Television
Conan O’Brien tells NBC to take a hike
LOS ANGELES — Conan O'Brien is not going to take one for the team. The host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" released a statement Tuesday afternoon saying he would not move his show from 11:35 p.m. to 12:05 a.m. EST to make room for Jay Leno's return to late night...
Comcast scores controlling stake in NBC Universal
WASHINGTON — Comcast Corp. struck a deal Thursday with...
Simon Cowell leaving ‘American Idol’
Simon Cowell is leaving "American Idol" — but he's not going anywhere...
Quirky ‘Modern Family’ has the right formula
LOS ANGELES — ABC took a major gamble in September when it opted to launch four new half-hour comedies as a two-hour package on Wednesday nights...
ABC’s Oscar audience grows by 14 percent; biggest number in five...
LOS ANGELES — Maybe it was the expanded best-picture category or, who knows, maybe it was that Neil Patrick Harris opening number. Whatever it was, Oscar ratings were up big time...
Shots of adrenaline: ’24,’ ‘Human Target’
Want a stark alternative to the hoity-toity glitz...
Neil Patrick Harris suits up
On the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," Neil Patrick Harris plays perhaps the most style-obsessed male sitcom character since Alex P. Keaton. Hardly ever seen sans suit since the show debuted in 2005, Barney Stinson uses his wardrobe as a weapon for womanizing. It...
New episodes of ‘Southland,’ premiering Tuesday on TNT
REASON TO WATCH: Brand new episodes of a fine cop show, and — special bonus — Amaury Nolasco (Sucre of "Prison Break") joins the cast...
AMC’s ‘Prisoner’ remake not very telling
The 1960s have been very, very good to AMC, whose...
Kirstie Alley takes her weight-loss battle to reality TV
LOS ANGELES — The fluctuating weight of Kirstie Alley...
