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By Cece Jane Seventeen-year-old California-based Cece Jane regularly reports on sports and entertainment for the Los Angeles Times. This is her first look at the way teens consume TV for Cynsiders. On an average Tuesday night, after finishing my homework and going to track practice, I always make sure to relax as I […]

By Lynn Leahey In the little over a year since Rita Mullin took over as General Manager, Science has been setting viewership records with a formula that mixes fun (electric roller skates, blowing things apart) with the likes of physics. “I’m a firm believer that entertaining and smart aren’t mutually exclusive,” Mullin tells Cynsiders. “We […]

By Jim McKairnes In 2010, after 21 years in L.A.’s network-TV trenches, I spent a five-year Pay It Forward hitch in academia, teaching about the television business. The five years were up in June. The entirety of the experience was rewarding, energizing, enlightening. But also eye-opening. Maybe troubling. Because no matter what those of us […]

By Robbie Caploe Michael Carbonaro is about to embark on the second season of his truTV show, The Carbonaro Effect. The hidden camera series spotlights the comedic magician assuming different disguises and playing tricks to convince people they are witnessing the impossible – but never at their expense. We caught up with Carbonaro […]

By Randee Dawn It was impossible to be a child in the 1970s and 1980s and not be aware of the live-action children’s programming brought to TV sets by the brother team of Sid and Marty Krofft. Puppeteers at heart, the Kroffts were the men behind TV gems like Land of the Lost, HR Pufnstuf, […]

By Randee Dawn Neal Baer has worn many hats during his careers – first as a physician, then the long-running showrunner for ER, and Law & Order: SVU. These days he’s the force behind CBS’s Under the Dome, an adaptation of a Stephen King novel whose story has diverged significantly from its source material. For […]

By Jay Samit CEO, SeaChange The following is an excerpt from Jay Samit’s just-published book, Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation. After finally honing all of their observations down to one big idea, most people are afraid to act on it. One of the […]

By Randee Dawn Reality series can be about almost anything: catching fish, surviving on an island, finding a business investor, celebrities learning how to dance. But on July 16, the only thing that will matter to many reality TV shows is whether they’re nominated in one of four key categories by the Television Academy for […]

By Randee Dawn Once, he was Leonard McKelvey; today he’s Charlamagne tha God. But whatever you name him, a specific definition remains elusive. Charlamagne is just great at being Charlamagne, a man with the No. 1 syndicated hip hop radio show in the country (called The Breakfast Club) and a new MTV2 TV show, Uncommon […]

By Jessica Reese (interview) and Randee Dawn (edit) Whether traditional broadcast, cable, streaming or via web, content creation is at an all-time high – and Yahoo is part of that fabric, securing veteran journalist Katie Couric and cult favorite series Community for fresh material. At this year’s Banff Digital Keynote Series, VP and head of […]