“At the Movies” is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11’s mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times’ Roger Ebert and Tribune’s Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television
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Beauty Queen Suing ABC, Disney Claiming Wife Swap Ruined Her Life
New York teenager Alicia Guastafarro said being portrayed as a pouting pageant princess on ABC’s Wife Swap destroyed her life, and wants the network and Disney to cough up $100 million to make up for it. RadarOnline.com has learned that Guastafarro, 18, is suing the show and its’ parent companies,
Disney and Cablevision Take ABC Fight Public
The Walt Disney Company and Cablevision each told viewers to take a side — their side — on Tuesday in a brewing battle over distribution payments that are increasingly seen as vital for television broadcasters. Talks were halted Monday night between Disney, the owner of the ABC network, and Cablevision,
Disney’s ABC may drop from Cablevision over fees
Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) ABC network threatened on Monday to drop its programs from Cablevision (CVC.N) in a dispute over fees, similar to an impasse between Fox and Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N) that was resolved earlier this year. ABC said it would begin running on-air messages to Cablevision subscribers
The Cast of ABC New Season of “Dancing with the Stars” is HOT!
Big news today! ABC has released the cast of the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. The cast chosen is HOT and is full of a lot of gorgeous A listed celebrities. The cast was announced last night during the season finale of “The Bachelor.” Here is the list
All Disney Websites are Down – The sky is falling
The Disney sites—ESPN, Disney.com, Disneyworld, Disneyland and ABC News—are down across the board. It’s unclear what’s going on, but there are multiple network failures. I have tried multiple pings, trace routes and monitoring services and they are all coming back negative. The sky is falling, the sky is falling! *Update
Disney names Wang president ABC sales & marketing
Walt Disney Co named Geri Wang, former senior vice president of primetime sales for the ABC Television Network, to president of sales and marketing of the network. Wang will be responsible for sales and integrated marketing efforts for ABC Television Network, including ABC Primetime, ABC Daytime, ABC News, ABC Late-Night,
Disney Finds New Partners in the Middle East
Blockbuster movies and television series from the Disney media empire will soon be screened free-to-air in the Middle East after a new deal was signed this past month in Dubai. The Disney Company is more than just the Mickey Mouse studio you knew as a kid. Today, Disney is one
Jimmy Fallon Spoofs ABC’s LOST with “Late”
Jimmy Fallon spoofed ABC’s LOST on his late-night talk show with this clip from his pretend TV show “Late.”
ABC Affiliates Raging Against ESPN For Stealing Sports Broadcasts
ABC affiliates are mad as h*ll at ESPN. Disney’s Sports network has taken several live broadcasts from ABC and placed it onto the cable network. So far, they took eight NASCAR races and ABC had to give up the 2011 Rose Bowl and the 2010 British Open, according to MediaWeek.
Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland changes name to Lost Island
Ok so the name hasn’t been changed yet but that would be so cool if it was! This is a 2 for 1 article for all you Lost Fans! First Article is from Kristy Stevenson she is the Lost Examiner: Finally, a brilliant idea on how to make LOST live
Disney Channel, ABC join portable TV service
Disney Channel and ABC have embraced FLO TV, the nation’s primary provider of hand-held, portable television. With ABC on board, the Qualcomm service can boast of offering the programing of the four major broadcast networks. FLO TV launched in 2007 on Verizon and last year on AT&T. NBC ToGo, CBS
Hulu Starts Showing ABC Content
Hulu users can now watch episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy” – five episodes from season five, to be exact. “Over the next two weeks, more ABC shows will launch on Hulu as part of our ongoing Hulu Days of Summer promotion, including current hits like I Survived a Japanese Game Show
