Television
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NBC: 'Sunday Night Football' averaged 22.5 million viewers
Jan 06, 2016 6:00 am - STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - NBC says its 10th season of "Sunday Night Football" was its highest-rated ever and is on pace to rank as prime time's top show for the fifth conse...
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LeVar Burton says time is right for 'Roots' remake
Jan 06, 2016 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - LeVar Burton, who starred in the influential 1970s miniseries "Roots," said the remake is arriving at a crucial time. "As far as we have come in ...
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HBO pulling plug on hit comedy 'Girls'
Jan 06, 2016 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. - HBO says it will pull the plug on its hit comedy "Girls" after a sixth and final season next year. The series about a group of young women in their 20...
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Comedy Central, National Geographic pair up on sex series
Jan 06, 2016 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - There's finally a subject to unite Comedy Central and the National Geographic Channel. You guessed it. Sex. Comic Nikki Glaser is the creator and...
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Spike Jonze gives peek at new Viceland channel
Jan 06, 2016 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The new Viceland cable channel that launches next month will have series with actress Ellen Page exploring gay and lesbian life around the world,...
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What is 'The Shannara Chronicles,' and what is it doing on MTV?Jan 05, 2016 11:22 am - MTV is getting into the fantasy drama game with "The Shannara Chronicles," based on the novels by Terry Brooks. The 10-episode series, which premieres at 9 p.m. Tuesday ...
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Michael Weatherly leaving CBS drama 'NCIS' after 13 seasons
Jan 05, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "NCIS" star Michael Weatherly says he's leaving the long-running CBS drama. Weatherly, who plays Special Agent Tony DiNozzo, has been with "NCIS" sinc...
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Supermodel Rachel Hunter feels pressure to keep up looks
Jan 05, 2016 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A roundup of news Tuesday from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting deta...
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Woodley, Skarsgard join cast of HBO's 'Big Little Lies'
Jan 05, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Shailene Woodley and Alexander Skarsgard are part of a new HBO project, "Big Little Lies." They join previously announced stars Reese Witherspoon and Nicol...
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Jennifer Lopez sees 'Shades of Blue' in new NBC police dramaJan 05, 2016 4:00 am - Jennifer Lopez and television certainly won't be strangers as 2016 starts. The hugely popular singer-actress returns to judge the final season of “American Idol” startin...