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Drama Builds At HBO As CEO Departs
Drama Builds
At HBO As
CEO Departs
May 8, 2007 8:52 PM CDT

Drama Builds At HBO As CEO Departs

Albrecht takes indefinite leave after drunken arrest Sunday

(Newser) - HBO's capo is making like Tony Soprano and taking an indefinite leave of absence from the cable network. Chris Albrecht, who has led the network since 2002, was arrested by Las Vegas police on Sunday, after officers said they witnessed Albrecht in a violent altercation with his girlfriend.

'Lost' to Unravel Final Mystery
'Lost' to Unravel Final Mystery
May 8, 2007 6:36 AM CDT

'Lost' to Unravel Final Mystery

Producers to unlock the puzzle in 2010 series finale

(Newser) - Lost will end in 2010, ABC announced yesterday, after three more seasons of just 16 episodes each. The unusual strategy is an attempt to reverse a ratings slump caused by scheduling shifts and a slew of increasingly baffling plot twists. Co-creator Damon Lindelof tells USA Today the team behind the...

'Idol' Down To Final Four
'Idol' Down To Final Four
May 3, 2007 9:56 AM CDT

'Idol' Down To Final Four

No more charity for contestants, and Idol 's down to final four.

(Newser) - American voters—135 million strong—sent two "American Idol" finalists home last night, leaving three women and one man in the running. Smooth-domed Phil Stacey and Justin Timberlake-esque hearthrob Chris Richardson got the boot, but neither seemed distraught: A spot in the top six is a fine career starter,...

Dolans' Offer Scores With Cablevision

Third time's the charm for founding family buying back the company

(Newser) - The Dolans have finally  struck a deal to take Cablevision private. The $10.6 billion transaction, announced today, ends two years of wrangling with the entertainment conglomerate's board, and is a victory for Charles, the company's 80-year-old founder and his son James, now CEO.

Dolans Make Third Run At Buying Back Cablevision

Offer shows confidence in cable future

(Newser) - Cablevision's founding family is close to taking the entertainment giant private, the Journal reports. The Dolans have tried and failed twice since 2005 to strike a deal with the board, but the third time may be the charm. The magic number is $36 a share, up from $30 in an...

Roseanne Eyed as New Rosie
Roseanne Eyed as New Rosie
May 1, 2007 8:45 AM CDT

Roseanne Eyed as New Rosie

She has a big enough mouth, if outspoken still suits "The View"

(Newser) - They can gab all they want about Elisabeth Hasselbeck's second pregnancy; it's Rosie's successor come June "The View" stalwarts are obsessing over. The Post claims the smart money is on Roseanne Barr—talk about typecasting—but other names circulating include Whoopi Goldberg, Connie Chung, and  Kathie Lee Gifford.

Rosie's Leaving &quot;The View&quot;
Rosie's Leaving "The View"
Apr 25, 2007 9:57 AM CDT

Rosie's Leaving "The View"

Controversial host will depart in June

(Newser) - Loose-cannon comedienne Rosie O'Donnell will give up her post as a co-host of ABC's "The View" in June, after a one-year stint marked by public tiffs with celebs like Donald Trump that embarrassed "View" doyenne Barbara Walters.

Cowell Defends Eye-Roll at VA Tech Tribute

Killjoy judge says he didn't mean to disrespect victims

(Newser) - Notorious wet blanket Simon Cowell insists he was not rolling his eyes at a contestant's tribute to the Virginia Tech victims during Tuesday's "American Idol." What viewers saw, the blunt British judge says, was a reaction to the performance, not the remarks, of "Idol" hopeful Chris Richardson.

Sanjaya Gets The Boot
Sanjaya Gets
The Boot
Apr 19, 2007 7:50 AM CDT

Sanjaya Gets The Boot

Loved, hated, off-key 'Idol' contestant says goodbye at last

(Newser) - Reality caught up with reality TV last night, when "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar was finally booted from the show. Sanjaya, as he's known to legions of fans and detractors, gained attention for his missed notes, his faux-hawk, and his popularity on the sabotage website votefortheworst.com

MTV Meets Web 2.0 Halfway
MTV Meets Web 2.0 Halfway
Apr 17, 2007 1:26 PM CDT

MTV Meets Web 2.0 Halfway

Will user-generated content, viral videos, be fountain of youth?

(Newser) - MTV is fighting an unprecedented drop-off in ratings by tapping straight into the YouTube generation. The revamped bastion of youth culture will be less cable channel and more media hub, letting its teen viewers decide—and create—what they want to see, while keeping them connected to their digital world.

Doe-Eyed Sanjaya Divides America
Doe-Eyed Sanjaya Divides America
Apr 12, 2007 9:09 AM CDT

Doe-Eyed Sanjaya Divides America

Idol , not Iraq, galvanizes youth vote

(Newser) - American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar, the waifish breakout star who lacks only a singing voice, is America’s latest wedge issue, according to The New Republic. One teenager went on hunger strike for 16 days to protest Sanjaya's continued presence, sparking a counter protest of "Binge Eating for Sanjaya"...

Advertisers Dump Imus
Advertisers
Dump Imus
Apr 11, 2007 12:01 PM CDT

Advertisers Dump Imus

Procter & Gamble and others pull ad dollars after racist comment

(Newser) - Piling on to the mounting outrage against Don Imus, three advertisers have pulled their support from the CBS radio show or its simulcast MSNBC TV program. The three include marketing heavyweight Procter & Gamble, Staples and Bigelow Tea, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Fall, And Rise, Of Television
The Fall,
And Rise, Of Television
Apr 7, 2007 11:11 AM CDT

The Fall, And Rise, Of Television

New outlets, "small TV" programming shifting the idiot-box paradigm

(Newser) - TV executives are biting their nails over the future of their medium, even as conventional indicators suggest it's never been stronger. Wired reports that sitcoms and dramas are winning, not losing, audiences, but through financially amorphous pipelines like DVDs, iTunes downloads and even homemade web-casts. "Traditional TV won't be...

Advertisers Won't Get It on eBay
Advertisers Won't Get
It on eBay
Apr 6, 2007 9:34 AM CDT

Advertisers Won't Get It on eBay

Stations opt out of TV-ad auction site

(Newser) - Cable networks are boycotting eBay's experiment in auctioning television airtime to ad houses, in a decision that could ground its nascent spin-off site. The networks protest that Online Media Exchange, which eBay claimed would reduce inefficiency, doesn't account for today's complex targeting and multimedia promotional packages.

Stop Crying About Anna Nicole Coverage

It's not the crime they're telling you it is

(Newser) - The all-Anna-all-the-time formula cable news networks embraced after the heiress' death was not the sin against the intellect commentators are bemoaning, argues Slate columnist Jack Schafer. In fact, he says, viewers may have actually learned something from the in-depth coverage of the complex legal issues surrounding Smith.

&quot;30 Rock&quot; Is In A Hard Place
"30 Rock" Is In
 A Hard Place
Apr 4, 2007 6:44 AM CDT

"30 Rock" Is In A Hard Place

Sure critics like it, but it's up against Grey's Anatomy

(Newser) - Tina Fey takes things a lot more calmly than her strung-out alter-ego on "30 Rock,"  and it's a good thing: the TV comedy about a TV comedy is on very, very thin ice. NBC is expected to pick it up for another season, reports the LA Times,...

Google Scores First Deal to Serve TV Commercials

Automated system allows advertisers to buy and track commercials

(Newser) - Drunk with its success at dominating the internet ad business, Google wants to start serving up TV commercials, too. The first company to sign up is EchoStar Communications, a satellite TV provider which will announce today a deal with Google to broker commercials across its 125 TV channels.

Whew! Mills Survives Week One
Whew!
Mills Survives Week One
Mar 29, 2007 11:51 AM CDT

Whew! Mills Survives Week One

Beatles ex chats about Dancing With the Stars on just one good leg

(Newser) - Disabled Dancing With the Stars contestant and tabloid target Heather Mills (formerly Ms McCartney) says her one leg "turned to jelly" when she realized she was staying for another week on the show. Mills writes about her experience for USA Today, talking up her designated charities (Vegetarians International Voice...

Idol Boots Curly-Haired Christian
Idol Boots Curly-Haired Christian
Mar 29, 2007 11:30 AM CDT

Idol Boots Curly-Haired Christian

Clever, chubby Chris Sligh gets axe; nine little Idols remain

(Newser) - Crimped contestant Chris Sligh was voted off this season's American Idol last night, just minutes after Simon Cowell predicted that it would be, "Bye-bye-curly." Sligh was known for being clever, chubby, and Christian—as well as his shock-mop curls. Saved from elimination was improbable teen hearthrob Sanjaya Malakar,...

Old News Rules in New China
Old News Rules in New China    
Mar 23, 2007 2:52 PM CDT

Old News Rules in New China

Communist propaganda is alive and well in world's fastest-growing economy

(Newser) - Just about the only Western consumer product the Chinese aren't buying these days is news:  they're clinging tenaciously to their stodgy, state-run nighty news program, where not even the hairstyles have changed in decades.

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