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CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

ON THE TALK: Marie Osmond On Paris Jackson Suicide Attempt; Debbie Rowe Custody Possibilities

Monday, June 10, 2013 @ 8:56 PM
CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

From CBS:

Paris Jackson remains hospitalized after a suicide attempt. weighs in, saying she relates, coming from an iconic show business family and having lost her own son to suicide:

“She should be more protected…This child is embarrassed…She’s not fine.”

“I think (it’s time )to take the opportunity to really look at all the components in this child’s life, whether he is her father, her abandonment issues with her mother, this family that she really didn’t know; the public, terrible things said about Michal, her dad… People can be so cruel. It’s like massive bullying.”

“This little girl is in a very hard place. Who knows what the answers are? My heart breaks for her.”

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Sony Pictures Television

Former ‘Y&R’ Executive Producer and Head Writer, Maria Arena Bell, Talks Emmy Nominations and Online Soaps

Sunday, May 26, 2013 @ 11:54 PM
AFF/Steven Bergman Photography

AFF/Steven Bergman Photography

In an interview published in the newest issue of Soap Opera Digest, , the former executive producer and head writer of “,” shares that the soap submitted episodes #9,999 and #10,000 as part of their Emmy reel in the category of Outstanding Drama Series for the “40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.”

“We felt those episodes, being sequential, were the peak of huge story,” she says. The episodes covered the mock funeral of Victor Newman () and the nonmarriage of Sharon Newman () and Tucker McCall (). The soap submitted episode #9,999 in the category of Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team. In addition to the “Y&R” Emmy nominations, Digest asked Bell what she thought of the “” and “” reboots.

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VARIETY: Angelica McDaniel, Frank Valentini, Katie Couric, Heather Tom, Kelly Ripa and More are Daytime TV’s Impact Honorees

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 @ 3:17 PM
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Looking at how daytime television has become the pre-primtime of the entertainment landscape in more ways than one, Variety.com, now part of Penske Business Media, LLC (owners of Deadline.com and TVLine.com), has highlighted several of daytime’s biggest stars in front of and behind the scenes who help make the daily drama, the fun & games and the topics of discussion millions of viewers tune into each and every weekday. Those featured in the article include  (Senior Vice President, CBS Daytime),  (Executive Producer, ““)  (Tak Show Host, “Live with Kelly and Michael”; ex-Hayley Vaughan Santos, ““), (Katie Spencer, ““), Katie Couric (Talk Show Host, “Katie”),  (Judge, “Judge Judy”), Carla Hall and Clinton Kelly (Co-Hosts, “The Chew”) and many more.

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CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

CBS Daytime Posts Solid Ratings Growth During February Sweeps Ratings Period

Friday, March 8, 2013 @ 9:54 AM

In a press release issued by CBS, the network is touting the ongoing solid performance of its daytime lineup consisting of “,” “,” “,” “” and “.” During the 2013 February Sweeps period, each series increased in Total Viewers, as well as in the various women demographics from their same performance during the February 2012 Sweeps period.

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

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