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Feb 11, 2009 7:59 AM CST

Some Stations Go Digital Next Week

Hundreds of stations switch despite delay

(Newser) - Nearly 700 local TV stations across America plan to switch from analog to digital signals next week despite a new law delaying the transition deadline until June, CNET reports. Congress is worried that 20 million consumers, mostly poor, elderly, or living in rural areas, still don't have the conversion equipment...

Heigl, Knight Leaving Grey's

Feb 10, 2009 3:06 PM CST

Heigl, Knight Leaving Grey's

(Newser) - Neither Katherine Heigl nor TR Knight will return for another season of Grey’s Anatomy, the New York Post reports. The information comes from co-star James Pickens Jr. Neither actor has been happy on the show recently. Knight has complained about lack of screen time, and Heigl has complained about...

Local TV Stations Could Go Off the Air

Feb 10, 2009 1:53 PM CST

Local TV Stations Could Go Off the Air

Networks consider jumping straight to cable

(Newser) - For decades, local TV stations ruled the airwaves and were treated with deference by the likes of ABC, CBS, and NBC, which needed them to reach their audiences. But as the recession has pummeled advertising revenue, most have been forced to make drastic cuts, and the networks are contemplating doing...

Dollhouse
Is Weird, Rich, and Risky

TV Review

Feb 9, 2009 11:35 AM CST

Dollhouse Is Weird, Rich, and Risky

Buffy creator offers another layered, super-powered heroine

(Newser) - Joss Whedon likes to mash up unexpected genres, so after creating teen soap-meets-vampire noir Buffy, it's hardly surprising that new show Dollhouse is a provacative sci-fi procedural "bubbling with Philip K. Dickish mind games." It's too bad it probably won't last, writes Emily Nussbaum in New York, because...

Dudes Get Paid to Goof Off in Recession

Feb 7, 2009 4:09 PM CST

Dudes Get Paid to Goof Off in Recession

CollegeHumor.com brings sophomoric fun to MTV

(Newser) - High above the streets of Manhattan, where recession fears and Madoff angst prevail, a horde of twentysomethings are filling an office with 40,000 plastic balls—or counting how many bags of Doritos a colleague can eat. Meet the folks behind CollegeHumor.com, the popular, if puerile, website whose TV...

'All Obama All the Time'
Garners Mixed Reviews

ANALYSIS

Feb 6, 2009 5:40 PM CST

'All Obama All the Time' Garners Mixed Reviews

(Newser) - You can’t miss President Obama these days, as he undertakes a media blitz that has watchers nodding and shaking their heads in equal proportion, Linton Weeks writes for NPR. “The president who promised to be transparent is actually omniparent—appearing all over tarnation.” Some see the saturation...

Hulu Solves Online Video Puzzle, Cashes In

ANALYSIS

Feb 6, 2009 2:45 PM CST

Hulu Solves Online Video Puzzle, Cashes In

Site has settled many questions of what works in online video

(Newser) - YouTube established online video as a phenomenon almost instantly. But its user-generated content and lack of quality control made advertisers reluctant to embrace it. How then, to monetize online video? Do users want to stream or download, view through web browsers or special applications? Hulu, the video site run by...

New MTV News Show
Puts Disabled in Control

tv review

Feb 5, 2009 7:13 PM CST

New MTV News Show Puts Disabled in Control

New MTV show a surprising success

(Newser) - A new MTV show that features the mentally disabled interviewing celebs and average folks, isn’t as offensive as it sounds, Ellen Gray writes in the Philadelphia Daily News. The show—How's Your News? from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is actually an inclusive endeavor that proves...

Paltrow Adds Cookbook
to Off-Camera Plate

Feb 5, 2009 4:58 PM CST

Paltrow Adds Cookbook to Off-Camera Plate

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be onscreen again until 2010, but she’s filling her time with a gym, a PBS TV show, a website, and now a cookbook, the New York Daily News reports. The book, My Father’s Daughter, will stress the importance of families sharing the table. “...

Boob Tube
Linked to Depression

Feb 3, 2009 2:23 AM CST

Boob Tube Linked to Depression

As teen TV time rises, so does adult depression

(Newser) - Teenagers who watch too much television may risk depression as adults, according to a new study. Each additional hour of daily television viewing by adolescents boosted their odds of becoming depressed as young adults by 8%, reports the Los Angeles Times. Watching videos, playing computer games and listening to the...

Blago Blitzes TV Again Tomorrow

UPDATED

Feb 2, 2009 11:45 AM CST

Blago Blitzes TV Again Tomorrow

Disgraced guv will start with Today , hit Larry King, van Susteren, and Letterman

(Newser) - Though last week’s TV blitz didn’t save his job, Rod Blagojevich is coming back for another round tomorrow, the AP reports. The ousted Illinois governor will start on NBC’s Today and continue into the evening, for interviews with CNN’s Larry King and Fox News’ Greta Van...

This Season's Idols Leaked Online

Feb 2, 2009 10:20 AM CST

This Season's Idols Leaked Online

List of 36 contestants revealed, some never seen in auditions

(Newser) - Warning to American Idol fans: If you don’t like spoilers, be careful what you search for. A list of the contestants who will perform on the new season has been leaked by fan sites, the New York Post reports. The list includes some surprise contestants whose auditions weren’t...

Stork Sneaks Up on Hasselbeck

Jan 29, 2009 11:51 AM CST

Stork Sneaks Up on Hasselbeck

(Newser) - Elisabeth Hasselbeck is expecting her third child in August, and the pregnancy came as a surprise, People reports. “I didn't even know for 2 months,” the co-host told her friends on The View today, noting that she and her husband “were thoroughly happy with the surprise of...

Arrested
Development
Film Is a Go

Jan 29, 2009 11:24 AM CST

Arrested Development Film Is a Go

Rising star Cera is on board for adaptation

(Newser) - After years of rumors and crossed fingers, the Arrested Development movie is finally on, the New York Daily News reports. "The movie is going to happen this year, and Michael Cera is on board. Trust me," said Jeffrey Tambor, patriarch of the dysfunctional TV family. Cera, whose career...

House Rejects Digital TV Delay

Jan 28, 2009 2:07 PM CST

House Rejects Digital TV Delay

Republicans argue deferral will cost broadcasters

(Newser) - The House defeated a bill today to delay the switch to all-digital television, the Washington Post reports. The vote comes two days after the Senate approved extending the deadline to June 12 from Feb. 17, and is a defeat for congressional Democrats and the Obama administration, who want to give...

A-Team Bound for Theaters

Jan 28, 2009 1:11 PM CST

A-Team Bound for Theaters

Joe Carnahan tapped to direct

(Newser) - The A-Team is coming back! Fox has tapped director Joe Carnahan, of Smokin’ Aces fame, to direct a big-budget update of the hugely popular '80s action show, Radar Online reports. Few plot details have emerged, except that it will keep the core story of veterans—now of Iraq, not Vietnam—...

The 10 Best Super Bowl Ads

Jan 27, 2009 12:17 PM CST

The 10 Best Super Bowl Ads

Animals, violence, catchphrases fuel success

(Newser) - Sure, the economy's in the toilet, but there’s always $3 million in the couch cushions for 30 seconds come Super Bowl time. But it remains to be seen whether this year’s crop stick to a reliable winning formula: Include “animals, potty humor, violence, celebrities, sentimentality,” or...

Tough Times
Put Cheap Ads
in Prime Time

Jan 27, 2009 9:35 AM CST

Tough Times Put Cheap Ads in Prime Time

Low airtime costs offer big audience to low-budget spots

(Newser) - The recession has pushed TV advertising rates to a relative pittance, and that’s great news for tools like the PedEgg—a callous remover—and the Snuggie—a blanket with sleeves. Though it may hurt shows’ profiles, “Act Now!” infomercial-style ads have recently broken into primetime, the Washington ...

Matthews Takes Record for Hot Air at Chilly Inauguration

OPINION

Jan 22, 2009 3:25 PM CST

Matthews Takes Record for Hot Air at Chilly Inauguration

MSNBC host's 'sizzling free-associations' provided some hot air in chilly DC

(Newser) - It's a good thing Chris Matthews didn't run for the Senate after all, Jack Shafer writes for Slate, after listening to the MSNBC star let his mouth run wild Inauguration Day. "Drawing from a larder filled with old anecdotes, unreliable metaphors, wacky intuition, and superficial observations, the always-animated Matthews...

Palin Hires Superagent
for Book, TV Deal

Jan 22, 2009 9:41 AM CST

Palin Hires Superagent for Book, TV Deal

Alaska guv enlists superstar attorney

(Newser) - Sarah Palin was notably absent from the capital during the inauguration but she's been busy hiring high-profile DC attorney Robert Barnett to help her score a book deal. Barnett is known for brokering a book for Barack Obama, as well as both Bill and Hillary Clinton, and he is now...