Demand site visitors can pay $1.99 per TV episode and port the videos to their Tivo…
Soft DTV Test Set for Milwaukee
A soft test of the digital television transition has been scheduled for Milwaukee, Broadcasting & Cable reports. At 5:10 p.m. on Sept. 15, a dozen stations will pull the plug on their analog video feeds for one minute. Viewers who…
TV Shows: Richer and Richer
It’s hard being a teenager these days, but wouldn’t it be harder if you were a poor teenager? Well thank goodness for television! The New York Times delves in the phenomenon that’s seen the rich become richer and the middle…