Read more TV networks stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5660/tv-networks.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:46:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74087/lou-dobbs-i-wasnt-forced-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLou Dobbs says he doesn't feel as though he was pushed out of CNN, where he worked for all but 2 years of its existence until last Wednesday. "I don't know if people will believe it, but we had a very amicable parting on the best of terms," Dobbs, who...http://www.newser.com/story/74087/lou-dobbs-i-wasnt-forced-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 16:47:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70688/comcast-near-35b-deal-for-nbc-universal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComcast is near a $35 billion deal to acquire NBC Universal, which encompasses the network, a movie studio, cable channels and more, sources tell the Wrap. Bankers from the cable giant and General Electric, NBCU’s parent company, met Tuesday after Comcast decided to think bigger than a pursuit of the...http://www.newser.com/story/70688/comcast-near-35b-deal-for-nbc-universal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 21:01:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70327/obama-and-cable-news-its-lovehate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama tries to downplay the “cable chatter” of the 24-hour news networks, but his frustration with them is as old as their fascination with him. “I think a lot of this stems from the election,” press secretary Robert Gibbs tells Politico, when some donors “would get fixated by cable...http://www.newser.com/story/70327/obama-and-cable-news-its-lovehate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 14:28:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69788/fox-tea-parties-not-covered-cnn-you-lie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRival networks were quick to go on the counterattack after being accused by Fox of ignoring last weekend's tea party protests in the capital, Mediaite reports. A full-page Washington Post ad from Fox asked, "How Did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC And CNN Miss This Story," prompting the irate networks to...http://www.newser.com/story/69788/fox-tea-parties-not-covered-cnn-you-lie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 8:24:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69321/why-hollywood-wants-leno-to-fail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTonight marks the premiere of Jay Leno’s new show, and many in Tinseltown—not just rival execs—are hoping it flops, the Los Angeles Times reports. That’s because it substitutes cheap fare for the traditional 10pm drama. Many in the industry see the show as a “potential job-wrecker” for those...http://www.newser.com/story/69321/why-hollywood-wants-leno-to-fail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 7:22:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63761/your-guide-to-todays-jacko-media-orgy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSurprisingly, the elephants entering Staples Center this morning aren’t there for the “Michael Jackson Memorial Orgy of Excess”—but for the circus, opening tomorrow. “That seems completely appropriate,” writes Lisa de Moraes for the Washington Post . As for today’s “freak show,” 16 TV outlets are planning live coverage. “Overwhelmed by...http://www.newser.com/story/63761/your-guide-to-todays-jacko-media-orgy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 8:19:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56913/trudeau-mocks-journos-for-overtwittering.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCartoonist Garry Trudeau has been lampooning TV journalists for decades in Doonesbury , so it’s natural he would satirize their latest folly: excessive Twittering. Roland Hedley, Trudeau’s fictitious TV journo, has become an avid Twitter user both in print and in the real world, where @Roland_Hedley boasts 2,900 followers. Trudeau...http://www.newser.com/story/56913/trudeau-mocks-journos-for-overtwittering.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 16:29:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56410/youtube-edging-closer-to-hollywood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYouTube's latest move to add Sony as a partner highlights the delicate balance it's trying to strike between Hollywood and its own roots in "homegrown video," writes Chris Snyder in Wired . The deals with Sony and others authorize the site—under pressure to curb unauthorized uploads—to show full-length movies...http://www.newser.com/story/56410/youtube-edging-closer-to-hollywood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 20:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56246/new-shows-offer-nbc-ray-of-hope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years of poor ratings, NBC may be on the rebound with the help of two new series: cop show Southland and Amy Poehler’s comedy Parks and Recreation . Parks scored only 6.9 million total viewers, but it maintained 88% of The Office ’s coveted young-adult audience. Southland topped CBS’...http://www.newser.com/story/56246/new-shows-offer-nbc-ray-of-hope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:03:51 CDT