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Filmmaker Bud Greenspan’s most recent Olympics documentary will be shown on Showtime, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m., reports Multichannel News. "Bud Greenspan Presents: Beijing 2008 — America’s Olympic Glory" is the latest Olympics film featuring behind-the-scenes footage and in-depth reporting…
The Big Ten Network will deliver live sporting events to American fans outside North America with the help of thePlatform, Comcast’s online-video services unit, reports Multichannel News. BTN, a collaboration between Fox Cable Networks and the Big Ten Conference, will…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, the star of "Morning Joe," is off from the show this week to recover from minor sinus surgery, according to the Huffington Post. Scarborough will be back on the air next week. — Allison J. Waldman Source:
When the “Saturday Night Live” opening credits rolled last weekend, Darrell Hammond’s name wasn’t included for the first time since 1995, reports the New York Times. NBC and staff members at the show declined to comment, although one staff member,…
By Hillary Atkin Television news directors in Los Angeles came under attack last month for their initial lack of coverage of the arson-caused Station fire, which killed two firefighters, destroyed about 80 homes and became the largest wildfire in Los…
By Elizabeth Jensen As ad dollars continue to decline, TV stations are looking at new options with news: In some cases, cutting back, but in others, actually expanding the amount of local news they offer. By stretching their existing news…
By Elizabeth Jensen The news came out of the blue, just before Labor Day weekend, as though ABC News had something to hide: Charlie Gibson, 66, plans to step down at the end of the year as anchor of “World…
By Elizabeth Jensen When Robert D. Novak died Aug. 18 at the age of 78 from a malignant brain tumor, his rueful prediction came true: The journalistic uproar he unleashed late in his career by disclosing the identity of CIA…
Wolf Blitzer anchors CNN’s afternoon “The Situation Room” and is CNN’s lead political anchor. During last year’s political campaign he also moderated numerous debates and anchored the Sunday newsmaker show (John King has since taken over). Blitzer’s regular presence on…
By Elizabeth Jensen It’s been close to three decades since Walter Cronkite had a regular presence in the homes of the nation, long enough that an entire generation never knew him except in history class clips. So at a time…