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Local-News Bloopers Are Always Funny, Cont'd

Via The Huffington Post, anchor Sue Simmons (whom non-NYCers may know from a reference in Fountains of Wayne’s Traffic and Weather) busts out Ron Burgundy-style with a profanity in the middle of a 11 p.m. news tease (NSFW, unless you curse a lot at work): In fairness to Simmons, it is possible that randomly screaming [...]

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ABC's Schedule: Old Shows, Old School

ABC announced its new fall drama in a Manhattan press conference this morning. That is not a typo: its new fall drama, singular, is a remake of the British show Life on Mars, in which a modern-day cop has a car accident and wakes up in what appears to be 1973. The network’s new reality [...]

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The Morning After: Brit Invasion

HIMYM and Spears continue their marriage of convenience. / Cliff Lipson/CBS In a bit of good upfront-week news, How I Met Your Mother was picked up for another season on CBS. That’s something to keep in mind when sitting through an episode like last night’s, with Britney Spears, who probably had at least a little [...]

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NBC's Upfront Experience: Death by Media

NBC Universal readies to battle for your advertising dollar. / NBC When you enter the NBC Universal Experience, the first thing you see is a wall of screens, none of them playing anything someone ten years ago would have recognized as TV. There are in-supermarket video/advertising displays and in-taxi displays. NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker [...]