Television

Saints’ Super Bowl win nips ‘MASH’ finale for most-watched show ever

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Move over Hawkeye Pierce, looks like Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints just took your ratings crown along with the Super Bowl title...

Simon Cowell will be a tough ‘Idol’ to follow

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HOLLYWOOD — In the course of a long goodbye, emotions...

‘Monk’ role has been a dream job for Traylor Howard

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HOLLYWOOD — You'd never know by watching the cast and crew...

Gorgeous 11-part series captures the beauty and pathology of nature

"Life," like its predecessor "Planet Earth," is the...

Starz, no. 3 pay channel, scores first original series hit with...

LOS ANGELES — There's no confusing Starz's "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" with Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar...

Quirky ‘Modern Family’ has the right formula

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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...

‘Mythbusters’ put urban myths and conspiracy theories to the test on...

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LOS ANGELES — Former special-effects artists Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman...

As Hispanic population explodes, so does Spanish-language TV

MIAMI — Their advertising sales may be down nearly $100 million...

Fox News yanks Sean Hannity from Cincinnati Tea Party rally he...

NEW YORK — Angry Fox News executives ordered host Sean Hannity to abandon plans to broadcast his nightly show as part of a Tea Party rally in Cincinnati...

Time runs out for Fox’s ’24’ , but a film version...

LOS ANGELES — Jack Bauer has cheated death a few dozen times, but he couldn't avoid cancellation...

HBO’s ‘Ricky Gervais Show’ reunites Gervais with Stephen Merchant

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PASADENA, Calif. — You can't miss him. British comic Stephen Merchant, who co-wrote the original "The Office" and "Extras" with Ricky Gervais...