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Senior TV Editor at Variety, covering media, advertising, sports TV, late night and the business of pop culture. Also talk about comics and music. 'Some days are diamonds / Some days are rocks'
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Look out, “Meet the Press.” Make way, “Face the Nation.” Politico wants to enter the Sunday-news pow-wow.... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

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Luann's face tries not to display crushing disappointment as she discovers the declining value of a liberal-arts education in today's workforce....

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Anderson Cooper has aligned himself with CAA CEO Bryan Lourd, according to four people familiar w/ the matter, a move being taken as a sign the CNN mainstay may be looking to explore other opportunities as the economics of TV news become shaky.... variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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Left unspoken in today's 'Slylock Fox' is the fact that the vulpine detective appears to have interrupted a potential threesome between two cats and a dog....

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Years of awful puns finally catch up to Frank & Earnest.....

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'I see Doctor Zook patched up your battle wounds' is doing a lot of work given that it looks as if Lucky Eddie had both his arms amputated....

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Kudos to the 'Shoe' creative team for delving into modern topics like streaming (this is a strip devoted to print journalism, after all), but wasn't there a better Amazon joke? What's next? 'My new girlfriend works for Paramount+' 'What's she like?' 'A mountain of entertainment.'

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Potentially seismic? NYT takes the 'Sunday' off of 'Sunday Routine,' and follows a subject around on a random Wednesday. Has this happened before? Guessing this creates more opportunities to distribute online w/o anchoring to weekends (Besides, it's distributed in print on Sats.)

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Brian Rolapp, one of the most powerful executives in the media industry, is leaving a pivotal role at the NFL, where he navigated rights deals and expansion into streaming, to head up PGA Tour as its first CEO, according to a person familiar with the matter. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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'SNL' fans might know Mikey Day for his impression of Donald Trump Jr., but behind the scenes of the long-running show, he has a reputation for helping to devise crazy characters (like David S. Pumpkins) that go viral.... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

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In addition to his ability to wear a full-length body suit in energy-draining humid climates, The Phantom also has a degree in philosophy....

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CNN has poached a senior ad-sales executive from The New York Times Co. -- the previous employer of CEO Mark Thompson -- to head its own outreach to Madison Avenue... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety

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Sources: ABC News, NBC News, and CBS News won't preempt regular TV programming for Trump's June 14 military parade, leaving coverage to their streaming outlets (Brian Steinberg/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Terry Moran Out at ABC News Following Social-Media Clash With Trump Official variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

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Does a parade meant to celebrate the nation truly exist if it can’t get on national broadcast TV? ABC News, CBS News and NBC News seem poised to leave coverage of this weekend's Trump military parade to their streaming outlets.... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety

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NBC is largely sold out of commercial time for its 2026 broadcast of Super Bowl LX -- a testament to the new power of sports' in the streaming era (and the diminishment of typical TV fare) variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety

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Just in: Paramount Global CFO Naveen Chopra 'is departing to pursue other opportunities.'

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Scoop: Demand for sports in TV's annual 'upfront' market is so intense that NBC is just about sold out of inventory for the 2026 Super Bowl --- nearly 9 months ahead of the event.... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety

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BREAKING: Warner Bros. Discovery to Split Into Two Companies variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

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British advertising giant WPP is hunting for a new CEO after the company announced early Monday morning that its current leader, company veteran Mark Read, would cede the reins by the end of 2025. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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The legendary Steve Earle plays Norwalk CT

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Lady Godiva wasn't a Viking and the era in which she lived took place before the advent of the printing press, so I urge the creators of 'Hagar the Horrible,' history scholars all, no doubt, to take a break and start fresh tomorrow....

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Today's 'Mary Worth' is five-star BONKERS? Is it the weird Wilbur doppelganger who arrives to save the day? The mental-health shaming of guest character Belle Batsfrey? The philosophical Sunday-strip quote from hockey great Guy Lafleur? What a time to be alive!

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Biggest WTF story twist ever in Sunday's 'Mary Worth': Wilbur's girlfriend is revealed to be deranged and has a caretaker brother that looks a lot like Wilbur....?

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CNN has a countdown clock and 'Playbill' facts in a chyron ahead of its live telecast of 'Good Night and Good Luck'

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Desperate times for 'Family Circus' as youngest child P.J. is tapped to mule valuables....

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When the window makes dinner and the door gets upset....

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Even the poems in NYT Metropolitan Diary can sometimes be over a decade old.....

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Indie news agent Olivia Metzger is solo no more! variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety

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Curtis appears to suffer from a condition known as hyperphagia, or never feeling full, and Dr. Internet suggests he may even have a condition called Prader-Willi syndrome? Looking forward to creator Ray Billingsley milking the whole situation for weeks filled with laughter...

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CNN plans special coverage around this weekend's live telecast of George Clooney's 'Good Night and Good Luck' -- including an appearance by '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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Mary Worth' introduces rare comics-panel innovation: new narrative panels that introduce critical onomatopoeia AND describe a character's personality!

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ESPN unveils new slogan, 'Sports Forever,' as it works to draw attention to a new, critically important streaming service launching ahead of the next NFL season.... variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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NITE OWL: All is forgiven! Conan O'Brien to appear on NBC's @LateNightSeth on 6/11 (the NBC release mentions Conan's tenure as 'Late Night' host, but nothing about his time hosting 'Tonight'.....

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Most comic-strip teasers aren't so *specific*....

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TIRED: We live in a developed nation with systems in place to weather any crisis... WIRED: We are one step away from a return to the Pleistocene era...

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'GMA' aims to wake up audiences to looming 50th anniversary.... variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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It's great that Forestville has a top vulpine criminologist eager to help law enforcement solve crimes, but is there nothing in this animal society's code of laws about gaining entry to a private residence without first procuring a warrant?

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Kudos to the creators of 'The Phantom' for trying to keep readers aware of past stories, but how many fans are likely to say 'Yes, I remember the 9.26.18 strip well -- the one where the Phantom's daughter kicks someone in the face with her bare foot!'

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The horror on Dawn's face grows more intense after she realizes that Belle's started rehashing old quotes from 'Fatal Attraction'....

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Even ABC News is keeping an eye on Tom Llamas' arrival in the evening-news anchor chair at NBC. The Disney news outlet made its own evening anchor, David Muir, available for an interview with People in the days ahead of Llamas' debut.... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

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Donna Speciale, the Madison Ave. veteran who led ad sales efforts at Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision for the past four years is leaving -- even as the company is in the midst of critical upfront negotiations.... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

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Crazy day for 'Phantom' nerds: For decades, we've been told this super-hero operates in Africa, but today we learn via the strip's omniscient narrator that a favorite tool is made using a tree native to Central America -- a detail that negates years of strips or spotlights his use of Amazon Prime...

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Minds blown in 'Curtis' universe after title character finally asks the question to which many have sought an answer for decades....

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Welcome, Tom Llamas, to TV's never-ending battle for evening-news dominance! The anchor takes over for Lester Holt at NBC's Nightly News -- and continues a one-hour streaming show -- at a challenging moment for the TV-news sector... variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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Dennis, who is too young to own a smartphone (and to my knowledge has never been drawn carrying one) asks a question that might confuse any theologian, and ignores another, more obvious one: Why did his father wear a tuxedo to church?

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NYT Metropolitan Diary features a rare anecdote set in the present day, with a narrator who must navigate modern phenomena such as Lyft and an S.U.V....

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Lester Holt opens his closing broadcast of NBC Nightly News

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Just as MSNBC places a bigger emphasis on reaching viewers via YouTube and TikTok, Joy Reid is launching a new 3x/week video podcast that will likely vie for the network's fans.... variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety.com

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