Oops - Hand Perez Hilton the remote, please

The Perez Hilton blog has this breathless story:


Wow! The Good Wife is seriously gearing up for their fourth season with an INSANE amount of talent!
Maura Tierney and Kristin Chenoweth have already been confirmed to appear on the ABC drama when it returns in the fall, and now, it looks like producers are pulling in ANOTHER old Broadway favorite…Nathan Lane!
That's right, the Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning actor will reportedly be a recurring character, and knowing him - as well as the unique way in which this specific shows utilizes actors for unexpected roles - we can't wait to find out even more details!
What do U think?? Are U looking forward to the new season of The Good Wife??

Did you catch the error?

"The Good Wife" is on CBS. So maybe that's one of those details the blog shouldn't wait to find out more about.

The details, by the way, are at Zap2It. Maybe a little less breathless and a bit more fact-checking there, Perez?

(While you're at it, how about saying "The Good Wife" is gearing up for its fourth season?)

Online Mugging

Over the years, I've been truly po'd at some bosses, enough so to get into shouting matches with them (not my proudest moments). And there are times I probably should be thankful the Internet and blogging and comments didn't exist, or I might have been one of those contributing to this online mugging of a departing ABC producer.

(Who knows, as a former boss I might have been the object of one of these, too.)

You always expect a few complaints, but were I a top exec at ABC, I'd be thinking long and hard about the string of vitriol here. I'm of the "if there's smoke, there's fire" school, and this seems like a conflagration that has been smoldering for years.

ABC turns to public for year-end video special

ABC is sending out messages promoting its "Caught on tape 2.0" in hopes of scaring up some unique citizen-captured video that might be out there.

I got mine today from Eric Strauss at the network. Here's the spiel:

Have you captured an astonishing scene others missed? Has your video helped the voiceless be heard? Have you recorded a life changing event? Used the camera in a creative way? Cameraphone. handheld video. Webcam.

Our producers are asking for the most powerful, compelling, emotional video moments captured in 2006. If your video is strong enough, important enough, really meaningful, we will put it on TV. Upload your video or tell us about it.

"Caught 2.0" is airing nationwide on ABC News '20/20' on Dec. 29, 2006.

ABC is right when it says "2006 was the year of the digital video." And it's nice that ABC is reaching out to add the network imprimateur to at least some things that might be good examples of citizen journalism.

Missing, however, is any indication I could find of perhaps paying those whose video is used. ABC makes how much from an hourlong "20/20"? It seems to me sharing even $100 a pop won't dent the budget (after all, the show could run maybe, what, 30 videos max during an hour).

But, if you just want the thrill of seeing your work on network TV, here's the link. You can upload just about any common file format. There's a 20 Mb limit.
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Updated 12/14 to fix bad link.