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Blog Entries for Thursday, January 31
'American Idol' final audition episode in Oklahoma City recap
Carrie Underwood's home state of Oklahoma gets its first visit from "American Idol." But the producers did not highlight particularly good talent tonight. Instead, it was one inspiring back story and some goofy personalities including the incredibly annoying Zoanette Johnson. Over the single hour, we only saw six singers for ...
11 Alive revamps graphics, set
WXIA-TV, the local NBC affiliate, has modernized its set and look for 2013. With guidance from owners Gannett, WXIA revamped the set, shrinking the desk area, opening up the newsroom and featuring a monstrous screen, made up of 12 55-inch screens. Stories will be color-coded along the lines of USA ...
TV bits: John Schneider working with Tyler Perry; TBS cancels 'Wedding Band,' profile of Brett Butler
- Atlanta-based TBS cancels "Wedding Band," according to an exclusive story in The Hollywood Reporter. It seemed like the Brian Austin Green vehicle was never given a real vote of confidence from TBS, especially when the network scheduled the show on Saturday night, known as Death Valley for most original ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, January 30
Former Conyers' resident Jack McBrayer says goodbye to '30 Rock'
Seven sesaons, 138 episodes and about 10,000 jokes later, NBC's "30 Rock" has its curtain call tonight at 8 p.m. (January 31). And look at sweet-grinnin' Kenneth now! Once a lowly page (and briefly in the janitorial arts), he enters tonight's one-hour finale as president of NBC. It's a glorious ...
'American Idol' season 12 Long Beach/San Antonio audition recap
"Idol" is finally dispensing with all the "tension" among judges and focused mostly on the talent. And there was plenty to choose from. Over two hours, we heard 15 singers who made it to Hollywood and only a few losers. In San Antonio for the first time in six years, ...
Praise 102.5 wins Stellar Award
Praise 102.5/102.9 won a Stellar Award earlier this month as Major Market Gospel Station of the Year. The station debuted in 2001 and quickly became the largest gospel station in the nation. The Stellar Awards are the gospel equivalent of the Grammys. "I am happy for my team here," said ...
'Idol' tweaks format, with 10 finalists, gender splits through Hollywood
"Idol" is tweaking the formatics this year. There will be only six audition episodes, the fewest since at least season two. Usually, they air eight or nine. This means more Hollywood episodes, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I start getting tired of audition episodes by the third week ...
Erick Erickson leaving CNN for Fox News
Atlanta-based Red State blogger and columnist Erick Erickson is leaving CNN for Fox News. He joined CNN in 2010 as a contributor to the now-defunct "John King USA" program. He has since provided commentary for the network when needed at different times of the day. In a lengthy note on his ...
Rock 100.5 teasing changes coming Friday
Five-year-old Rock 100.5 announced that "big" changes are coming Friday at 10 a.m. Word on the street is the station is going to start skewing younger by adding some of the music from the Bone and cutting back on classic rock. This way, Rock 100.5 can differentiate itself from 97.1/The ...
Sanjay Gupta brings his book 'Monday Mornings' to TNT as a medical drama Feb. 4
During the first episode of TNT's new medical drama "Monday Mornings," Alfred Molina's character Dr. Harding Hooten asks a neurosurgeon's why he's nicknamed "007" by his colleagues. "I believe it has something to do with, 'Licensed to Kill,' " the doctor said, wincing. "Not a very nice nickname for a ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, January 29
'Real Housewives of Atlanta' has record ratings Sunday: 4 million viewers!
When "The Real Housewives of Atlanta' ratings sagged toward the end of season four, there was talk (and hope by some non-fans) that the show had reached that inexorable stage of lost buzz and erosion of viewers. But that's not to be. Credit new cast member Kenya Moore. Her flakiness, ...
AMC renews 'Walking Dead' for fourth season
While I was on vacation last month, I missed some major news about "The Walking Dead," one not surprising, one a bit more so. I may as well catch you all up in case you missed it, too: Not surprising: AMC has renewed its biggest hit ever for a fourth ...
CNN snags Chris Cuomo from ABC News
President Jeff Zucker is wasting no time picking off talent from broadcast networks for CNN. His latest conquest: ABC's "20/20" news anchor Chris Cuomo, who made his mark on "Good Morning America" as a news anchor from 2006 to 2009. He will have a "major role" on CNN's morning show ...
Decatur resident's Doritos 'goat' ad could end up airing during Super Bowl
Decatur ad man Ben Callner created one of 3,000 entries to vie for two spots in the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" ad contest during the big game Sunday. Called "Goat 4 Sale," it features a man who loves Doritos and brings home a goat who is just like him ...
Options to stream programs on TV balloon
Not too long ago, TV viewers had three programming options: satellite, cable — or the good ol’ antenna if you just wanted to watch free broadcast channels and DVDs. But the world has been changing, thanks to the massive expansion of streaming content from the Web that you can see ...
Blog Entries for Monday, January 28
Video: talking return of 'Dallas,' series finale of '30 Rock' with Jack Brayer, Doritos Super Bowl ad contest
CineStars' Brittany Umar and I discuss the new season of "Dallas," gab with former Conyers resident Jack McBrayer about the series finale of "30 Rock" and hype the Doritos' "Crash the Super Bowl" commercial contest video featuring a local director's work "Goat 4 Sale." http://cinestars.ajc.com/inline/2125107908001/
'Dallas' returns January 28 for season two
Could "All in the Family " go on without Archie Bunker? Could "House" live without House? We are about to find out if TNT's "Dallas" can thrive without Larry Hagman's iconic J.R. Ewing. Hagman died in November after shooting the first half of the second season. "Dallas" writers had to ...
Past contestants defend 'Idol' over charges of racism
TMZ is having a field day since it broke the story of the attorney last week who thought there was a racial pattern to the show's disqualified candidates. Naturally, contestants ranging from Vonzell Solomon to Jacob Lusk to Casey Abrams and Melinda Doolittle are defending the show. And I would ...
Former WGST anchor Jennifer Perry takes over All News 106.7
Former WGST anchor Jennifer Perry has been named program director at eight-month-old All News 106.7. She takes over for Marshall Adams, who left last fall after just five months on the job. Perry, according to her LinkedIn page, worked as an anchor and reporter at what was news/talk 640/WGST-AM from ...
TV best bets with Super Bowl, '30 Rock' series finale, return of 'Dallas'
There's this sports event called the Super Bowl this Sunday. The only network willing to counter-program the most-watched program of the year is GPB with a fresh episode of "Downton Abbey." And CBS has given its freshman show "Elementary" the coveted post-Super Bowl slot. In other highlights this week, TNT ...
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