Summer TV Press Tour Broadcast Highlights, From Gothic Queens to Goofy Dads and Secret Agents
For fourteen straight days – 15 if you include the opening night party thrown by Nat Geo, the Television Critics Association summer press tour took over the Beverly Hilton for its semi-annual look at participating networks’ programming. The nearly nonstop series of panels and parties give those who cover television multiple opportunities to have access to executives and talent, who field a wide array of questions from media members....
Presentations, Programming, Parties and Perks–That’s TV Upfronts
It is the rare person who isn’t stricken with a hangover after attending the annual series of presentations and parties that comprise the main week of television upfronts. If the hangover isn’t from adult beverages, then it is due to all the hype the networks dispense about their upcoming programming, around which they sell billions of dollars of upfront advertising. We look here on the presentations and...
The Boss Rocks 30 Rock for Sandy Storm Relief
It’s pretty surprising to see two grown men used to being in the spotlight get giddy in the presence of greatness. But when these men are NBC News anchor Brian Williams and “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart – two of New Jersey’s finest – and the man they’re introducing is arguably the Garden State’s most beloved icon, their reaction added even more resonance to the moving finale of Friday night’s...
Advertisers Place Their Upfront Television Bet$ in Gotham
Major broadcast and cable networks take over venues all across New York City this week for their annual upfront presentations to advertisers. The nonstop series of events runs Monday through Thursday and this year features a distinct Latin flavor. Joining Univision in making presentations of new programming in order to sell upfront advertising are Discovery US Hispanic, Telemundo, Fox Hispanic Media, V-ME and Tr3s, an MTV...
Dissecting the Bin Laden Raid, and New Dead Terrorist Rants
RockCenter’s “Inside the Situation Room” was as dramatic as any television procedural—but with the otherwise incomparable resonance that the NBC News program chronicled what Barack Obama called “the most important day of his presidency.” Talk about keeping secrets from your spouse. Obama revealed to anchor Brian Williams – who got unprecedented access to the president, his top advisers and the two rooms where they watched the...
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