Posts with tag TimeMagazine
Posted Jun 11th 2008 9:59AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Sports, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free

According to
Time magazine, there are various organizational problems occurring that could lead to the
Olympics not being broadcast on television. A series of unworkable conditions are being created for networks including limits on live coverage in Tiananmen Square and allegations that freight shipments of TV broadcasting equipment are being held up in Chinese ports.
The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing are scheduled to begin on August 8th. According to the minutes of a May 29th meeting, procedures which have been used by broadcasters in other Olympics are conflicting with China's authoritarian government. Some plans are months behind schedule, which could force broadcasters to compromise coverage plans.
Continue reading 2008 Olympics not on TV?
Posted Feb 1st 2008 8:33AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews

Everyone knows that CNN can be a bit of a sensory overload, especially with its fancy new
floating pie charts and whatnot. The flashiness took a huge jump when
Situation Room first came around and showed off its needlessly numerous screens. At least some fun finally came of it, in the form of a totally random mix-up during recent coverage of John Edward's concession. Apparently, dancing Spongebob Squarepants makes everything better. That's right, no context for you.
Continue reading A Daily Show: January 31, 2008
Posted Sep 7th 2007 3:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Industry, Programming
I like lists as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure how useful a "100 Best" list of anything is. Twenty-five best? OK. Ten best? That's good too, because you're really picking what you think are the best. But once your lists gets into three digits, it seems more like history than opinion. I mean, what wouldn't be on the list?
Time's James Poniewozik picks the 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time (or All-TIME, as the web site cleverly puts it). Since he picked 100 shows, all the usual suspects are here. The obvious ones (The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, Your Show of Shows, 60 Minutes, Cheers, I Love Lucy, M*A*S*H, etc) and the not-quite-so-obvious but certainly deserving (Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Odd Couple, Friends). And it includes a few surprises too (American Idol, King of the Hill, Oprah).
Continue reading Time picks the 100 best TV shows of all-time