Joe Flint
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@MikeRoyce I'm waiting for Netflix to revive Men of A Certain Age!
RT @ericmsherman: Great article in the LA Times by @JBFlint about departing Fox Exec Mike Darnell latimes.com/entertainment/…
Fox reality TV exec Mike Darnell leaves a legacy
latimes.com — The man considered to be the godfather of reality television is stepping down. Mike Darnell, head of alternative entertainment for Fox Broadcasting, is leaving the network after almost two decades overseeing both the good - "American Idol" - and the lowbrow - "When Animals Attack."
"He's also been having problems with his TPS reports." Office Space on HBO Signature now!
RT @Laurie_Ochoa: Reality TV godfather Mike Darnell exits Fox. His shows: the "Masterpiece Theatre of stupidity" @JBFlint @villarrealy http…
Fox reality TV exec Mike Darnell leaves a legacy
latimes.com — The man considered to be the godfather of reality television is stepping down. Mike Darnell, head of alternative entertainment for Fox Broadcasting, is leaving the network after almost two decades overseeing both the good - "American Idol" - and the lowbrow - "When Animals Attack."
Fascinating story from NYT about a long-forgotten Memorial Day speech from LBJ foreshadowing 64 Civil Rights Act. nytimes.com/2013/05/26/sun…
At Gettysburg, Johnson Marked Memorial Day
nytimes.com — IT was the year President John F. Kennedy traveled to Berlin to proclaim "ich bin ein Berliner" and the year he gave his famous American University speech arguing that peace was "the necessary rational end of rational men." It was the year the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Love him or hate him Fox's Mike Darnell was one of most influential programmers of last two decades. latimes.com/entertainment/…
Fox reality chief Mike Darnell exits
latimes.com — Mike Darnell, the president of alternative entertainment at Fox Broadcasting and one of the most influential programming executives of the last two decades, is resigning. The diminutive Darnell, known for his wild curly locks and cowboy hat, is considered one of the godfathers of raunchy reality TV.
Mike Darnell leaving Fox. You know you mattered when @rupertmurdoch has a statement about your exit.
Waiting for News Corp. to forget it already owns a chunk of Hulu and bid on it as well. #KIDDING #HOLIDAYWEEKENDPEOPLE ##CANTWEGOHOME
Can we just skip ahead to whenever Hulu is either a) sold or b) taken off the market by current owners?
I'm with @brooklynfritzy I thought DP was talking about Paula Cole Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? #hilarious
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