Tag Archives: Television

The bad news about the hysterical Nike soccer streaker ad – “that image is burned on my retina” – is that it was all staged, the streaker is an actor. But the good news is – authenticity-wise anyway – is that he really did nude up for the ad and …

The current wave of reality TV shows, and their frightening success, is leading many in the industry to talk of new business paradigms, grand new vistas of cheaper programming, a no-repeat program calendar (that part’s fine with me), and the return of many prodigal young viewers from cable and the …

I like the one week break between the Conference Finals and the Superbowl: it keeps a lid on the hype, which really seems to pick up steam in the second week. This year it seems more like a big game than a Roman Spectacle, and since the weight of the …

Actress/singer was 54: Nell Carter, who played the sassy, matronly housekeeper on the 1980s sitcom “Gimme a Break!” and received a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” died Thursday, her publicist said. ….Carter was in rehearsals at a Long Beach theater for “Raisin,” the musical …

American Idol 2’s debut Tuesday night drew the largest audience ever for a Fox non-sports show, 26.5 million viewers tuned in: It eclipsed the 22.8 million people who watched Kelly Clarkson win the first “American Idol” competition in September. “We’re having a very happy day at Fox,” said Entertainment President …

We have been hearing about the integration of television and the Internet for some time now. Where is it? We saw some of it at last year from NBC in conjunction with the Winter Olympics, as USA Today notes: During its coverage of last year’s Winter Olympics, NBC cleverly directed …

Even though we got a lot of mileage out of the first go round of American Idol, I had no intention of watching the show’s return. What’s the point? But 24 comes on at 9 and we turned on Fox early just to make sure we wouldn’t miss anything. The …

Speaking of fjord-hoppers, this woman took the rack and ran: “It is crystal clear that she has tried to avoid paying for her breasts,” said Jennifer McShane of Sweden’s Channel 5 to newspaper Expressen. The first episode of the series produced by Strix offers the story of a 28-year-old Norwegian …

We mentioned a few days ago that Stevie Wonder and India.Arie had the first Grammy nomination ever for a song specifically recorded as a commercial. Here’s the next step: ALANA DAVIS is a sort of alternative singer who left her contract with a major record company last summer. The other …

Wired reports that the webmaster of Planet Replay, a ReplayTV user’s site, shut down the section of his site that facilitated sharing recorded programs between ReplayTV owners: On Thursday, Chad Little closed the sharing section of Planet Replay after being deposed by an attorney representing the entertainment companies that are …