Hasta La Creative!

Mr. Brown founded and edited a groundbreaking magazine that followed the growth of the broadcast medium and produced an authoritative encyclopedia about it.

The network extended Mr. Cohen’s late-night talk show for two years and gave his production company a deal to develop new prime-time programming.

Jimmy Fallon, the host of NBC’s “Late Night,” said preparations had already begun for his ascension to “The Tonight Show” in February, starting with a longer, Leno-style monologue.

The cartoonist Garry Trudeau conceived the comedy “Alpha House,” with John Goodman, while on the road with Jonathan Alter.

The Times reporters Bill Carter and Brian Stelter discuss which comedies have been renewed and the declining viewership of a legacy reality show.

The History Channel may remake the ABC mini-series that made history when it was broadcast in 1977.

Stations in cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago were not carried by Time Warner Cable for a month in the summer during a contract dispute.

The media company’s revenues surpassed Wall Street expectations, but profits were down in part because of the cost of starting two new channels.

Ms. Chase appeared on the New York stage, on television and in film under the name Irene Kane, before finding her voice in writing.

Debuting during tonight’s Chicago Bears/Green Bay Packers Monday night match-up is the latest in State Farm’s Discount Double-Check campaign from DDB Chicago. And, folks, it is a doozy.

Again, we find Packers QB Aaron Rodgers flanked by the SNL ”Superfans,” George Wendt and Robert Smigel, on a flight that has now lasted two months since these guys first showed up. Rodgers, who you may know is as bad at acting as he is incredible at football (the worst and best, respectively), faces his biggest challenge yet: Portray someone who isn’t Aaron Rodgers looking uncomfortable while trying to deliver scripted lines. The results are, well, watch the clip.

In Rodgers’ defense (and it’s easy for me because he is my favorite player ever), a Chicago accent is hard to replicate. In DDB’s defense, I sympathize with how many takes of Rodgers’ “acting” they had to do before just saying “fuck it” and going with the above spot. And, in everyone’s defense, this campaign has been incredibly successful for State Farm over the years. Don’t like Rodgers’ acting? Think the spot isn’t funny? Well that’s too bad, because the rest of America loves these things. This is advertising, and the will of the consumers wins (haha). Credits after the jump.

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