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Beef Products, Inc. Sues ABC News Over Pink Slime Coverage

ABC News was slapped with a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit this morning from Beef Products Inc. as a result of the networks' coverage of the great 2012 Pink Slime Shitstorm earlier this year. Oops, I'm sorry, it was the 2012 Lean Finely Textured Beef Shitstorm. The coverage, a result of a massive ... More >>

With Deadline to Go Dark Fast Approaching, DirecTV and Belo Still Haven't Settled Dispute

​The ongoing fee fight between DirecTV and Fox -- which is threatening to yank Fox Sports Southwest and FX and its myriad other cable networks off the satellite provider -- isn't settled yet; and, who knows, it may not before the midnight hour. Also unresolved: DirecTV's battle with Belo, which, a ... More >>

Good Christian Belles Lands On ABC's Schedule. But Not This Fall. It's a Midseason 2012 Show.

Photos courtesy Disney|ABC TelevisionAnnie Potts and Leslie Bibb in Good Christian Belles​On the other side is the entirety of ABC-TV's fall schedule, sent by the network first thing this morning in advance of this afternoon's upfront announcement in New York. But, of course, there is that one sho ... More >>

It's Looking Good For Good Christian Bitches As a Fall ABC Series. But Will It Shoot Here?

​ABC won't announce which pilots it's turning into full-blown series till May 17. But late last night, Deadline's Nellie Andreeva wrote that it's all but certain that exec producer Darren Star's adaptation of Kim Gatlin's book Good Christian Bitches -- set, of course, beneath The Bubble -- is a go ... More >>

Kristin Chenoweth Is Now Coming to Town As One of ABC's Good Christian Bitches

​ABC's set to start shooting that Good Christian Bitches pilot around town on Monday, last we heard, with Carley Bobby as Amanda Vaughn, the divorced mother of two moving back to the Park Cities with her tail tucked. Late last night, ABC announced it's added a new castmate to Sex and the City crea ... More >>

American Family Association Gives ABC's Good Christian Bitches An Early Publicity Push

​We noted just last week that ABC has already changed the title of Sex and the City creator Darren Star's adaptation of Kim Gatlin's book Good Christian Bitches, about a divorced mother of two moving back to the Park Cities. Right now, the working title is GCB -- and that's likely to change, since ... More >>

Part II of ABC News's Extremely American Makeover: Home Edition For One Dallas Family

ABC NewsJon and Anna Usry and the family, right before ABC News stole all their stuff​Yesterday we watched ABC News's David Muir do Diane Sawyer's bidding and empty the Snow White Drive home of Jon and Anna Usry of everything not made in the U.S. and A. Though, as several Friends of Unfair Park no ... More >>

ABC's World News Shows Up at Local Family's House, Then Drives Away With All Their Stuff

ABC NewsABC's David Muir, left, and Sharyn Alfonsi, right, with the Usrys of Snow White Drive​Spoiler alert: Last night, Disney Street-ers Jon and Anna Usry and their two kids opened the doors of their house to World News with Diane Sawyer's David Muir, who promptly backed up the moving truck and ... More >>

NBC Gives Up Its Chase

Courtesy NBC/UniversalCole Hauser and Kelli Giddish's days of chasing fugitives on downtown rooftops has come to a premature end.​Been meaning to get to this all day; alas, it got buried in the snow, along with everything else. But: Shoulda seen this coming. NBC has yanked the locally shot Chase f ... More >>

Heads Up, Park Cities: Good Christian Bitches, Still Sans New Title, Is Headed to ABC

​That's the just-posted, very-latest exclusive from Deadline Hollywood, which earlier brought news that several networks were vying for Sex and the City creator Darren Star's adaptation of Kim Gatlin's semi(?)fictional tome about the Park Cities. Reports Nellie Andreeva:I hear ABC's new chief Paul ... More >>

So That's Why Dallas Safari Club Said It Won't Tolerate Child Sex Tourism

​Back at the end of January, the Dallas Safari Club sent out the head-scratchingest press release in the history of ever: Said the release, it won't tolerate companies using its conventions to sell "child sex tourism" as part of their "international hunting and fishing excursions." Who said what n ... More >>

Let's Cut to the Chase: Would You Like to Be an Extra in a Jerry Bruckheimer Pilot?

​If ABC's axed the shot-in-Dallas The Deep End, well, that comes as no surprise -- it was all but inevitable given its low ratings and the critical drubbing. But there's been no official word, only this Saturday story that says Thursday night's episode will be the last ever aired unless ABC can fi ... More >>

Welcome Home a Hero, in First Person

For five years, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has operated its Welcome Home a Hero program, which has brought thousands out to the airport to welcome home soldiers on leave or just passing through. And though it's been well-covered -- here's the ABC World News piece from '07 -- till I came ... More >>

Next Month, You'll Find Out How ABC Managed to Make Dallas Look Like Los Angeles

Patrick MichelsBilly Zane and Timothy Busfield on the set of The Deep End at The Studios at Las Colinas last month​If you're just dying to see how Dallas looked as Los Angeles's stand-in, your wait is over: ABC just sent word that the Fox-produced The Deep End -- known to the Friends of Unfair Par ... More >>

Since We Have "Great Looking Readers," Well, You Can Still Hang Out With Billy Zane

Patrick Michels​The Deep End's extras casting director sure knows how to butter up the Friends of Unfair Park. Tara Di Leva, from 20th Century Fox, sends word that the ABC series, currently shooting at The Studios at Las Colinas and around town (saw signs around Victory Park yesterday), needs extr ... More >>

A Longer Look at Tonight's 20/20 About the Battle for Mary Ellen's Swiss Ave. Manse

​ABC News has posted a longer sneak preview of tonight's 20/20 segment about the battle over 4949 Swiss Avenue; the video's here, while the story's here. (Mark McCay and Justin Burgess, to whom Mary Ellen Bendtsen signed over the house shortly before her death in 2005, declined to speak to ABC.) A ... More >>

C'mon, People, Billy Zane Really Needs Your Help. And He's Even Lowered His Standards.

ABC TelevisionThe pay's peanuts, but you could spend all day with Leah Pipes and Billy Zane. Right.​Before they were looking for a "Pretty-Handsome Harvard/Yale Type" to stand next to Billy Zane; now, "fit" will do. Seems Twentieth Century Fox had some trouble finding extras with whom they could f ... More >>

Keith Garvin, Male Anchor: Former ABC News-man to Fill Seat on Channel 21 Newscast

Keith Garvin​Meet Keith Garvin. Or maybe you already know his work from, oh, Good Morning America and ABC World News Now. At this moment, he's an anchor and reporter for the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C., but before that he spent a good long while reporting and back-up anchoring for ABC News, ... More >>

Here's How You Make Downtown Dallas Look Alive at Night: Shoot a Network TV Series

Down below, a Friend of Unfair Park directed our attention to a video he shot downtown last night, where a helicopter was a-hoverin' in order to make Dallas look "L.A.-ish" for ABC's mid-season replacement series, The Deep End, shooting here till mid-November. All 'round, a rather nicely put togethe ... More >>

Methinks Somone At ABC News Loves Forever The Sickest Kids...

Jonathan Cook, as seen on ABC News/Twitter.​I admit, this is about as tangential as local music coverage can get, but it's still kinda funny: Last night, in an ABC News story about the issues Twitter and Facebook faced yesterday as a result of cyber attacks that may or may not be related to the on ... More >>

Billy Zane's Coming to Town to Shoot New ABC Series. Are More Network Shows to Follow?

ABC TelevisionThe cast of ABC's The Deep End, soon to be eating dinner at a table near youAfter the jump you'll find a trailer for the ABC-TV mid-season replacement The Deep End, a legal dramedy set in "one of L.A.'s most prestigious law firms." The rest of the narrative sounds like every other lega ... More >>

Like Everyone Else In The World, ABC News Has Fallen For St. Vincent

Like VEGA before her, St. Vincent is now the feature of some ABC News adoration, as the network continues to make a strong push to up its indie cred and web presence. Earlier this week, ABC's music-centric web feature, "Amplified", debuted this five-minute clip, in which host Dan Harris met up with ... More >>

Wolfgang Puck Is One Saucy Fellow

Just a screenshot, folks. We tease just like Harlequin. Follow the links below. Thanks to Videogum and, ultimately, our copy editor for bringing ABC News' Nightline's foray into romance to my attention. She shared it because of my Paul Rudd fascination, of which I am obviously not ashamed. But anywa ... More >>

VEGA Gets Some Love From... ABC News? Sure, Why Not.

Richard Card With ABC News and Pitchfork Media pairing up for CD reviews and all, maybe it's not so surprising to see former Dallas-based artist Alan Palomo and his VEGA project getting some love from ABC News in this segment the national news organization ran today (sorry--can't figure out how to e ... More >>

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Ole Oops

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All the Right Moves

Save the bump and grind for strippers. Let's do some dancing.

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Get Real

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Hey, Doc, The Bachelor Needs a House Call

Dallas on the TV

The Robert Tilton Files

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Canned News

PR becomes "reporting" at WFAA

Mark Cuban Going Broke

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Depress Tour

I coulda sworn I was there when they turned on the TV

Start Making Sense

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Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Get It Straight

The road to Ellen was paved with the best of intentions

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

Geek love

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