Television
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...
On Friday, O’Brien to say farewell to NBC
CHICAGO — Sometime early Friday evening in Los Angeles, Conan O'Brien will say goodbye to his viewers as he concludes taping his final edition of "The Tonight Show" just 236 nights after his first...
The television week in review
Have you seen the new version of The Insider? It calls itself "the breaking news with the...
Simon Cowell will be a tough ‘Idol’ to follow
HOLLYWOOD — In the course of a long goodbye, emotions...
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...
Picking out fall TV’s winners and losers
We're seven weeks into the television season and at the...
Spielberg, Hanks deliver worthy follow-up to ‘Band of Brothers’
With each passing day, more World War II veterans are dying, taking with them valuable shards of history. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks keep doing what they can to ensure that their valiant efforts burn brightly in our memories...
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...
Coming soon to a television near you
As usual, the early part of the new year presents a...
