Reunited and it Feels So Good at ATX TV Festival
Jun13

Reunited and it Feels So Good at ATX TV Festival

Old TV shows not only don’t die anymore, they are often more appreciated now than they were during their original runs. That axiom came to vivid life with the reunion of the cast of Syfy’s “Battlestar Galactica” on the closing night of the sixth edition of the ATX.Television Festival in Austin, Texas, which has made a name for itself in recent years by showcasing high-profile comebacks and launches of new programs. The festival, which...

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Gold Derby’s 2017 Emmy Season Kickoff Party
Jun05

Gold Derby’s 2017 Emmy Season Kickoff Party

Emmy campaigning season kicked into high gear as more than 150 performers, executives, publicists and industry insiders crammed into the second floor bar area of new Beverly Hills restaurant Nerano for some awards season schmoozing. The bash was thrown by Gold Derby, the folks who make it their business to predict who will win the awards. Among those making the scene, potential contenders Chrissy Metz, Matt Walsh, Mary Elizabeth...

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Comedy and Comebacks as Networks Woo Advertisers with New TV Shows
May22

Comedy and Comebacks as Networks Woo Advertisers with New TV Shows

Despite the intense focus on new ways of doing business in the digital era, the broadcast networks clearly have a case of Everything Old Is New Again.   From reboots of “Roseanne” to “Dynasty,” “Will & Grace” to “S.W.A.T.,” and of course, “American Idol,” that was the key takeaway from the week of television upfronts held at venues across New York City.   Historically, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Univision and the CW showcase...

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Netflix Goes All Out for Emmy Campaigning For Top Shows in Month-Long Event Series
May11

Netflix Goes All Out for Emmy Campaigning For Top Shows in Month-Long Event Series

  And now for the latest in innovative Primetime Emmy Award campaigning, from the folks who have a $6 billion warchest for original programming. The streamer has taken over 24,000 square feet of office space across from the Motion Picture Academy in Beverly Hills for a month-long series of events it is calling FYSee, a play on FYC– For Your (Emmy)  Consideration. The confab kicked off May 8 with a screening of the first...

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NatGeo’s ‘Genius’ Brings Albert Einstein’s Story to Life in 10-Part Series
Apr25

NatGeo’s ‘Genius’ Brings Albert Einstein’s Story to Life in 10-Part Series

NatGeo Channel makes history Tuesday, April 25 with its first scripted series, Genius, starring Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein, the most brilliant scientist of the 20th century.   The ten-part series, from Fox 21 Television Studios and Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Television, chronicles Einstein’s rise from his humble beginnings as an imaginative, rebellious thinker, through his struggles to be recognized by the...

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