Television
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NBC broadcasts Super Bowl with pomp and promotionFeb 05, 2012 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Clint Eastwood's patriotic pep talk about "halftime in America" might just as well have applied to NBC. The languishing, fourth-place network, owned by Comcas...
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Images: Super Bowl entertainmentFeb 04, 2012 11:00 pm - ...
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M.I.A.'s antics upstage Madonna in halftime showFeb 04, 2012 11:00 pm - For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime extravaganza a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. is likely to be the most remembered piec...
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Clear Channel to break into TV with SeacrestFeb 04, 2012 7:07 am - DANA POINT, Calif. — Radio broadcasting giant Clear Channel is breaking into the TV production business. The company announced that it is taking a minority stake in the ...
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Pakistani and Indian chefs compete on reality TVFeb 04, 2012 6:42 am - ISLAMABAD — For decades, archenemies Pakistan and India have engaged in a dangerous nuclear arms race. Now they’re also competing in a more cheerful forum. The outcome w...
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More products being hawked in TV showsFeb 04, 2012 6:11 am - NEW YORK — Frankie Heck settled into the driver’s seat of a new Volkswagen on a recent episode of ABC’s “The Middle,” caressing the steering wheel as celestial music pla...
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NBC channels Marilyn Monroe in Super Bowl ads to lift networkFeb 04, 2012 5:05 am - Comcast Corp.’s NBC, the last-place network for seven straight years, will use this weekend’s Super Bowl broadcast to promote a prime-time lineup being remade by enterta...
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'Smash': A TV drama mashed up with original songsFeb 03, 2012 5:00 am - As TV series go, “Smash” does a smashing job of abstaining from the usual: no courtrooms, no operating rooms, no interrogation rooms. Meanwhile, this new NBC musical dra...
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Indy gets dose of star power with Super BowlFeb 03, 2012 5:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana — the place where Peyton Manning, Larry Bird, the Hoosiers and more have created the stuff of legend — is undoubtedly a sports mecca. A celeb magn...
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Cary native places third on “Jeopardy!”Feb 02, 2012 10:00 pm - If Anne Rozek would have bet all of her winnings on “Jeopardy!” she would have finished second. Instead, the Cary resident played it safe with her wager during the fina...