Picture of the day
Taken from the Trib’s website: The 1st annual Tractors On Parade Over the Eisenhower.
Jammin’ Oldies is back (updated)
I guess you can’t keep a bad format down for so long…. WILV, 103.5 The Beat, oops… I mean 100.3 LoveFM launched a new ad campaign and website designed to boost its sagging numbers… That’s a great “what worked in 1999 can work in 2007 approach.” Yeah, and there was a dot-com bubble then too. On the bright side, former […]
Enough already!
Ah, the rare Sunday post… Can anyone tell me why NBC is airing a Blackhawks-Blue Jackets hockey game this afternoon? (Given the NHL’s stupidity, it’s no surprise.) Can anyone tell me why the Bulls have three straight national TV appearances in which they lost two in a row and will likely lose tonight at Phoenix? Haven’t our city’s image suffered […]
Good Survivor, Bad Survivor
Much like Chicago Bears QB Rex Grossman, many are wondering which Survivor will show up – Good Survivor – the one that’s a money demo powerhouse and a program that genterates plenty or buzz. Or it is Bad Survivor – a program that continues to fall in the ratings each time it premieres and erodes from tougher competition, including NBC’s […]
New links on the right
We’re adding two new media news links on the right: TVNewsday, a new website that mixes in original reporting and linked stories from other sites. The editor and publisher of the website is a familiar name to Broadcasting & Cable readers: Harry Jessell, who was a reporter and editor at the magazine from 1978 to 2004, is editor and publisher […]
DaVinci’s back for more
The series may have ended in its native Canada some time ago, but the program continues to roll on in the U.S.: DaVinci’s Inquest, the former CBC drama featuring Nicholas Campbell as Vancouver’s coroner, is returning for a third season in syndication. Program Partners has cleared the procedural drama in 98 percent of the country including all top 20 markets. […]
Anna Nicole Smith Dies
The former model and Playboy Playmate and reality TV star (E!’s The Anna Nicole Smith Show, 2002-04) was found dead in a hotel room in Hollywood, Fla. this afternoon. She was 39. Link: Chicago Tribune Link: Entertainment Tonight
Touchtone Television becomes ABC Television Studio
In a move that will also likely mean the end of the Touchtone and Buena Vista names (as far as television is concerned,) The Walt Disney Co. has renamed its network TV unit ABC Television Studio and its Buena Vista Games video game unit to Disney Interactive Studios. This comes as Disney wants to streamline its media properties to fall […]
Super Bowl Ads: Super Duds
More on the Super Bowl ads, which became a super joke: – Phil Rosenthal wrote in the Tribune that the like the Bears, the ads fell short of goal, especially the CareerBuilder.com ad, which ditched the popular monkeys for workers in the jungle. (Personally, I wish they would put more effort into making a better connection between job seekers and […]
CBS sells TV stations
CBS Corp. announced today it is selling seven of its owned and operated stations to equity-firm Cerberus Capital Management for $185 million dollars. The deal includes CBS affiliates in Austin TX, Salt Lake City (and its satellite station), CW affiliates in Providence and West Palm Beach, along with two low-power stations in the latter market. Surprisingly, CBS did not sell […]
Best Super Bowl Commercials
[This was originally posted Monday night, but was taken down because of technical and editing problems – but it’s back up now -enjoy! :0) ]A little footnote : This isn’t the most creative batch of commercials to come out this year. The effort -much like the game – was sloppy. On that note, here are the The T Dog Blog’s […]
Worst Super Bowl Commercials
Later today, We’ll post our top ten best Super Bowl commercials (along with video of the winner), but for now – here is the top ten worst (I suppose if Rex Grossman’s performance was an ad, it would easily top the list….) Here’s the top ten (we’ll do the Casey Kasem style from 10 -to-1 – in the best SB […]
Bears lose
Bears lose to the Colts 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI. A Chicago team loses in a Championship game for the first time since in 15 years (Blackhawks lost to Penguins in Game 4 of Stanley Cup Finals at Chicago Stadium.) Congrats to the Colts, and hats off to MVP Peyton Manning for playing a good game, and especially to head […]