Business Takeout: Comcast & GE
Cable giant Comcast is reportedly in negotiations with GE to purchase their television and movies division, NBC Universal. Joining us to talk about this is New York Times finance reporter Louise Story.
View ArticleConan O'Brien in Standoff with NBC
Conan O'Brien refuses to do "The Tonight Show" after midnight. The standoff between Conan O’Brien, Jay Leno, and NBC continues. O’Brien released a statement Tuesday saying he would not make the switch...
View ArticleToday's Showdown on the Morning News Ratings War: Couric v. Palin
ABC and NBC are staging a rematch this morning of the memorable contest between Katie Couric and Sarah Palin in 2008. Couric's interview with Palin in 2008 stalled the meteoric momentum for the vice...
View ArticleActors: A World Without 'Law & Order'?
Panic on the streets of Manhattan: NBC announced this morning that television and New York institution Law & Order has been canceled, confirming reports from Deadline.com Thursday night. What does...
View ArticleYouTube Hits Media Critic Candidate Hit with Privacy Complaint
This will probably fuel Doug Biviano's theory the media is actively working to destroy his candidacy for New York State Assembly (and thus, keep the state's election laws in place): YouTube sent him a...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest: Barely Legal Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss Malcolm Gladwell's latest piece on activism and social media, Law and Order LA and Civil War tourism with Slate's John Swansburg.
View ArticleFormer journo: Olbermann flap is 'about pretending that the media is objective'
Brooke Gladstone underscores an interesting detail about Keith Olbermann: his donations to three Democratic candidates apparently violates a policy of NBC, the less-partisan parent company of MSNBC,...
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Rep. Charlie Rangel still awaits a vote on whether he\'ll be censured by Congress. (Azi Paybarah / wnyc)The House is expected to vote on Rep. Rangel's punishment today, but NBC is out with an email...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest: Swarm of Humbugs Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss director Tom Hooper’s film The King’s Speech and NBC sitcom Community. They’re joined by Slate’s...
View ArticleNBC Outfits City Statues With Capes to Promote TV Show
Fiorello LaGuardia was widely regarded as a super mayor -- but a superhero?Thirty historical statues -- including one of the venerated former New York City Mayor -- are being outfitted with long black...
View ArticleNBC Hopes for a "Smash"
It just might be next big workplace television drama – but it isn’t about doctors or detectives. Aspiring Broadway stars are at the center of the new NBC drama "Smash," which premieres next Monday....
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Half-Time In America Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner review Smash, NBC’s new musical series about the drama of Broadway. Next, they take in Hugo, Martin Scorsese...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Angelina's Leg Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics pick over the 84th Academy Awards ceremony and then sample the edutainment Internet phenomenon known as TED Talks. For their final segment, Gabfesters weigh...
View ArticleSlate, The Culture Gabfest: Scary Mascot Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens discuss the rise and fall of journalist Jonah Lehrer. Next the gang is joined by Slate's own Seth Stevenson to talk Olympic mascots. And...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: Long Shoots of Goldenrod Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss the documentary "The Queen of Versailles," the new NBC show "Revolution," and the question of how best to appreciate the art of the...
View ArticleFor News Anchor Tom Brokaw, Music a Constant Companion
For more than 20 years, Tom Brokaw was the visible symbol of television news at NBC where he served as the award-winning anchor of the "Nightly News." As a reporter he has covered every presidential...
View ArticleIs Network TV Dead Yet?
It’s commonly said now that we’re living in a golden age of television, but try telling that to executives at the Big Four networks. The buzzy shows you love to talk about are on cable, while CBS, ABC,...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon Sells Out(back Steakhouse)
There's a fine line between deftly integrating corporate sponsorship into your show and being a tactless shill. Late night TV hosts, who clearly face pressure to draw in advertising dollars, are keenly...
View ArticleAdrian Romoff, 9-Year-Old Pianist, Makes His Mark on Reality TV, YouTube
AdrianRomoff, the nine-year-old pianist who parlayed early classical training into a showy reality TV act, departed this week from "America's Got Talent" on NBC.But before he was sent home in the...
View ArticleHow to Hate Watch 'Peter Pan Live'
Last December, 22 million people tuned to NBC to watch “The Sound of Music Live Live." It starred country singer Carrie Underwood as Maria Von Trapp, and it was the most-watched Thursday night event in...
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