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Larry King Has Done Over 60,000 Interviews, but This Is the One He Really Wants

Convergent TV

Larry King's career stretches back nearly seven decades, ranging from his early days as a radio broadcaster in Florida to 25 years at the helm of Larry King Live on [...]


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Univision Gives Simon Cowell Show La Banda the Go-Ahead

Convergent TV

Univision has green-lit a new series from American Idol/X Factor/America's Got Talent producer Simon Cowell entitled La Banda, out to find "the best band in the world," as Cowell told [...]

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When Make-Goods Aren’t Good Enough

Convergent TV

The decline of broadcast TV ratings recalls Hemingway’s description of stumbling into bankruptcy, inasmuch as the phenomenon has happened “gradually, then suddenly.” Over the last seven seasons, the Big Four [...]

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Does Anyone Watch Broadcast TV Anymore? The Adweek People’s Poll [Video]

Convergent TV

Are regular people (well, New Yorkers) still held to broadcast and cable TV schedules? The only people who will be surprised might be the programmers still working in broadcast and [...]

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Broadcasters Hope Midseason Replacements Will Keep Them Afloat

Convergent TV

As November sweeps begin to recede in the rearview mirror, the Big Four networks are eager to put some distance between themselves and the first two months of the 2013-14 [...]

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AMC Orders a Fifth Helping of The Walking Dead

Convergent TV

Ravaged by a killer flu and the ever-present hordes of ravenous Walkers, things are looking decidedly grim for the characters on AMC’s The Walking Dead. But at least a handful [...]