Tag Archives: Television

24 is back and we were glued to the tube last night for the opening episode. The no-commercials (they were all attached to the beginning and the end) ploy worked well, moving the action along – it was tough to decide when to pee. In case you have been in …

Cable news seems to be made for crisis coverage: Wall-to-wall coverage of the Washington, D.C., sniper attacks pushed cable news viewing in October to its highest levels since last fall. In October, Fox News Channel notched a 1.5 average in primetime, down 6 percent from October 2001, when post-Sept. 11 …

Metal icon, mate, and spawn back for second season: MTV’s hugely anticipated second season of The Osbournes will premiere just two days before Thanksgiving, on November 26 at 10:30 p.m., Sharon Osbourne confirmed to E! News Live. There has been much speculation that MTV might push back the debut episode …

Network to continue documentary probing links between swelling and retardation: “The Anna Nicole Show” will return to E! for a second season next year, the network said Thursday. Despite condemnation from critics and a sharp decrease in viewers after its highly rated premiere, “Anna” emerged as a solid performer for …

Could this World Series be any better? Well, yes, the Indians could be in it, but other than that every element is there: two surprise, tenacious teams, the greatest home run hitter of all time doing what he does best (4 home runs and an over .700 onbase percentage for …

It's almost never enough. A new documentary on the music biz tonight on the Sundance Channel.

WSJ’s Daniel Henninger with another indictment of cable news melodrama: What in the name of Edward R. Murrow is going on here? Once upon a time, TV people wished upon a star that some day there would be stations devoted entirely to news so they could show just what real …

It’s three full days of bibliophilic fun on Book TV this weekend starting Saturday morning at 8 a.m. airing over C-SPAN2 Saturday, October 26 (All times Eastern) 8 a.m. Children’s Books. From Will Rogers Elementary School in Oklahoma City, Governor Frank Keating and illustrator Mike Wimmer read and discuss their …

American Idol 2 adds another judge: New York-based radio personality and recording artist Angie Martinez is close to signing on as the fourth judge on Fox’s upcoming “American Idol” sequel. Martinez, who hosts afternoon drive on New York’s WQHT-FM, “Hot 97,” joins returning judges Simon Cowell, who re-inked earlier this …

Wouldn’t it be a good idea to wait for the killer to actually be caught? I guess details like that don’t matter: A Canadian profiler helping investigators track down the Washington, D.C.-area sniper will have his story turned into a TV movie. “Tracking the Hunters” will detail Kim Rossmo’s rise …