NBC Fictional narratives presented in news-bulletin format have always been a magnet for controversy. Orson Welles’ 1938 radio episode “The War of the Worlds” comes to mind, which caused widespread panic after audiences mistook it for an announcement of a real Martian invasion. Welles’ Halloween special was supposed to be an adaptation of H.G. Wells’…

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Everett Collection In June 1975, when Fred Silverman became president of ABC Entertainment, ABC had routinely ranked in third place among broadcast networks. But Frederick S. Pierce, ABC Television’s president, said at the time of Silverman’s hiring that the young upstart would “give us the shot in the arm we need,” per The New York…

Show Caption Hide Caption ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Phil Robertson Dead Aged 79 Phil Robertson, star of ‘Duck Dynasty,’ has passed away at the age of 79 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. unbranded – Entertainment Vertical Kay Robertson’s health remains fragile following the death of her husband, Phil Robertson. She is suffering from depression after…

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Hulu’s Paradise is a captivating political thriller from the mind of Dan Fogelman (creator of This is Us). The series is about a Secret Service agent Xavier (Sterling K. Brown) who makes it his mission to figure out who killed the President of the United States (James Marsden). Xavier’s pursuit of unlocking this mystery makes…

Saturday afternoon out west and evening back east, as citizens faced off against ICE agents in the streets of Los Angeles, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney’s 2005 dramatic film tribute to CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, became a Major Television Event, broadcast live from Manhattan’s Winter Garden Theater, by CNN and Max. That…

New Line Cinema Though we live in the age of “newstalgia,” whereby old shows and movies are re-presented to younger audiences as if they were new, the truth is that Hollywood has been in the newstalgia game since its inception. Sure, streaming has taken the industry’s over-reliance on leveraging existing IP to stratospheric heights, but…

I’ve been following Big Brother pretty heavily for years now, but as someone who got into the show ahead of Season 21, there’s still a lot I haven’t seen. As such, it’s become a tradition to watch one classic season with my Paramount+ subscription before a new one hits television, and with Big Brother Season…

BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Metro Council could approve an agreement in the coming weeks that would feature Baton Rouge Police Department on a live reality television show called “On Patrol: Live.” The show features live broadcasts of ride-alongs with police officers. It is broadcast with a delay to avoid any footage that may…