By The Beachwood CSI: Chicago Code Affairs Bureau

Two-part season finale to air over the next two Mondays, and that’s it.
“Chicago Code took over for Lie to Me as Fox’s House lead-out on Mondays, but just couldn’t hold on to its audience. It premiered with a 5.7 rating/9 share on Feb. 7, but finished with a 3.4 household rating last week, according to Fast National overnights from The Nielsen Co.,” Inside Blip notes.
“In the end, Chicago Code did fare better than the now-canceled Lie to Me, but only managed to keep 75 percent of House’s audience. Not bad, but not good enough to continue based on its high production costs.”

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Posted on May 11, 2011

By The Beachwood Multiview Affairs Desk

AT&T is evil but this is pretty cool.

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Posted on May 10, 2011

By Steve Rhodes

“Fifty years ago this week, Newton N. Minow delivered one of the most electrifying speeches ever given by a bureaucrat of the U.S. government,” Aaron Barnhart writes for the Kansas City Star.
“‘I did not come to Washington to idly observe the squandering of the public’s airwaves,’ he declared. ‘When your license comes up for renewal, your performance is compared with your promises . . . Many people feel that in the past licenses were often renewed pro forma. I say to you now: Renewal will not be pro forma in the future.’
“That line set off alarms across the TV industry. Minow was basically saying: Start serving the public interest (whatever that was), or I’ll give your station license to someone else . . .
“As a plan of action, though, the speech was a failure. Minow bears most of the responsibility for that.”

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Posted on May 9, 2011

By Stephen Colbert

There is nothing Americans love more than British royalty. It’s what our country was founded on. Or against. It was so long ago, who remembers.

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Posted on May 2, 2011