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Will this show outlive us all? Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 47th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 47. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A primetime news series airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Deborah Roberts. The long-form newsmagazine program, created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Episodes include character-driven true-crime mysteries, newsmaker interviews, investigative reports, and in-depth coverage of high-profile stories. The venerable series' name is derived from...
Will this show outlive us all? Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 47th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 47. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A primetime news series airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Deborah Roberts. The long-form newsmagazine program, created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Episodes include character-driven true-crime mysteries, newsmaker interviews, investigative reports, and in-depth coverage of high-profile stories. The venerable series' name is derived from...
- 10/3/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The 20/20 television series is one of the longest-running primetime shows in the history of American television. It's survived a lot of different trends and ABC network regimes. Will it ever be cancelled or, is it sure to be renewed for a 47th season and beyond? Stay tuned.
A primetime news series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Deborah Roberts. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the long-form newsmagazine program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Episodes feature character-driven true-crime mysteries, newsmaker interviews, investigative reports, and in-depth coverage of high-profile stories. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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A primetime news series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Deborah Roberts. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the long-form newsmagazine program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Episodes feature character-driven true-crime mysteries, newsmaker interviews, investigative reports, and in-depth coverage of high-profile stories. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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- 10/1/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Bill Geddie, who created the ABC talk show The View with Barbara Walters, produced many of her audience-grabbing TV specials and served as a partner in her production company for a quarter-century, has died. He was 68.
Geddie died Thursday at his home in Rancho Mirage of a heart-related issue, his daughter Allison told The Hollywood Reporter.
“He was a big deal in TV, but at home he was an even ‘bigger than life’ husband and dad,” his family said in a statement. “He had a genuine love for television and entertainment. He would try everything and did it well — screenwriting, recording podcasts, playing guitar and writing songs and loved a wide range of music from country to jazz.
“His favorite band was The Beatles, and he never thought he would have the opportunity to meet one of his personal heroes, Paul McCartney, in person, but his dream came true. The...
Geddie died Thursday at his home in Rancho Mirage of a heart-related issue, his daughter Allison told The Hollywood Reporter.
“He was a big deal in TV, but at home he was an even ‘bigger than life’ husband and dad,” his family said in a statement. “He had a genuine love for television and entertainment. He would try everything and did it well — screenwriting, recording podcasts, playing guitar and writing songs and loved a wide range of music from country to jazz.
“His favorite band was The Beatles, and he never thought he would have the opportunity to meet one of his personal heroes, Paul McCartney, in person, but his dream came true. The...
- 7/21/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This long-running news series has become a fixture of ABC's Friday night schedule and is one of the longest-running primetime shows of all time. Could 20/20 possibly be cancelled, or is it sure to be renewed for a 46th season? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.
A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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- 5/17/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
A staple of the Friday night schedule isn't going anywhere. The 20/20 series has been renewed for a 46th season by ABC.
A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Deborah Roberts. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Deborah Roberts. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
- 5/17/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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Bill Geddie, a close colleague and longtime producer for Barbara Walters, is remembering the late icon.
During an appearance on Monday’s Good Morning America, Geddie reflected on working with Walters, who passed away on Friday at the age of 93.
“I’m trying to move past the mourning phase into the celebration of life phase,” Geddie told Robin Roberts. “It’s an amazing life and it needs to be celebrated.”
Geddie began working with Walters in 1988 on her television specials and they later teamed to create The View in 1997. When Roberts asked what the working atmosphere was like for women at the time, Geddie acknowledged that Walters would not only be subjected to sexism but ageism as well.
“I couldn’t believe it. I took over the Barbara Walters specials from the great Phyllis McGrady and I had the best job in television and I told everybody,...
Bill Geddie, a close colleague and longtime producer for Barbara Walters, is remembering the late icon.
During an appearance on Monday’s Good Morning America, Geddie reflected on working with Walters, who passed away on Friday at the age of 93.
“I’m trying to move past the mourning phase into the celebration of life phase,” Geddie told Robin Roberts. “It’s an amazing life and it needs to be celebrated.”
Geddie began working with Walters in 1988 on her television specials and they later teamed to create The View in 1997. When Roberts asked what the working atmosphere was like for women at the time, Geddie acknowledged that Walters would not only be subjected to sexism but ageism as well.
“I couldn’t believe it. I took over the Barbara Walters specials from the great Phyllis McGrady and I had the best job in television and I told everybody,...
- 1/2/2023
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More than any other figure in broadcast journalism, the legendary Barbara Walters made sure her interviews qualified as TV events.
Walters, who died Dec. 30 at the age of 93, reigned as the master of the big-get sit-down with newsmakers of the moment, and in doing so she helped television news ascend to new heights of prominence and influence. Among her many skills was her dexterity in drawing insights from aging Golden Age stars such as Fred Astaire, John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn to world leaders in crisis, from Muammar Gaddafi to Anwar Sadat to Fidel Castro to Vladimir Putin.
From the mid-1970s through the early 2010s, Walters was the undisputed pace-setter in landing coveted interviews with boldface names. And by the accounts of her top competitors over the years, Walters was a fierce contender for big gets until the day she retired from ABC News in 2014. Walters’ March 4, 1999, sitdown with Monica Lewinsky,...
Walters, who died Dec. 30 at the age of 93, reigned as the master of the big-get sit-down with newsmakers of the moment, and in doing so she helped television news ascend to new heights of prominence and influence. Among her many skills was her dexterity in drawing insights from aging Golden Age stars such as Fred Astaire, John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn to world leaders in crisis, from Muammar Gaddafi to Anwar Sadat to Fidel Castro to Vladimir Putin.
From the mid-1970s through the early 2010s, Walters was the undisputed pace-setter in landing coveted interviews with boldface names. And by the accounts of her top competitors over the years, Walters was a fierce contender for big gets until the day she retired from ABC News in 2014. Walters’ March 4, 1999, sitdown with Monica Lewinsky,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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Barbara Walters, the glass-ceiling-shattering newswoman whose intimate television interviews with celebrities and world figures blended show business and journalism and induced many a tear, has died. She was 93.
Walters, the first female co-host of the Today show, the first evening news anchorwoman in broadcast history and a co-creator and co-host of The View, died Friday evening at her home in New York, ABC News announced.
Walters revealed in May 2013 that she would retire from journalism upon the conclusion of The View season in 2014. “I thought it was better to go when people are saying, ‘Why is she leaving?’ than, ‘Thank goodness she’s leaving!’” she said.
Yet Walters soldiered on with exclusive interviews, like one with Peter Rodger, the father of Elliot Rodger, the Uc Santa Barbara student who killed seven people in May 2014.
Walters also was known for co-hosting the ABC news...
Barbara Walters, the glass-ceiling-shattering newswoman whose intimate television interviews with celebrities and world figures blended show business and journalism and induced many a tear, has died. She was 93.
Walters, the first female co-host of the Today show, the first evening news anchorwoman in broadcast history and a co-creator and co-host of The View, died Friday evening at her home in New York, ABC News announced.
Walters revealed in May 2013 that she would retire from journalism upon the conclusion of The View season in 2014. “I thought it was better to go when people are saying, ‘Why is she leaving?’ than, ‘Thank goodness she’s leaving!’” she said.
Yet Walters soldiered on with exclusive interviews, like one with Peter Rodger, the father of Elliot Rodger, the Uc Santa Barbara student who killed seven people in May 2014.
Walters also was known for co-hosting the ABC news...
- 12/31/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vulture Watch
This staple of the Friday night schedule keeps chugging along. Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 46th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 46. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
This staple of the Friday night schedule keeps chugging along. Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 46th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 46. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
- 10/11/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Dick Ebersol is one of the seminal figures in the past 50 years of broadcast television. He helped create “Saturday Night Live.” He hired Brandon Tartikoff, genius programmer and innovator, to revive NBC’s primetime fortunes. As president of NBC Sports, he oversaw the network’s Olympic strategy for many years. “Sunday Night Football” was his idea.
Ebersol recounts the high (and sometimes low) points of his career in television in a new autobiography, “From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears and Touchdowns in TV,” published this week by Simon & Schuster.
While all of the great moments in his career were at NBC, Ebersol, now 75, started as a researcher at ABC Sports in 1967. Legendary ABC Sports chief Roone Arledge, Ebersol tells Variety, “was the most important figure in my life,” and the executive who eventually took on Ebersol as a trusted associate.
It was also...
Ebersol recounts the high (and sometimes low) points of his career in television in a new autobiography, “From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears and Touchdowns in TV,” published this week by Simon & Schuster.
While all of the great moments in his career were at NBC, Ebersol, now 75, started as a researcher at ABC Sports in 1967. Legendary ABC Sports chief Roone Arledge, Ebersol tells Variety, “was the most important figure in my life,” and the executive who eventually took on Ebersol as a trusted associate.
It was also...
- 9/17/2022
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
A staple of the ABC schedule for more than four decades, 20/20 is one of the longest-running primetime shows in history. Will 20/20 ever be cancelled? Is it sure to be renewed for season 45 and the 2022-23 TV season? Stay tuned. Status Update Below.
A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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- 5/18/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
A staple of the ABC schedule will return for the 2022-23 television season. The 20/20 TV show has been renewed for a 45th season by the alphabet network.
A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
A primetime newsmagazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
- 5/17/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Richard C. Wald, a former president at NBC News and a senior vice president at ABC News who worked behind the scenes with Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley, Ted Koppel and Roone Arledge, died May 13 after suffering a stroke earlier in the month. He was 92.
Wald was involved with the creation of “Nightline,” the signature ABC News late-night program that grew out of special coverage in 1979 on the taking of U.S. embassy staff in Tehran by Iranian militants. Wald gave the show, which devoted itself to a single topic each night under the aegis of Koppel and remains on the air at ABC in modernized form, its name, trying to create an analogue to the “morning line” at a race track. He also put Brokaw on NBC’s “Today,” and hired Pauley, while working to modernize the format of “NBC Nightly News.”
His time in TV news, however, was preceded...
Wald was involved with the creation of “Nightline,” the signature ABC News late-night program that grew out of special coverage in 1979 on the taking of U.S. embassy staff in Tehran by Iranian militants. Wald gave the show, which devoted itself to a single topic each night under the aegis of Koppel and remains on the air at ABC in modernized form, its name, trying to create an analogue to the “morning line” at a race track. He also put Brokaw on NBC’s “Today,” and hired Pauley, while working to modernize the format of “NBC Nightly News.”
His time in TV news, however, was preceded...
- 5/13/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
As we stroll on Disney’s historic Burbank lot toward the plaza where he is about to be photographed in front of a statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse holding hands, I ask Iger if he is feeling melancholy about his decision to leave.
“I’m being resolute about it — this time around. I haven’t once second-guessed it or hesitated,” he tells me. “It’s bittersweet. I’m going to miss people, and I’m going to miss the creative process.” Iger, who turns 71 in February and who began his career at age 23 at ABC, is one of only six CEOs to lead Disney since its founding in 1923 until Bob Chapek assumed the role in February 2020.
Ten days from now, Iger can step away knowing that few, if any, media leaders can claim as impressive a track record at any one enterprise as he achieved over his time...
“I’m being resolute about it — this time around. I haven’t once second-guessed it or hesitated,” he tells me. “It’s bittersweet. I’m going to miss people, and I’m going to miss the creative process.” Iger, who turns 71 in February and who began his career at age 23 at ABC, is one of only six CEOs to lead Disney since its founding in 1923 until Bob Chapek assumed the role in February 2020.
Ten days from now, Iger can step away knowing that few, if any, media leaders can claim as impressive a track record at any one enterprise as he achieved over his time...
- 12/21/2021
- by Claudia Eller
- Variety Film + TV
Vulture Watch
Will this show ever run out of stories? Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 45th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 45. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 newsmagazine is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
Will this show ever run out of stories? Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 45th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 45. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 newsmagazine is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
- 11/16/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Last season, ABC's 20/20 news program dropped slightly in the ratings but the series had much smaller declines than most other shows on television. After so many years, it's hard to imagine that 20/20 would be cancelled anytime soon. However, the network could certainly change things up to try to attract more viewers. Will the series be renewed "as is" for season 44? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.
A primetime news magazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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A primetime news magazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity.
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- 6/5/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The news stories will keep coming during the 2020-21 broadcast season. ABC has renewed the 20/20 TV program for a 44th season.
A primetime news magazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
A primetime news magazine series, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
- 5/18/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Vulture Watch
Are viewers ready to see more stories? Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 44th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 44. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
Are viewers ready to see more stories? Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 44th season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20, season 44. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, the 20/20 TV show is anchored by journalists David Muir and Amy Robach. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Created by Roone Arledge in June 1978, the program combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. The venerable series' name is derived from the 20/20 measurement of visual acuity. Read More…...
- 9/29/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hugh Downs, who began appearing on television at the dawn of the medium and gained fame as co-host of 20/20, host of Today and as Jack Paar’s sidekick on the Tonight Show, has died.
The Washington Post and New York Times cited a statement from Downs’ family in reporting his death on July 1 at his home in Scottsdale, Az. The cause was reported to be a heart ailment, and not related to Covid-19.
Downs appeared on air for more than 10,000 hours, which was a record until Regis Philbin eclipsed it in the 2000s. He officially signed off in 1999 after more than a half-century on the air.
Viewers in the 1980s and 1990s got to know Downs during his long co-hosting stint with Barbara Walters on ABC’s 20/20. In her 2008 memoir, Audition, the Post recalled, Walters noted their different approaches but also her fondness for Downs.
“Hugh and I had different personalities and different styles,...
The Washington Post and New York Times cited a statement from Downs’ family in reporting his death on July 1 at his home in Scottsdale, Az. The cause was reported to be a heart ailment, and not related to Covid-19.
Downs appeared on air for more than 10,000 hours, which was a record until Regis Philbin eclipsed it in the 2000s. He officially signed off in 1999 after more than a half-century on the air.
Viewers in the 1980s and 1990s got to know Downs during his long co-hosting stint with Barbara Walters on ABC’s 20/20. In her 2008 memoir, Audition, the Post recalled, Walters noted their different approaches but also her fondness for Downs.
“Hugh and I had different personalities and different styles,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Les Crystal, who was president of NBC News in the late 1970s before serving for more than two decades as the executive producer of PBS’s NewsHour, died on Wednesday. He was 85.
Crystal died after a two and a half year battle with brain cancer, according to the broadcast.
“Rest in peace Les Crystal, a wonderful human being, @NewsHour‘s first Executive Producer, consummate television newsman, mentor and dear friend,” NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff wrote on Twitter. “Our hearts go out to his wife Toby and their beautiful family.”
Crystal joined the program as executive producer in 1983, when it was anchors by Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer and was known as The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. The show that year expanded to an hour that year, becoming the first national newscast to do so. He steered the show into a now familiar format of going in-depth on major stories each night,...
Crystal died after a two and a half year battle with brain cancer, according to the broadcast.
“Rest in peace Les Crystal, a wonderful human being, @NewsHour‘s first Executive Producer, consummate television newsman, mentor and dear friend,” NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff wrote on Twitter. “Our hearts go out to his wife Toby and their beautiful family.”
Crystal joined the program as executive producer in 1983, when it was anchors by Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer and was known as The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. The show that year expanded to an hour that year, becoming the first national newscast to do so. He steered the show into a now familiar format of going in-depth on major stories each night,...
- 6/25/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Last season, while most other shows saw big declines in the ratings, the 20/20 TV show's numbers actually went up. Will the news program's numbers continue to rise in season 42? Will 20/20 be cancelled or renewed for season 43? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
Anchors David Muir and Amy Robach return to the ABC News to host the 20/20 TV series. Created by Roone Arledge back in June 1978, the primetime news magazine combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features.
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Anchors David Muir and Amy Robach return to the ABC News to host the 20/20 TV series. Created by Roone Arledge back in June 1978, the primetime news magazine combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features.
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- 6/6/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Disney came close to buying Twitter in 2016. Michael Eisner made an impassioned pitch to the Disney board to block Bob Iger’s acquisition of Pixar. In the mid-1980s, Iger almost joined ICM as a sports agent.
Those are some of the intriguing revelations in Iger’s new book “The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company.” Iger describes the book as not so much a memoir as an effort to share the knowledge and leadership skills he’s gained after more than 45 years in the trenches, starting out at ABC in 1974 and at Disney since 1995.
Iger’s book is liveliest in the passages discussing the big transactions that have transformed Disney on his watch: the acquisition of Pixar in 2006, followed by Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012. He also explains the reasoning behind his famous regimen of waking at 4:15 a.m.
Those are some of the intriguing revelations in Iger’s new book “The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned From 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company.” Iger describes the book as not so much a memoir as an effort to share the knowledge and leadership skills he’s gained after more than 45 years in the trenches, starting out at ABC in 1974 and at Disney since 1995.
Iger’s book is liveliest in the passages discussing the big transactions that have transformed Disney on his watch: the acquisition of Pixar in 2006, followed by Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012. He also explains the reasoning behind his famous regimen of waking at 4:15 a.m.
- 10/4/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Vulture Watch
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Airing on the ABC television network, 20/20 is a primetime news magazine, which combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Journalists David Muir and Amy Robach currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Roone Arledge created 20/20, which first premiered in June of 1978.Read More…...
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What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, 20/20 is a primetime news magazine, which combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Journalists David Muir and Amy Robach currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Roone Arledge created 20/20, which first premiered in June of 1978.Read More…...
- 10/1/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Oprah Winfrey sat down with Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger to discuss his book, “The Ride of a Lifetime,” on Own’s “Super Soul Sunday,” airing this Sunday at 12 p.m. Et/Pt. During that time, they discuss mentor Roone Arledge, Iger’s father, the Pulse nightclub shooting and the moment when Steve Jobs revealed his cancer diagnosis to Iger.
Here are a few highlights from Winfrey and Iger’s conversation about his more-than-four-decade-long career in entertainment:
Delayed Retirement
For one thing, Iger thought he was going to publish his book in tandem with his retirement. Not so.
“I thought the timing would work,” he said. “Little did I know that the timing didn’t really work because I’m still at work. I thought this would be a perfect time to create a retrospective of my own of this incredibly wonderful personal experience.”
Iger, who has been CEO since...
Here are a few highlights from Winfrey and Iger’s conversation about his more-than-four-decade-long career in entertainment:
Delayed Retirement
For one thing, Iger thought he was going to publish his book in tandem with his retirement. Not so.
“I thought the timing would work,” he said. “Little did I know that the timing didn’t really work because I’m still at work. I thought this would be a perfect time to create a retrospective of my own of this incredibly wonderful personal experience.”
Iger, who has been CEO since...
- 9/27/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Vulture Watch
What's the breaking news? Is the 20/20 TV show cancelled or renewed for a 42nd season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20 season 42. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, 20/20 is a primetime news magazine, which combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Journalists David Muir and Amy Robach currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Roone Arledge created 20/20, which first premiered in June of 1978. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas departed at the end of season 40.Read More…...
What's the breaking news? Is the 20/20 TV show cancelled or renewed for a 42nd season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20 season 42. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the ABC television network, 20/20 is a primetime news magazine, which combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Journalists David Muir and Amy Robach currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Roone Arledge created 20/20, which first premiered in June of 1978. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas departed at the end of season 40.Read More…...
- 6/4/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
After another sizable ratings drop that would have seen many programs cancelled, the 20/20 TV show has returned without Elizabeth Vargas, for its 41st season on ABC. With a new face at the anchor desk, could a bigger audience return to this TV series? Will 20/20 be cancelled or renewed for season 42? Stay tuned. **Status update below.
Journalist David Muir returns to 20/20 with new anchor Amy Robach joining him at the ABC News desk. Created by Roone Arledge and first premiering in June of 1978, the primetime news magazine combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features.
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Journalist David Muir returns to 20/20 with new anchor Amy Robach joining him at the ABC News desk. Created by Roone Arledge and first premiering in June of 1978, the primetime news magazine combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features.
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- 5/15/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There's good news for fans of the 20/20 TV show. The alphabet network has renewed the venerable program for a 42nd year which will air as part of the 2019-20 television season.
Airing on the ABC television network, 20/20 is a primetime news magazine, which combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Journalists David Muir and Amy Robach currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Roone Arledge created 20/20, which first premiered in June of 1978. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas departed at the end of season 40.Read More…...
Airing on the ABC television network, 20/20 is a primetime news magazine, which combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Journalists David Muir and Amy Robach currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Roone Arledge created 20/20, which first premiered in June of 1978. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas departed at the end of season 40.Read More…...
- 5/15/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Yale Udoff, the screenwriter and playwright who wrote the script for Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing/A Sensual Obsession, a 1980 psychological thriller starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell and Harvey Keitel, has died. He was 83.
Udoff died July 19 of cardiac arrest as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his friend Karen Scourby D’Arc reported.
Udoff began his career at ABC in New York working with producers-executives Douglas Cramer, Edgar Scherick and Roone Arledge, and he is credited by some for coming up with the idea to transform the Batman comic ...
Udoff died July 19 of cardiac arrest as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his friend Karen Scourby D’Arc reported.
Udoff began his career at ABC in New York working with producers-executives Douglas Cramer, Edgar Scherick and Roone Arledge, and he is credited by some for coming up with the idea to transform the Batman comic ...
- 7/27/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yale Udoff, the screenwriter and playwright who wrote the script for Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing/A Sensual Obsession, a 1980 psychological thriller starring Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell and Harvey Keitel, has died. He was 83.
Udoff died July 19 of cardiac arrest as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his friend Karen Scourby D’Arc reported.
Udoff began his career at ABC in New York working with producers-executives Douglas Cramer, Edgar Scherick and Roone Arledge, and he is credited by some for coming up with the idea to transform the Batman comic ...
Udoff died July 19 of cardiac arrest as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his friend Karen Scourby D’Arc reported.
Udoff began his career at ABC in New York working with producers-executives Douglas Cramer, Edgar Scherick and Roone Arledge, and he is credited by some for coming up with the idea to transform the Batman comic ...
- 7/27/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Yale Udoff, screenwriter for the Nicolas Roeg movie “Bad Timing” as well as episodes of “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” died of cardiac arrest as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on July 19 at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank, Calif. He was 83.
The 1980 drama “Bad Timing” starred Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell and Harvey Keitel. It film became a part of the Criterion Collection in 2005. He was also co-writer on the 1991 “Eve of Destruction” with Gregory Hines.
He began his career at CBS in New York, working with fellow producers Douglas Cramer, Edgar Scherick and Roone Arledge. After moving to ABC, Udoff worked on the adaptation of “Batman” series from the popular comic books, recommending that the show be more campy and hip than the network had originally envisioned. “Batman” ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1968 and starred Adam West and Burt Ward.
Udoff graduated from Michigan State University,...
The 1980 drama “Bad Timing” starred Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell and Harvey Keitel. It film became a part of the Criterion Collection in 2005. He was also co-writer on the 1991 “Eve of Destruction” with Gregory Hines.
He began his career at CBS in New York, working with fellow producers Douglas Cramer, Edgar Scherick and Roone Arledge. After moving to ABC, Udoff worked on the adaptation of “Batman” series from the popular comic books, recommending that the show be more campy and hip than the network had originally envisioned. “Batman” ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1968 and starred Adam West and Burt Ward.
Udoff graduated from Michigan State University,...
- 7/27/2018
- by Ellis Clopton
- Variety Film + TV
Vulture Watch What's the news? Has the 20/20 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a 41st season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of 20/20 season 41. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? Airing on the ABC television network, 20/20 is a primetime news magazine, which combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Journalists Elizabeth Vargas and David Muir currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Roone Arledge created 20/20, which first premiered in June of 1978. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler.Read More…...
- 6/5/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
As expected, ABC News' 20/20 is back for its 40th season. Will it be cancelled or renewed for season 41? While a renewal is nearly certain for the Alphabet Network's Friday night staple, the ratings did drop substantially last season, and cancellations have surprised people before. Since only hindsight is truly 20/20, stay tuned. *Status update below.Journalists Elizabeth Vargas and David Muir currently anchor 20/20 for ABC News. Created by Roone Arledge and first premiering in June of 1978, the primetime news magazine combines investigative news reports with human interest stories and other features. Correspondents include Juju Chang, John Quiñones, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and Jay Schadler. Read More…...
- 5/15/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
This story first appeared in the Dec. 19 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Television news producers often amass great power and rise to high corporate rank. Roone Arledge at ABC and Roger Ailes at Fox News remade TV news and became pivotal forces within their companies. Jeff Zucker rose from producing NBC's Today show to running all of NBCUniversal and now CNN Worldwide. Ben Sherwood, a former head of ABC's news division, is in charge of most of the Disney/ABC TV empire. Television news can be a powerful career platform because news divisions and big news shows, with their
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- 12/9/2014
- by Michael Wolff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Barbara Walters has announced what will be her final day on daily television before she begins her retirement.
Walters's last day co-hosting the show she created, The View, will be May 16, ABC News reports.
"This was the right time," Walters, 84, told Aarp Magazine. "The kinds of interviews I did all these years, nobody wants them anymore. You have three minutes of a morning show. That's different from before."
A two-hour special on her groundbreaking career will air that same night, from 9-11 p.m. Et.
Joining the network in 1976 as the first female news anchor was not easy.
"When I...
Walters's last day co-hosting the show she created, The View, will be May 16, ABC News reports.
"This was the right time," Walters, 84, told Aarp Magazine. "The kinds of interviews I did all these years, nobody wants them anymore. You have three minutes of a morning show. That's different from before."
A two-hour special on her groundbreaking career will air that same night, from 9-11 p.m. Et.
Joining the network in 1976 as the first female news anchor was not easy.
"When I...
- 4/7/2014
- by Sheila Cosgrove Baylis
- People.com - TV Watch
Barbara Walters has announced what will be her final day on daily television before she begins her retirement. Walters's last day co-hosting the show she created, The View, will be May 16, ABC News reports. "This was the right time," Walters, 84, told Aarp Magazine. "The kinds of interviews I did all these years, nobody wants them anymore. You have three minutes of a morning show. That's different from before." A two-hour special on her groundbreaking career will air that same night, from 9-11 p.m. Et. Joining the network in 1976 as the first female news anchor was not easy. "When I...
- 4/7/2014
- by Sheila Cosgrove Baylis
- PEOPLE.com
Zap2it: With such recent matters as Mitt Romney's decision not to appear on the show, and your comments about Donald Trump's $5 million offer to President Obama to release certain documents, what's your view of "The View" staying so newsworthy?
Barbara Walters: When this program was put on the air 16 years ago, Roone Arledge -- who was the president of ABC -- did not want me to do it. He thought it would lessen my reputation, and they never thought it would make it. It did not get the promotion that some other ABC shows got; they just sort of snuck us in, and I spent a lot of that first year calling different stations.
The Philadelphia affiliate didn't carry us, the Boston affiliate didn't carry us, the Washington, D.C., affiliate didn't carry us. And we never thought the show would last, and you still don't...
Barbara Walters: When this program was put on the air 16 years ago, Roone Arledge -- who was the president of ABC -- did not want me to do it. He thought it would lessen my reputation, and they never thought it would make it. It did not get the promotion that some other ABC shows got; they just sort of snuck us in, and I spent a lot of that first year calling different stations.
The Philadelphia affiliate didn't carry us, the Boston affiliate didn't carry us, the Washington, D.C., affiliate didn't carry us. And we never thought the show would last, and you still don't...
- 12/24/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
This story first appeared in the August 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. "It is the single best entry-level job in all of television," Jeff Zucker, executive producer of Katie Couric's upcoming talk show, says about his stint as a researcher for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which precipitated his rise through the NBC ranks to CEO. The position was conceived by the late ABC Sports impresario Roone Arledge, who convinced a 19-year-old Dick Ebersol (and future NBC Sports chairman) to become the inaugural Olympic researcher for the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City. Photos: London
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- 8/1/2012
- by Lacey Rose, Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CNN just had their lowest ratings in a decade. They are in disastrous shape. When I was on MSNBC, we would beat them with a stick. Even after "pro-cnn" stories like revolutions in Egypt and Libya, Japanese nuclear meltdowns and the killing of Osama bin Laden (CNN does much better when major news or international stories break out), we still beat them. Now they're doing so poorly I might even catch them on Current.
We started at almost nothing on Current, but we have been steadily improving our numbers. Why are we getting traction? Because people want an alternative -- the real news. So, I should just stay quiet and let CNN drive off that cliff. By the way, when I catch Erin Burnett -- which is not that far off because I'm beginning to see her in the distance in the demos -- everyone will know it. Who knows,...
We started at almost nothing on Current, but we have been steadily improving our numbers. Why are we getting traction? Because people want an alternative -- the real news. So, I should just stay quiet and let CNN drive off that cliff. By the way, when I catch Erin Burnett -- which is not that far off because I'm beginning to see her in the distance in the demos -- everyone will know it. Who knows,...
- 5/2/2012
- by Cenk Uygur
- Aol TV.
Dick Ebersol's long tenure and less-than-stellar recent run at NBC has come to an end. Of course The New York Times would have this first, reporting he resigned after he and Comcast could not come to terms on a new contract. Because the newspaper is Ebersol's errand boy. Remember when Ebersol leaped to Jeff Zucker's defense and publicly slammed Conan O'Brien to Nyt TV writer Bill Carter just because the late-night host wouldn't agree to get Zucked as host of The Tonight Show? And let's not forget that Ebersol ensured that NBC wouldn't make a dime on the last Olympics because he overbid by $200 million to televise the games? Or the years when NBC had virtually no major sports to broadcast? Ebersol was no Roone Arledge. I had been hoping NBCUniversal's new Comcast overlords would get rid of him, but more than one longstanding NBCU exec assured me...
- 5/19/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Sean McManus is leaving his position as president of CBS News and Sports to focus solely on sports, and "60 Minutes" executive producer Jeff Fager will take over as chairman of CBS News, the network announced Tuesday. David Rhodes, the former head of U.S. Television for Bloomberg, was named president of the news division. Also read: Katie Couric Hasn't Agreed to CBS Pay Cut, Source Says McManus was named president of CBS Sports in November 1996 and president of CBS News in October 2005. ABC's Roone Arledge is the only other executive to...
- 2/8/2011
- The Wrap
CBS News is getting a new leadership team. Sean McManus, who has served as president of CBS News and Sports since 2005, is stepping down as president of CBS News to assume the position of chairman, CBS Sports. 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager is being upped to chairman of CBS News while continuing to work on 60 Minutes; and David Rhodes, the 37-year-old former head of U.S. Television for Bloomberg, has joined CBS News as president. "While running our superb Sports Division, Sean has also done a terrific job steering CBS News through a period of transition and change, and the division is clearly on a better footing than it was the day he arrived," CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said. Sean McManus was named president, of CBS Sports, in November 1996 and president of CBS News in October 2005. He is only the second person in the industry to hold both division...
- 2/8/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Someone really hates Ben Sherwood. An anonymously produced and circulated video about the new head of ABC News juxtaposes clips of his first speech to his new employees with a series of accusations against the former "Good Morning America" executive producer and author of several bestselling books, including the novel "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud." The video, posted on Vimeo, was purportedly produced by ABC News employees and sent to Gawker, which posted it Wednesday. The Vimeo posting was under the name of "Roone Arledge," the widely praised former...
- 12/22/2010
- The Wrap
Piers Morgan is making good on his promise to Deadline that he was "about to" lock down his new CNN show's Executive Producer. I've confirmed that hard news veteran Jonathan Wald, the former CNBC topper who left last year after taking the business channel to new ratings highs, is in negotiations with Morgan and the new CNN head Ken Jautz to lead the news channel's replacement show for Larry King Live. (Broadcasting & Cable reported this first today.) Trust me, he won't come cheap. But it's hard for me to imagine that, given all his experience, Wald would be content running just one show when he's been in charge of entire programming schedules. I can't help but wonder if this is a way in for Wald at CNN which certainly could use his proven ability to get cable news ratings and keep them. Prior to CNBC, Wald held multiple Ep gigs...
- 10/9/2010
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
Robert Trachinger, a technical wizard at ABC Sports who refined slow-motion instant replay and developed hand-held cameras during the division's heyday in the 1960s, died Sept. 19 of heart failure at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He was 86.
A two-time Emmy winner, Trachinger spent 35 years at ABC, with stints in sports, as an executive producer at Kabc-tv in Los Angeles and as a network executive in New York. For three decades, during much of his working career, he also taught at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. A Fulbright Scholar, he taught the art of TV storytelling in Germany, France and Israel.
At ABC in the 1960s, Trachinger's experimental work resulted in the first successful black-and-white slow motion videotape. He also was responsible for the development of the first broadcast-quality hand-held cameras, which served as the forerunners of the electronic news-gathering cameras of today. And the underwater electronic...
A two-time Emmy winner, Trachinger spent 35 years at ABC, with stints in sports, as an executive producer at Kabc-tv in Los Angeles and as a network executive in New York. For three decades, during much of his working career, he also taught at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. A Fulbright Scholar, he taught the art of TV storytelling in Germany, France and Israel.
At ABC in the 1960s, Trachinger's experimental work resulted in the first successful black-and-white slow motion videotape. He also was responsible for the development of the first broadcast-quality hand-held cameras, which served as the forerunners of the electronic news-gathering cameras of today. And the underwater electronic...
- 9/28/2010
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ronald Konecky, an attorney who represented some of the biggest names in the TV news business, died Thursday in New York. He was 80.
Konecky's clients included Walter Cronkite, Don Hewitt, Roone Arledge, Morley Safer, Stone Phillips, Barbara Walters, Harry Smith, Don Ohlmeyer, Roger Goodman and Rick Kaplan. He also represented Frank Gifford, Alec Baldwin, Budd Schulberg, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Konecky served on the boards of the American Theatre Wing and the New Dramatists with his wife, Isobel Robins-Konecky, a Tony-nominated producer.
Konecky was counsel to Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz for the past 25 years.
In 1962, he co-founded Hardee Barovick Konecky and Braun, an entertainment law firm with more than 200 lawyers and offices in New York, London, Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, Calif.
A graduate of the University of Arizona and Harvard University, Konecky began his legal career at McA Artists, the most prominent entertainment talent agency in the U.
Konecky's clients included Walter Cronkite, Don Hewitt, Roone Arledge, Morley Safer, Stone Phillips, Barbara Walters, Harry Smith, Don Ohlmeyer, Roger Goodman and Rick Kaplan. He also represented Frank Gifford, Alec Baldwin, Budd Schulberg, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Konecky served on the boards of the American Theatre Wing and the New Dramatists with his wife, Isobel Robins-Konecky, a Tony-nominated producer.
Konecky was counsel to Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz for the past 25 years.
In 1962, he co-founded Hardee Barovick Konecky and Braun, an entertainment law firm with more than 200 lawyers and offices in New York, London, Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, Calif.
A graduate of the University of Arizona and Harvard University, Konecky began his legal career at McA Artists, the most prominent entertainment talent agency in the U.
- 6/10/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chet Simmons was a true television pioneer. The things we watch today and consider essential to our viewing, didn't exist before Simmons created it. You know that little show on Espn, 'SportsCenter'? That was Chet Simmons. All this is important to appreciate because Simmons died last week in Atlanta at the age of 81. In his passing, it's time to appreciate that Simmons was a visionary television executive who had the gumption and wherewithal to make his visions a reality.
Simmons started in his career at ABC Sports, one of Roone Arledge's right hand men, and part of the team that came up with the 'Wide World of Sports.'
Today, the show is remembered as an Emmy-winning program that literally scanned the world looking but 'Wide World of Sports' was really groundbreaking entertainment. You saw things on that show that were new and different and always filmed brilliantly. Whether...
Simmons started in his career at ABC Sports, one of Roone Arledge's right hand men, and part of the team that came up with the 'Wide World of Sports.'
Today, the show is remembered as an Emmy-winning program that literally scanned the world looking but 'Wide World of Sports' was really groundbreaking entertainment. You saw things on that show that were new and different and always filmed brilliantly. Whether...
- 3/29/2010
- by Allison Waldman
- Aol TV.
The vampire romance film "Twilight" is being considered as one of the best and brightest. The flick, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, is one of the movies being honored at the 36th Annual Vision Awards to be held on June 27 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Here's the complete press release, and for the Vision Awards website, click here.
Los Angeles, CA, June 5, 2009 - Many of Hollywood.s best and brightest in film, television and music will descend upon the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, on Saturday, June 27 for the star-studded, 36th Annual Vision Awards .. The gala fundraising event, which has become an annual Hollywood tradition, honors entertainment and business luminaries as well as medical professionals who have exhibited exceptional gifts of sight, foresight and insight in the creative arts, related technologies and medical research.
Presented by Rp International, the nation.s leading non-profit fighting Retinitis Pigmentosa and other blinding eye diseases,...
Here's the complete press release, and for the Vision Awards website, click here.
Los Angeles, CA, June 5, 2009 - Many of Hollywood.s best and brightest in film, television and music will descend upon the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, on Saturday, June 27 for the star-studded, 36th Annual Vision Awards .. The gala fundraising event, which has become an annual Hollywood tradition, honors entertainment and business luminaries as well as medical professionals who have exhibited exceptional gifts of sight, foresight and insight in the creative arts, related technologies and medical research.
Presented by Rp International, the nation.s leading non-profit fighting Retinitis Pigmentosa and other blinding eye diseases,...
- 6/10/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
New York -- "Nightline" in its current form is the brainchild of James Goldston, an accomplished TV producer in his native Britain who was brought across the Atlantic for the task of renewing the brand.
"Nightline," since its early days, had been known for a solid brand of TV journalism that encompassed world leaders and Miss Piggy, stories about AIDs and the travails of Tammy Faye Baker, whose interview gave the show one of its biggest ratings.
It was a daunting task.
"After you lose Ted, it's hard to maintain a program," acknowledged ABC News president David Westin.
It was Goldston who insisted that the show be live, to bring back an energy that "Nightline" had been missing and to capitalize on breaking news. Goldston also conceived of a multi-story, nightly magazine show unlike anything that had been seen. It was as far from the original "Nightline" as could be in structure, and different from what most magazine shows do now.
"They've gone the other way. They're not live and they're single topic and single themed," said Goldston. "It leaves a big wide area for us to operate in. There really isn't anyone on television that does what we do."
Instead of replacing Koppel with one anchor, Goldston picked three: Cynthia McFadden and Martin Bashir in New York, and Terry Moran in Washington. There's one anchor every night, while the other two are on the road working on stories.
"Nightline" still embraces a wide range of topics, from looking at the crisis in Rwanda and bringing viewers behind the scenes with John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to interviews with Cher, Madonna and Robert Redford.
"The beauty of 'Nightline' is the variety of what we get to do," McFadden said.
And if there's a decided emphasis on doing things as creatively and as expensively as possible — McFadden recently went to Rwanda with only a cameraman — there's also the determination to do what it takes to get the story right.
Correspondent Dan Harris' story, which aired earlier this month, shows the lengths to which the new crew is dedicated. Harris and his producer, David Scott, spent six months working on a story showing how tragically easy it was to buy a child in Haiti.
"How to Buy a Child in 10 Hours" was a stunning piece of journalism. And, said Bashir, it?s another example of how the new "Nightline" is respecting the former show?s traditions.
"Nobody can suggest that this show is dumbed down and not serious journalism," Bashir said. "These are the types of stories that 'Nightline' has always done."
Goldston said that he's tried to keep hold of the "Nightline" fundamental spirit.
"There's an ambition on the show, a journalistic ambition and a creative ambition," Goldston said. "The show is a good watch every day. It's very rarely uninteresting to watch. It's always telling you something you didn't know before, always doing stories that other people aren't doing, and it?s always telling these stories in a way that other people aren't."
For his part, Koppel acknowledges that he doesn?t watch the program regularly as he's not up at 11:35 p.m. much anymore. But he's liked much of what he's seen, and thinks the new regime has done what it had to do to improve ratings.
"There are some very good things that they do and other things that I find are a little too glitzy, but that's a question of taste," Koppel said. "If they've been able to hold onto a reasonable audience doing that, why not? I always used to say when I was doing the show, there's no subject that we cannot do, there is no subject that we should not do. I think it's a question how you do it sometimes."
Boston University professor Robert Zelnick, a former ABC News correspondent whose worked appeared on the show in the past, said "Nightline" 2.0 has worked well. He said that its second life has vindicated Roone Arledge?s "Nightline" innovation.
"There is a potential news audience at 11:30 p.m. at night, people who are so anxious to get public affairs programs that they don't watch Jay Leno or in those days Johnny Carson," Zelnick said. "If you put on something that's reasonably attractive, you're not going to necessarily win the time slot but you're going to do Ok.?...
"Nightline," since its early days, had been known for a solid brand of TV journalism that encompassed world leaders and Miss Piggy, stories about AIDs and the travails of Tammy Faye Baker, whose interview gave the show one of its biggest ratings.
It was a daunting task.
"After you lose Ted, it's hard to maintain a program," acknowledged ABC News president David Westin.
It was Goldston who insisted that the show be live, to bring back an energy that "Nightline" had been missing and to capitalize on breaking news. Goldston also conceived of a multi-story, nightly magazine show unlike anything that had been seen. It was as far from the original "Nightline" as could be in structure, and different from what most magazine shows do now.
"They've gone the other way. They're not live and they're single topic and single themed," said Goldston. "It leaves a big wide area for us to operate in. There really isn't anyone on television that does what we do."
Instead of replacing Koppel with one anchor, Goldston picked three: Cynthia McFadden and Martin Bashir in New York, and Terry Moran in Washington. There's one anchor every night, while the other two are on the road working on stories.
"Nightline" still embraces a wide range of topics, from looking at the crisis in Rwanda and bringing viewers behind the scenes with John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to interviews with Cher, Madonna and Robert Redford.
"The beauty of 'Nightline' is the variety of what we get to do," McFadden said.
And if there's a decided emphasis on doing things as creatively and as expensively as possible — McFadden recently went to Rwanda with only a cameraman — there's also the determination to do what it takes to get the story right.
Correspondent Dan Harris' story, which aired earlier this month, shows the lengths to which the new crew is dedicated. Harris and his producer, David Scott, spent six months working on a story showing how tragically easy it was to buy a child in Haiti.
"How to Buy a Child in 10 Hours" was a stunning piece of journalism. And, said Bashir, it?s another example of how the new "Nightline" is respecting the former show?s traditions.
"Nobody can suggest that this show is dumbed down and not serious journalism," Bashir said. "These are the types of stories that 'Nightline' has always done."
Goldston said that he's tried to keep hold of the "Nightline" fundamental spirit.
"There's an ambition on the show, a journalistic ambition and a creative ambition," Goldston said. "The show is a good watch every day. It's very rarely uninteresting to watch. It's always telling you something you didn't know before, always doing stories that other people aren't doing, and it?s always telling these stories in a way that other people aren't."
For his part, Koppel acknowledges that he doesn?t watch the program regularly as he's not up at 11:35 p.m. much anymore. But he's liked much of what he's seen, and thinks the new regime has done what it had to do to improve ratings.
"There are some very good things that they do and other things that I find are a little too glitzy, but that's a question of taste," Koppel said. "If they've been able to hold onto a reasonable audience doing that, why not? I always used to say when I was doing the show, there's no subject that we cannot do, there is no subject that we should not do. I think it's a question how you do it sometimes."
Boston University professor Robert Zelnick, a former ABC News correspondent whose worked appeared on the show in the past, said "Nightline" 2.0 has worked well. He said that its second life has vindicated Roone Arledge?s "Nightline" innovation.
"There is a potential news audience at 11:30 p.m. at night, people who are so anxious to get public affairs programs that they don't watch Jay Leno or in those days Johnny Carson," Zelnick said. "If you put on something that's reasonably attractive, you're not going to necessarily win the time slot but you're going to do Ok.?...
- 7/19/2008
- by By Paul J. Gough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, ABC's Bob Woodruff and CBS' Kimberly Dozier will be honored at the 17th annual First Amendment Awards Dinner in Washington.
The awards, set for March 8, are held by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. They will honor the journalists' work on freedom of the press in the U.S. and worldwide. Ailes, Dozier, Woodruff and New England Cable News' Philip Balboni are this year's honorees; all are scheduled to attend the dinner.
Ailes will receive the 2006 First Amendment Leadership Award, whose past recipients include Floyd Abrams, Katharine Graham, Don Hewitt, Roone Arledge and Ted Turner, among others. Woodruff and Dozier each will get the Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award, and there will be a tribute to every journalist who has been hurt or killed in covering the war in Iraq. Others who have received the award include Ed Bradley, Sam Donaldson, Jim Lehrer and Diane Sawyer.
The awards, set for March 8, are held by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. They will honor the journalists' work on freedom of the press in the U.S. and worldwide. Ailes, Dozier, Woodruff and New England Cable News' Philip Balboni are this year's honorees; all are scheduled to attend the dinner.
Ailes will receive the 2006 First Amendment Leadership Award, whose past recipients include Floyd Abrams, Katharine Graham, Don Hewitt, Roone Arledge and Ted Turner, among others. Woodruff and Dozier each will get the Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award, and there will be a tribute to every journalist who has been hurt or killed in covering the war in Iraq. Others who have received the award include Ed Bradley, Sam Donaldson, Jim Lehrer and Diane Sawyer.
- 1/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- CBS Sports reporter Lesley Visser has been awarded the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. Visser, who has spent 34 years covering the NFL, is the first woman to receive an award from the football Hall of Fame. Previous winners of the Rozelle award are John Madden, Roone Arledge, Curt Gowdy and Jack Buck, among others. Visser will be reporting on the NFL again on CBS and cover the Super Bowl too. She has been a reporter for CBS News, HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and was the sideline reporter at ABC's Monday Night Football for seven years. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a Boston Globe reporter.
- 6/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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