Imagine a version of ESPN‘s “Sports Center” where you — not Scott Van Pelt, not Elle Duncan, not Kevin Neghandi — leads the show. Actually, you don’t have to. On Thursday, ESPN will launch an interactive version of the show that gives each subscriber almost exactly what they want. This “Sports Center for You,” actually a series of short clips …
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Farewell to Carrie Bradshaw, TV’s exasperating, enduring heroine
CARRIE BRADSHAW has skipped across Manhattan in Manolo Blahniks for the last time. On August 14th “And Just Like That…” (“AJLT”) broadcast its final episode and so bid farewell to Carrie, almost 30 years after she first appeared on television screens in “Sex and the City” (“satc”). In the debut episode, Carrie lamented the dearth of “great unmarried men” in …
Read More »Here Comes RGB Mini-LED: What You Need to Know About the Next Big Thing for TVs
Here’s a promise I can keep: In the coming years, you’ll be hearing a lot about something called RGB Mini-LED. Recently, several companies unveiled TVs that sport this brand-new display technology, and each of these brands couldn’t be more excited about the benefits RGB Mini-LEDs bring to the viewing experience. We’re talking brighter pictures, improved contrast, and color volume that …
Read More »Dean Cain, star of TV’s ‘Lois & Clark,’ says he is joining ICE
Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman in the television series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” in the 1990s, is joining ICE … sort of. The 59-year-old actor, who posted a video to his Instagram account on Tuesday encouraging people to apply for positions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told Fox News’ Jessie Watters on …
Read More »Google TV’s uncertain future | The Verge
Last year, Google surprised online video publishers with some stunning news: the company, which now generates over a quarter trillion dollars with advertising every year, effectively admitted that it isn’t very good at selling ads for its own smart TV platform, Google TV. The issue at heart: Google has long required publishers to share a percentage of their ad inventory …
Read More »The cheapest Sonos soundbar is a massive upgrade on your TV’s speakers – and it’s down to a great price right now
The Sonos Ray is the American audio brand’s cheapest soundbar, and while it doesn’t feature any fancy 3D audio processing capabilities, it focuses on getting the basics right. Most importantly, it sounds way better than the built-in speakers of most TVs on the market right now. Launched in 2022, it has remained in our best budget soundbars list for quite …
Read More »Skydance TV’s Matt Thunell to Oversee Paramount Studios
Skydance Television president Matt Thunell is set to add oversight of Paramount’s TV studios to his duties amid the pending closure of the Paramount-Skydance deal, Variety has confirmed. Thunell will run a merged division comprised of his current studio Skydance Television, as well as Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios — effectively making him the replacement for Paramount’s now-ousted Chris McCarthy. The new …
Read More »Apple TV+’s Meditative and Epic “Chief of War” Demands To Be Seen | TV/Streaming
Like many good stories, Apple TV+’s new historical drama “Chief of War” begins with an ancient prophecy: “A Star with a Feathered Cape will signal the rise of a great King, who will unite the kingdoms and end the age of war.” Taking place in the late 18th century, when the land that is presently called the Hawaiian Islands was …
Read More »‘Poker Face’, ‘Murderbot’ & TV’s Summer Drought: Critics’ Conversation
ANGIE HAN Once upon a time, when broadcast ruled the roost, summer was a fallow time for TV. The traditional season would end in the spring, to start up again in the fall; it wasn’t that there were no new shows, but they’d be exceptions in a sea of reruns. Of course, that’s all changed in the past couple of …
Read More »How Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne become TV’s favourite parents
Getty Images Fans around the world have been mourning Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne as a musical legend – but for many, the 76-year-old’s passing also marked the loss of an early 2000s reality television icon. Decades after his rise to heavy metal fame, the self-styled Prince of Darkness, his wife Sharon and their two then-teenage children Kelly and …
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