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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
May
7
ABC AND UNIVISION TO LAUNCH NEW 24-HOUR NETWORK By Ed Bark
 
 
An "uncompromising" current events and lifestyle network aimed at Hispanics - but in English - is set for a 2013 launch, ABC and Univision jointly announced Monday. The 24-hour network, yet to be named, is aimed at tapping the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic population, which currently makes up 16 percent of the country's population and is expected to almost double by 2050, according to an ABC News publicity release. "Our mission is clear," ABC News president Ben Sherwood (pictured at far left w
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
6
MICK JAGGER TO HOST SNL; FOX MATCHES SINGLE CELEBRITIES ON NEW DATING GAME SHOW By Ed Bark
 
 
Saturday Night Live has landed iconic Mick Jagger to host the iconic show's May 19 season finale. He'll also be the musical guest, marking his third time in that capacity. Jagger (pictured with Jimmy Fallon, right) also has participated in a handful of SNL sketches over the years, but this will be his inaugural stint as ringmaster. *** The sly, cunning Fox network isn't joking with The Choice, a new celebrity dating game show that will feature swivel chairs and "the world's most eligibl
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
May
4
ABC LOOKS TO 'GLASS HOUSE' FOR SUMMER RATINGS; CAST CHANGE ON 'DUETS' By Ed Bark
 
 
ABC will be tearing a big page from CBS' summertime playbook with its own transparent version of Big Brother. The Glass House, scheduled to premiere on Monday, June 18, locks 14 backstabbing contestants in a "totally wired, state-of-the-art house," with a grand prize of $250 grand at stake. The network notes that players will have to curry favor with their online "social networks" to stay ahead of the game. Because viewers can vote to "decide everything from what players wear and eat to t
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
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