Television
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January warms up with TV premieres, finalesJan 08, 2013 7:41 am - NEW YORK — Where once the post-holiday schedule was a blizzard of chilly reruns, January is aburst with premieres and finales. Already, the much-adored British miniserie...
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Jimmy Kimmel moves to late-night's sweet spotJan 08, 2013 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — During production of his final post-midnight show, Jimmy Kimmel's studio audience waited patiently while he taped a string of promotional spots. “Hey, Denv...
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Soap vet Steve Burton goes from 'GH' to 'Y&R'Jan 07, 2013 4:00 pm - NEW YORK — There's heartbreak ahead for some “General Hospital” fans. Steve Burton, who played Jason Morgan on the ABC soap opera for nearly 21 years and left the show l...
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‘Smash’ musical getting cast albumJan 07, 2013 5:42 am - PASADENA, Calif. — The Broadway show within a show on NBC’s “Smash” is getting its own cast album. NBC and Columbia Records said Sunday that a 22-song cast album for “Bo...
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Michael J. Fox to play newscaster in new NBC showJan 06, 2013 4:49 pm - PASADENA, Calif. — On his upcoming NBC comedy, Michael J. Fox will play a newscaster who had quit his job due to Parkinson’s disease but returns to work in the show’s fi...
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Comcast’s NBC delays biggest shows to avoid rerunsJan 06, 2013 3:03 pm - Comcast Corp.’s NBC is delaying the return of three of its most popular shows until March so that it can air only new episodes for the remainder of the season. “Revoluti...
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HBO will continue screening Universal moviesJan 06, 2013 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — HBO on Sunday its deal with Universal Pictures to be the exclusive pay-TV provider of the studio's movies for another decade, the companies said. Financial te...
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NBC's Greenblatt rebuilds network long in disarrayJan 06, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — The world didn't end as some predicted last month. Even more remarkably, NBC demonstrated it just might have a future. No wonder Robert Greenblatt is marking ...
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Courteney Cox sitcom makes the move to cableJan 06, 2013 4:00 am - “I can't believe we're finally back.” That's more than a line of dialogue for Courteney Cox, but it's the first one she speaks as “Cougar Town” resumes by moving from A...
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Nielsen becomes a Twitter followerJan 05, 2013 6:06 am - By Jessica Goldstein, The Washington Post The Twitter haters are losing the war. You know who they are, or, perhaps, who you are. Those who dismiss the snappy social net...