Hindi films got to hear from news channels, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.. Karan Johar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherji, Preity Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, etcetera. They didn’t: Johar’s talk show Koffee with Karan gave him such a taste for television, he’s now slaking his thirst at NDTV’s new entertainment channel. Apart from Rakhi Sawant, Bollywood was item number one on news channels, 24x7x365

India Incredible. We really wanted to visit that country after watching this TV commercial, the best of 2006

Jessica Lall. Got to be the most “photographed” person on TV last year. And its most celebrated cause

K serials had a poor showing. Next year, Ekta Kapoor is considering a triple generational switch and a change of alphabet

Lost in Orange County? Can’t get any Sex in the City? Why not go to OneTreeHill where you can still meet some Friends, but not Seinfeld who quit the box because Everybody Loves Raymond instead. Oprah Winfrey may not spend Tonight with Jay Leno but puts in a good day’s work at The Office, every day and remains the most influential American entertainment personality

Mahajans. Pramod Mahajan’s struggle to live after being shot allegedly by brother Pravin and son Rahul’s hospitalisation after possible drug and alcohol abuse, were perfect made-for-TV moments news channels did fail to exploit. Maybe, in a K-soap next year

Also, Mona Singh who, finally, cast aside Jassi for a pair of dancing shoes. Rather like Cinderella’s slippers, they brought her unexpected success as she won the talent show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa

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