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GLAAD isn’t pleased with the decision by A&E to bring back “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson after he made anti-gay remarks to GQ magazine, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. "Phil Robertson should look African American and gay people…
A broadcast series that has been airing for four seasons ended its run late last week — and hardly anyone showed up, based on Nielsen Media Research figures. "CW’s ‘Nikita’ carried out its last mission with few witnesses: The spy…
A veteran television editor who worked on a string of popular series and was a pioneer of a major editing system has died. Deadline.com reports that former TV repairman Marco Zappia died Dec. 22 in Ventura, Calif. He was 76….
The television news industry had its high points in 2013, from coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela to the U.S. government shutdown, but it also had its share of embarrassing moments, writes Scott Collins in the Los Angeles Times….
ESPN is “hardly needy,” given that it brings in about $6 billion a year in subscriber fees alone, but still has received about $260 million in tax breaks and credits from the state of Connecticut over the past 12 years,…
Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is known for his address at 221B Baker Street, but now he has a new residence: the public domain, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat. The famed detective, who is the focus of CBS’s “Elementary,”…
A television show has discovered a work of art by a master painter of the Baroque period. Bloomberg reports that the painting by the 17th century Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck was found on the BBC’s “Antiques Roadshow.” The painting…
The man who wrote the memoir “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which is now a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is shopping a television reality show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Electus Chief Executive Chris Grant is working with Jordan Belfort,…
What does the president of the United States watch on TV? The New York Times’ Michael D. Shear reports that President Obama is drawn to dark, edgy dramas such as “Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire." “These days, when Mr….
2013 was a banner year for bloopers on television news programs, and a video posted online, compiling all the best ones in one place, has really taken off, closing in on 10 million views over the weekend. Without further ado,…