Television
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More insensitive remarks on CBS ‘Big Brother’Aug 08, 2013 7:56 am - NEW YORK — A run of ethnically insensitive remarks has continued during filming for the CBS reality TV show “Big Brother,” raising questions about whether the network sh...
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Fox Sports scores U.S. Open in 12-year dealAug 08, 2013 7:55 am - PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Fox Sports is in as the next broadcast partner for the U.S. Open starting in 2015. Johnny Miller appears to be out. In a surprising announcement Wednes...
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WGN-TV to carry Arlington Million coverageAug 07, 2013 4:55 pm - WGN-TV will provide live HD coverage of the Arlington Million from Arlington Park on Aug. 17 from 5-6 p.m., officials announced Wednesday. The one-hour telecast will pro...
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Get in the ‘Doctor Who’ loopAug 06, 2013 5:13 am - Some of us, myself included, were very excited Sunday to hear that Peter Capaldi has been chosen to succeed Matt Smith later this year as the star of “Doctor Who.&#...
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Comics look to Obama, Democrats for humorAug 05, 2013 11:57 am - NEW YORK — President Barack Obama, the joke’s on you. A study of gags by late-night comics during the first half of the year found an abrupt change from 2012. Now Obama ...
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‘Soup’ host dishes on his show, new movieAug 05, 2013 5:33 am - NEW YORK — There’s no stopping Joel McHale this summer. The 41-year-old actor is busy with his E! reality spoof “The Soup” and preparing for the fifth season of the NBC ...
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Stars pay tribute to casting directors in HBO documentaryAug 05, 2013 5:00 am - John Travolta certainly knows the value of a having a casting director in his corner. If not for the faith a legendary one named Lynn Stalmaster had in his talent, the e...
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Meet the new star of 'Doctor Who'Aug 04, 2013 2:00 pm - LONDON - Peter Capaldi is going from spin doctor to "Doctor Who." The BBC announced Sunday that the Scottish actor, best known as venom-spitting political fixer Malcolm...
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NBC’s Brian Williams to take leave for surgeryAug 02, 2013 10:21 am - NEW YORK — NBC News anchor Brian Williams will be off the air for a few weeks soon for surgery to replace a knee that was damaged in a high-school football game decades ...
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Pair of stunts has networks thinking ‘Sharknado’Aug 02, 2013 5:54 am - NEW YORK — Colliding stunts on Discovery and The Weather Channel feel like another “Sharknado.” Discovery is holding its 26th annual Shark Week of programming at the sam...