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NEW POLL: FOX NEWS THE MOST TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE IN AMERICA

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imageNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Fox News is the most trusted news source in the United States, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Monday. (To our readers: Quinnipiac University is an actual private, nonsectarian, coed university located in Hamden, Connecticut).

In comparison rankings, 29 percent responded that they trust Fox News the most. CNN follows with 22 percent, CBS News and NBC News are at 10 percent, ABC News at 8 percent and MSNBC at 7 percent.

The poll, conducted Feb. 26-March 2, polled 1,286 registered voters nationwide via landlines and cellphones, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

The poll was conducted in the 10 most remote areas of the U.S. Mainland, where the population is less than 15 people, mostly Republicans.

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ABC CANCELS SITCOM ‘FRESH OFF THE BOAT’ AFTER JUST FOUR EPISODES

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The cast of ABC's 'Fresh Off The Boat'
The cast of ABC’s ‘Fresh Off The Boat’

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – ‘Fresh Off The Boat,’ the new prime-time television sitcom featuring an Asian American family, has just been cancelled by its home network,  ABC.

The news stunned millions of Asian Americans, many of whom have organized weekly viewing parties to show full support for this show which was based on a similarly-titled book authored by Eddie Huang.   It airs Tuesday nights.

In announcing that there will be no fifth episode this Tuesday night, ABC said that while the sitcom garnered solid viewing numbers for its first four episodes, the network had no other choice than to cancel the series because of mounting complaints that its title is racist and derogatory.

(Fresh off the boat, or FOB, is used to refer to boat people, those who came to America on boats to escape persecution or repressive conditions in their home countries.  The term had also evolved to mean newly-arrived foreign nationals trying to assimilate into mainstream American living.)

ABC is reportedly considering replacing ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ with another sitcom that also features an Asian American family. FOB’s actor Hudson Yang, who plays the role of the young Eddie Huang, has been tapped to star in the new TV series.

The title of the new sitcom?  ‘ABC!’ As in American-Born Chinese. Tuesdays nights. On ABC.

‘ABC!’ On ABC – brilliant, effortless marketing for both the show and the network.

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NEW TV SERIES ON ‘SELFITIS’ TO DEBUT ON ABC THIS FALL

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New York, NY (The Adobo Chronicles) – In March of this year, The Adobo Chronicles broke the story about the announcement by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) officially classifying taking selfies as a mental disorder, called ‘Selfitis.’  Since then, there has been much debate in the media about this growing phenomenon on the Internet.

This fall, a new television series will debut on the ABC Network largely based on the story that went viral.  Titled ‘Selfies,’ the new show stars Karen Gillan (‘Dr. Who’) and John Cho (‘Star Trek,’ ‘Harold & Kumar go To White Castle’).  It will airTuesdays at 8pm.

During pre-production, the reporters of The Adobo Chronicles were asked to lead the show’s writing team, but the reporters declined. “We don’t do television,” they said.

Initially, the series  was titled ‘Selfitis’ but ABC Network could not get permission from the APA to use the patented name.

Here’s the new show’s trailer.