Television
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'America's Got Talent' ... not reallyAug 29, 2012 4:00 am - On a recent Tuesday evening, my wife and I came home from a family event. Out of habit, the television was turned on and the channel was set on NBC-5. When the picture a...
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Utah NBC affiliate won’t air show about gay coupleAug 28, 2012 8:51 am - SALT LAKE CITY — A Mormon church-owned NBC affiliate in Utah won’t air an upcoming sitcom about a gay couple that invites a surrogate mother into their home as they try ...
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‘GMA’ co-anchor Robin Roberts to start medical leaveAug 27, 2012 11:35 am - NEW YORK — Robin Roberts says Friday will be her last day co-anchoring “Good Morning America” for a while. On Monday’s edition of the ABC News wake-up program, Roberts m...
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Restrained coverage of Neil Armstrong’s deathAug 27, 2012 7:59 am - NEW YORK — By the yardstick of history, Neil Armstrong was among the most accomplished men ever to walk on the planet that he looked upon from afar one magical week in J...
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Megyn Kelly gets bigger convention role on FoxAug 26, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Four years ago, Megyn Kelly roved the Democratic and Republican convention floors as a reporter for Fox News Channel. Starting Monday in Tampa, Fla., she'll b...
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Grammer is 'Boss,' but local talent helps power seriesAug 26, 2012 11:00 pm - The producers of "Boss" make a lot of local actors very happy. The acclaimed Starz TV series, starring Kelsey Grammer as a take-no-prisoners Chicago mayor determined to...
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Snooki of ‘Jersey Shore’ delivers baby boyAug 26, 2012 5:41 pm - NEW YORK — “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi early Sunday gave birth to her first child, a boy. The reality TV star and her fiance, Jionni LaValle, welcomed 6-...
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You’d need six months to watch every presidential campaign adAug 25, 2012 11:00 pm - At 30 seconds a spot, and sometimes 60, it would take more than six months to watch all 526,633 presidential election ads that have run on television since the general e...
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Michelle Obama to appear on ‘Dr. Oz Show’Aug 24, 2012 8:45 am - NEW YORK — Michelle Obama is making a house call on “The Dr. Oz Show.” The show’s producers say the first lady will tape an appearance Wednesday to discuss new provision...
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Call for Spanish language political spendingAug 22, 2012 8:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Just a month after Forbes Magazine recognized the Hispanic television market as “the next media jackpot,” some are complaining that Hispanic media aren’t ge...