What’s more realistic, Survivor and The Amazing Race or 24 and CSI? What’s more ironic, House and Grey’s Anatomy or Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty? Still rather see American Idol or Lost? Can any TV series ever outdo Oprah? For TV show rants and the Emmys, eyes on the screen.
- Advertisers wary of digital TV’s bite (The Age)
Commercial free-to-air TV networks are calling on advertisers to cut them some slack over figures that appear to confirm fears audiences are fleeing to digital. - LIN TV posts 4Q profit, reversing a year-ago loss (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
LIN TV Corp., a television and online news company, posted a fourth-quarter profit Thursday, reversing a year-ago loss that was weighed by large impairment charges. - Samsung unveils world’s first 3-D LED TV sets (AFP via Yahoo! News)
With the star power of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and “Avatar” director James Cameron, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics giant late Wednesday unveiled the world’s first 3-D TV technology aimed at revolutionizing the home viewing experience.
TV Shows
- Lakeville man sues popular TV show, claims he was tricked (Lakeville Thisweek)
A Lakeville man is suing the producers of the popular CBS television show “The Doctors,” alleging he was tricked into appearing on the show and discussing genital blemishes he was trying to have removed. - Conan O’Brien takes his show to theaters (USA Today)
Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O’Brien is taking his act on the road. - Conan O’Brien takes his show to theaters in 30-city tour (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O’Brien is taking his act on the road. The former “Tonight Show” host announced a 30-city theater tour on Thursday. Sidekick Andy Richter and the former “Tonight Show” band will join O’Brien for what he calls “a night of music, comedy, hugging and the occasional awkward silence.”…
TV Series
- Human Target: Comic Book vs. TV Series (UGO – UnderGroundOnline)
Does Human Target live up to it’s long comic book legacy? I know I’m a little late to the party here, but last night I watched my first full episode of the new FOX series, Human Target . As a fan of the comic the show is based on, part of the reason I hesistant to get into the show was the worry that they wouldn’t capture the tone of the books. - HISTORY(TM)’S Television Series “BATTLES BC,” Wins Interactive TV Industry Awards (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 03/11/10) – HISTORY has garnered two awards for the interactive TV content in its television series, BATTLES BC. The series was awarded Best iTV Program by DISH Network at its 9th Annual Interactive Television Summit Awards and the Best Newcomer at the recent TV of Tomorrow Show 2010 in San Francisco. Ensequence , an int… - Obama to speak to bankers, preview WWII series (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama speaks at a banking conference Thursday, holds more meetings on health care and gets a look at a new TV series about World War II.
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