Television
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Nielsen: 11 million viewers for 'The Wiz'
Dec 04, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - NBC's new holiday tradition of presenting a live musical production seems on firmer ground after an estimated 11.5 million people watched "The Wiz," with...
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Streaming channels, the gifts that keeps on giving
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a story Nov. 25 about streaming services to consider as holiday gifts, The Associated Press erroneously reported that SlingTV doesn't make "Monday ...
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'The Wiz Live!' to air vocal description for sight-impaired
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - When "The Wiz Live!" airs on NBC Thursday, it will come alive for the blind with a voiced description of the broadcast's sights and action integrated into its...
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Luke Bryan, Demi Lovato, Wiz Khalifa join NYE show
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Luke Bryan, Demi Lovato, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth will help count down to 2016 on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest" in New Yor...
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How to make a tin man? Ask the wizards of 'The Wiz Live!'
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Peek behind the curtain at "The Wiz Live!" and you'll find there is indeed a wizard - or three. They are costumer Paul Tazewell and makeup artists Dave and Lo...
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NBC's 'The Wiz Live!' to ease on down that tuneful road
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Soon, a determined girl named Dorothy will ease on down that road in NBC's "The Wiz Live!" Hers is an odyssey that began in 1900 with the publication of ...
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Network veteran, Nick News chief Linda Ellerbee retiring
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Linda Ellerbee, a veteran newswoman who wrote an irreverent best-seller about her time on television and built a second career at Nickelodeon explaining tough...
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NBC's 'The Wiz Live!' to ease on down that tuneful road
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Soon, a determined girl named Dorothy will ease on down that road in NBC's "The Wiz Live!" Hers is an odyssey that began in 1900 with the publication of L. Fr...
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CNN erases description of Gray's mother as heroin addict
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Following protests online, CNN removed a description of Baltimore's Freddie Gray as "the son of an illiterate heroin addict" in a story posted about the ...
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St. Viator grad's comedy leads to Conan, ColbertDec 01, 2015 4:20 am - While growing up in Palatine, Brian Stack never thought comedy came from regular people. "Show business was something done by aliens," he said. "I mean, nobody I knew co...