Television
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Netflix unveils first 8 Shonda Rhimes projects for platform
Jul 20, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shonda Rhimes's first slate of shows for Netflix includes a look at the migration of African-Americans from the Jim Crow South, romance among wealthy ...
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Downtown Elburn goes back to 1955 for backdrop in HBO TV series shootJul 20, 2018 1:00 am - Elburn is just about ready for its close-up, as a backdrop for a scene in a new HBO television show. Workmen have spent the past few weeks turning the interior of the fo...
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Ted Williams' Mexican-American heritage explored in PBS film
Jul 19, 2018 7:00 am - ALBQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Ted Williams is the last major league baseball player to hit over .400. The Boston Red Sox slugger captivated millions with his dazzling swing an...
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Disney announces new Star Wars 'Clone Wars' episodes
Jul 19, 2018 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Disney says it will release new episodes of the Star Wars animated series "The Clone Wars" on its upcoming streaming platform. The 12-episode run was an...
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Paramount fires its top television executive over comments
Jul 19, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paramount says it has fired the head of its television division for making unspecified comments that drew complaints from employees. Paramount Picture...
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Robin Wright takes power as 'House of Cards' returns for final seasonJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - At the end of last season's finale of "House of Cards," newly minted President Claire Underwood refused a call from her husband, turned to the camera and proclaimed "My ...
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Feder: Weigel to launch Start TV digital network with CBS Television StationsJul 19, 2018 1:00 am - From the folks who brought you Me-TV, H&I and the Decades Network, now comes Start TV, a new digital network featuring "strong and resourceful female leading characters"...
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Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen push back against Sarah Palin
Jul 17, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Showtime and Sacha Baron Cohen are pushing back against allegations the comedian duped guests on his new show by posing as a disabled veteran. The networ...
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Robin Williams speaks for himself in new HBO documentary
Jul 17, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When filmmaker Marina Zenovich sought to make a documentary about Robin Williams, she found that she could do it largely in the late comedian's own voice...
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Nats-Orioles TV fees dispute likely to be reheard this fall
Jul 17, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The long-running dispute between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles over television rights fees likely will be reheard by a committee of ba...