Archive for the 'Nbc News' Category

Fact checking the NBC Florida debate

Bryant “Bye-Bye” Jennings (12-0, 5 KOs) took a unanimous ten round decision over fellow prospect Maurice “Freight Train” Byarm (13-1-1, 9 KOs) to win the vacant Pennsylvania State heavyweight title at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, PA. The line between publishing and showbiz just got a little narrower: NBC News says that it has launched [...]

Dwayne Johnson and Jerry Bruckheimer's Wrestling Drama Sold to NBC

If you need another dimension, NBC Bay Area's Laurence Scott interviewed me for a segment (video here) that ran on “NBC Sports Sunday,” as if you dared watch anything else with midnight approaching last Sunday. (Courtesy Twitter-link plug for Laurence. The other week, Gloria Steinem called for a boycott of the upcoming NBC drama The [...]

NBC Pins The Rock for '80s Pro-Wrestling Drama

If NBC is going to get back on the top turnbuckle, this will be the show to get it there. The network is developing a drama about the "golden age" of wrestling during the 1980s, when beasts like Hulk Hogan and The Iron Shiek made it cool to wear tights Braugher is in talks for [...]

ESPN outbids NBC for Wimbledon broadcast

Yet even the effort appears to be medicinal after his marriage failed, his dreams of a broadcasting career were all but dashed after a forgettable three-year stint at NBC, and his image became so sullied in New York he was lustily booed when added to The 17-year-old, who NBC Chicago is not publicly naming, was [...]

Enough With the Delays: Why Wimbledon Switched to ESPN

Singers must register at www.nbc.com/the-voice/about/casting/ for a spot in the tryouts. Only US residents at least 16 years old are eligible. Selected singers will compete on the air in front of the panel of celebrity coaches: Christina Aguilera, Singers must register at www.nbc.com/the-voice/about/casting/ for a spot in the tryouts. Only US residents at least 16 [...]