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Al Jazeera America will close by April 30th, AJAM CEO Al Anstey announced Wednesday. The network said, “The decision by the AJAM board was driven by the fact that our business model is simply not sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace.” The network captured a lot of media attention…
ADULT SWIM Let’s get the obvious out of the way. It’s been a long time since the last season of The Venture Bros. There was one special, “All This and Gargantua-2” (which was really, really good), in 2015, but Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer haven’t graced the world with a proper, full-length season since 2013….
In case you were worried that Heroes Reborn would continue after its January 21 finale—and lord knows I was—you may now breathe a sigh of relief that Tommy the Teleporting Boy, Chuck on Fire, Rejected ‘90s Sega Mascot Samurai Girl will no longer darken your TV screen. Not that anyone had ever said the dread…
After airing tonight during iZombie, The CW released a new teaser trailer for next week’s special programming events, Legends of Tomorrow: Their Time Is Now and DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League. The pair of half-hour specials are airing after The Flash next week instead of a new episode of iZombie. While the first is…
Executives of Al Jazeera America (AJAM) today are holding a meeting at 2 pm Eastern Time to tell their employees that the company is terminating all news and digital operations in the U.S. as of April, 2016, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs. The announcement marks a stunning and rapid collapse of what, from the…
paging_filter Al Jazeera, which made a massive investment in covering the United States less than three years ago, is slamming the brakes on its American operation. Al Jazeera America, a cable news channel that debuted in August 2013, is shutting down. Employees were informed of the decision during an all-hands staff meeting on Wednesday afternoon….
Today in Tedium: One of the last acts of David Bowie, supreme rock star of the past 50 years who died Monday morning, was the release of his album, Blackstar. One of the ways Bowie promoted the closing chapter of his work was by doing something that he hadn’t done much of over the years: he gave the…
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We think we know how TV cancellations work. A network realizes that a show’s ratings aren’t where they should be, and it pulls the plug. Often that happens right away — after a few episodes. Sometimes a show lasts a full season and then quietly disappears. And in very rare cases, a show runs for…
Years ago, I worked on a reality show about a group of big-haired girls who ran a cutthroat skating school. They all had drinking problems, personality disorders, and boyfriends in a white rap group. Imagine three Tonya Hardings in one room, and you get the idea. To you, this may sound like sweet, beautiful, trash…