Interestingly, all the cable news [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/sarah_palin_continues_to_be_a_ratings_draw_for_networks_143906.asp?c=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:58:04 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/sarah_palin_continues_to_be_a_ratings_draw_for_networks_143906.asp?c=rss A week of Sarah Palin interviews began Monday on Oprah and culminated last night on "20/20," and in between national TV interviews with Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly with each drawing huge ratings.

• Oprah Winfrey had her highest-rated show in two years with the Palin [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/R010z9ImF0c/don_draper_the_doll.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:40:46 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/R010z9ImF0c/don_draper_the_doll.html
Smooth operator

To promote the third season of Mad Men in New Zealand, the communications agency DraftFCB put together Don Draper dolls to send to the media there. While you can't own one, and they don't really look like Jon Hamm, whose face is much craggier and more [...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70706472.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:19:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70706472.html [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/YUu4mI_Hx7Q/tina_fey_did_sarah_palin_jokes.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:13:18 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/YUu4mI_Hx7Q/tina_fey_did_sarah_palin_jokes.html

Tina Fey hosted the Ad Council's dinner the other night, where she made NBC jokes ("I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one night ... then that would be a 40 percent increase") and even did a brief Sarah Palin impression [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeetTV/~3/VN2gc4WB8Qw/microsofts-xbox-a-fast-evolving-broadband-video-platform-zune-has-25000-clips-of-premium-content.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:44:20 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeetTV/~3/VN2gc4WB8Qw/microsofts-xbox-a-fast-evolving-broadband-video-platform-zune-has-25000-clips-of-premium-content.html

Introduced as videogame console, the Xbox from Microsoft is fast becoming powerful video viewing device with the introduction of Zune, the new video streaming platform.

The device connects to the Internet and streams high quality video.  It has a number of offerings including Netflix, Last.fm, integration with social networks and new [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/qxnk_3oE__o/new_moon_shatters_the_dark_kni.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:18:36 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/qxnk_3oE__o/new_moon_shatters_the_dark_kni.html

Nikke Finke breathlessly reports that The Twilight Saga: New Moon is expected to have made $72 million on its opening day, breaking the record set by The Dark Knight in 2008 ($67 million). The lesson appears to be: girls rule, boys drool. [Deadline Hollywood]

Read more posts [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/sunday_shows/guest_list_sunday_shows_nov_22_143896.asp?c=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:57 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/sunday_shows/guest_list_sunday_shows_nov_22_143896.asp?c=rss This week's Sunday lineup will include Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), California Republican Senate candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Salon's Joan Walsh, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, WaPo's David Ignatius, and Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar.

See the [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/moyers_to_retire_from_weekly_tv__143903.asp?c=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:17:55 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/moyers_to_retire_from_weekly_tv__143903.asp?c=rss Bill Moyers has said PBS' weekly "Bill Moyers Journal" will end on April 30, 2010, reports the NY Times:

"I am 75 years old," he said of the decision to end the series, which began in April 2007. The program has recently been having a "good [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/6Z9Ebny7sFk/casey-anthony-wkmg-reports-that-george-cindy-had-no-idea-that-defense-motion-against-roy-kronk-was-c.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:23:48 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/6Z9Ebny7sFk/casey-anthony-wkmg-reports-that-george-cindy-had-no-idea-that-defense-motion-against-roy-kronk-was-c.html

[...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/-E9pEpxkLIE/tyra-banks-putting-walt-disney-world-in-spotlight-wednesday.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:45:13 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/-E9pEpxkLIE/tyra-banks-putting-walt-disney-world-in-spotlight-wednesday.html

[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/killings_at_the_canal_143837.asp?c=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:30:09 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/killings_at_the_canal_143837.asp?c=rss Tonight on CNN, the premiere of Killings at the Canal: The Army Tapes. The one-hour documentary is a compilation of the reports from CNN investigative correspondent Abbie Boudreau which aired last week on AC360. The special premieres tonight 8pmET.

New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media. [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/TxrGcwnXOTs/shrek-sarah-palin-help-abc-tie-cbs-in-young-adults-friday.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:26:47 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/TxrGcwnXOTs/shrek-sarah-palin-help-abc-tie-cbs-in-young-adults-friday.html

[...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70697662.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:15:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70697662.html [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/ofsjkVKYZXQ/canadians_are_cool_with_how_i.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00:10 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/ofsjkVKYZXQ/canadians_are_cool_with_how_i.html

In an article about HIMYM, which has 700,000 viewers in Canada, the CanWest news service addressed the show's constant teasing of its Canuck character, Robin Scherbatsky, played by actual Canadian Cobie Smulders, quoting her co-star Neil Patrick Harris: "By the end of (last) season, Cobie was like, [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/television/~3/nnF1AYWxm8E/view.bg Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:50:42 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/television/~3/nnF1AYWxm8E/view.bg [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/m8m0Z8rX4Os/forget_oprah_bill_moyers_is_re.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:14 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/m8m0Z8rX4Os/forget_oprah_bill_moyers_is_re.html

Lost in, or possibly timed to coincide with, yesterday's puzzling huge fuss about Oprah's planned departure from her show many many moons from now was the news that Bill Moyers, trusted voice of calm reason at PBS, is retiring from weekly television and will end his [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/CqNSaA-0TU8/60-minutes-and-sunday-morning-get-ready-for-health-care-doctor-tells-cbs-that-too-many-americans-are.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:59:41 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/CqNSaA-0TU8/60-minutes-and-sunday-morning-get-ready-for-health-care-doctor-tells-cbs-that-too-many-americans-are.html

[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fncs_look_at_pirates_of_the_21st_century_143840.asp?c=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:48:23 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fncs_look_at_pirates_of_the_21st_century_143840.asp?c=rss Tonight at 10pmET on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera anchors a special report titled "Pirates of the 21st Century," with reports from Amy Kellogg, Greg Palkot and Martha MacCallum.

With at least 11 ships currently being held by pirates off the Somali coast including 200+ [...] ]]> http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/column/the_weekend_desk_report_182.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:35:18 -0500 http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/column/the_weekend_desk_report_182.php By Natasha Julius

Don't worry, everyone. If the pigs don't get you, the leaping carp will.

Market Update
Home values in Lakeview showed a staggering increase this week. Well, you know, relatively speaking anyway.

Rio Grande
The 2016 Olympic Games isn't the only high-profile event to [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/ReunthP5P3g/oprah-winfrey-offers-shows-on-sexaddiction-rehab-heroism-ted-kennedys-widow.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:05:24 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/ReunthP5P3g/oprah-winfrey-offers-shows-on-sexaddiction-rehab-heroism-ted-kennedys-widow.html

[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/glenn_beck_bites_back_143597.asp?c=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:49:53 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/glenn_beck_bites_back_143597.asp?c=rss He'll be at The Villages retirement community in Florida this afternoon announcing "The Plan" for his show in 2010, but if you missed it from earlier this week, here's Glenn Beck striking back at South Park, The New Yorker, Playboy, "The Daily Show" and SNL, over unflattering stories [...] ]]> http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/on-today-hungry-crocs-klaatu-v.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:38:33 -0500 http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/on-today-hungry-crocs-klaatu-v.html To wind up the second annual Expedition Week, National Geographic Channel takes a look at ancient crocodiles with considerable appetites. Computer animation helps the retelling of the story from 65 million years ago, "When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs" (National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.).

It comes between two other prehistoric investigations, "Bizarre Dinosaurs" [...] ]]> http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-wed-phil-rosenthal-1118nov18,0,961502.column Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:35:57 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-wed-phil-rosenthal-1118nov18,0,961502.column It's what made her rich, famous and, if not a kingmaker, then perhaps the maker of a U.S. president.

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[...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/news/mb_news/this_week_in_mb_143891.asp?c=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/news/mb_news/this_week_in_mb_143891.asp?c=rss A look back at the mediabistro.com week that was.
Hey, How'd Your Events Site Propel Paranormal Activity To Blockbuster Status, Jordan Glazier?
The New Rules of Independent Magazine Publishing
So What Do You Do, James Othmer, Ad Creative Turned [...] ]]> http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2009/11/21/11847271-sun.html?cid=rssentertainmenttelevision Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:32:49 -0500 http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2009/11/21/11847271-sun.html?cid=rssentertainmenttelevision If any Racers have ever had a chance at pulling through after a Speed Bump, it was Matt and Gary.

[...] ]]> http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2009/11/21/11847226-wenn-story.html?cid=rssentertainmenttelevision Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:26:59 -0500 http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2009/11/21/11847226-wenn-story.html?cid=rssentertainmenttelevision Entourage creator Doug Ellin has vowed to put an end to homophobic and racial slurs made behind the scenes of the hit TV show after actor Rex Lee complained about bullying on set.

[...] ]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/business/media/21network.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/business/media/21network.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/0BvjlZw8htQ/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/0BvjlZw8htQ/ [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/FqPe_sSsaeQ/0,,20321684,00.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/FqPe_sSsaeQ/0,,20321684,00.html [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/PggjdNE6uIk/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/PggjdNE6uIk/ [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/w92gAal34yw/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/w92gAal34yw/ [...] ]]> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015069-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015069-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml [...] ]]> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015071-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015071-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml [...] ]]> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015147-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015147-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml [...] ]]> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015274-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015274-67.stm?cmpid=radiotv.xml [...] ]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/sports/21boxing.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/sports/21boxing.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss [...] ]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/sports/football/21florio.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/sports/football/21florio.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/j5bsxcX_2wg/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/j5bsxcX_2wg/ [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/TwDp0nij-f4/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/TwDp0nij-f4/ [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/j5bsxcX_2wg/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/j5bsxcX_2wg/ [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/7HjCNpmXXnQ/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/7HjCNpmXXnQ/ [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/w_WvHcCqvSc/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/w_WvHcCqvSc/ [...] ]]> http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/oiUtLUyzc6I/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://feeds.ew.com/~r/entertainmentweekly/tvwatch/~3/oiUtLUyzc6I/ [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/television/~3/gwtZScmvOv4/view.bg Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:10:07 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/television/~3/gwtZScmvOv4/view.bg [...] ]]> http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=4e2598164ca6d8cfcd6d53c9ecaa88c4 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:00 -0500 http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=4e2598164ca6d8cfcd6d53c9ecaa88c4 [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeetTV/~3/l1HGJcER-qI/ebay-is-a-style-barometer-according-to-style-director.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:01:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeetTV/~3/l1HGJcER-qI/ebay-is-a-style-barometer-according-to-style-director.html

NEW YORK, NY-- eBay has the pulse of the fashion market because, "It's probably the only place that a person could come to and really see the breadth and depth of style at their fingertips," says Constance White, Style Director for eBay.

Yesterday, Andy met up with White, a [...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70669137.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70669137.html [...] ]]> http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/21/2009-11-21_msnbcs_lockup_exposes_stirring_life_behind_bars.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:50:17 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/21/2009-11-21_msnbcs_lockup_exposes_stirring_life_behind_bars.html [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/o74_9rYe26Q/week_in_review_team_volturi.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/o74_9rYe26Q/week_in_review_team_volturi.html

How many ways is New Moon (the movie) better than New Moon (the book)? We ran the numbers, and the answer is 34. This is less a testament to the vagina-less Chris Weitz than it is a credit to Kristin Stewart's much improved [...] ]]> http://www.olbermannwatch.com/archives/2009/11/friday_night_re_24.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:00 -0500 http://www.olbermannwatch.com/archives/2009/11/friday_night_re_24.php Comments are open!

[...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/PohI3Xzn-Q8/greys_anatomy_happy_new_year.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/PohI3Xzn-Q8/greys_anatomy_happy_new_year.html

This episode blasts us through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's faster than you can say "Meet me in the on-call room." It's a whirlwind of illegitimate children, unrequited love, an alcoholic chief, and a disapproving father. And, as usual, McDreamy magically saves some lives, too.

Now that the [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/2sF5nOhd8YU/community_salsa_verde.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:50:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/2sF5nOhd8YU/community_salsa_verde.html

It’s Green Week, everyone! Yes, that hilariously contrived Ben Silverman idea that NBC is actually continuing after Silverman’s unamicable departure (as opposed to “Pumas On Hovercraft Week” and the equally ill-fated “Bikini Models With Lasers Week”). Green Week works, partly because it offers the Thursday-night comedy lineup [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/zMEde0uZpb0/james_franco_debuts_on_general.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/zMEde0uZpb0/james_franco_debuts_on_general.html
James Franco, bitches.

11/20/09: The day people who had never watched General Hospital before in their lives watched a little bit of General Hospital, just to see James Franco. Never forget! Turns out, it's not very hospital-y, at all, and it's about the mafia and the art world [...] ]]> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_former_ny1_anchor_dominic_carter_found_guilty_of_misdemeanor_attempted_assault_f.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:21 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_former_ny1_anchor_dominic_carter_found_guilty_of_misdemeanor_attempted_assault_f.html [...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70639077.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70639077.html [...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70658377.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70658377.html [...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70660062.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:09:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70660062.html [...] ]]> http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_oprah_winfreys_departure_from_daytime_celebrities_friends_weigh_in.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:04:04 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_oprah_winfreys_departure_from_daytime_celebrities_friends_weigh_in.html [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/morning_show_ratings/morning_show_ratings_week_of_november_9_143902.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:05 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/morning_show_ratings/morning_show_ratings_week_of_november_9_143902.asp?c=rss NBC's "Today" show maintained its strong lead over ABC's "Good Morning America" and CBS' "The Early Show." "Today" was the only morning show that was up week-to-week in total viewers.

Last Monday, "Today" drew 6.35M total viewers, the largest single-day average for the show since [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/news/blog_roundup/our_blog_network_112009_143899.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/news/blog_roundup/our_blog_network_112009_143899.asp?c=rss

FishbowlLA: Ellen Reacts To Oprah's Announcement
FishbowlDC: BBC Hosts CPJ International Press Freedom Awards Reception
FishbowlNY Video: Ricky Van Veen on New Production Company: 'We Know How to Get the Web Excited'
We The 'Bistro: Reject me, please
BayNewser: Ex-Chron [...] ]]> http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/bill-moyers-to-leave-weekly-television/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:26 -0500 http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/bill-moyers-to-leave-weekly-television/ The PBS mainstay Bill Moyers said he is retiring from weekly television and will end his Friday night public affairs program. [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/93o2IrkG15k/casey-anthony-wftv-takes-withering-look-at-defenses-latest-move.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:44:26 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/93o2IrkG15k/casey-anthony-wftv-takes-withering-look-at-defenses-latest-move.html

[...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70631377.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70631377.html [...] ]]> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70631392.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:00 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/70631392.html [...] ]]> http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2009/11/20/getting-an-education-at-monster-hunter-tri-university-preview/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:10 -0500 http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2009/11/20/getting-an-education-at-monster-hunter-tri-university-preview/ [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/69Pa4QiLncA/oprah_invites_us_on_an_18-mont.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:02 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/69Pa4QiLncA/oprah_invites_us_on_an_18-mont.html
Don't shoot the messenger.

Oprah Winfrey officially announced today that her show will not continue indefinitely exactly as it is now, and the world reacted with screams and sobs. In her tearful announcement, Oprah said that 25 years felt like the right number, and invited her audience to [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_thursday_nov_19_143886.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:22 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_thursday_nov_19_143886.asp?c=rss
Total day: FNC: 420 | CNN: 149 | MSNBC: 116 | HLN: 142

Prime: FNC: 795 | CNN: 222 | MSNBC: 255 | HLN: 265   5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p: FNC Beck: Baier: Shep: O'Reilly: Hannity: Greta: O'Reilly:   689 525 477 1069 744 571 519 CNN Blitzer: Blitzer: Tonight: Brown: King: Cooper: Cooper:   138 118 148 193 258 216 151 MSNBC Matthews: EdShow: Matthews: Olbermann: Maddow: Olbermann: Maddow:   108 102 175 316 240 208 127 [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/fn27xKOcUkI/john_woo_on_red_cliff_returnin.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:09 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/fn27xKOcUkI/john_woo_on_red_cliff_returnin.html

Director John Woo’s career in Hollywood began with the 1993 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target, and went on to encompass such massive hits as Mission: Impossible 2 and Face/Off. Now, after fifteen years of toiling in the Hollywood machinery, Woo has returned to Asia, with the [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tampabaycom/blogs/media/~3/j-U966doBDI/deggans-on-newshour-at-630-pm-today-talking-oprahs-departure.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:17 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tampabaycom/blogs/media/~3/j-U966doBDI/deggans-on-newshour-at-630-pm-today-talking-oprahs-departure.html For a public broadcasting nerd like myself, it's like getting asked to shag a few balls for A-Rod.

But the good folks at The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer have been very nice about inviting me onto their show today to talk about Oprah Winfrey's decision to leave [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/sarah_sean_and_bill_and_the_winner_is_143892.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:41 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/sarah_sean_and_bill_and_the_winner_is_143892.asp?c=rss In the Fox News Sarah Palin ratings race, the win goes to Sean Hannity.

Hannity's interview with Palin Wednesday night, a cable news first as she makes the rounds promoting Going Rogue, drew 4.20M Total Viewers and 1.15M in the A25-54 demo.

Last night, Bill O'Reilly's interview with Palin [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/Gvu_WiZWopE/sarah-palin-boosts-fox-news-ratings-for-hannity-oreilly-factor-she-visits-greta-van-susteren-on-mond.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:50:25 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/Gvu_WiZWopE/sarah-palin-boosts-fox-news-ratings-for-hannity-oreilly-factor-she-visits-greta-van-susteren-on-mond.html

[...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeetTV/~3/MOOkq4CdTs0/realnetworks-claims-100-million-downloads-for-realplayer-sp.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:22 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeetTV/~3/MOOkq4CdTs0/realnetworks-claims-100-million-downloads-for-realplayer-sp.html

RealPlayer SP, A small desktop application from RealNetworks, which allows users to save and share Flash videos, has been downloaded 100 million times, the company said today.

Earlier this year, we spoke with RealNetwork's Jeff Chasen about the new application.   We have republished the interview today.

Andy Plesser, Executive Producer [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox_biz/fox_biz_to_cover_saturday_night_senate_vote_143890.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:15 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox_biz/fox_biz_to_cover_saturday_night_senate_vote_143890.asp?c=rss Fox Business will cover the Senate vote on healthcare reform tomorrow night. Coverage begins at 8pmET with David Asman anchoring from New York and Peter Barnes reporting live from Capitol Hill.

> Update : MSNBC will break in to documentary programming for the vote with David Shuster [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/CEi1p6020f4/james_toback_isnt_taking_his_o.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:01 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/CEi1p6020f4/james_toback_isnt_taking_his_o.html

In an interview with the New York Times, enigmatic director James Toback went to great lengths to assail not only the reputation of the committee that selects the shortlist for the Best Documentary award, but also the fairness of their selection process. “How is some tiny, dirty [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/bmKXvT8RZnI/dancing-with-the-stars-whitney-houston-the-finale-next-week.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:51 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/bmKXvT8RZnI/dancing-with-the-stars-whitney-houston-the-finale-next-week.html

On Wednesday night, the National Arts Club awarded its Medal of Honor in Film to director Ang Lee and his longtime collaborator, Focus Features president James Schamus. It was, the two frankly admitted, probably the only accolade they’d get this year, given critics’ — and audiences’ — [...] ]]> http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/playlist-112009.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:42 -0500 http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/playlist-112009.html Echoes of some live shows I saw this week -- Bob Dylan with Dion as well as Metric. Sampling more of the new Tegan and Mary and the R.E.M. live album. Played just about everything in my bag, and then dug into station vinyl for tunes by The Feelies and [...] ]]> http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_oprah_reveals_reason_behind_decision_to_leave_hit_daytime_show_25_years_feels_li.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:43 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_oprah_reveals_reason_behind_decision_to_leave_hit_daytime_show_25_years_feels_li.html [...] ]]> http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/rock-review-bob-dylan-with-dio.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:06:51 -0500 http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/rock-review-bob-dylan-with-dio.html Couldn't resist seeing Bob Dylan one more time at the United Palace Theatre, in New York. Way, way uptown in Washington Heights in a big old ornate movie palace that's currently used as the home base for Rev. Ike's eccentric ministry. Accordingly, Dylan seems to start the shows I see [...] ]]> http://www.unclebarky.com/abovethefold_files/6812b0f56376a18d20c1210504553488-1525.html#unique-entry-id-1525 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05:00 -0500 http://www.unclebarky.com/abovethefold_files/6812b0f56376a18d20c1210504553488-1525.html#unique-entry-id-1525 [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/4XWmWmBXEXM/quote_machine_81.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:01 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/4XWmWmBXEXM/quote_machine_81.html

"Apparently naked, not fully naked. I was lying partially naked on Alan Arkin, but strategic body parts were covered. It's always scary when you're in front of strangers half naked, but the fact that it was with Alan, honestly, didn't make it any weirder. I think being [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/news/revolving_door/youve_got_layoffs_aol_businessweek_slash_staffs_by_onethird__143847.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/news/revolving_door/youve_got_layoffs_aol_businessweek_slash_staffs_by_onethird__143847.asp?c=rss AOL plans to cut 2,300 jobs, layoffs at Bloomberg's BusinessWeek are deeper than anticipated, and the AP shutters four bureaus.
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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media. [...] ]]> http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2009/11/20/11837846-zap.html?cid=rssentertainmenttelevision Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:05 -0500 http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2009/11/20/11837846-zap.html?cid=rssentertainmenttelevision Jordin Sparks, winner of season six of "American Idol," has been hospitalized for appendicitis.

After the show, [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/eqWH27dzlxc/kellan_lutz_refuses_to_be_lick.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:01 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/eqWH27dzlxc/kellan_lutz_refuses_to_be_lick.html

When we caught up with Twilight star Kellan Lutz at the premiere for New Moon last night, we wondered if Twilight Moms and other older women are suddenly taking an interest in the 24-year-old. "Yeah, a few pumas, a few cougars," he confessed. "You know, it’s [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/whats_glenn_beck_planning__143875.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:33 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/whats_glenn_beck_planning__143875.asp?c=rss Glenn Beck will be in Florida tomorrow wrapping up a two-day, seven-city speaking and book-signing tour. During his stop at The Villages retirement community north of Orlando, Beck promises to reveal how his Fox News show will look come January, which is the one-year anniversary of the [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/1Fy9hQ4QqIs/jonathan_ames_the_bored_to_dea.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:05 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/1Fy9hQ4QqIs/jonathan_ames_the_bored_to_dea.html

When Vulture attended the Bored To Death panel discussion at the Paley Center a few weeks back, show creator (and "drowned ghostly ship's captain" resembling) Jonathan Ames played it coy when an audience member asked him about the role marijuana plays in the show's creative-development process. [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/qLiHYoTtfMY/amanda_seyfriends_letters_to_j.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:01 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/qLiHYoTtfMY/amanda_seyfriends_letters_to_j.html
Don't strain yourself, Amanda!

Okay, that's too mean, but there are some similarities between the French masterpiece and the lighter-than-air Amanda Seyfried vehicle Letters to Juliet, in which a young woman on vacation in Verona, Italy finds an old letter to Juliet Capulet and sets off to reunite [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sstvblog/~3/wf9QyaxVoJE/hold-the-tears-oprah-is-only-changing-channels.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sstvblog/~3/wf9QyaxVoJE/hold-the-tears-oprah-is-only-changing-channels.html     There has been an obituary-like reaction to Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she is ending her syndicated daytime show on Sept. 9, 2011. This is way premature.

  Oprah is not going away, never to be heard from again, as Johnny Carson did. She is merely changing addresses. Sometime [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the_ticker/why_bill_hemmer_always_wears_purple_on_friday_143741.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:08 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the_ticker/why_bill_hemmer_always_wears_purple_on_friday_143741.asp?c=rss Cincinnati Enquirer columnist John Kiesewetter explains why Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer wears a purple tie every Friday (aka "Purple Friday") on "America's Newsroom."

It's to support the Elder High School Panthers, his alma mater whose football team currently has a 9-2 record for the season [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/JCFLnilGYWY/fringe_observing_the_detective.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:02 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/JCFLnilGYWY/fringe_observing_the_detective.html

They usually just lurk in the background, but last night, the hairless Observers took center stage. While the episode unveiled some juicy information about their origins, the writers continued to pursue a theme they’ve developed over the series’ run: the fear of losing those closest to us.

The [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/8DduR8RX5_Y/flashforward_bryce_yourself.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:13 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/8DduR8RX5_Y/flashforward_bryce_yourself.html

When it comes to supporting characters, FlashForward is just as stingy as Lost in the doling out exposition. It's taken nine episodes to get anywhere with Bryce, the previously-suicidal-but-now-optimistic surgeon who works under Olivia at the hospital. But now's his shot: The Bryce Episode. And it's not [...] ]]> http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_project_runway_winner_season_sixs_queen_of_mean_has_her_day.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:50 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/11/20/2009-11-20_project_runway_winner_season_sixs_queen_of_mean_has_her_day.html [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/5QiwoZSHnTk/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:13:46 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/tunedin/~3/5QiwoZSHnTk/ Oprah Winfrey made it official on air today: on Sept. 9, 2011, she pulls the plug on the talk show that has dominated daytime TV for two decades. Says the Queen: "Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit." Mo Ryan has the full statement. [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/news/event_photos/event_photos_ebook_summit_sneak_peek_143846.asp?c=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/news/event_photos/event_photos_ebook_summit_sneak_peek_143846.asp?c=rss Check out the event photos from this week's preview party for the eBook Summit Dec. 15-16 in New York, and some sipping and socializing at our cocktail party in San Diego.

Event Photos: eBook Summit Preview in New York
Event Photos: Cocktail Party in [...] ]]> http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/sports/ofman_dis_and_dat_dem_and_dos.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:58:20 -0500 http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/sports/ofman_dis_and_dat_dem_and_dos.php By George Ofman

Try putting yourself in the Bears shoes. Why would you want to talk to Bob Costas? Why would you want him to grill Jerry Angelo on the warts of his football organization? Why would you want him to probe Lovie Smith about some of the decisions he's [...] ]]> http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/on-tonight-a-holiday-special-w.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:43 -0500 http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2009/11/on-tonight-a-holiday-special-w.html They're rushing the season again on TV, even with the bad specials. "Larry the Cable Guy's Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau" (CMT, 9 and 10:30 p.m.) has the pretentions of holiday special so lowbrow, it's practically dragging on the floor. If it's anything like his last Christmas special, there's no need for [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/iiYl0BZFhaM/americas_teens_break_curfew_in.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:03 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nymag/vulture/~3/iiYl0BZFhaM/americas_teens_break_curfew_in.html

While no one quite knows exactly how much money New Moon took in during its 12:01 a.m. screenings last night, everyone is acknowledging that it almost certainly broke the midnight-screenings record set by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this July. Vulture buddy Nikki Finke's sources are [...] ]]> http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/sports/track_notes_eclipse_award_edit.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:06 -0500 http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/sports/track_notes_eclipse_award_edit.php By Thomas Chambers

America has an obsessions with awards.

I've always thought the Hollywood people stepping all over each other to win the three dozen or so different awards they bestow upon themselves was quite unseemly. Yet, they can't get it right.

Jackie Gleason never won an Emmy, one of the [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/EoNPWgX_hXo/casey-anthony-tv-stations-study-defense-teams-media-blitz.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:49 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/entertainment/tv/tvguy/~3/EoNPWgX_hXo/casey-anthony-tv-stations-study-defense-teams-media-blitz.html

• Deciding to end her syndicated daytime show after 25 years, a very good run, she will also ensure that she will leave at the top, rather than fade or decline into irrelevance.
• She has the faith [...] ]]>