Posts with tag The Ellen Degeneres Show
Posted Jun 19th 2008 2:01PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, House, Daytime, Family Guy, Commercials, Game Show, Talk Show, Upfronts, Reality-Free
TV syndication upfront ad sales are brisk, with syndicators expected to sell higher levels of ad inventory, similar to the broadcast networks.
Sales are more than 50% complete, with one syndicator, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, more than
70% sold out of its 2008-09 ad inventory, according to
The Hollywood Reporter.
What's it all mean? It means that syndication upfront totals are expected to be around $2.4 billion, up 4.5% from last year.
Maybe one reason is that syndicators are incorporating more product integration into their packages, especially with talk and entertainment shows. Strong categories include packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, movies, and fast food.
Hmmm ... I wonder what they're saying. That TV viewers sit around eating Big Macs, doing drugs, and woofing down Cheetos? Yeah, that can't be right.
Continue reading Syndication Ads: Are we hooked on Big Macs, Cheetos and Drugs?
Posted Apr 3rd 2008 2:20PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: American Idol, Host, Predictions and Trends, News and Gossip, Casting
All you kids who were out buying up posterboard and markers to make your "Ellen DeGENEROUS" signs so you could wave them at next week's
Idol Gives Back special need to stop before you waste all that paper. Think green, people. Due to a scheduling conflict,
Access Hollywood says
Ellen DeGeneress dropped out of co-hosting the special. The special is set to tape this Sunday, and apparently that conflicts with production on her own show.
I think we need to make a controversy out of this. I'm going to say she dropped because Danny Noriega was eliminated from the competition and she thinks it was a homophobic move by producers. Now, run with it! I'd help but I need to keep my schedule clear and wait for that phone call. I've always wanted to meet Ashley Tisdale -- er, I mean Robin Williams, and Bono and other big names like that. You know, like Annie Lennox, Miley--I mean, Heart! ... Dammit!
Posted Dec 26th 2007 8:00AM by Jen Creer
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Celebrities, WGA Strike
Ellen DeGeneres just can't stay away from controversy. Even though she hasn't done anything as ballsy as coming out (I guess you can't do that twice, can you?), which fortunately didn't tank her career, this year was a bang-up year for Ellen in the news. The first dog I am referring to in the title is, in fact,
a canine. Did anybody not hear about Ellen's infamous dog story? Ellen adopted a dog from a dog agency called Mutts and Moms, and signed agreements at the time that if the adoption didn't work out, she would return the dog to the agency. I presume Ms. DeGeneres has signed contracts before, but maybe this one didn't count. Maybe this one didn't seem binding. Or maybe she was just in a hurry that day, and
didn't actually read it. (MSNBC claims that DeGeneres didn't read the contract, and that her partner Portia de Rossi signed).
Continue reading Top TV Stories of 2007: Ellen DeGeneres and the dog(s)
Posted Mar 21st 2007 3:25PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Alumni
American Idol's season five finalist, Elliott Yamin, has a new look to go with the release of his debut album. He'll be promoting his CD with upcoming appearances on
The Ellen Degeneres Show (March 27 at 4 PM), and
Jimmy Kimmel Live (April 4 at 12 AM).
Last year, I wasn't on the Elliott bandwagon. Every time I looked at him, I pictured
Mr. Tumnus from Narnia. Unfortunately, I didn't appreciate how good Elliott's voice was, until he was gone. I don't think that any of this year's male finalists even come close to matching Elliott's vocal talent. Simon Cowell even called Elliott "potentially the best male vocalist in the history of
American Idol."
Judge for yourself. You can listen to samples of Elliott's music, by going to his
MySpace page.
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