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‘Peaked TV’: US scripted shows dropped in 2023

By Lisa Richwine PASADENA, California, (Reuters) - The number of scripted television series in the United States declined by 14% in 2023, FX network chief John Landgraf said, after a…

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GO Celebrates First Year of Its TV channel dedicated to Maltese content – TOKIS With 4 Million Views

GO is marking the end of the first schedule of its very own television channel TOKIS by celebrating the successful figures that have been registered by the platform since it…

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RAI has to change Euro final commentator due to COVID

State broadcaster RAI has to change its coverage of the Euro 2020 final between Italy and England after three members of its team, including Azzurri-match commentator Alberto Rimedio tested positive…

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Excess TV viewing in middle age leads to brain decline, US scientists say

Too much television is bad for you" is more than just an adage parroted by exasperated parents at heedless, homework-shirking teenagers, going by research carried out by US-based scientists. Using information gleaned…

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DAZN investigates into service failure after Serie A blackout

MILAN (Reuters) - Sport streaming app DAZN said on Sunday it was investigating disruptions affecting its services after complaints from Italian users for being unable to watch live Serie A…

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TV viewing surged during Britain’s lockdown

Britons spent 40% of their waking day watching TV and online video at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in April, including spending twice as long watching streaming services like…

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Mediaset pan European TV plan hits new obstacle in Spain

A Spanish judge upheld the suspension of a planned corporate overhaul at Mediaset, in a blow to the ambitions of Italy's top commercial broadcaster to pursue a pan-European growth plan…

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‘Friends’ Reunion special confirmed

An unscripted special will bring the original cast of the popular sitcom—Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer— back to the Warner Bros. Studio…

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‘Friends’ to reunite for new series to celebrate 25 years anniversary

The beloved cast of of the iconic ninties sitcom Friends are to reunite for an epic one-off special for HBO. It's been over fifteen years since the last episode aired…

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Joint Sky & NBC News Channel Confirmed

Variety reports that Comcast confirmed plans to launch a global news platform with Sky News at the launch of its highly anticipated streaming offering Peacock. Variety reported that the channel…

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French media company Banijay close to buying Endemol

French media company Banijay is close to sealing a deal to acquire Endemol Shine, the production house behind such global television hits as “The Voice” and “Black Mirror,” a source…

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Jennifer Aniston “Friends” iconic Instagram debut post goes viral

Jennifer Aniston has showed the world that her Friends will always be there for her as she joined Instagram with a viral first post. Aniston, 50, shared a picture with…

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Gillian Anderson to play Margaret Thatcher in The Crown’s fourth season

Gillian Anderson will play Margaret Thatcher in season four of The Crown, Netflix has announced. The Crown's Twitter account confirmed the rumours that The X Files star would portray the…

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Friends before they knew they would become F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Courtney Cox has shared a never-before-seen throwback photo of the Friends cast before the show’s launch, where they are seen enjoying a few last moments of anonymity. Cox, who played…

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Stockholm Moderate Party votes to abolish state TV

At the annual meeting of the Moderate Party's Stockholm Country division, members overwhelmingly voted to in future campaign to close down Swedish state TV broadcaster SVT, the radio broadcaster Sveriges …

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Twin Peaks actress Peggy Lipton dies of cancer aged 72

Peggy Lipton, a star of the groundbreaking late 1960s TV show The Mod Squad and the 1990s show Twin Peaks, has died of cancer aged 72. Lipton died surrounded by…

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Dallas actor Ken Kercheval dies at 83

Dallas actor Ken Kercheval has died at the age of 83. Fans of the hit show will remember Kercheval as Cliff Barnes who featured in the show’s original run from…

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Italian TV host Cesare Cadeo dies at 72

Italian TV presenter Cesare Cadeo died at the age of 72. Cadeo was a familiar household name for many Italian TV viewers through his anchorage of a number of programmes,…

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Terence Hill turns 80

Terence Hill (Mario Girotti) was born on 29 March 1939. He is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Hill started his career as a child actor and…

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Algerian State TV Head replaced following protests’ censorship

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, facing mass protests against his 20-year rule, sacked the head of the state television, private Ennahar TV channel reported on Monday. Lotfi Chriet replaced Toufik Khelladi,…

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One year, since Fabrizio Frizzi left…

One year ago, Italian TV Presenter Fabrizio Frizzi passed away after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage which proved to be fatal. He was 60 years old. In October 2017, while recording an episode…

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Photo Story – Alvin and the Chipmunks unveil star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

Alvin and the Chipmunks pose for the photographers after the unveiling of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in Hollywood, California, USA, 14 March 2019. They received the…

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Knight Rider set to return to TV screens

In an exclusive report published Friday in the Mirror Online, actor David Hasselhoff reveals details about the Knight Rider TV series revival particulary that it could be shown on TV…

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American parents grateful to Peppa Pig for their children’s use of the British accent

American parents say their children have started speaking with British accents because of cartoon Peppa Pig. The children's TV show, which follows Peppa’s life in fictional UK town as she…

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Too much TV and computer games holds back children development

Too much time spent watching TV and playing computer games can hold back the development of young children, new research suggests. A study of 2,400 Canadian children found more screen…

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28 years ago Beverly Hills 90210 hit the TV screens for the first time

28 years passed since one of the definitive shows of the 1990s, "90210" hit the TV screens. The series, which also featured as a regular in Malta thanks to its…

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Happy 37th Birthday MTV

The History Channel: “If advertisers make the video disco channel a success, the implications for cable television and the recording industry could be far reaching,” wrote a New York Times business columnist…

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Saturday Morning Briefing

Good morning, From Malta to Kazakistan via Italy, to the UK and Brussels, from Libya to Singapore and our obvious stop in the US our morning briefing presents you how…

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“Holly e Benji” – 32 years since its first broadcast in Italy (and Malta)

It was July 19th 1986 when the thanks to the 'overspill' transmission from Italy, Maltese children (and not only) were hooked on by the Cartoon series Holly e Benji. The series…

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Tv anchor breaks down during report on ‘tender age’ detention centres

The Guardian : T MSNBC host struggles to get through a segment on her nightly show, describing babies being forcibly removed from their parents and taken to shelters under Trump's hardline immigration…

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