When HBO’s single-camera Hollywood comedy “Entourage” premiered last year, the show’s main thrust was to profile the misadventures of young A-list feature film actor Vincent Chase and his trio of friends/relatives/hangers-on. But in promoting “Entourage’s” second season, which begins today,…
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In the wake of last week’s story about NFL fans in revolt over DirecTV’s plan to charge an extra $99 to view Sunday Ticket games in high definition (TelevisionWeek, May 30), some subscribers said the satellite provider is calling a…
Conchata Ferrell hails from West Virginia, but her story is, in many ways, classic Hollywood. Girl moves to New York. Does well on stage, in movies and on TV. Fast-forward through three decades of TV credits, Ms. Ferrell doing what…
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By Bradley JohnsonAdvertising AgeWant to know how your consumers are feeling after the weekend? Well, if you’re tracking young adults, bear in mind that they’re exhausted on Monday mornings and depressed to be back at work. But if you’re targeting…
By Amy HelmesSpecial to TelevisionWeek When HBO’s “Entourage” debuted last summer, six months after the finale of “Sex and the City,” it seemed questionable that the names Vince, Eric, Drama and Turtle-the four Hollywood hipsters at the center of the…
What do “60 Minutes” and “Fox & Friends” have in common?They’re both talk shows, according to the on-screen programming listings supplied by Tribune Media Services to Time Warner Cable New York, to which The Insider subscribes, always happily.Faithful readers (if…
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The thrilling first 20 minutes of the pilot episode of “Lost” is a blueprint for effective storytelling. Before the first commercial, the audience has been introduced to a half-dozen unique characters as survivors scramble for cover in the wake of…