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Daily Archives : Aug 23, 2010

You Want To Rebrand, But a Lot of Your Customers Have No Faith In The New Name You’ve Chosen

It’s a classic dilemma, and it’s facing one of the best programs airing on any media. So says TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross in his latest provocative entry. To read all about it, click here.

Rachael Ray Brings First Show in Nine Years To Be Solely Food Focused to Cable. Also, New Shows From Al Roker, Bobby Flay to Debut

Rachael Ray is bringing to cable her first show in nine years that’ll be soley food-focused. The show is "Week in a Day," in which Ray will "shares her secrets for creating an entire week’s worth of meals, from scratch,…

ESPN’s ‘Around the Horn’ Commentator Jay Mariotti Arrested by Los Angeles Police

 ESPN’s "Around the Horn" commentator Jay Mariotti was arrested by Los Angeles police officers on suspicion of a felony, reports the Los Angeles Times’ L.A. Now blog. Mariotti allegedly got into an argument with his girlfriend at a Santa Monica…

Bio Hits Cable This Week of One of Most Famous Rock ‘n’ Roll Guitarists of All Time With Exclusive Interviews, Footage From Private Archive

He was one of the most famous rock ‘n roll guitarists of all time, and he died far too young. On Thursday, August 26, a two-hour documentary debuts on the Bio Channel about Jimi Hendrix, including exclusive interviews and footage from…

‘Real Housewives of NJ’ Banned from Garden State Country Club After Fight

"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" has been banned from the North Jersey Country Club in Wayne, N.J. after the show was allowed to film there and cast members got into a fight, reports the New York Post.  At a…

Report: Glee Co-Creator Ryan Murphy Says He’s Developing Two More Series, One for John Stamos, One for An Emmy and Tony Award-Winning Actress

Glee Co-Creator Ryan Murphy says he’s developing a TV series for John Stamos and one for an actress who is both an Emmy and Tony Award winner, according to E! Online. According to the article, by Kristen Dos Santos, "Ryan Murphy…

With Creative Arts Emmys, HBO Leads the Awards with 17 Wins, Followed by ABC with 15

HBO topped the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday with 17 awards, followed by ABC with 15 trophies, reports B&C. "The Pacific," HBO’s miniseries about World War II, took six awards, while its movie "Temple Grandin" received two, the story says….

With Move to Basic Cable from Broadcast, Conan O’Brien’s Writers Are Getting a Pay Cut

With moving to basic cable from broadcast, the writers for Conan O’Brien’s show are upset about getting a pay cut,reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The story doesn’t say how much of a pay cut the writers are taking….

Abs of Gold: ‘Jersey Shore’ Star ‘The Situation’ on Track to Earn More Than $5 Million This Year

 Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, the 29 year-old star of MTV’s "Jersey Shore", is on track to earn more than $5 million by year-end, the Hollywood Reporter reports, citing a source familiar with the ab-flashing reality star’s finances. "He has been…

New NY Times/CBS Poll: Will Pay TV See the Same Troubles as Newspapers?

There’s concern in the television industry that consumers will start "cutting the cord" — canceling their pay TV service — in favor of watching shows online. A new poll sheds some light on this fear. And the truth is that…