Screen Actors Guild agrees to renew contract talks
A person familiar with efforts to restart talks between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios says negotiations will resume within two weeks.
Not needing much new programming after beating the other networks senseless in the Nielsen ratings this season, and not having much to choose from anyway after a writers' strike laid waste to production development, Fox is adding just two shows to its fall schedule, the company's executives said Thursday.
A person familiar with efforts to restart talks between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios says negotiations will resume within two weeks.
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
The Senate Thursday night voted to nullify a Federal Communications Commission rule that allows media companies to own a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
It's true: "Desperate Housewives" will flash-forward five years.
CBS Corp. is acquiring a big online reach with its acquisition of CNet Networks Inc. but also a company that's faced heavy criticism from investors. Those concerns as well as the hefty $1.8 billion price tag helped send CBS's shares down after the deal was announced Thursday.
Daytime's "The View" will rerun one of its shows in two weeks from an entirely different view that lets fans know a little about what goes on backstage.
On May 14, 1998: There were riots in Indonesia. Cannes was under way. The Dow had made up for some losses. Continental slashed airfares. And later that night, Frank Sinatra died at 82.
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Univisión touted its climbing ratings growth to advertisers Wednesday as the nation's top Spanish-language media company unveiled little new in its traditional programming formula for the 2008-09 season.
It'll be David vs. David. Syesha Mercado has been voted off "American Idol," paving the way for the expected showdown between David Archuleta and David Cook.
Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's TV show will return to the air this summer, months after it was pulled when the reality star used a racial slur in a profanity-laced tirade.
I have a pretty solid list here of which network shows got canceled and renewed as the nets announced their fall schedules this week, but first, let me tell you a story.
Not needing much new programming after beating the other networks senseless in the Nielsen ratings this season, and not having much to choose from anyway after a writers' strike laid waste to production development, Fox is adding just two shows to its fall schedule, the company's executives said Thursday.
Fox is launching only two new series in the fall, traditionally its slow season, but the network plans flashy two-hour premieres of four shows during the same week as the Democratic National Convention.
The Season 2 finale of Brothers & Sisters added another layer of meaning to the show's title: Two characters in the ABC drama recently thought to be brother and sister shared a romantic kiss in Sunday night's episode.
Not needing much new programming after beating the other networks senseless in the Nielsen ratings this season, and not having much to choose from anyway after a writers' strike laid waste to production development, Fox is adding just two shows to its fall schedule, the company's executives said Thursday.
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Not needing much new programming after beating the other networks senseless in the Nielsen ratings this season, and not having much to choose from anyway after a writers' strike laid waste to production development, Fox is adding just two shows to its fall schedule, the company's executives said Thursday.
Univisión touted its climbing ratings growth to advertisers Wednesday as the nation's top Spanish-language media company unveiled little new in its traditional programming formula for the 2008-09 season.
Tony Award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur won't be adding a mirrorball trophy to her collection of prizes - the actress was eliminated Tuesday from "Dancing With the Stars."
At a time when sitcoms seem like a fading art, CBS is staying on the laugh track.