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 […]
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Charlamagne puts his ‘Uncommon Sense’ to good use on TV and social media
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 […]
At Yahoo, content, distribution and curating are all king
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 […]
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Aimee Corser, Associate Producer at Play Creative TV, married Daniel Moyers, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Spacecraft Engineer, in Malibu, CA on May 30th. The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia. Congratulations!
Golf Channel’s Tom Knapp goes for the long drive with 25 consecutive live days of programming
By Randee Dawn Twenty-five consecutive days of live golf programming? That’s not a schedule fit for every TV viewer, but for Golf Channel fanatics it’s a clear hole-in-one. The channel has been airing ongoing matches with nary a break in the action since May 14. Golf Channel is the most affluent ad-supported network […]
Foster youth musical film “Know How” pursues social justice, premieres May 27
By Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza director, Know How A film written by and starring youth in foster care about their own lives? That’s Know How, a project that found me five years ago and in May came to fruition in both theaters and on TV. But it was a long road to get […]
Policeman to producer: Translating personal reality to the TV screens
By Scott Weinberger, executive producer, Weinberger Media After spending more than 10 years in law enforcement in Florida in a variety of roles – detective, street patrol, narcotics, K-9 handler and fugitive taskforce, followed by a job as a television investigative reporter – my expertise as a producer comes from pure experience. This […]
Pursuing an improved alignment of cross-platform audience metrics
By Joe Abruzzo, EVP, Chief Exploration Officer, Havas Media North America A recent survey conducted by the Council for Research Excellence (CRE) found that the “Alignment of Cross-Platform Metrics” is a top priority among a large majority of advertisers, agencies, sellers, industry organizations and thought leaders interviewed. While everyone seems to be in […]
‘Walking Dead’s’ Gale Anne Hurd forges path with Kickstarter to make ‘Mankiller’ documentary
By Randee Dawn Gale Anne Hurd has made her bones over the years by producing movies with kick-ass female protagonists – think Aliens and Terminator – and more recently as an executive producer on AMC’s The Walking Dead, which has no shortage of take-charge women. Her latest powerful female project? A documentary for PBS that […]
Smart silliness sells on multiple platforms for comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates
By Randee Dawn Breaking into funny business is not easy and not often funny, as Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome have discovered. As the pair behind comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates (named after “two famous rock ‘n’ roll second bananas”) they’ve persistently sought out different platforms for their unique brand of offbeat, profane […]
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