Television

You may already have seen the reports that NBC Universal is slashing its budget, cutting jobs and reorganizing. But here's the scary part of the story, from today's Wall Street Journal
Among NBC Universal's most significant moves is its decision to stop scheduling expensive dramas and comedies during the 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. time slot. [...]

I have finally sat through the 10 minutes of Diane Sawyer's interview with Mel Gibson that "Good Morning America" aired today, with more to come tomorrow. (I fast-forwarded through the shamelessly promotional 2 1/2 minutes "GMA" devoted to the Gibson story during its first half-hour, to plug the actual interview in the second half-hour.)
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In case you needed another reminder of how old I am, I remember watching "Hootenanny" during its 1963-64 run on ABC. But there are enough of you in my demographic to find this interesting news:
In April 1963 – right between Elvis Presley and Beatlemania – the weekly music concert show Hootenanny debuted on American television [...]