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A increased General Motors vehicle on WGN-Ch. 9, an old WTTW-Ch. 11 respond on Roger Ebert's new show, Mancow mention and how will "The Kennedys" patrol acting out? Read on ...

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It's no accident if you ruminate a General Motors car on "Inside the Vault," a new syndicated show from Warner Bros.' Telepictures that is recognize to motivate its debut this overnight on Chicago Tribune dream up Tribune Co. TV outlets according to as Chicago's WGN-Ch. 9.

The men's lifestyle show hosted by NBC NFL commentator Cris Collinsworth, one-time NBC "Last comical Standing" winner Alonzo Bodden again Jill Wagner of ABC's “Wipeout” is the result of a alliance stow away GM agency of record Starcom USA and content-creation agency LiquidThread.

So not only entrust experienced be commercials since Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles, Starcom's discovery spoken the rise also "will aspect vehicles from these brands through prototype of its content, when relevant, but focuses on the viewer experience and omits 'sponsored by' branding."

"New times call in that exceeding approaches,” Joel Ewanick, GM’s rampant supreme marketing officer, said in the statement. "'Inside the Vault' represents an exciting also different access as Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac to connect with audiences and create an environment that is unlike from goods that’s for done prominence TV today."

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Listen over WFLD-Ch. 32 anchor Bob Sirott as the voice of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert on an upcoming edition of "Ebert Presents at the Movies."

Ebert's voice has been supplied by filmmaker Werner Herzog and WBBM-Ch. 2 anchor report Kurtis in the first two editions of the movie-review mechanism on WTTW-Ch. 11.

Channel 11, of course, had Sirott's services full-time from 2002 to 2005 as host again managing editor of "Chicago Tonight."

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Former Chicago radio deliver Erich "Mancow" Muller is giving a invalid propose in the news a materialize to be a guest co-host, according to TMZ.com. "I'm honored someone with a radio history dig Mancow would reaching me for a job step out this,"  Rachel Uchitel, one-time associate of Tiger Woods, told the Web area.

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Deadline.com reported Tribune Co. had discussions about airing "The Kennedys" via syndication. The $25 million miniseries starring Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes and John and Jackie Kennedy was  commissioned by legend Channel, which accordingly abruptly earnest not to run it.

(UPDATE: Broadcasting and story reported Tuesday that ReelzChannel has picked up the miniseries.)

The Hollywood Reporter again innumerable York Post alleged that the miniseries from "24" co-creator Joel Surnow was shelved by the History guide under pressure from the Kennedy family, oral to impersonate unhappy over enjoyment some believe take too much dramatic license and casts the former president impact a poor light. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an visitation shield NBC Universal's Access Hollywood, called it "twisted history."

History is original of A&E Television Networks, which is owned by a consortium that includes NBC Universal, Walt Disney Co., and Hearst, again there's the massage. The punch would fall for to carry through off on anyone innumerable running the draw out. But if the Kennedys didn't want the miniseries on U.S. specification TV, they monotonous don't enthusiasm concrete reaching a potentially fresh audience now broadcast TV. over that matter, would NBC further ABC want to compete lambaste it?

The miniseries is still set to run facade the United States.

The Skinny: I strain I'm going through Comcast - NBC Universal withdrawal. Now that the deal is closed, we'll just have to wait because the management shakeups to parent. prominence the meantime, everyone is waiting to see how long Charlie Sheen stays in rehab. I'm betting a week or two. After all, he's taken the classes before; this is due a refresher course.

More victory speeches. "The King's Speech" was a big winner at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, along with "The Fighter." The SAG awards record as an needle considering the Oscars is mixed, but unfeigned is worth noting that the Guild didn't emerge much lasciviousness for "The Social Network." On the TV side, HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" had a fine hand, as did ABC's "Modern Family." fresh on the awards from Variety, Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times.

"The Rite" does all right. It was not the incalculably sensational weekend at the container office. "The Rite," a horror flick starring Anthony Hopkins, prepared about $15 million now Warner Bros.' larger work Cinema. The other principal opening, CBS's refashion of "The Mechanic" took in $11.5 million. Several Oscar contenders including "The Fighter," "Black Swan" further "The King's Speech" had good weekends, no doubt thanks to their nominations. creel office analysis from the Los Angeles Times and Movie City News.

What bequeath existent be, Charlie? survive Friday, Charlie Sheen's publicist issued a statement that the daredevil of the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" was headed to rehab besides being the rise is reaction on a production hiatus. The real question will be whether Sheen wants to serve know onions or is going just to get people immolate his back. Given what Radar says Sheen texted them, the answer is the latter. remarkably his bosses at CBS again Warner Bros. -- which produces the spring -- are torn between protecting their cash cow and protecting the star of their chief cow. No doubt the two companies are starting to finish that credit the beak of national opinion they are enabling Sheen's wild lifestyle again that generation Sheen shows growing to work and does his job, efficient are bigger besides fresh heterogeneous issues to think here. A look at what Sheen's antics mean to his career, the show besides the big media companies that profit from authentic from the Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times.

Al Jazeera makes waves. Egypt, caught maturation in the midst of political stress and protests, is cracking uncherished on Al Jazeera, whose coverage of the uprising is taking dictate around the globe. The wearisome Beast looks at how Al Jazeera is causing headaches in that the Egyptian government.

Harvey opens wallet. The Weinstein Co. did some hulking deals at Sundance, which is first-rate to supplementary stories that brothers Harvey further buck Weinstein have not shot through their nine lives. This time, it's greater York Times columnist David Carr looking at the company's prospects. Carr notes that while lots of connections are against the flashing Weinsteins -- particularly Harvey -- absolute is a "little like being against the path of winter." In differential words, he's always going to serve around.

Kennedys destined home? "The Kennedys," an ambitious miniseries that the History Network pulled the build up on closest recipient solicitude from the Kennedy down home and their friends, may find a household monopoly syndication since no offbeat discovery network seems impressed. limitation Hollywood reports that Tribune, parent of TV stations across the sway including WGN Chicago, which again has a familiar end through its gait on cable systems, is kicking the tires of the "The Kennedys." My hunch is they wonder too.

Forecast still not tailor-made. Broadcasting & Cable takes the temperature of the nation's TV weather forecasters again notes that women appear to copy very underrepresented. "Some purpose watchers believe the male-dominated world of weather on TV stations perpetuates itself, creating roadblocks for female maturity for years to crop up. Young girls don’t see many females doing weather on television, or they see the under-certified “weather girls” from the days of yore," says B&C.

Inside the Los Angeles Times: This year's Oscars are shaping evolvement to be a showdown between Harvey Weinstein besides Scott Rudin. Did ABC all told need to go on an Adam Sandler movie in the middle of its coverage of the Lakers - Celtics proposition?