TMZ on TV

TMZ on TV
Format	Tabloid
Starring	Harvey Levin Katie Daryl Ben Mankiewicz Michael Hundgen Sean Borg Max Hodges Eddie Adams Ved Ristic Dax Holt Tyler Harrell
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	3050 (as of November 4, 2009)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox, syndicated
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original run	September 10, 2007 – Present
External links
Official website

TMZ on TV (referred to on-air as just TMZ in India and Australia) 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, which debuted in December 2005.

The TV show and website are produced in a studio facility on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. TMZ is an insider term ("thirty mile zone" or Studio Zone) referencing the movie studio area of downtown Hollywood.

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 (another Time Warner property)
• TMZ.com UK-born media gossip guru Sean Borg[1]. Known for his expertise in tabloid showbiz media has appeared on the 90's cult classic The Word (TV series), BBC Television's [2]Liquid News and Hollywood 411 for the TV Guide Network [3]

Criticism

Broadcasting stolen material

TMZ was criticized for purchasing stolen items pertaining to the 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.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

Parody

On August 26, 2009, 3rd Degree Films released a pornographic film based on TMZ called TM Sleaze. The film "turns up the heat and the humor as you get to see what happens when celebrities get engaged in hardcore humping". It contains popular pornographic actors and actresses such as Ron Jeremy, Lisa Ann, Tori Black, and Faye Reagan.^[4]

International Broadcasting

• In India it began broadcasting from early 2009. It is usually broadcasted on HBO Movies.

• In Australia it was broadcast on cable / satellite channel Arena until October 2008. It began Broadcasting on new Digital-Only Free to Air channel GO! starting 9 August, 2009.

• In the Middle East it is broadcast starting 2008 on Dubai One.

• In the Philippines it is shown on JACKtv, C/S 9 and ETC Entertainment Central.

• In Canada it is shown on CTV, 'A' and Star!.

• In Latin America it is shown on Warner Channel.

• In Taiwan it is shown on HBO Asia, HBO Signature, HBO HiTS and Cinemax Asia (beginning June 25, 2009).

References

Further reading

• Barnhart, Aaron (July 25, 2007). "TMZ is so H-O-T, it will branch out to daily TV show". Kansas City Star. http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/aaron_barnhart/story/204633.html. 
• Pursell, Chris (August 12, 2007). "Talent Lineup Unveiled for Telepictures' 'TMZ'". TVWeek.com. http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/blink/2007/08/talent_lineup_unveiled_for_tel.php. 

External links

• TMZ on TV at TMZ.com
• Five Reasons to Watch TMZ on TV at film.com
• TMZ on TV at the Internet Movie Database