Television
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Local contender loses out on $100,000 on TV showDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Algonquin's Julio Gomez, a former contestant on "The Biggest Loser," lost a $100,000 prize Tuesday night by the skin of his teeth. Gomez, 40, was voted off the show in O...
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Groups compete on NBC's 'The Sing-Off'Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Those who couldn't hit a note, even if it were painted on the side of a building and were using a battering ram, are lip-syncers. Those who can sing as long as the music...
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WGN organizing annual Drive-Thru Toy DriveDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - WGN Channel 9 holds its seventh annual Drive-Thru Toy Drive from 5 to 9 a.m. Friday. The first people dropping off new, unwrapped toys at Channel 9's North Side Chicago ...
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CBS cancels 'As the World Turns' after 76 years
Dec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase "soap operas," is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that CBS is making "As the W...
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'Lost,' 'Idol' and 'Daily Show' among decade's top TV shows
Dec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Mostly excellent, all of them memorable, here are the decade's Top 10 television achievements as tapped by the TV writers of The Associated Press. In no particular order...
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Peter Gammons to leave ESPN after winter meetings
Dec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - BRISTOL, Conn. -- Peter Gammons is leaving ESPN after the winter meetings. Gammons joined ESPN in 1989 and has been an integral part of its baseball coverage. He wrote f...
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CBS cancels another daytime drama
Dec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CBS is canceling the soap opera "As the World Turns" after more than a half-century on the air. CBS says the final episode will air next September, in its 54...
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Bryant Gumbel says he has lung cancer
Dec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Bryant Gumbel says he's recovering from lung cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor says a malignant tumor and part of his lung were re...
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Diane Sawyer: This is my last week on 'GMA'
Dec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Diane Sawyer says this week is her last as co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America" as she prepares to replace Charles Gibson on the network's "World News."...
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Dating couple wins 15th 'Amazing Race'
Dec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Cool thinking at the craps table has won a San Diego couple $1 million on the CBS reality television show "The Amazing Race." Meghan Rickey and her boyfriend...