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NBC = Not Being Competitive
The Peacock Network has plummeted to new depths in the latest ratings period. From the New York Times: In Turnabout, NBC Prime Time Lands in the Cellar With every passing week, the sudden blossoming of prime-time success that NBC experienced last fall … Continue reading
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Tagged NBC, New York Times, Not Being Competitive, Now Beaten Corporation, Univision
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More Fantasy Friends For Scott Brown?
It wasn’t kings and queens Scott Brown (R-Wonderland) was having imaginary conversations with this time, it was anonymous White House gremlins. From BuzzFeed: Scott Brown Breaks News Of Nonexistent Fiscal Cliff Offer The senator’s scoop falls flat. “Not true,” an … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzfeed, CNN, Facebook, fiscal cliff, Harry Reid, kings and queens, NBC, Scott Brown, Through the Looking Glass, Wonderland
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“Life Was His Sentence, And Life Is What He Got Back”
The hardworking staff has long believed that Charlie Crews – protagonist of NBC’s primetime drama Life that ran from 2007 to 2009 – is one of the great characters ever to hit the small screen. Played to perfection by Damian Lewis, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Crews, Damian Lewis, Life, NBC, Summer of Indolence
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Sponsors To Donald Trump: You’re Hired!
NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice is to product integration what plaid is to Bermuda shorts. From MediaPost: New Sponsors Join ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ For 12th Season One of the original big-ticket branded entertainment-connected TV shows, “Celebrity Apprentice” has announced a new slate of in-show sponsors: food … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump, Kraft, M&Ms, NBC, Sneak ADtack, sponsors, Walgreens
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For Romney, NBC = New Broadcaster Complaints
Yesterday, it was NBC complaining that the Romney campaign had ripped off footage from the network’s newscast. Now, add ABC, CBS, and CNN to the list of rippees, according to TV Newser: Several networks have asked the Mitt Romney campaign to stop … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Anderson Cooper, Carole Simpson, CBS, CNN, Jan Crawford, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Tom Brokaw
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For Romney, NBC = Not Being Co-opted
As the GOP presidential primary campaign heats up in Florida, new ad from Mitt Romney (R-No More Mr. Nice Mitt) channels NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw circa 1997. From Politico’s Morning Score: ROMNEY’S NEW AD HIGHLIGHTS GINGRICH’S 1997 ETHICS … Continue reading
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Tagged 1997 NBC Nightly News, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Politico Morning Score, Tom Brokaw
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The Grift That Keeps On Giving
You know that bubbly toy expert you just saw on one of the TV morning shows? She’s a shill. From NPR’s On the Media: As product placement becomes pervasive in TV and movies, the line between content continues to blur. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Rhodes, caveat viewer, morning show payola, NBC, NPR, On the Media, Paul Farhi, plugapalooza, Sneak ADtack, Today, Washington Post, WTTG
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NBC Chases ‘Greedwashing’ Bucks
Raise your hand if you watched the American Giving Awards Saturday night. Didn’t think so. The program ran on NBC except it wasn’t a program so much as a promo for JPMorgan Chase, which financed and sponsored it. All they needed was … Continue reading
All The News That’s Fit To Print – Two Weeks Later
The New York Times has finally caught up with Michael Bloomberg’s religion ban at the Ground Zero memorial ceremony on Sunday. From today’s front page piece: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has come under attack by some religious and political leaders for not including … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, CBS, clergy, Ground Zero, Media Research Center, Michael Bloomberg, NBC, New York Times, religion
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