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Grammy telecast to be stocked with performances from top nominees: The Recording Academy scored an early coup this week for its upcoming 45th annual Grammy broadcast by signing a group of big-name acts — including Grammy nominees Bruce Springsteen and Norah Jones — to perform at the kudofest. Also scheduled …

In all humility, once again I say to you, you heard it here first. Last week on the 19th I talked about how much I like the cable TV Music Choice music service with its 45+ channels – right now I am digging on the “Pulse” downbeat and ambient music …

The Superbowl was strangely quiet this year – maybe hype fatigue has set in, and with only one week between the Conference Finals and the Big Game, there wasn’t time for the momentum to take on a life of its own. This gives me hope for media bombast in general, …

The bad news about the hysterical Nike soccer streaker ad – “that image is burned on my retina” – is that it was all staged, the streaker is an actor. But the good news is – authenticity-wise anyway – is that he really did nude up for the ad and …

The current wave of reality TV shows, and their frightening success, is leading many in the industry to talk of new business paradigms, grand new vistas of cheaper programming, a no-repeat program calendar (that part’s fine with me), and the return of many prodigal young viewers from cable and the …

I like the one week break between the Conference Finals and the Superbowl: it keeps a lid on the hype, which really seems to pick up steam in the second week. This year it seems more like a big game than a Roman Spectacle, and since the weight of the …

Actress/singer was 54: Nell Carter, who played the sassy, matronly housekeeper on the 1980s sitcom “Gimme a Break!” and received a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” died Thursday, her publicist said. ….Carter was in rehearsals at a Long Beach theater for “Raisin,” the musical …

American Idol 2’s debut Tuesday night drew the largest audience ever for a Fox non-sports show, 26.5 million viewers tuned in: It eclipsed the 22.8 million people who watched Kelly Clarkson win the first “American Idol” competition in September. “We’re having a very happy day at Fox,” said Entertainment President …

We have been hearing about the integration of television and the Internet for some time now. Where is it? We saw some of it at last year from NBC in conjunction with the Winter Olympics, as USA Today notes: During its coverage of last year’s Winter Olympics, NBC cleverly directed …

Even though we got a lot of mileage out of the first go round of American Idol, I had no intention of watching the show’s return. What’s the point? But 24 comes on at 9 and we turned on Fox early just to make sure we wouldn’t miss anything. The …