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Daily Archives : Jul 3, 2019

‘Laugh-In’ Star Dies

One of the stars of the original “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” which ran for six seasons on NBC from 1968-1973, has died. Arte Johnson, who was a regular for the show’s first four seasons, died Wednesday after a three-year battle…

CNN Launches ‘The Movies’ This Weekend — Here’s the Inside Story

CNN is about to take an in-depth look at the movies, decade by decade, starting with “The Eighties.” The two-hour installment of the documentary series “The Movies” premieres this Sunday, July 7. The episode kicks off with Robert De Niro…

Lawmakers Call on Department of Justice and FCC to Examine Sinclair Purchase of Regional Sports Nets

Three U.S. senators have asked the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission to scrutinize Disney’s $10.6 billion sale of its 21 regional sports networks to Sinclair Broadcast Group, The New York Post reports. Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and…

Pick a Scandal: Actress Pulls Out of ‘Today’ Show Interview Amid a Swirl of Controversies

A well-known actress canceled a scheduled interview on NBC’s “Today,” reportedly to avoid questions about any of a number of controversies that have been swirling around her. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Olivia Munn pulled the plug…

Oscar-Winning Composer-Arranger Dead at 100 — He Was Behind ‘West Side Story,’ ‘The Patty Duke Show’ and Many Others

A composer and arranger who won an Oscar, a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy for his work in film and television has died. Variety reports that Sid Ramin died Monday at his home in New York City. He was 100….

Why Meghan McCain Is ‘Seriously Considering’ Leaving ‘The View’

ABC’s daytime talk institution “The View” could be on the verge of losing one of its co-hosts, with The Daily Beast reporting that Meghan McCain is “seriously considering calling it quits.” McCain, the daughter of the late Arizona Sen. John…

Reasonable or Ridiculous? Why the Motion Picture Academy and Television Academy Should Merge

Two of the entertainment industry’s most high-profile institutions, the Motion Picture Academy and the Television Academy, should merge, writes Stephen Galloway, executive editor of The Hollywood Reporter, in a column published today. His reasoning is simple: The barriers that separate…

WarnerMedia Wraps Upfront With Double-Digit CPM Hikes

“AT&T’s WarnerMedia, the division that now includes all Turner ad-supported TV networks and platforms, has completed its upfront deals, posting double-digit percentage cost-per-thousand viewer increases, according to the company,” MediaPost reports. The report notes that a company representative said WarnerMedia…

TVWeek’s Fourth of July Holiday Schedule

TVWeek will be closed Thursday, July 4, and Friday, July 5, 2019, for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. We will resume our normal publication schedule on Monday, July 8. As always, if news breaks we will send out TVWeek…

CNN Launches ‘The Movies’ This Weekend — Here’s the Inside Story

The legacy of movies released in the 1980s runs deep and wide, from Oscar-winning pictures like “Ordinary People,” “Amadeus” and “Terms of Endearment” to blockbusters including “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Back to the Future,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Fatal…