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Daily Archives : Oct 6, 2011

Fox Renews Sophomore Series

Fox announced today that it is bringing back one of its sophomore shows for a third season, Entertainment Weekly reports. The show is Gordon Ramsay’s “MasterChef,” one of relatively few new unscripted series on broadcast to gain a foothold during…

Cult TV Show Headed to Big Screen

Confirming rumors that have been swirling for a while now, one of the stars of a TV cult series said the show is headed to the big screen — again, US Weekly reports. Connie Britton, who received two Emmy nominations…

‘American Idol’ Winner Dumped by Record Label

A recent “American Idol” champion has been dropped by his record label, TMZ.com reports. RCA Records, whose roster includes a number of “Idol” stars, dumped Lee DeWyze, the winner of season 9 of the Fox show. A representative for DeWyze…

The Genius of Apple’s Advertising Under Steve Jobs

A central theme running through Apple’s acclaimed advertising over the years was largely responsible for creating the cultural phenomenon that the company became under the leadeship of Steve Jobs, writes Bob Garfield in Advertising Age. The theme in the advertising…

The Central Genius of Apple’s Advertising Under Jobs: It Was True — In Reality, the CEO and His Products Were Liberators

By Bob GarfieldAdvertising Age For the past almost 28 years, I have been calling "1984" the best commercial ever made. Not that this is a controversial position; Ridley Scott’s Super Bowl tour de force is often so cited because it…

Scary in a Good Way: New Series Debut on FX Is Ratings Winner

Wednesday’s premiere of an eagerly awaited scary series on FX was a winner for the cable network, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Ryan Murphy series “American Horror Story” attracted 3.2 million total viewers for the initial telecast, including 2 million viewers in the…

Fox Scores Narrow Demo Win as ‘X Factor’ Remains Strong; ABC Has the Top Show of the Night

Fox came out on top Wednesday night in a tight three-way battle for prime time with CBS and ABC, as “The X Factor” continued to turn in solid ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. For the night overall, Fox was No. 1 in…

Univision to Stream Telenovelas and Other Shows Through Hulu

Univision has brokered a deal to have streaming service Hulu provide its popular Spanish-language telenovelas, variety shows and reality programs to viewers online, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Univision will make some of its prime-time shows available…

NBC Cancels Another New Show

NBC has canceled another new show. The first new series to  be canceled was NBC’s "The Playboy Club." Now it’s the low-rated Hank Azaria/Kathryn Hahn sitcom "Free Agents." Reports The Hollywood Reporter, "No decision has been made on what will…

With the Death of Steve Jobs, Here’s a Wonderful Way We Can All Honor His Legacy

With the news that Apple founder Steve Jobs died yesterday at age 56, we here at TVWeek were thinking how we can all learn from him and honor his legacy. A good place to start is to read (or re-read)…