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Tribute to Trailblazing Comedy Queen: We Love Lucy
4 years ago

Tribute to Trailblazing Comedy Queen: We Love Lucy

A fitting tribute to trailblazing comedy queen and pioneer Lucille Ball premieres Saturday, September 12th at 8PM ET on the Reelz independent television  network. "Lucille Ball: We Love Lucy" shows viewers how the infamous redhead's groundbreaking work ethic and comedy paved the road for change in the entertainment industry for women that still resonates to [...]
Emmy® Awards Nominations Goes Virtual, Will the Show?
4 years ago

Emmy® Awards Nominations Goes Virtual, Will the Show?

The 72nd Annual Emmy Awards nominations announcement goes virtual, will the show? Highlights of nominees.
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Pricey Super Bowl Ad Spots that Socially Sparked 4 Change
4 years ago

Pricey Super Bowl Ad Spots that Socially Sparked 4 Change

This year’s pricey Super Bowl Ad spots did not deter some brands to advertise their social responsibility messages for social change. The ad spots came at the high price of $5.6 million dollars, and that’s just for a thirty second spot! Yet, social justice messages flooded the Big Game’s Ads in 2020 reflective of the [...]
A History Making Emmys® 2019
5 years ago

A History Making Emmys® 2019

It was a history making Emmys Show last night at the 71st Prime Time Emmy® Awards as actor Billy Porter became the first openly gay black man to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Pose on FX Network. The evening's historical moments were many at LA's The Microsoft Theater and totally Socially [...]
Who Will Receive the Coveted Emmy Award?
5 years ago

Who Will Receive the Coveted Emmy Award?

Who will receive the coveted Emmy Award this year? Tonight marks television's biggest night as the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in U.S. prime time TV programming from June 1, 2018 until May 31, 2019. Chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, this year's ceremony will be held on September 22nd [...]
TV’s Parks and Recreation Pops Up in Chicago
5 years ago

TV’s Parks and Recreation Pops Up in Chicago

TV’s Parks and Recreation Show pops-up in Chicago today in the form of a north side bar’s transformation into a themed pop-up of the iconic sitcom. NBC’s hit show may be over, but the gang from Pawnee, Indiana is not. Fans will now be able to hang out with Leslie Knoepe and the gang at [...]
Commercials for a Cause: Social Justice Messages Flood Big Game Ads
6 years ago

Commercials for a Cause: Social Justice Messages Flood Big Game Ads

Commercials with social justice messages flood the Big Game’s Ads in 2018. TV Ads were laced with social messages reflective of the times – sans political slants – and Socially Sparked® our lives. Brand after brand chose to highlight their social responsibility platforms au lieu de their usual promotional messaging. Diversity, equality, environment, family, pediatric [...]
All Upstream for 2018 Football Viewers
6 years ago

All Upstream for 2018 Football Viewers

It's all upstream for Football viewers and fans alike come Sunday's Big Game Day. The advent of live stream offerings is plentiful, ensuring that everyone has full access to watch all the Big Game hoopla, commercials, half-time show and action. No TV access, no worries. Now, viewers can live stream off any device or computer. [...]
Streaming and Sportsless: Cable TV’s Cord-Cutting Answer
7 years ago

Streaming and Sportsless: Cable TV’s Cord-Cutting Answer

Skinny and Sportsless There is a new skinny-bundle streaming service entering the ever-growing crowded field, but this one will be Streaming and Sportsless. With the cord-cutting movement increasing in popularity, many cable TV programmers are hoping an entertainment-only TV bundled service will be the answer. Cable Networks including Viacom Inc., Discovery Communications, AMC Networks, A+E [...]
He’s the Real Thing and Telling All – Kenny Kramer Memoir
7 years ago

He’s the Real Thing and Telling All – Kenny Kramer Memoir

The Real Kenny Kramer One thing Kenny Kramer is not is Fake. He's the Real Thing.   Kenny Kramer is many things -- a Comedian; the Real Kramer; a Jewelry Designer; a Tour Operator; a former Libertine NYC Mayoral Candidate; a single Dad; a Yankee fan, and soon to be Author of Kenny Kramer - [...]
Internet Television’s Next Wave
7 years ago

Internet Television’s Next Wave

Internet Television’s next wave. Is the next wave of choice in internet television with TVTibi? The playing field in the internet TV space continues to grow at lightning speed. While …
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Landmarks Inaugural In Concert TV Show Debuts Tonight
7 years ago

Landmarks Inaugural In Concert TV Show Debuts Tonight

Landmarks Live Inaugural in Concert TV Show Premieres Tonight within the Great Performances series on PBS at 9:00 ET. The first in a series of eight Landmarks Live In Concert performances from magical …
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Alan Thicke Dies of Heart Attack at Age 69
7 years ago

Alan Thicke Dies of Heart Attack at Age 69

 

Alan Thicke (69) one of everybody’s favorite TV Dads dies of a heart attack at today’s young age of 69. Best known as Dr. Jason Seaver in the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains, his …
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RIP Grant Tinker: TV Icon Socially Sparked Our Lives
7 years ago

RIP Grant Tinker: TV Icon Socially Sparked Our Lives

RIP Grant Tinker, television icon, producer and former NBC Chairman, who passed away Monday in his Los Angeles home at the spritely age of 90. Tinker is perhaps best known …
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Lovely Lady: Actress Florence Henderson Dies at 82
7 years ago

Lovely Lady: Actress Florence Henderson Dies at 82

Lovely lady actress Florence Henderson, probably best known to most as everybody’s wholesome mom to love–dies at the young age of 82.  The portrayer of Carol Brady in the ’70s …
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Internet TV: Back to the Future Part II
7 years ago

Internet TV: Back to the Future Part II

When it comes to internet TV, it really is back to the future or what’s old is new again, as first reported in last week’s post, Back to the Future …
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Back to the Future with OTT
7 years ago

Back to the Future with OTT

In some ways, the future of Over-the-Top (OTT) appears to be following in its cable TV predecessors’ footsteps. That’s how I felt after hearing a panel on The Future of …
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It’s all About that Influence in a Digital World
8 years ago

It’s all About that Influence in a Digital World

It’s all about that influence when it comes to building brand awareness, consumer engagement, fans and loyalty in today’s digital world. And, the key to long term success is the …
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