TV

A Lannister Always Pays His Debts — But Do Too Many Of His Fans Watch For Free?

Neda Ulaby — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:41:00 +0000

For today's All Things Considered story about people sharing their Netflix or Hulu Plus passwords, producer Sami Yenigun latched on to what could've been an ordinary entertainment-business story and front-loaded it with snippets of sound from Game of Thrones — attacking dragons, evil kings, treacherous harlots.

Foster Families Take Center Stage

Neda Ulaby — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:14:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTGYq-sTwI

Missing Senior Citizen Comes Home In Time For TV Deadline

Thu, 30 May 2013 11:21:00 +0000

Transcript

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm David Greene.

A television news crew in Maine was reporting a story about a man who had gone missing. Seventy-three-year-old Robert McDonough suffers from dementia and had not been seen for more than 14 hours. As the TV reporter prepared to go live, standing outside McDonough's home, an elderly man wandered into the camera shot. The reporter said hello, then did a double take. Robert McDonough had returned home, safe and sound, just in time for the newscast.

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Amazon Scraps TV Show Focus Groups

Thu, 30 May 2013 09:58:00 +0000

Amazon asked subscribers of its video-streaming service to do the jobs usually left to focus groups and executives. The company released 14 pilot TV shows, then looked at customer reviews and view counts. Amazon announced five pilots have been approved for a full season.

Larry King Signs Up With The Russians

Mark Memmott — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:46:00 +0000

Larry King, who signed off from CNN in December 2010, has signed on with the English-language arm of RT, the Russian TV channel that aims to cover "the major issues of our time for viewers wishing to question more and delivers stories often missed by the mainstream media."

According to RT, King will "host a mold-breaking politica