View Post CNN CNN Adding ‘(Get To) The Point’ Panel Show at 10 PM By Alex Weprin on Apr. 1, 2013 - 12:29 PM CNN is finally getting around to taking advantage of the 10 PM slot, currently occupied by a replay of “AC360.” Starting this week the channel will be airing “(Get To) The Point,” a panel show featuring a r ...
SportsNewser Amar'e Stoudemire to Publish Children's Book Series By Cam Martin on Aug. 11, 2011 - 2:54 PM New York Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire has signed a book deal with Scholastic to publish a book series for middle-grade readers. STAT: Standing Tall and Talented will launch in August 2012 and be based on the life of Stoudem ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Hugh Douglas Joins ESPN As Studio Analyst By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 1, 2011 - 3:08 PM Former NFL veteran Hugh Douglas is joining ESPN as a studio analyst. The former NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year will provide analysis on SportsCenter, NFL Live, First Take and ESPNEWS. Douglas makes his ESPN debut Monday, includi ...
People | SportsNewser NBC To Air WrestleMania: The World Premiere By Marcus Vanderberg on Jul. 13, 2011 - 8:53 PM For the third straight year, NBC will air an hour-long WrestleMania special. WrestleMania: The World Premiere airs Saturday, Aug. 13 at 9 p.m. ET, and feature highlights from WrestleMania XXVII this past April. The highly anticipa ...
People | SportsNewser Joe Rogan To Host Relaunch Of Fear Factor By Marcus Vanderberg on Jul. 1, 2011 - 5:08 PM Joe Rogan is returning to his roots. The UFC color commentator will host the relaunch of NBC’s Fear Factor. Rogan hosted the show during its first run from 2001 to 2006. NBC ordered eight episodes and production begins in Au ...
People | SportsNewser NY Post Reporter Refuses To Vote Blake Griffin For NBA Rookie Of The Year By Marcus Vanderberg on May. 5, 2011 - 8:16 PM There’s at least one sports journalist who felt Blake Griffin wasn’t worthy of the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Marc Berman of the New York Post abstained from voting because he felt Griffin wasn’t a rookie, des ...
SportsNewser Bloomberg Businessweek Looks at the Loud World of Sportscaster Couture By Alex Weprin on Mar. 25, 2011 - 10:56 AM In Bloomberg Businessweek this week, the magazine looks at the world of sportscaster fashion. Spoiler alert: it isn’t very good! There is actually a booming business there, with companies like Whard Robe Management springing ...
People | SportsNewser | TV Biz Think Twice Before Selling Those Rose Bowl Tickets By Marcus Vanderberg on Dec. 7, 2010 - 12:49 PM The days of college newspapers covering student council meetings and publishing the crime log are long gone. The Badger Herald, an independent student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin, published the names of the 33 student ...
People | SportsNewser Mariners Broadcaster Dave Niehaus Dies At 75 By Marcus Vanderberg on Nov. 10, 2010 - 8:40 PM Dave Niehaus, the voice of the Seattle Mariners since the team’s inception in 1977, died Wednesday at the age of 75. Niehaus died of a heart attack at his home in Bellevue, Wash., according to the Mariners. Niehaus, known fo ...
CBS After CBS Scooped NBC, Did ESPN Scoop CBS? By Chris Ariens on Feb. 3, 2009 - 11:42 AM Katie Couric sat down with US Airways pilot Capt. Chesley Sullenberger last Friday for his first interview since the emergency landing into the Hudson River. But the hero pilot, who’s been mostly mum about the subject, also ...