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Daily Archives : Sep 5, 2014

Big ‘Get’ to Launch New Era for NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’

For his first day as host of NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd has nabbed an exclusive interview with President Obama, according to NBC News. The interview “will cover the threat of ISIS, U.S. relations with Russia and Ukraine,…

A Tribute to Joan Rivers, Who Proved That the Human Spirit Is Indomitable, and That Life Is Funny as Hell

Please click here to read this fun, lively and insightful essay by TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross.

‘Potential Bombshell’: Will Showtime Offer Online Subscription Directly to Consumers?

CBS Chief Operating Officer Joseph Ianniello dropped what Forbes calls “a potential bombshell” on an audience Thursday at the Nomura Digital Media Conference: The company could offer pay-TV network Showtime directly to consumers. “In other words, there’s nothing stopping CBS…

Management Shuffle at QVC

Home-shopping network QVC is undergoing a change in its top management ranks. Philly.com reports that top executive Claire Watts is leaving the company as of today, Friday. Watts plans “to pursue other opportunities,” the company said. She vacates her role…

Broadcast Net Plans Event Series Based on Platinum-Selling Pop Song

A hit song by a popular singer will be the basis for an event series that’s in the works at Fox. Deadline.com reports that the broadcast network is developing a six-hour limited event series from Jerry Bruckheimer based on the…

Warner Bros. TV Developing Female Superhero Series

Warner Bros. Television is working with Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler on a new television take on the DC Comics hero Supergirl, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The project is said to be in the early development stage, and…

Must-See Video: Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman Salute Joan Rivers

Here’ s Jimmy alone saluting Joan with some fun clips of her as a guest: Here’s Jimmy and his ex-girlfriend Sarah Silverman in their salute to Rivers:

A Tribute to Joan Rivers, Who Proved That the Human Spirit Is Indomitable, and That Life Is Funny as Hell

Back in the summer of 1993 one of my favorite humorists, Paula Poundstone, had a column published in Mother Jones magazine that spoke about honesty and Hollywood. It begins, “The editor guy of this magazine asked me the other day…