Viacom announced yesterday that it will pull The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from the most popular online video site, Hulu. Although Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert top Hulu’s charts, Viacom said the shows are...READ»
1 Family Guy
You can get the five most recent episodes and more than 300 clips of Seth MacFarlane's crude cartoon. Hulu's most-watched episode as of September: "Stew-roids."
2 The Office
The show is also among NBC's ...READ»
The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are two of the most popular shows available at Hulu, and have even come to represent the possibilities of the service--personally speaking, I hit up Hulu most mornings specifically to catch ...READ»
Showing just how unhip being a PC can be, Microsoft has pulled out of a prime time Windows 7 sponsorship of a special by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. According to Microsoft, MacFarlane's style didn't "fit with the Windows ...READ»
Viacom is treating YouTube like a copyright infringer, but there's an easy win-win scenario: advertising barter and a per-subscriber fee. All Viacom needs to do is to think of YouTube as just another ad-supported distribution ...READ»
We'll address the gigantic sell-out that is Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (brought to you buy Windows 7) in a moment. But the more immediate news is that the Windows 7 party-people are going to have to ...READ»
Anyone who watches 30 Rock, The Office, Community, or any other number of NBC shows has probably figured out that the network is trying to slip positive messages about sustainability into its programming. And in fact, NBC Universal ...READ»
When you're as big as GE, it's impossible not to be hurt in a downturn. But the company had good news on its 2008 highlight list too: the three-year-old Ecomagination division saw revenues rise 21% to $17 billion; investment in clean ...READ»
Last night, Fox aired the first new episode of Family Guy since February 2002. For the first time ever, a show that was canceled has come back years later due to home video (and cable reruns). This is a clear display how a new ...READ»
Jon Stewart's great, really he is, but this is awfully disappointing. ChatRoulette? What is this, January 27th?
That being said, the clip is really more about the ridiculous news coverage of ChatRoulette than the site itself, and ...READ»
A parody of the Wall Street Journal hit news stands early today, creating enough of a stir to get the real WSJ snapping up copies in at attempt to get them off the streets.
Published every 26 years, this time the parody has ...READ»
Family Guy creator and our November cover subject Seth MacFarlane is denied entrance to a Hollywood bar, but he brushes it off and decides to turn the tables on the doorman. Looks like creating a $2 billion media empire hasn't changed the easy-going writer/producer.READ»
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has built an empire of staggering proportions that nabbed him a record $100 million deal with Fox. And, with an innovative new series of animated shorts distributed by Google -- "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" -- he’s even teaching the search giant new ways to exploit the Web. Could this crude frat-boy cartoonist really be a model for business in the postmodern age?READ»
Did Family Guy go too far in its recent episode that suggested Nazis would have supported the McCain-Palin ticket? Does Seth MacFarlane care? Not likely, if his continuing string of hits is any indication.READ»
The boldest move in network TV this fall? "The Big Bang Theory" is moving to Thursday nights. Yawn. But on the Web, new-media networks like Funny or Die and performers such as Felicia Day are producing imaginative shows that redefine must-see viewing -- whether you watch on an iPad or a Web-enabled TV. Sit back, relax, and reprogram your prime time.READ»
As the nation transitions from the erratic, divisive Bush-era into the historically momentous presidency of Obama the rhetoritician, some journalists are declaring crisis mode on a flourishing art form: the political satire.READ»
One of the magic keys to any successful career is knowledge. Knowledge about your industry is a given. I mean general knowledge. An idea of what is happening in the world.
No matter who you are or what you do, you have to keep ...READ»
On the afternoon before the VP debate, I find my attention occupied by the election. Here are a few things on my mind:
Last night on The Colbert Report, they did a wonderful thing. After a humorous commercial about "Voter ...READ»
Report just in: A dark tide appears to be looming over digital movie downloads, as word came today that retailer colossus Wal-Mart has issued warnings of retaliation to some of Hollywood's key players, should they elect to sell ...READ»
Viacom has reached a deal with Joost, which will allow content from its networks including MTV, BET and Paramount pictures to be shown on Joost for free, according to Reuters. This marriage with Joost, a site that allows viewers to ...READ»
Have you ever been distracted from the melodramatic interactions between the attractive doctors on Grey's Anatomy with the thought "I wonder where I could buy that sweater?"
If so, than you are the target audience for a new ...READ»
The future is scary: hadron colliders, HD-video iPhones and nanotube lightbulbs are as bizarre as they are promising. Thankfully, this week on the Web shows us that not all that much has changed; we're still the same gawkers we were ...READ»
