TMZ on TV
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| TMZ on TV | |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Starring | Harvey Levin Katie Daryl Ben Mankiewicz Michael Hundgen Sean Borg Max Hodges Eddie Adams |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | First-run syndication |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original run | September 10, 2007 – Present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
TMZ on TV (referred to on-air as just TMZ) is a syndicated entertainment and gossip news television show that premiered on September 10, 2007. It is essentially a television version of its sister operation, TMZ.com, a news website with a heavy emphasis on gossip of celebrities' personal lives. It is produced in a studio facility on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.
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[edit] On-Air Personalities
Executive producer (and main on-air personality) Harvey Levin and Jim Paratore, executive producer, have added the following to the on-air talent list:
- Katie Daryl, who has hosted the MTV political special Choose or Lose and recently worked with HDNet as host and producer of True Music
- Ben Mankiewicz, who was a former co-host of the Air America/XM radio show The Young Turks; he also hosts film presentations on Turner Classic Movies
- TMZ.com UK-born media gossip guru Sean Borg[1]
[edit] Positives
In addition to normal celebrity news, TMZ offers humerous insight as well as scathing commentary on celebrities in Los Angeles and around the world. It also showcases mundane details about celebrities' lives that other shows don't consider funny or entertaining. This has led the show to gain a bit of a cult following.
TMZ also is very critical of pseudo-celebrities created by reality TV and the media, questioning their importance in relation to more standard celebrities of TV and cinema.
[edit] Criticism
[edit] Broadcasting stolen material
TMZ was criticized for purchasing stolen items pertaining to the upcoming fourth Indiana Jones film. On October 2, 2007, IESB reported that a number of production photos and sensitive documents pertaining to the production budget had been stolen from Steven Spielberg’s production office.[2]
According to IESB, TMZ.com obtained some of the stolen property and was on the verge of running the story on the TV show until Paramount lawyers stepped in. After IESB broke the story, TMZ on TV did indeed broadcast details about the Indiana Jones production budget on the October 3, 2007, program.[3][4]
[edit] International Broadcasting
- In the Middle East it is broadcast starting 2008 on Dubai One.
- In the Philippines it is shown on JACKtv.
[edit] References
- Barnhart, Aaron. "TMZ is so H-O-T, it will branch out to daily TV show", Kansas City Star, July 25, 2007.
- Pursell, Chris. "Talent Lineup Unveiled for Telepictures' 'TMZ'", TVWeek.com, August 12, 2007.
