This seems to still be under the category of "rumor" for the time being, but a couple news outlets are reporting that Madeleine Smithberg, who co-created The Daily Show along with Lizz Winstead, has been hired as an executive producer for Al Gore's not very successful Current TV. If this turns out to be true, it will be interesting to find out just why Smithberg was chosen for this position. I admit I know very little about her outside of The Daily Show, and if IMDb is to be trusted, she hasn't done much else except work on The Daily Show. Maybe Al Gore wants to turn Current TV into a comedy channel. You know, a channel people laugh with instead of at. Okay, probably not.Did Al Gore hire Madeleine Smithberg?
This seems to still be under the category of "rumor" for the time being, but a couple news outlets are reporting that Madeleine Smithberg, who co-created The Daily Show along with Lizz Winstead, has been hired as an executive producer for Al Gore's not very successful Current TV. If this turns out to be true, it will be interesting to find out just why Smithberg was chosen for this position. I admit I know very little about her outside of The Daily Show, and if IMDb is to be trusted, she hasn't done much else except work on The Daily Show. Maybe Al Gore wants to turn Current TV into a comedy channel. You know, a channel people laugh with instead of at. Okay, probably not.
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5-12-2006 @ 10:43AM
Joe Neely said...
Ok, I don't know if whomever wrote this article has even seen more than 5 minutes of current TV, but that station is doing for us what every other TV station has failed to do and that's give the viewers a voice.
Anyone that I introduce this channel to becomes just as interested as I am because it relates to our demographic. Any subject you can think of, they talk about it. That includes controversial material that these so called, "fair and balanced" networks fail to touch.
So for you to say this station is being laughed at is an insult to my intelligence and every other 18-35 year old who is involved or interested in world and local issues.
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5-12-2006 @ 12:39PM
danny said...
Rumor? Wow, I guess you're not on the mailing list. This has been written up all over the trades.
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5-24-2006 @ 4:07PM
Gabe said...
You are a not very successful blogger.
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