L.A. TIMES: Daytime Emmy Awards work for a memorable night
"We've returned the glamour to these awards to match the glamour of that old theater and beautiful building," said executive producer David McKenzie, president of Associated Television International. "The Orpheum is one of the greatest assets we have in this city and we need to preserve all of these theaters that exist downtown."
"It's been one continuous goodbye party for the last month because we've celebrated four different times already, but I expect to get a little misty-eyed on Sunday," said Kim Zimmer, who played Reva on GUIDING LIGHT for 21 years. "It's joyful and sad at the same time and it will be wonderful to be on stage with everyone one last time."
Can Daytime Emmys come off life support?
In trying to remove itself from life support, the kudocast is making a major move this year from Hollywood to downtown Los Angeles. After much haggling with different venues and networks, the event is being held at the Orpheum Theater and will air on the CW.
"As sad as we are that the show has ended, you have to be grateful and marvel at how long the show was able to survive," says Grant Aleksander, who has appeared on GUIDING LIGHT on and off since 1982.
Although there were a slew of GUIDING LIGHT vets to introduce the tribute for the show, producers have selected TV institution Betty White to do the honors.
"(Betty's) career is certainly analogous to GUIDING LIGHT in that both have weathered a lot of different transitions," says Aleksander.
Fox, Sony TV look to revive Heathers
Fox is developing a contemporary take on the 1989 Christian Slater/Winona Ryder feature Heathers. The original movie revolved around Veronica as she navigates a clique of mean girls -- all named Heather -- and rebels after meeting J.D., the new guy at school. Soon, the Heathers start "accidentally" dying at the hands of Veronica and J.D., who cover up the deaths by faking them as suicides. Ryder's character chronicles her teen angst and the rising body count with regular diary entries.
A&E Networks, Lifetime Merger Completed
Disney-ABC, Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal said officially they are to become partners in a new venture which rolls womens oriented service Lifetime into their jointly owned A&E Networks stable.
Verizon's Fios to Trial Online Access to TV Shows
Verizon is planning to give Fios TV subscribers access to programming online as part of its involvement in the Time Warner spearheaded initiative, TV Everywhere. As part of a new deal, confirmed Thursday by both companies, content from two Time Warner networks, TNT and TBS, will be available online with more shows from other providers expected to come on stream in the coming months.
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