and Mun2, is hoping that a heavy dose of Olympic coverage will help the channels cut into rival
's ratings lead. The two channels will carry 173 hours of Olympics coverage. Details of NBC's plans to boost Telemundo with the Olympics from
. Most events will be carried live, with hilights filling in Prime Time and late night as needed.
Rupert Murdoch wants to get bigger in Australia. (Associated Press / June 20, 2012) Big deal. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has made an offer of $2 billion for Australia's Consolidated Media Holdings. News Corp. is already partners with Consolidated Media on two very popular pay-TV channels in Australia. The deal would give News Corp. more control of the assets and expand its hold on the TV market there. Details on the offer from the Wall Street Journal.? |
First Day or Summer..if the day starts at 6 PM.
After the coffee. Before getting my own intern.?
The Skinny: It's not looking good for the Thunder is it? If the series only goes five games it's also bad news for ABC and ESPN because more games means more dollars. Wednesday's headlines include Rupert Murdoch's big deal in Australia, a debate about illegal downloads of music and Aaron Sorkin says the protagonist of his new drama "The Newsroom" was not, repeat not, inspired by Keith Olbermann.
Daily Dose: One might think that an aspirational drama set in a TV newsroom would get rave reviews from critics. That's not the case with "The Newsroom," Aaron Sorkin's new HBO show. ?The Newsroom? gets so bad so quickly that I found my jaw dropping," wrote the New Yorker's Emily Nussbaum. The Huffington Post's Maureen Ryan called it a "dramatically inert, infuriating mess." I've watched 3? episodes and I'll just say the smug is so thick you can cut it with a knife.
Our top story. This Sunday, HBO debuts Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom," a drama set inside a cable news network. Sorkin tells USA Today that "Newsroom" is a "valentine for those people who are out there fighting the good fight." An interesting nugget from the story is Sorkin's dismissal of suggestions by Keith Olbermann that the protagonist is a not-so-loosely based version of the former MSNBC and Current TV personality.?"The character has nothing to do with Keith Olbermann," Sorkin said, adding, "It's not based on or even inspired remotely by Keith, a man who I've spent about five minutes with in my entire life."
In a major milestone for the Fox Business Network, "Lou Dobbs Tonight" beat CNBC's "The Kudlow Report" in viewers last week for the first time.According to Nielsen, "Lou Dobbs Tonight" averaged 139,000 nightly viewers while "The Kudlow Report," starring economist Lawrence Kudlow, averaged 122,000. In the adults 25-54 demographic, which is the most important group to news channels, Kudlow had 32,000 viewers to Dobbs' 28,000. To find our?more click on More,
?A scene from "Gears of War 3" (Microsoft)
The deal comes after Epic has for the last several years been seeking a buyer or investor, according to several people briefed on the matter but not authorized to speak publicly. As recently as early this year, Epic was asking potential partners for a valuation of about $1 billion, those people said. More..
Standing in the foreground, actress Laura Weissbecker, left, actress Zhang Lanxin, actor Jackie Chan and actress Yao Xingtong arrive at the red carpet during the opening ceremony for the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival at Shanghai Grand Theatre on Saturday. (ChinaFotoPress / June 19, 2012) |
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Hollywood studio films garnered about three-quarters of China's ticket sales from January through March, leaving Chinese filmmakers wringing their hands at an industry that can't seem to make or promote homegrown films that attract a hometown crowd.With the gross box office for the first quarter hitting $589 million, up 39% from the same period in 2011, many Chinese directors fear being left behind as more Hollywood films are allowed in under a recent deal cut between Washington and Beijing.
Working with comparatively tiny budgets and with censorship binding one creative hand behind their backs, an all-male gallery of China's leading directors gathered to troubleshoot at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival on Monday at a forum titled ?Road of Redemption for Chinese-language Films.?
Lu Chuan, director of the 2009 critically acclaimed hit ?City of Life and Death,? said the release of his latest film, ?The Last Supper,? an ancient tale of two rival warlords, had been delayed by the Film Bureau, probably until after the National Party Congress this year.
?The film business is not a tool for propaganda, but a medium for entertainment,? Lu said. ?I made this film in November of last year, but once we finished production, we couldn't predict what would happen in 2012. I know the difficulties are temporary, but I don't know what to say. I just have to wait.? To continue reading click on More..
Girl in the hood. The much-anticipated indie movie "Middle of Nowhere" doesn't stand out just for its plot about a woman who tries to keep her marriage going while her husband is in prison. The movie is also set in South Los Angeles, which most filmmakers avoid and those that don't are usually focused on gang-themed movies, not love stories. ?When people think South-Central or Compton, it?s all 'Boyz n the Hood,' " said?Ava DuVernay, who took home the best drama director at this year's Sundance Film Festival. More on the making of "Middle of Nowhere" from the Los Angeles Times.
The great debate. National Public Radio intern Emily White's blog post detailing her resistance to paying for music she acquires online has lit a fire under the age-old debate about who gets hurts most by illegal downloads and whether it is morally wrong. Musician David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven) wrote an almost-4,000-word response taking White and Generation Y to task. "Congratulations, your generation is the first generation in history to rebel by unsticking it to the man and instead sticking it to the weirdo freak musicians!" Lowery cracked. A look at the back-and-forth from the New York Times.
Stand by your man. Although recent interviews would seem to indicate Charlie Sheen hasn't slowed down too much from his wild ways, FX President John Landgraf has no regrets and thinks the actor's new sitcom "Anger Management" will be huge. "I think it's going to do really well," he tells Broadcasting & Cable.
In the Los Angeles Times: Mary McNamara on ABC Family's "Baby Daddy." Fox Business News scores a win over CNBC.
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