Comedian/writer/director Mike Nichols Dies Suddenly at 83
He teamed with Elaine May to perform TV skits and Grammy-winning comedy albums, then moved on to 40 years of critically- acclaimed film making.
Pictured with his 4th wife, ABC's Diane Sawyer.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 20th
Happy Birthday to Dick Smothers, Judy Woodruff, Kaye Ballard, Estelle Parsons, Richard Masur, Sean Young and Joe Walsh of The Eagles.
On this date 'Meet the Press' made its TV debut on NBC; Victoria got its own CBC Radio station at 90.5 MHz; George Harrison and Paul Simon sang as a duet on NBC's Saturday Night Live, and a few years later, 7-year old Drew Barrymore hosted the show.
CBS-TV aired the 100th episode of 'Green Acres'; 12 years later it broadcast 'MASH' episode #200.
'The Ed Sullivan Show' featured headliners the Dave Clark Five, Bobby Vinton and Dick Cavett, and U2 was profiled on '60 Minutes.'
Obits include Canadian broadcasters Chuck Davis and Tom Rivers, and the 'first lady' of radio, Cathy Lewis (pictured).
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Retro Cable Net TV Land Cancels ‘Cosby Show’ Repeats
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that TV Land has pulled all planned repeats of The Cosby Show, effective immediately.
NBC Scraps Bill Cosby Project in Wake of Rape Allegations
Bill Cosby will not be making his triumphant return to NBC after all.
‘Today Show’ Bombshell: Showrunner was Fired Over Plan to Ouster Hosts
By Jordan Chariton,TheWrap.com November 19, 2014 @ 8:27 am
NBC News/Today Show
New explosive details reveal that a “manifesto” by Jamie Horowitz outlining his desire to overhaul...
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 19th
Happy Birthday to Larry King, Dick Cavett, Ted Turner, Alan Young, Allison Janney, Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster.
On this date the first mass market transistor pocket radio was introduced; the cartoon series 'Rocky & his Friends' debuted on ABC-TV; Linda Ronstadt appeared as herself on FOX-TV's 'The Simpsons'; a six-hour Beatles Anthology began airing on North American radio; NBC aired the 100th episode of their hit drama 'ER'; Vancouvers X-FM 104.9 switched to All Christmas music, and a year later Victoria's CHBE107.3 did the same.
Ending their stay with us Nov. 19th were US sportscaster Bill Stern, songwriter Bobby Russell, producer Terry Melcher, Dick Wilson of Charmin toilet tissue ad fame, and Toronto-based classical actor John Neville.
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New level of Fox News dominance demands analysis, not dismissal
David Zurawik of the Baltimore Sun comments about Fox News not just beating CNN and MSNBC, but also ABC, NBC and CBS on Nov. 4, the night of the mid-term elections. It did so in both total viewers and the key news demographic: viewers 25 to 54 years of age
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Dish Network Poised to Black Out CBS
Charlie Ergen, co-founder of Dish, has taken a hard line in talks for rights to programming from companies like CBS. His company, the No. 3 U.S. pay-TV service with about 14 million subscribers, blacked out channels from Time Warner Inc.’s Turner Broadcasting, including CNN and the Cartoon Network, in a dispute that began in October.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 18th
It's the date that brought us Linda Evans, Elizabeth Perkins, Owen Wilson, Imogene Coca, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Collins, and Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly.
Edward R. Murrow's acclaimed documentary series 'See It Now' debuted on CBS-TV; 'As It Happens' started it's nearly 50 year run on CBC Radio; the first CanCon rules for TV were announced; CKNW Radio boosted its power to 5,000 watts at 1320 KHz; ABC-TV aired Britney Spears' first TV concert; and Fats Domino sang 'Blueberry Hill' on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show.
Nov. 18th claimed the lives of bandleaders Ted Heath and Cab Calloway, singers Dorothy Kirsten and Hal Dickenson (The Modernaires), composer Cy Coleman and actor Harold J. Stone.
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Rush Limbaugh: Obama Is A Sociopathic Liar
Rush Limbaugh is furious with President Obama, and the radio host calls him out. He says, “This is unbelievable. This little sound bite of 23 seconds may be more jam-packed with lies than any 23-second presidential sound bite I’ve ever played for you.”
