Television
-
30 million tune in for Paula-less 'Idol'Jan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Paula who? Despite losing judge Paula Abdul, "American Idol" started its ninth season on a high note with an estimated audience of nearly 30 million. Tues...
-
Mount Prospect musician gets back at 'American Idol'Jan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - "American Idol" may have an age limit, but YouTube does not. Last summer, Michael Riser traveled from his home in Mount Prospect to Chicago to audition for the popular r...
-
Conan O'Brien says no thanks to NBC moveJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien used his best material for his statement that said he wouldn't play ball with NBC's plan for him to make room for Jay Le...
-
ABC renews 3 Wednesday comediesJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - PASADENA, Calif. -- Fans of "Modern Family," ''Cougar Town" and "The Middle" can take comfort in knowing the ABC shows will be back next year. ABC programming chief Step...
-
A teen connects with her biological parents in 'Life Unexpected'Jan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - One of the first new television series of the new year is something unexpected. No courtroom cases, no hospital crises, no criminal manhunts ... just the very human emot...
-
No sequels, spinoffs for 'Lost'Jan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - PASADENA, Calif. -- When ABC's drama "Lost" ends in May, it will definitively end -- don't look for any sequels or spinoffs. The show's producers said Tuesday they've kn...
-
NBC sports chief: Network expects to lose money on OlympicsJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - PASADENA, Calif. -- NBC Universal says it expects to lose money televising the Winter Olympics from Vancouver next month. NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol said that while a...
-
Cowell says he's leaving 'Idol' after seasonJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - PASADENA, Calif. -- Simon Cowell, the acerbic Brit who has helped give "American Idol" some of its sharpest -- and nastiest -- moments, will leave the popular singing sh...
-
Super Bowl ad prices fallJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The economic slump has prices for Super Bowl commercial time falling for only the second time in its history, but it is still the most expensive on television. TNS Media...
-
Sarah Palin takes Fox News commentator jobJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, will return to her broadcast roots and take her conservative me...