International Business News - tv http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Richard Roeper, fresh off announcing that he was leaving the balcony of "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper," may have put it best. Hours after word of his departure, he posted on his Twitter feed: "With all the old footage and the person-on-the-street interviews, it's like watching your own obit." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96541-roeper-leaving.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/at-the-movies-saves-its-aisle-seat-for-now.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/at-the-movies-saves-its-aisle-seat-for-now.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:25:09 EDT Lin TV Corp., a television and online news company, said Wednesday that its senior vice president and chief financial officer, Bart Catalane, is leaving the company effective Aug. 20. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/lin-tv-cfo-resigns-ceo-to-fill-in-during-interim.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:07:08 EDT "Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap. The show's second season begins Sept. 1, following an August promotion to put viewers, um, in the mood. And here's a twist: The racy ads co-opt language from the very criticism of the show for being too, well, racy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96247-tv-gossip-girl.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/gossip-girl-will-launch-new-racy-promos-omg.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/gossip-girl-will-launch-new-racy-promos-omg.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:58:06 EDT "Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap. The show's second season begins Sept. 1, following an August promotion to put viewers, um, in the mood. And here's a twist: The racy ads co-opt language from the very criticism of the show for being too, well, racy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95956-tv-gossip-girl.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/gossip-girl-will-launch-new-racy-promos-omg.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/gossip-girl-will-launch-new-racy-promos-omg.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:25:28 EDT Over the years, TV's best-known movie review show has gone from hosts Siskel and Ebert to Ebert and Roeper to Roeper and guest critics--and now it's Lyons and Mankiewicz. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/at-the-movies-gets-news-hosts-lyons-mankiewicz.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:59:33 EDT Conan O'Brien will take over the "Tonight" show next June--and what happens to deposed host Jay Leno after that is anybody's guess. Leno's last show will be Friday, May 29, and O'Brien will start the following Monday, June 1, NBC executives told a Television Critics Association meeting Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95454-tv-nbc-late-night.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/lenos-last-tonight-is-may-29-obrien-in-june-1.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/lenos-last-tonight-is-may-29-obrien-in-june-1.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:36:28 EDT In the midst of a cruel summer for America's drivers, there's a diversion: TV at the gas station. The number of televisions atop gas pumps have skyrocketed since their introduction at a handful of stations in 2006. Now, three privately held companies have placed more than 20,000 screens at thousands of stations from the Massachusetts Pike to Southern California. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95581-gas-tv.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/fun-at-the-pump-tv-entertains-distracts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/fun-at-the-pump-tv-entertains-distracts.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:27:22 EDT Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's "Tavis Smiley" talk show and public radio's "The Tavis Smiley Show" is on an oratorical roll about race, politics, and his fellow African-American, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95052-ap-on-tv-tavis-smiley.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/talk-show-host-tavis-smiley-tackles-obama-and-race.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/talk-show-host-tavis-smiley-tackles-obama-and-race.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:14:45 EDT Brenda Walsh is all grown-up and returning to Beverly Hills, 90210, this fall. But cast members of the new CW spin-off, "90210," are speculating whether Shannen Doherty will be equally mature when she reprises her role as Walsh. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94850-tv-doherty-90210.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/shannen-doherty-back-in-90210-hood-this-fall.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/shannen-doherty-back-in-90210-hood-this-fall.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:42:27 EDT Conan O'Brien will take over the "Tonight" show next June--and what happens to deposed host Jay Leno after that is anybody's guess. Leno's last show will be Friday, May 29, and O'Brien will start the following Monday, June 1, NBC executives told a Television Critics Association meeting Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94870-tv-nbc-late-night.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/fallon-start-late-night-online-not-air.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/fallon-start-late-night-online-not-air.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:06:06 EDT Howie Mandel, the models, the banker and the briefcases all will be in place when the syndicated version of "Deal or No Deal" premieres in September--along with cash for viewers as well as contestants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94831-tv-deal-or-no-deal.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/game-show-deal-goes-daily-with-big-money-mandel.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/game-show-deal-goes-daily-with-big-money-mandel.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:36:30 EDT Brenda Walsh is all grown-up and returning to Beverly Hills, 90210, this fall. But cast members of the new CW spin-off, "90210," are speculating whether Shannen Doherty will be equally mature when she reprises her role as Walsh. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94308-tv-doherty-90210.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/shannen-doherty-back-in-90210-hood-this-fall.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/shannen-doherty-back-in-90210-hood-this-fall.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:03:56 EDT Mexican media giant Televisa on Friday brushed off a surprise 8.6 percent fall in second-quarter profits as a temporary setback due to one-time expenses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/mexicos-televisa-blames-2q-dip-on-1-time-costs.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:02 EDT The women of Wisteria Lane may have only a few more years to resolve their assorted problems. "Desperate Housewives" creator and executive producer Marc Cherry told a meeting of the Television Critics Association on Thursday that he plans to end the ABC series after seven seasons. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93736-summer-tca-tour-abc.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/desperate-housewives-creator-says-end-in-sight.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/desperate-housewives-creator-says-end-in-sight.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:08 EDT Amy Poehler confirmed to The Associated Press that she'll be joining the planned "Office" spinoff, paving the way for her eventual exit from "Saturday Night Live" and promoting the comedian to primetime. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93205-people-amy-poehler.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/amy-poehler-says-shes-bound-for-office-spinoff.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/amy-poehler-says-shes-bound-for-office-spinoff.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:57:26 EDT Let's twist again like we did last summer! "Mad Men" fans remember how things were really hummin' last summer, the first for that glorious drama series set in the Manhattan advertising world of 1960. There were lots of twists at the Sterling Cooper agency: Peggy's unsuspected pregnancy, Roger's heart attack, the double life of the man we thought we knew as Don Draper. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/its-back-to-the-60s-for-a-new-mad-men-season.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:21:44 EDT Jimmy Kimmel can joke about how his late-night job might be affected when Jay Leno becomes a free agent--at least when his ABC boss and hundreds of reporters are around. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/kimmel-abc-get-laughs-out-of-lenos-future-gig.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:07:22 EDT Jimmy Kimmel can joke about how his late-night job might be affected when Jay Leno becomes a free agent--at least when his ABC boss and hundreds of reporters are around. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92526-tv-abc-kimmel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/kimmel-abc-get-laughs-out-of-lenos-future-gig.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/kimmel-abc-get-laughs-out-of-lenos-future-gig.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:12:18 EDT On "Sordid Lives: The Series," the colorful folk in a certain Texas town are back in action after having won an avid following with the 1996 play and 2000 movie of the same name. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92253-sordid-lives.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/sordid-lives-comedy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/sordid-lives-comedy.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:12:40 EDT Fox News Channel's Brit Hume, the network's top political anchor, is expected to leave his daily newscast at the end of the year for a part-time role at Fox. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/foxs-hume-expected-to-leave-nightly-newscast.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:08:37 EDT