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Lifetime Coming to Its End

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Cable, News

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Some things can only last so long. A&E has just announced a deal to purchase the Lifetime Network—a deal which could herald yet another move for .

The A&E acquisition will create few staffing changes at Lifetime Entertainment Services. A&E Television Networks is a partnership between Disney/ABC, Hearst Corp. and NBC Universal. The new merger changes only one thing: now, NBC Universal is part of the deal. Previously, Lifetime was a 50/50 partnership between Disney/ABC and Hearst. As a result of the new merger, A&E Network, , the History Channel, Lifetime Movie Network, Bio, History International, Lifetime Real Women, History en Espanol, Military History and the Crime and Investigation Network will all be included in the new entity.

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TV on DVD: September 23, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, Showtime, Syndication, DVD

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

Boston Legal Season 4 DVD

TV on DVD: August 26, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, CBS, FX, HBO, NBC, The CW, Entourage, Everybody Hates Chris, Heroes, DVD

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

Entourage Season 4 DVD

  • Battle 360 (Season 1)
  • Dirty Jobs (Collection 3)
  • Dog The Bounty Hunter: The Best Of (Season 4)
  • Doug (Season 1)
  • Entourage (Season 4)
  • Everybody Hates Chris (Season 3)
  • Heroes (Season 2)
  • NCIS (Season 5)
  • One Tree Hill (Season 5)
  • The Shield (Season 6)
  • UFO Hunters (Season 1)
  • The Untouchables (Season 2, Vol. 2)

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TV on DVD: May 27, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Reality, Specials, Sports, Cable, CBS, NBC, On Demand/PPV, PBS, Degrassi, DVD

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

Degrassi: The Next Generation, Season 6

  • Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Everything
  • The Adventures of the Black Stallion (Season 3)
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation (Season 6)
  • Frontline: Bush’s War
  • The Grand (Complete Collection)
  • Gunsmoke (Season 2, Vol. 2)
  • Intervention: Then and Now (Season 1)
  • Lipstick Jungle (Season 1)
  • Monsterquest (Season 1)
  • One Piece: First Voyage (Uncut) (Season 1)
  • Rawhide (Season 3, Vol. 1)
  • WWE: Backlash 2008

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Alternatives For Late Night TV

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Late Night, Reality, Talk Shows, Cable, FX, MTV, Editorial

Television RemoteIt’s only been a full work week since Hollywood’s writers went on strike, and already it seems the days of great late night talk programs are long gone. The last time the writer’s guild went on strike, it lasted an agonizingly long 22 weeks. Without Colbert, Stewart, Letterman and , how is American supposed to get its satirical, tongue-in-cheek twists on current events?

With a shortage of new scripts and a hiatus of many major shows, more Americans are now channel-surfing to find an entertainment fix. What they’ll find is a mishmash of reality TV - those wonderfully unscripted programs that are always there in the event of a script shortage. Channels like Travel, Discovery, Animal Planet and the Food Network are largely unaffected by the strike, though how MTV (and channels like it) will continue with their staged reality programs is anyone’s guess.

Instead of watching repeats on network TV, turn to these channels as the midnight hour approaches. , the , , , , and are among those still offering brand-new episodes. It’s better than re-runs.

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