Published at 8:00 am
As much as people talk about places like Florida as the home of escapist, "blue skies" television, when I finally checked out the two big scripted TV shows shooting in South Florida, there weren't many ...
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Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 5:43 pm
Tampa middle school teacher Dr. Phyllis Tucker-Wicks moved one step closer to earning a show on media mogul Oprah Winfrey's new cable channel, placing second in online auditions for the unscripted series Your OWN Show: ...
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- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Tampa schoolteacher gets one step closer to a show on Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network | 08:53 PM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 01:04 PM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 01:04 PM
- Judging Tampa Bay Idol: Tips for those hoping to be the next Big Mike | 01:02 PM
- Judging Tampa Bay Idol: Tips for those hoping to be the next Big Mike | 01:02 PM
- Judging Tampa Bay Idol: Tips for those hoping to be the next Big Mike | 01:02 PM
- Judging Tampa Bay Idol: Tips for those hoping to be the next Big Mike | 01:02 PM
- Judging Tampa Bay Idol: Tips for those hoping to be the next Big Mike | 01:02 PM
- Glee, Modern Family and The Good Wife bring fresh blood to Emmy nominations | 01:01 PM
- Glee, Modern Family and The Good Wife bring fresh blood to Emmy nominations | 01:01 PM
- Glee, Modern Family and The Good Wife bring fresh blood to Emmy nominations | 01:01 PM
- Glee, Modern Family and The Good Wife bring fresh blood to Emmy nominations | 01:01 PM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
- Tampa bartender misses out on $10,000 in debut of Big Brother 12 | 11:37 AM
Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 4:05 pm
(UPDATE: Now that James has revealed he's going to Miami, bamboozling ESPN into devoting a day of overheated coverage to a decision many experts predicted for the championship-hungry star, we see how dangerous it is ...
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Posted in General, Pop Culture, Sports | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 9:03 am
It's an enduring irony that the most successful American Idol contestant from the Tampa Bay area got to the contest on his own. That's because last year, Fox 13 reporter Charlie Belcher got me, pop ...
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Posted in General, Music, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 8:25 am
There is nothing like a good old fashioned catty media fight. Except maybe getting caught in the middle of one without expecting it. So imagine my surprise yesterday, when I discovered while perusing emails on ...
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Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 8:49 am
Even while on vacation, I couldn't help feeling a bit excited by the growing criticism cable newschannels are facing over their lack of diversity in general, and especially during prime time programming. Since I've been ...
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- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
- Opposition to lack of diversity in cable news growing, but do executives care? | 11:49 AM
Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 7:38 am
Let the handicapping really begin. Media writers have been fitting Larry King for a retirement watch for years now, pointing out his dizzying ratings losses and embarrassing on air gaffes with regularity. It has been ...
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Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 8:04 am
I'm sitting in a homey cafe in Savannah, Ga., just one day into a long road trip up the side of the East Coast, wondering if we'll ever come to terms with the death of ...
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Posted in General, Music, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 4:30 pm
For much of his 10-year tenure as music director at WMNF-FM (88.5), Lee "DJ Flee" Courtney has been one of the Tampa community radio station's highest profile boosters, organizing benefit concerts and hyping events to ...
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- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- WMNF-FM implements first layoffs ever, downsizing three to avoid budget shortfall up to $90,000 | 07:36 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 01:07 PM
- Why are so few TV journalists sparking buzz for top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 10:57 AM
- Why aren't TV journalists landing top jobs at CNN and MSNBC? | 10:57 AM
Posted in General, Music, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 10:37 am
A reader emailed to suggest we start calling them the Nepotism Broadcasting Company. That's because Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford's enthusiastic announcement Monday that her son Cody would be providing movie reviews for the ...
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Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 9:15 am
Ever get the feeling that American Idol's producers live in a bizarrro world where enabling host Ryan Seacrest's oddball diversions and alienating Glee fans with constant overruns is a good thing? Now the show has ...
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Posted in General, Music, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 2:20 pm
If you got depressed as I did after watching the Congressional hearings with BP CEO Tony Hayward yesterday -- did one Senator actually apologize to Hayward for requiring them to finance a fund for citizens ...
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- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 07:33 PM
- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 07:33 PM
- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 07:33 PM
- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 07:33 PM
- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 07:33 PM
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- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 04:58 PM
- A letter from one father to the industry, with my list of TV's coolest daddies, just before Father's Day | 04:39 PM
- A letter from one father to the industry, with my list of TV's coolest daddies, just before Father's Day | 04:39 PM
- A letter from one father to the industry, with my list of TV's coolest daddies, just before Father's Day | 04:39 PM
- A letter from one father to the industry, with my list of TV's coolest daddies, just before Father's Day | 04:39 PM
- A letter from one father to the industry, with my list of TV's coolest daddies, just before Father's Day | 04:39 PM
- A letter from one father to to the industry, with my list of TV's coolest daddies, just before Father's Day | 02:57 PM
- A letter from one father to the industry, with my list of TV's coolest daddies, just before Father's Day | 02:56 PM
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- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 10:36 AM
- Former Biggest Loser contestant Kai Hibbard tells CBS' The Early Show "I participated in a myth that hurts people" | 10:36 AM
Posted in General, Music, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 3:23 pm
"The Ocean is just a barrier to getting the oil we need. Kill the oceans. Get the oil" - Tony Hayward - CEO of British Petroleum Everyone that lives on the Gulf Coast of the ...
Posted in General, Politics, Pop Culture | Posted by fasanotampa
Published at 6:46 am
Operation Convince America has begun. By the time President Obama speaks to the nation at 8 this evening, many of the pieces will be in place. He will have visited three states and met with ...
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Published at 6:04 pm
When it comes to preserving and expanding traditional journalism in public broadcasting, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is putting serious money where its values are. Hot on the heels of its initiative to create two-year ...
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Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 4:16 pm
"...If Britain should survive for another thousand years...this will NOT be known as her finest hour" "Never have so many Americans owed their World Cup life to so few (one!) - Churchill rolling over in ...
Posted in General, Politics, Pop Culture, Sports | Posted by fasanotampa
Published at 1:30 pm
Here’s the thing; Valerie Bertinelli is so much cooler than her new TV show. I’m not just saying that because I crushed on her back in the ‘70s like a tween girl loves Taylor Lautner ...
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Posted in General, Pop Culture | Posted by Eric Deggans
Published at 7:47 am
I remember back when not-yet-President Obama first tried to strike a blow against the empty imagery that increasingly fills so much of our political life. This was back when he was running for the job, ...
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