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Daily Archives : Jul 27, 2009

Sometimes a Great (Funny) Notion: The Official Info on the Ben Silverman/Barry Diller Project

Soon after NBCU announced that NBC Entertainment Co-Chairman Ben Silverman was leaving, Barry Diller’s company, IAC, put out a release of its own about the new venture–Notion–that will see Diller and Silverman collaborating. Here’s that annoucement: IAC (Nasdaq: IACI –…

Some Insight into Jeff Gaspin, the Big Winner in Today’s Shake-up at NBC

Sometimes in this business one is prescient. Other times one gets lucky. In this case, our erstwhile TV editor, Joe Adalian, was both. So we now present, from just 4 months ago, Joe’s major, in depth, interview with Jeff Gaspin….

NBCU Reaches Compromise on English Language Broadcast of World Cup Quailifying Match Between USA and Mexico

By John Consoli Special to TVWeek NBC Universal is now going to offer all cable and satellite operators free access to Telemundo-owned cable network mun2 on August 12, so that all soccer fans around the country will get to see…

Ben Silverman Leaving NBC, Entertainment Co-Chairman Marc Graboff Becomes Network Ent. Chairman, Reporting to Jeff Gaspin

NBC made official what’s been rumored for months: that Ben Silverman is leaving. He’ll be joining Barry Diller in a new-media venture. Silverman leaves two years and one month after he arrived at the Peacock Network. Said one top TV…

An Important News Flash About American Pop Culture, And I Doubt You’ve Heard About It

The three cornerstones of American popular culture are the movies, music and TV. This announcement I’m speaking of hits on two of the three: movies and TV. The only thing that excites me more than a terrific TV show is…

Questions About Obama’s Birth: Issue That Won’t Die With CNN’s Lou Dobbs, Others

Though the state of Hawaii has repeatedly confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in the state–and indeed, there is even a local Hawaiian newspaper notice of his birth a little over a week after he was born–a number of…

Police Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed ‘Idol’ Contestant Alexis Cohen

Alexis Cohen, 25, who had one of the memorable auditions on "American Idol" in 2008, was killed by a hit and run driver early Sunday morning. She was best known for her rant against ‘Idol’ judge Simon Cowell. The police…

An Important News Flash About American Pop Culture, And I Doubt You’ve Heard About It

In his latest Open Mike blog entry, TVWeek’s Chuck Ross uncovers an announcement that’s gone under the radar about a cable channel that’s in 75 million homes.

‘Family Guy’ Shoots Episode About Abortion for Next Season, Show Creator MacFarlane Says It’s Probably Too Controversial for Fox to Air

Seth MacFarland, creator of "Family Guy," said during a panel discussion at Comic-Con on Saturday the a show tackling the subject of abortion has been filmed for the upcoming season of the series, but that he doubted that Fox would…