Category Archives: Broadcaster

Andy Rooney exiting ’60 Minutes’ this Sunday

By doris | Published: September 28, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — With 1,096 essays for “60 Minutes” under his belt, Andy Rooney will deliver his 1,097th on Sunday’s broadcast. And it will be his last as a regular contributor. The 92-year-old Rooney will announce his departure at the end of the program, where he has been featured since 1978, [...]

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Susan Lucci slams ABC exec in epilogue

By doris | Published: September 6, 2011

Full Story at MarqueeBlogs.CNN.com All My Children” star Susan Lucci has found an outlet to speak on the cancellation of her long-running soap. According to the New York Post, the actress just added a scathing epilogue to the paperback edition of her book, “All My Life: A Memoir.” Lucci, who has played Erica Kane on [...]

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Lythgoe talks ‘Idol’ voting shakeup

By doris | Published: August 7, 2011

Full Story at TheClicke.today.com A series of shocking eliminations on “American Idol” last season left many fans and critics wondering if the voting system was in need of an overhaul. Now it seems the bigwigs behind the scenes are wondering about the very same thing. After the ouster of early favorite Pia Toscano and the [...]

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Elizabeth Smart to work as ABC commentator

By doris | Published: July 7, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart is taking a job with ABC News as a commentator focusing on missing persons and child abduction cases. The Utah woman who was kidnapped from her bedroom at knifepoint, raped and held captive at age 14 by a Salt Lake City street preacher can [...]

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PBS head: Public broadcasting funding intact

By doris | Published: April 13, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – Despite efforts to strip government funding for public broadcasting, PBS chief Paula Kerger said the federal budget deal retains most of the money that President Barack Obama had set aside for public television and radio stations. The deal allocates nearly $430 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, [...]

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Walters, Stiller to attend TV Land Awards

By doris | Published: April 7, 2011

Full Story at UPI.com NEW YORK, April 7 (UPI) — Barbara Walters, Ben Stiller, Paul Reiser and Marlo Thomas are to be presenters at the 2011 TV Land Awards in New York, organizers said. “Hot in Cleveland” stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick, as well as the cast of “The Real Housewives of [...]

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Comcast takes control of NBC Universal

By doris | Published: January 29, 2011

Full Story at  news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – The nation’s largest cable TV company, Comcast Corp., took control of NBC Universal after the government shackled its behavior in the coming years to protect online video services such as Netflix and Hulu. The deal closed shortly before midnight EST on Friday. The takeover gave the cable-hookup company [...]

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Oprah’s network leads competition to rethink goals

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.com NEW YORK — One advantage Oprah Winfrey might have in establishing an identity for her new television network is that many of her competitors are in the same situation, even if they’ve been around for a while. Some of the biggest existing cable networks that are aimed at women — Lifetime, [...]

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Oprah offers Bono a TV show on her new network

By doris | Published: December 22, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Could U2’s Bono end up with a show someday on Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network, OWN, which launches on Jan. 1? It’s certainly a possibility, according to Lady O herself! According to a new feature in The New York Times, Oprah said she recently approached the rock star with the idea.

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Larry King ends his record-setting run on CNN

By doris | Published: December 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Hollywood, California (CNN) — Larry King, America’s interviewer-in-chief, ended his record-setting career as CNN’s prime-time, talk-show host Thursday night with a serenade from Tony Bennett, a greeting from President Obama and a “Larry King Day” proclamation from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Those guests and others capped his 25-year run behind the [...]

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