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= ABC Schedules New Game Show 'You Deserve It' During The Holiday Season =

[|Deadline Article] By Maria Taravella

On Monday, November 21, 2011 at 9pm after the season finale of Dancing With the Stars, ABC will premier the newest game show 'You Deserve It.' The game show will be hosted by Chris Harrison (the host of The Bachelor) and co-hosted by Brooke Burns. The concept of the game is that the contestant is competing to win money for others who deserve the money and not themselves. The person who receives the money will have no idea of what is going on, but will be under video surveillance until they are revealed that they are the beneficiary of the money. I think this article relates to class because ABC is premiering 'You Deserve It' after an already highly rated show, such as Dancing With the Stars. ABC has the notion of inherited audience that viewers will continue to ABC's new game show after the finale of Dancing With the Stars and will not change channels. On a side note, I think that ABC is smart for premiering a game show about giving money to those who deserve it during the holiday season. Many people are in the giving mood during the holiday season, and who knows maybe this new game show will rub off on some people.

=NBC Series "Parks and Recreation" Is Creating 5 Online-Only Episodes=

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/03/parks-and-recreation-webisodes-chris-pratt-aubrey-plaza/ By: Courtney Mazurek

The hit NBC series, "Parks and Recreations" is utilizing the internet to please fans. According to this article, NBC.com is going to put 5 episodes online after the East Coast broadcast of tonight's (Thursday, Nov. 3) episode. The TV episode will set up the story for these online-only installments. NBC is doing this for viewers who wish to watch more episodes of "Parks and Recreation" after watching it live on TV. As mentioned earlier, these 5 episodes will be online only and will also be free to watch. NBC is following the trend of online viewer ship and is potentially creating a larger (and more loyal) fan base by doing so. This will also get their web page more hits and unique users, sparking interest in more NBC shows.

=Court Backs CBS Again Over Janet Jackson Super Bowl Fine= By: Angela Means http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/court-backs-cbs-again-over-janet-jackson-super-bowl-fine/

Who could forgot about the Janet Jackson’s famous wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 Super Bowl. The aftermath of this malfunction is still being sorted out. Recently the 3rd U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled for a second time that the FCC had no right to fine the CBS Corp for airing the wardrobe malfunction. The half time show aired Jackson’s bare breast for less than a second when co-performer Justin Timberlake ripped part of her wardrobe. This malfunction was seen by 89.9 million viewers and the commission fined the network $550,000 for “fleeting” indecency. CBS appealed the fine, and the appeals court voided it in 2008. The case then made its way to the Supreme Court where it was sent back down to appeals court. The most recent ruling was made on the grounds that the FCC didn't give broadcasters fair warning about a shift in indecency enforcement.

The Future of Television is up in the air! By: Michelle Moore

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204621904577016352676478994-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwMzEwNDMyWj.html

It looks like Professor Arceneaux wasn't too far off in his prediction of where the television industry is heading. According to this article by the Wall Street Journal, Google is planning on making big moves that can change the way we obtain content. The article states that Google is developing a video and phone service in Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri. The video service is in talks of partnering up with some major media names such as Disney and Time Warner. The article goes on to discuss what this could mean for the future of television. One thing is clear, the old business model is in trouble and new ideas are emerging everyday. This ties into Wednesdays lecture in which we were discussing how the internet and TV are beginning to integrate and the lines are becoming more blurred. Audiences will have more choices regarding the programs they want to watch and it seems like they're going to be able to access them at a cheaper rate as well. Win for us, loss for the TV head haunchos.

=**Reality TV Causes Bullying? 'Real Housewives' Star Says Yes**= by Astrid Perez
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Atlanta Real Housewife says that the genre encourages bullying. The way that these "Housewives" behave is seen all over the world and Phaedra Parks says, " I beleive that the behavior you see on reality TV does not exactly eximplify how adults should be conducting themselves. While Kandi Burrus, another Atlanta Housewife,could argue that bulying has been around before reality TV became so popular there is something about it being constantly on TV that could trigger behaviors. Kandi mentions that parents should monitors their younger children TV viewing because these shows are not meant for that demographic. There is no way of really knowing if reality television causes bullying at the moment, but one thing that is true is that violence does appear on these shows. But the reasons that these shows are constently on TV is because this is what the people want to see and like we have discussed in class; once something takes off there is no stopping it.

=Starz's Spartacus Returns=

By Adriana Blakely [|Article]

After the passing of the Starz program’s original "Spartacus", Andy Whitfield passes away from Non-Hodgkin Lymphona, the cable network will premiere the new show with its new star in the beginning of next year. The hit TV show aired its first episode in 2010 with Whitfield starring as the rebellious Spartacus; a soldier who abandons a war he views as pointless is captured as a slave, along with his wife, and separated possibly for the rest of their lives. In order to avoid eternal slavery Spartacus becomes a gladiator and begins slaying his way to freedom. Whitfield appeared in the first season, but after being diagnosed with cancer took a leave of absence from the show during which a prequel to the first season was aired in order to buy Starz more time. Then to the dismay of all involved, Whitfield was unable to return and fellow Australian Liam McIntyre took on the role of the vengeful Thracian turned Roman slave. Whitfield passed away earlier this fall. Although, McIntyre knows he has large shoes to fill, the producers and director are very excited for the new season to premiere and believe that Whitfield will be really proud of the next installment.