Television
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Jasmine Murray, Jorge Nunez dismissed from `Idol'
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A nice guy -- and a nice girl -- finished last on "American Idol." Jorge Nunez, the affable 20-year-old college student from Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Ja...
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Sky to host celebrity team in battle of the sexes gameMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago Sky will host the first-ever Basketball Battle of the Sexes game when it takes on an all-male team from the Entertainment League in a June exhibition contest...
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Connie Britton helps 'Friday Night Lights' shine
Mar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Early this season on "Friday Night Lights," a sportscaster declares with a hearty twang that everyone gathered for the Panthers' football game is "exactly wh...
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Adam Lambert astonishes 'American Idol' judges
Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- If the "American Idol" judges have their way, it won't be curtains for Adam Lambert anytime soon. The 26-year-old theater actor from Los Angeles seamlessl...
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Warrenville native enjoying longer stay at 'General Hospital'Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Senta Moses' stay in the soap opera city of Port Charles has been brief, but already she's endured exposure to a poisonous toxin, a massive hospital fire and encount...
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Recession hits Sesame Street: Sesame Workshop announces layoffs
Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The crisis on Wall Street is plaguing Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of "Sesame Street" and other kids' programs, is cutting abou...
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Interested in a TV job? Check out this career dayMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - TV wants you The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences holds its annual Career Day starting with a panel discussion and Q&A ses...
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Big Ten Network president predicts profitable 2009
Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman says 2009 should be the two-year-old cable network's first full year of profitability. Silverman says he hasn't yet...
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USA network sending Tom Brokaw on a road trip
Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- NBC's Tom Brokaw never claimed he was retiring when he left "Nightly News" after the 2004 election. He's almost as visible on TV as he was before. Brokaw has...
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North to launch Internet sports-talk stationMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike North is once again trying to launch an Internet radio venture. This time, however, it's not just his own show, but a new 12-hour-a-day sports-talk station with pro...