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...supposed to be a bellwether for the Oscars, which is one reason that so many film folk came to the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Then there's the open bar and free eats (though the dinner portion is over by 5 p.m. P.T., when the TV broadcast begins). But the true compact between the HFPA mavens and the movie glitterati is this: We're going to lure all you Hollywood swells to our party - where you'll be seen by millions of TV viewers and you'll promote our lodge of foreign journalists - by nominating you for awards...
...hour-long studio show at 6 p.m., followed by the original telecast of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Before the season starts, the MLB Network will primarily feature sports news, original documentaries and spring-training reports for every team. The channel will broadcast World Baseball Classic games in March and 26 regular-season games during the year. The network's signature show is slated to be MLB Tonight, an eight-hour nighttime highlights program featuring updates and occasional live coverage of ongoing games. Think of ESPN's popular highlight program Baseball Tonight on, er, steroids...
...month, you can even watch out-of-market games on the site. Plus, despite baseball's overall economic strength, its television ratings dropped like a sinker last season. Fox's regular-season baseball ratings fell 13%, while ESPN's shrunk 7%, and 15 local networks that broadcast baseball saw double-digit ratings declines for their games. The 2008 World Series, between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays, was the least watched in history. In that respect, the new network's timing may be terrible...
...while the MLB Network is slated to show a relatively paltry 26 of them all season. It could still increase that number this season, and it plans to air more games down the road. But for the moment, the channel is contractually restricted from airing games opposite those being broadcast on ESPN, Fox and TBS, baseball's national television partners. Will fans care enough about documentaries, shop talk and game highlights that they can get from ESPN - and from ESPN personalities they've become attached to - to turn into devoted viewers of the MLB Network...
Obama's welfare during the blackout, which lasted through the night and well into Saturday morning, was of major concern for many Oahu residents. Callers inquired about his safety during an emergency radio show on the one station that was able to broadcast on AM frequencies, and local radio personalities watched his compound from afar, searching for signs of light. "Right now, he's safer than he was before the lights went out," said Larry Price, a KSSK radio host, speaking to a caller asking about the President-elect. Some residents even worried that the blackout was part...