Top TV Shows as a Travel Guide: Touring Girls, Downton & Hatfields Territory
Aug16

Top TV Shows as a Travel Guide: Touring Girls, Downton & Hatfields Territory

Mad Men. Downton Abbey. Boardwalk Empire. Girls. Hatfields & McCoys. These programs are all up for shelves full of Emmy Awards (September 23 on ABC with Host Jimmy Kimmel) but they also offer some great travel ideas. These tips are courtesy of  Lonely Planet Travel Editor Robert Reid, who says the contenders for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series also engender some great travel destinations. Mad Men: Manhattan...

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Taking Risks Still Pays Off: Ask Nancy Dubuc and Other TV Executives
Jun11

Taking Risks Still Pays Off: Ask Nancy Dubuc and Other TV Executives

Every year at the end of the season, the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) puts on a “State of the Industry ” event that caps off its newsmaker luncheon series in Los Angeles.   Leading executives Nancy Dubuc, president and GM of History and Lifetime networks, Gary Newman, chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Television, Rick Rosen, head of the TV department at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Lloyd...

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