stiff v.— «Texas release Red Book—their sixth studio album. It’s their first CD since 2003’s Careful What You Wish For, which—in music-biz parlance—stiffed, big time.…”It was crystal clear people weren’t ready for another...
voicetracking n.— «Many other shows employed voicetracking, a technology that lets personalities drop enough regional references to seem as if they’re in the vicinity even when their studio is many states away.» —“The...
worm poll n.— «The poll of 696 people showed 27 percent remained undecided. Similarly with the ‘worm’ TV studio audience, there was no way of figuring who people were going to vote for or whether their emotional reactions would turn into...
stale dating v.— «TBS hoped to reduce or eliminate the high cost of remote satellite broadcasts and to avoid the stale dating inherent in studio weather information.» —“Zydacron and Tokyo Broadcasting System Revolutionize Live...
mahoff n.— «Hollywood mahoffs and celebs, those very people who make fun of the event, have helped transform the Golden Globes ceremony (to be broadcast live at 8 tonight on CTV), into what more than one studio honcho calls “the...
tent pole n.— «A studio like Fox usually works on dozens of DVD’s at a time—from minor television shows to $100 million-plus “tent poles” meant to draw everyone in and that entail a marketing blitz mapped out long beforehand...