You Think You Were Busy This Weekend? Diane Clehane was up at 4am Saturday to start her Royal Play By Play Wedding Coverage. (including the back stories like why were Harry’s 2 ex girlfriends there LOL) No better ‘Royal Reporter’ than Diane who joins the show at 10:20am eastern today to be sure we didn’t miss anything. A New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist Diane has reported on and written about the lives of some of the world’s most intriguing people for Vanity Fair, Forbes, People and many other national publications. Her book, “Imagining Diana,” according to People.com was “one of the best books on Diana.” Diane Clehane is also an expert on Britain’s royal family…and MUCH more. She has been cited as an authority on a variety of topics in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, WWD and Harper’s Bazaar. She lives with her husband and daughter in Connecticut.
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Royals & Revivals today on the show …So How could I not mention 71 year old Candace Bergen (lookin’ good) and her upcoming return in the revival of ‘Murphy Brown’. My guest today, Diane Clehane will discuss this too, since she was involved with the original ‘Murphy Brown’ show back when. What’s with the TV ‘revival’ phenomenon anyway ? (Roseanne – Will & Grace, etc.) Did somebody at the networks actually realize that the boomer generation (particularly women) want to see themselves reflected in the media more? Might this also be the only generation with any disposable income left these days? My thinking is the networks may have figured this trend as one way to lure boomer viewers away from ‘on demand’ networks .
‘Which’ advertisers sign on will be interesting to see. BTW…Bergen, also serves as an executive producer of the revival which will start shooting in July in New York, because her life and hubby are here now. The show was previously filmed in Burbank, California.
‘Murphy Brown’ tackled political issues of its day, and then-Vice President Dan Quayle referenced the show in a speech during the 1992 presidential campaign. In its 30th anniversary year, it will return “to a much-changed media landscape, where the characters will play in a world of cable news, social media, ‘fake news,’ and a different political and cultural climate,” USA Today reports.
Diane Clehane is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist who reports on the lives of some of the world’s most intriguing people for Vanity Fair, Forbes, People and many other national publications.
