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 […]
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Classic kids TV producers Sid and Marty Krofft go to the dogs with ‘Mutt and Stuff’
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, […]
Neal Baer: ‘Under the Dome’ will never be a ‘slavish adaptation’ – here’s why
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 […]
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Exclusive book excerpt: To be a top disruptor, start with a zombie idea
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 […]
Get real! Our annual look at which reality shows, hosts are likely to land Emmy nominations
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 […]
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 […]
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