Entertainment Studios
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Entertainers with Byron Allen (formerly EntertainmentStudios.com) is a television magazine interview
series hosted by Byron Allen
which usually airs in low-profile weekend timeslots in syndication
, such as early afternoons against competing sports events on other stations a television station
knows they will not compete well against, or in overnight periods.
The show typically takes place with Allen doing a short introduction of his guests, then showing interview footage of a celebrity
at a press junket (typically the traditional hotel room setting where Allen sits across from the celebrity in front of film posters of the project), along with clips of the film being promoted. Athletes are also interviewed, usually in practice or home settings. Music video
s are also shown to fill out time towards the end of the program. The program was previously known as Entertainment Studios, named after Allen's network of websites encompassing his various other syndicated programs.
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...
series hosted by Byron Allen
Byron Allen
Byron Allen is an American comedian. He is the head of Entertainment Studios, a broadcast syndication company responsible for producing and distributing several television shows pertaining to stand-up comedy and the entertainment industry. Allen also hosts some of the shows himself.-Early...
which usually airs in low-profile weekend timeslots in syndication
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
, such as early afternoons against competing sports events on other stations a television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
knows they will not compete well against, or in overnight periods.
The show typically takes place with Allen doing a short introduction of his guests, then showing interview footage of a celebrity
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
at a press junket (typically the traditional hotel room setting where Allen sits across from the celebrity in front of film posters of the project), along with clips of the film being promoted. Athletes are also interviewed, usually in practice or home settings. Music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s are also shown to fill out time towards the end of the program. The program was previously known as Entertainment Studios, named after Allen's network of websites encompassing his various other syndicated programs.
See also
- Entertainment Studios NetworksEntertainment Studios NetworksEntertainment Studios Networks are a group of six high definition cable networks operated by Entertainment Studios Inc. The networks were launched in May 2009 and are currently carried by Verizon FiOS, Sky Angel and the Roku streaming player...
, Allen's associated group of television networkTelevision networkA television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
s featuring high definition content distributed both by Verizon FIOSVerizon FiOSVerizon FiOS is a bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service which operates over a fiber-optic communications network. It is offered in some areas of the United States by Verizon Communications. Verizon was one of the first major U.S...
and traditional syndication.