TV News

Mar
19 2001
Leave it to the insurance types with their legal babble to ruin everything -- and that's including "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Reports today say that Buena Vista Entertainment, the ABC/Disney production wing behind the champion game show...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: 'The Sopranos' Sings

By: Fiona Ng
11:50am EST
"The Sopranos' " stranglehold on awards shows no sign of weakening. HBO's runaway mob series -- a hit at last month's Golden Globes -- has staked out four nominations for best direction in a TV series from the Directors Guild of America...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: Dave's Special Friends

By: Fiona Ng
11:50am EST
David Letterman or no, CBS is determined to milk those "Late Show" reruns and famous guest host offers for all they're worth. The network has announced that another week of Letterman reruns is in store for the "Late Night" time slot -- albeit...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: Cutting Loose 'Buffy'?

By: Steve Ryfle
11:50am EST
Will Sarah Michelle Gellar and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" be headed for greener (as in money) pastures at the end of the 2000-2001 TV season? According to a report in Seventeen magazine, WB network executives are already grousing about the...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: Regis Wants to Be a Millionaire

By: Ellen Kim
11:50am EST
Although ABC's giant "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is making lots of folks richer (including network suits), a couple of people still aren't happy. One, apparently, is host Regis Philbin, who reportedly is making eyes at his contestants' money...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: Cox Arquette Likes 'Friends'

By: Fiona Ng
11:50am EST
The (possible) seventh season of NBC's long-running hit "Friends" will be sure to boast at least one of its original cast members. Core Friend Courteney Cox Arquette tells Britain's TV Times that she has no plans whatsoever to leave the Top...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: Guest Host Wanted

By: Fiona Ng
11:50am EST
How about this for a "Late Show" Top 10 list idea: "People Most Likely to Replace Dave During His Recovery." That's right, "Late Show" fans. Indefinite weeks of reruns may finally be over as producers of the late night talk show contemplate...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: Barbara who?

By: Fiona Ng
11:50am EST
Is Diane Sawyer further honing in on the turf of Barbara Walters? Probably, as the name game of ABC's venerable television magazine "20/20" continues. USA Today reported Tuesday that head honchos over at ABC news are once again thinking...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: Touched By Another 'Angel'

By: Fiona Ng
11:50am EST
Will Della Reese's guardian angels also be looking over the shoulders of Blair Underwood? CBS execs and Steven Bochco, producer of the new series "City of Angels," certainly hope so. The drama, starring Underwood, Vivica A. Fox and a...
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Mar
19 2001

TV STUFF: 'Late Show' Goes on Repeat Shift

By: Joal Ryan
11:50am EST
Gone 'til March. That's what it's looking like at CBS, where its franchise late-night show (name of, um, "Late Night") might be out of commission for up to 10 weeks while host David Letterman rehabs from emergency quintuple bypass surgery. ...
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Dec
31 1899

Must-Flush TV? 10 People, One Toilet

By: Fiona Ng
7:00pm EST
HOLLYWOOD, July 3, 2000 - For many, the Big Brother universe depicted in George Orwell's "1984" may be a resounding social critique on, oh, totalitarianism. But to the folks at CBS, it's just another damn good idea for a reality-based game show...
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Dec
31 1899
London-based Ben Silverman of the William Morris Agency is being credited with opening American doors for British producers of such hit game and reality shows as Survivor, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Weakest Link and the upcoming Dog Eat Dog...
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Dec
31 1899

"Carmen" is red hot for MTV

By: Lew Irwin
7:00pm EST
Tuesday night's MTV "hip-hopera" -- based on Bizet's Carmen -- managed to draw more teen viewers than any competing show on the broadcast networks, despite the fact that the cable network can be seen in only 77 percent of U.S. households.
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