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Daily Archives : Mar 8, 2017

The World’s Greatest Animation Library Finds a Home

Billed as the world’s greatest collection of animation, a massive video library of more than 5,000 titles from Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and MGM will be the focal point of Boomerang, a new standalone premium video subscription service. Launching this spring,…

Fred Savage Gets a New Show

Actor Fred Savage, fondly remembered for his six-year run as Kevin Arnold on ABC’s “The Wonder Years,” just landed a new job that brings him back to that network. ABC announced today that Savage will host the new game show…

Colbert Reveals Why ‘We’re All Going to Die’

Stephen Colbert got political again on CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” examining the new GOP healthcare plan that is expected to replace Obamacare, and concluding: “We’re all going to die.” Here’s Colbert’s take on the situation …

Owner of L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune Close to Buying Popular Weekly Magazine

A weekly magazine that almost anyone who has spent time in a dentist’s waiting room has probably read is close to getting a new owner. The New York Post reports that Tronc, the company that owns the Los Angeles Times,…

Superheroes to Reunite — and This Time They’ve Come to Dance

Two superheroes who have joined forces before under different circumstances will be getting together again March 21 on the CW. Only this time, “The Flash” and “Supergirl” will be singing and dancing up a storm in a special musical crossover…

Why New York Says It’s the Center of the Music Industry

“New York is center of the musical universe — and the de Blasio administration has the stats to prove it,” The New York Post reports. “New York outsells Los Angeles and London when it comes to ticket sales and employs…

Turner and Warner Bros. Announce New Domestic Premium Streaming Service Featuring the World’s Greatest Collection of Animation in One Exclusive Destination

Press release from Turner, March 7, 2017: Time Warner’s Turner and Warner Bros. announced today they have partnered on a new standalone domestic premium video subscription service – Boomerang – that will launch in the Spring. This will be the…

What a TV Series Set 160 Years Ago Says About Today’s America

The abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who died in 1895, is certainly having a moment — notwithstanding President Trump’s recent comment about him that many interpreted as the president thinking Douglass was still alive. Ten-time Grammy Award-winning musician John Legend will portray…

TV Takes a Close Look at the Los Angeles Riots 25 Years Later

For everyone who lived in the Los Angeles Metro area at the time — and countless millions upon millions of others watching live on television — the horrific events that transpired beginning April 29, 1992, will forever be etched in…

ABC Announces Fred Savage Will Host Game Show ‘Child Support,’ From Ricky Gervais and Banijay Studios North America

Press release from ABC, March 8, 2017: Fred Savage will host the new, high-stakes game show series “Child Support” on ABC. The one-hour, studio-based series will feature adult contestants and priceless interactions between funny man Ricky Gervais and a group…