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  List of television programs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a listing of topics pertaining to television programs.
List of television shows filmed in New York City
List of television shows set in Newcastle upon Tyne
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_television_programs   (212 words)

  
 Journalists killed in 2005
Wazzan, a news anchor with the Iraqi state TV channel Al-Iraqiya who was kidnapped on February 20, was found dead five days later on a roadside in Mosul, where the journalist had lived and worked, according to press reports citing her husband.
Ibrahim, a news producer for the Iraqi television station Baghdad TV, was shot by U.S. forces as she drove to work with her husband, who was a fellow employee, Iraqi journalists and colleagues at Baghdad TV told CPJ.
News reports said Peyton was shot outside the Sahafi Hotel, where she had arrived just hours earlier to begin a series of reports on the strife-torn country.
www.cpj.org /killed/killed05.html   (11174 words)

  
 List of television programs - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
List of television programs - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
List of television shows set in Washington, D.C. Lists by genre or characteristic
List of television programs, See, Lists by setting, Lists by genre or characteristic, Lists by nationality, Lists by television station, Uncategorized, External links and Lists of television series.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/TV_shows   (193 words)

  
 Sci-Fi Site of the Week
All the profiles list the last episode aired, fan picks for top five episodes and random quotes from the show (these are sometimes hilariously out of context).
Similarly, Drakh's list of TV shows covered is select: ten new shows, a handful of miniseries and perhaps two dozen canceled programs.
Looking the list over, fans will see some shows in this TV graveyard that got to fully explore their premise over a stretch of seasons, and others whose runs were cut cruelly short, like
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue392/site.html   (771 words)

  
 South Dakota Politics: October 16, 2005 - October 22, 2005
New details of how dark the scandal could prove to be have emerged from the private sale of IHC on June 3, 2005, just as the procurement scandal was about to break.
News footage of burning houses, dead children, ululating human widows, columns of refugees and burnt-out tanks has lost its impact.
At the same time, the American News picks up a seperate story on Louis Farrakhan and the 10th Anniversary of the so-called "Million Man March," which in its original inception a decade ago fell well short of a million men.
southdakotapolitics.blogs.com /south_dakota_politics/2005/week42/index.html   (11542 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- ABC sent an unsatisfactory message this week -- and copped out -- when it chose Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff to be the new co-anchors of its "World News Tonight" program.
If Couric (sensibly) decides not to fill the seat once occupied by Walter Cronkite and Rather, then Moonves and his new news chief, Sean McManus, would have to resort to Plan B (whatever that is).
This occurred long before 24-hour cable news forced ABC, NBC and CBS to adjust to a brave new world in which old conventions were discarded and the emphasis was suddenly on delivering news on a real-time basis.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=33361948&brk=1   (1411 words)

  
 News
Smith serves as the department extension leader to conduct educational programs for the public on crop varieties and seeds for agricultural audiences and on plant genetic engineering.
Their program includes the remarkable and seldom-heard Trio in G Minor, Opus 15 by Bedrich Smetana, and the Trio in G Major, K 564 by W.A. Mozart.
New York sculptor Audrey Flack created the statue with outstretched arms to represent the welcoming spirit of the Lebanon Valley.
www.lvc.edu /news-events/index.aspx?startDate=9/1/2005&endDate=9/30/2005   (7255 words)

  
 News
The program is designed to introduce more students to thoughtful community service and to provide a learning experience that will challenge them to volunteer on a regular basis.
The FBC program provides members with half-day seminars featuring experts in the field of family business, affinity groups, access to a resource library, consultation on management issues, subscription to a family business publication, membership directory and one of the most beneficial aspects of the Center — networking.
The key objectives are to enhance and enrich international studies programs, to develop and incorporate new curriculum units and to build a multimedia global education project on the peoples and cultures of Thailand and Myanmar.
www.etown.edu /news.aspx?year=2005&dept=29   (14294 words)

  
 PressThink: Ketchum and Bloggers: Who Said What? What Remains? Lisa Stone Reports.
News Turns from a Lecture to a Conversation: "Some of the pressure the blogs are putting on journalists shows up, then, in the demand for "news as conversation," more of a back-and-forth, less of a pronouncement.
Bill O'Reilly and the Paranoid Style in News: "O'Reilly feeds off his own resentments--the establishment sneering at Inside Edition--and like Howard Beale, the 'mad prophet of the airwaves,' his resentments are enlarged by the medium into public grievances among a mass of Americans unfairly denied voice." More...
The journalists who offer us strategy news do not know what public service they are providing, why they are providing it, for whom it is intended, or how we are supposed to use this strange variety of news."More...
journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/20/stn_ktc.html   (9593 words)

  
 'South Park,' 'BSG' Win Peabodys - News coverage of Hurricane Katrina also honored - Zap2it
A typically wide-ranging group of TV and radio broadcasts, including everything from deadly serious news documentaries to "South Park," was joined under the banner of "Peabody Award winner" Wednesday.
Four news organizations were honored for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
CNN and the "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" were lauded for the depth of their coverage, while WWL-TV in New Orleans and WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Miss., were cited for their resourcefulness in keeping local viewers informed in the storm's aftermath.
www.zap2it.com /tv/news/zap-peabodyawards06,0,65615.story?coll=zap-news-headlines   (412 words)

  
 Science Fiction News of the Week
Larson's news is the latest twist in an ongoing story about the on-again, off-again resurrection of the cult series.
Including SF and other programming, USA said it will air five new hours of original series in primetime and one new, non-primetime hour by the summer of 2000, more than doubling USA's current output.
Bolstered by a recent redesign and an increased investment in original programming, the channel is also earning its best primetime ratings in history.
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue139/news.html   (5245 words)

  
 Paperless News.Com - China
Electronic News Media and Publishing Consortium - ENMPC is a non-profit industry consortium founded to encourage the development of electronic information in Hong Kong.
New York Times: Tibet: Changing and Unchanged - the photographs, videography, and writing of photojournalist Steve Lehman, who has chronicled change and resistance in Tibet since he first covered the Lhasa riots in 1987.
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) - government funded but editorially independent, seeks to operate more on the lines of a private broadcaster than a government department.
www.paperlessnews.com /dir/Countries/China/home.htm   (1041 words)

  
 TV-News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Still to be scheduled with a certain date, the new drama series “The Inside” centers on a rookie female FBI agent in the Violent Crimes Unit who uses her traumatic past to put herself in the mindset of both the villain and the victim.
His new drama “The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire” celebrates the eccentricities of small town life and follows three quirky brothers as they face challenges in their families and careers.
Each episode will have new puzzles to follow and solve, and the TV audience will be able to follow these clues, so that at the end of 13 episodes a viewer could be the lucky winner of the mystery contest, with the ability to claim the stolen money.
www.lafm.com /tv.htm   (17398 words)

  
 French Culture | French Television Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This new Internet Portal is aimed at French-speaking educators and all francophiles.
Programs are complemented by in-depth articles on the diverse subjects featured by the Franco-German channel.
The Canal Plus website features news, cultural programs, and sports, as well as famous satirical programs on political life and media culture.
www.frenchculture.org /tv/online/tv.html   (217 words)

  
 List of satirical television news programs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of television programs which are either news programs with a satirical bent, or parodies of news broadcasts, with either real or fake stories.
The list does not include sitcoms or other programs set in a news-broadcast work environment, such as the US Mary Tyler Moore, the Australian Frontline, or the Canadian The Newsroom.
The "Weekend Update" segment of Saturday Night Live
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_satirical_television_news_programs   (108 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Podcasting shakes up local media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
They're worried that making the program available to iPods could mean a loss of listeners — and consequently the donations and ad dollars that keep the stations afloat.
In fact, the growth in on-demand programming could spur interest in TV watching by making shows available to new audiences, says Craig Robinson, president and general manager of WCMH-TV, an NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio.
The shows "were specifically designed to be a vehicle for the local stations" to provide their own bits of programming, says NPR spokeswoman Andi Sporkin, and they're staying that way.
www.usatoday.com /tech/products/services/2006-04-16-podcast-worries_x.htm?POE=TECISVA   (807 words)

  
 Society of Professional Journalists: 2006 SPJ Convention
An award-winning documentary host and producer, news anchor and multimedia production company president, Bill Kurtis has spent the past 35 years creating a body of work that is virtually unparalleled in broadcasting.
In 1990, he founded Kurtis Productions and began producing programs for the A&E Television Network, including the long-running, award-winning Investigative Reports, Investigating History, American Justice, and Cold Case Files, which was nominated for a 2005 National Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Series.
A columnist for The New York Times and a tenured professor at Columbia University, Samuel G. Freedman is the author of six acclaimed books, including "Letters to a Young Journalist." Freedman was named the nation's outstanding journalism educator by the Society of Professional Journalists.
www.spj.org /c-speakers.asp   (265 words)

  
 By Subject - Humanities - News Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Includes news from newspapers, TV and radio networks, international bodies, credit, financial and insurance institutions, major companies and industrial groups, political parties and trade unions, and professional organisations and associations
News, features, and commentaries highlight the state of press freedom and censorship in Southeast Asia.
Material is obtained from non-U.S. open-source political speeches, television programs, radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books.
www.lib.washington.edu /subject/Humanities/dr/elnew.html   (998 words)

  
 News and the New Media:News & Information
ABC News is big television's latest entry in the Web news race, and their slick, well-designed site is indeed every bit as good as the Web offerings of the other major TV news networks.
The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation, a leader is news service around the world, has developed Computer News Daily, a fabulous source of timely news, features and columns on the world of computers.
All the news, "from exclusive sources without censorship or filtering from government or news agencies," that's fit to launch into cyberspace from Japan, is available here.
www.jumpcity.com /cgi-bin/search?subchap:7.01   (5335 words)

  
 JIM CARREY ONLINE - News Area
Oscar nominated actress Virginia Madsen talked about her new upcomming movie The Number 23, in an interview with SCI FI Wire, in which she is co-starring with Jim Carrey.
Previously listed as a March release, the DVD of Fun With Dick and Jane has been moved to an April 11, 2006 release, but promises to be worth the wait.
All right there is good news for Jim Carrey fans that they can wait a little less longer for Fun With Dick and Jane DVD release as it has been preponed to March 21, 2006.
www.jimcarreyonline.com /info/news.html   (11252 words)

  
 Classic TV & Movie Hits - The Daily Show
The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, also known as TDS to fans and staffers) is a half-hour satirical "fake news" program produced by and run on the Comedy Central cable television network in the United States, the show premiered on Monday, July 22nd, 1996.
It is hosted by Jon Stewart, who acts as news anchor (he took over for original host Craig Kilborn in 1999).
The program originates "from Comedy Central's world news headquarters in New York" (as is announced in the opening of each show), where Stewart is joined on-screen by a group of correspondents who provide humorous reports and commentary.
www.classictvhits.com /show.php?id=574   (454 words)

  
 KCRW Podcasting
Nick Madigan takes a weekly look at how reporters for newspapers, television and other media are doing their jobs.
Once subscribed to a podcast, the next time you "Check for New Podcasts", an MP3 of your selected KCRW program will be on your computer, and if you're set up for it, on your iPod as well.
While downloading programs from the Internet is technically feasible through a variety of software programs, KCRW does not encourage listeners to download its music programs.
www.kcrw.com /podcast   (591 words)

  
 The Gun Toting Liberal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Groups such as the 21st Century Paul Revere Ride and “You Don’t SPEAK For Me” are taking a stand against illegal immigration and trying to push the issue back to the forefront so Americans can hold their elected officials accountable at the polls.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday announced plans for talks with Israeli, Palestinian and Lebanese leaders as part of a new U.S. diplomatic effort in the Middle East conflict, but warned that the United States would not support a cease-fire that fell short of disarming Hezbollah and restoring Lebanese government control throughout the besieged country.
On the eve of her foray into the crisis, Rice warned against the “false promise” of an immediate end to hostilities that would only trigger more violence “five or nine months” down the road.
www.guntotingliberal.com /index.php?tag=news   (4435 words)

  
 KTLA The WB | Where Los Angeles Lives | 'Crash' Wins Best Picture in Upset
Even the ceremony's honorary Oscar, presented to maverick director Robert Altman, recognized a filmmaker who often works outside of -- and has often expressed his open disdain for -- the big studios.
The show was hosted by Jon Stewart of the satirical news program "The Daily Show," the fourth Oscar host in as many years.
Ratings for last year's show, hosted by Chris Rock, were down 3% from the previous year, and Oscar organizers worried that television viewership might be down again this year because so few people had seen the five best picture nominees.
ktla.trb.com /news/ktla-oscars,0,2165564.story?coll=ktla-news-1   (1220 words)

  
 By Subject - Social Sciences - News Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) is a humanitarian news agency covering sub-Saharan Africa, eight countries in central Asia and Iraq.
Provides keyword searching in English or Russian of all full-text news and economic sources marketed by Internet Securities Inc., including Kommersant Daily, Izvestiia, Nezavisimaia gazeta, Moscow Times, Moscow News and dozens of others
Provides coverage of the Japanese business and financial community through current news reports from the newspapers: Nihon Keizai shinbun, Nikkei ryutsu shinbun MJ, Nikkei kinyu shinbun, Nikkei sangyo shinbun, Nikkei weekly, Nikkei English news, Nikkei major articles.
www.lib.washington.edu /Subject/SocialSci/dr/elnew.html   (844 words)

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