http://www.mail.com/subjects/4420-tv-news.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/4420-tv-news.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101120-diversion-air-today.html NEW YORK (AP) — Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City. Television networks rushed their big names to the scene, including anchors Brian Williams of NBC's "Nightly News"... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:43:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101120-diversion-air-today.html 2013-05-21T23:43:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097908-nbc-hires-news-division-chief-britain.html NEW YORK (AP) — NBC went out of the company and out of the country to find a president for its news division, on Monday naming the first woman to hold the top job. Deborah Turness, former editor of ITV News in Britain, replaces Steve Capus, who resigned earlier this year, and will begin her new job in August. Turness will take over a news division bruised... Mon, 20 May 2013 18:32:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097908-nbc-hires-news-division-chief-britain.html 2013-05-20T18:32:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2096066-white-house-insists-obama-was-involved-irs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers. Trying to move past a challenging week that put the White House on the defensive, senior adv... Sun, 19 May 2013 15:25:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2096066-white-house-insists-obama-was-involved-irs.html 2013-05-19T15:25:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089616-vietnam-provider-drops-foreign-news-tv-channels.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese satellite TV company stopped airing international channels including BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments have warned would result in international news and entertainment channels ending their broadcasts in a country increasingly cracking down on freedom of expression. Underlining the confusion ... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:58:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089616-vietnam-provider-drops-foreign-news-tv-channels.html 2013-05-16T10:58:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2085174-cbs-holds-ratings-lead-prime-time.html NEW YORK (AP) — With broadcast networks unveiling their new schedules, the television industry is focused on potential ratings hits next season. But TV programming remained largely status quo last week with CBS maintaining its decisive lead, Nielsen Co. figures showed Tuesday. CBS' decade-old smash, "NCIS," held onto the No. 1 position, drawing more than ... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:54:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2085174-cbs-holds-ratings-lead-prime-time.html 2013-05-14T18:54:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081962-walters-announces-retirement-the-view.html NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters said Monday that retirement from her epochal television career is near, but it's not happening right away. Walters, who began in television news as a "Today" girl in 1961, became the medium's best-known interviewer and invented a daytime talk show at an age many people would be going fishing, said on "The View" that she wil... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:42:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081962-walters-announces-retirement-the-view.html 2013-05-13T17:42:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We knew where the responsibility rested," Thomas Pickering said Sunday. "They've tried to point a finger at people more senior than wher... Sun, 12 May 2013 18:53:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080096-review-chairman-clinton-benghazi-call.html 2013-05-12T18:53:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2077810-nbc-cancels-williams-newsmagazine-rock-center.html NEW YORK (AP) — NBC pulled the plug Friday on Brian Williams' newsmagazine "Rock Center" after a short, troubled life in which it failed to find a consistent home on the network's prime-time schedule. The show's final broadcast will be on June 21, NBC Universal News Group Chairwoman Pat Fili-Krushel said in a memo to her staff. "Rock Center" premiered on ... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:53:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2077810-nbc-cancels-williams-newsmagazine-rock-center.html 2013-05-10T21:53:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2077878-cbs-anchor-pelley-journalisms-house-fire.html NEW YORK (AP) — Top CBS News anchor Scott Pelley delivered a tongue-lashing to fellow journalists on Friday, urging them to worry less about the "vanity" of being first on a story and more about being right. "This has been a bad few months for journalism," Pelley said. "We're getting the big stories wrong over and over again." The "CBS Evening News" ancho... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:51:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2077878-cbs-anchor-pelley-journalisms-house-fire.html 2013-05-10T21:51:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072060-jodi-arias-prefers-death-penalty.html PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in self-defense. But the eight men and four women on the panel didn't buy it, convicting Arias of first-d... Thu, 09 May 2013 02:14:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072060-jodi-arias-prefers-death-penalty.html 2013-05-09T02:14:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2072434-nbcs-richard-engel-to-syria-kidnapping.html NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is back quickly and safely from his first trip to Syria since he and his team were kidnapped and held captive there last December. Engel interviewed rebel fighters who allege the Syrian government used chemical weapons in an attack last month. His reports were airing Wednesday on the "Toda... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:55:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2072434-nbcs-richard-engel-to-syria-kidnapping.html 2013-05-08T21:55:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2069088-television-viewers-their-choice-killers.html NEW YORK (AP) — The television audience appears to have made its choice of serial killers. Fox's Joe Carroll beats NBC's Hannibal Lecter in viewer interest. Last week's Nielsen Co. ratings make that clear. "The Following," the gruesome series that debuted on Fox in January, is a hit. With 7.8 million viewers, it was Fox's most popular program last week af... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:21:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2069088-television-viewers-their-choice-killers.html 2013-05-07T18:21:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2061582-cnn-media-critic-kurtz-to-address-issues.html NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says Howard Kurtz will address his mistaken story on gay basketball player Jason Collins on "Reliable Sources," the weekly media criticism show he hosts on the news network. Kurtz also worked for website The Daily Beast, which retracted one of his stories that suggested Collins had hid a previous engagement to a woman when the basketba... Fri, 03 May 2013 20:00:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2061582-cnn-media-critic-kurtz-to-address-issues.html 2013-05-03T20:00:18Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2054526-american-idol-3rd-rated-competition.html NEW YORK (AP) — Television's champion for nearly a decade, Fox's "American Idol," now isn't even the most popular competition show on the air. Both editions of "The Voice" on NBC and "Dancing With the Stars" on ABC had larger audiences than "Idol" last week, the Nielsen Co. said. "Idol" has been the most popular entertainment program in prime time for nin... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:23:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2054526-american-idol-3rd-rated-competition.html 2013-04-30T20:23:06Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2043006-tv-reporter-fired-profanity-to-hit-red-carpet.html BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota news anchor whose profanity-laced television debut got him fired after one broadcast is already getting job offers. A.J. Clemente's first stint as an anchor at KFYR-TV in Bismarck on Sunday night was also his last after he uttered two obscenities just as cameras began to roll. Clemente was fired Monday. By Wednesday, h... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:54:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2043006-tv-reporter-fired-profanity-to-hit-red-carpet.html 2013-04-24T23:54:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039982-big-week-news-with-boston-marathon-bombs-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — The deadly Boston Marathon bombings and the massive manhunt for two suspects helped television news, with Fox News Channel leading all cable networks in prime-time ratings for the first week since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Fox averaged 2.87 million viewers in prime time last week, topping the USA network, which had 2.62 m... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:26:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039982-big-week-news-with-boston-marathon-bombs-story.html 2013-04-23T20:26:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039000-tv-reporter-hes-fired-profanity-air.html BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A weekend news anchorman for a North Dakota television station says he was fired after he opened his first-ever broadcast with obscenities. A.J. Clemente says on Twitter that KFYR-TV of Bismarck fired him Monday. The NBC affiliate said in an earlier statement that Clemente was suspended following the Sunday evening broadcast. General... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:41:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2039000-tv-reporter-hes-fired-profanity-air.html 2013-04-23T13:41:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037244-than-40-watch-manhunt.html NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 42 million people watched the last hour of Friday's manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect on television. That was the Nielsen company's estimate Monday of the number of people watching ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC during the hour that ended at 9 p.m. on the East Coast. That's when police announced that Dz... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:08:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2037244-than-40-watch-manhunt.html 2013-04-22T23:08:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2034322-cbs-twitter-feeds-compromised.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Twitter accounts for two national CBS programs have been compromised and suspended. A CBS News spokeswoman confirms Saturday that tweets sent earlier in the afternoon from the "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours" Twitter handles saying their accounts were compromised are correct. The tweets said the network is working with Twitter to investiga... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:32:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2034322-cbs-twitter-feeds-compromised.html 2013-04-21T05:32:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2032286-boston-drama-grips-television-networks.html NEW YORK (AP) — So much for scripted police procedurals. The marathon manhunt in Boston was a real-life drama that kept the biggest television networks and their viewers on edge for most of the day and into Friday evening, with a city's safety hanging in the balance. It had a prime-time conclusion, too. Shortly before 9 p.m. EDT, and three hours after the... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:03:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2032286-boston-drama-grips-television-networks.html 2013-04-20T02:03:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2028198-abcs-robin-roberts-hospitalized.html NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Roberts spent two days in the hospital fighting off an infection as part of her recuperation from a rare blood disease, and is off "Good Morning America" this week to rest. The ABC News morning show host said she felt ill last week while on vacation and was told to return to New York and go to the hospital. She's home now, and posted... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:27:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2028198-abcs-robin-roberts-hospitalized.html 2013-04-18T15:27:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2026780-media-frenzy-marathon-investigation.html NEW YORK (AP) — For about an hour Wednesday afternoon, people could flip through different television channels and hear completely different accounts of the investigation into the Boston Marathon explosions: Some news organizations reported the arrest of a suspect and then took those claims back. CNN and the Fox News Channel reported that a suspect in Mon... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:01:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2026780-media-frenzy-marathon-investigation.html 2013-04-18T03:01:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2023758-ncaa-mens-basketball-title-game-wins-ratings.html NEW YORK (AP) — Unlike the men's basketball championship game itself, there was no contest in the ratings. Louisville's gripping victory over Michigan to win the NCAA tournament was easily the most popular event on prime-time television last week. The game was seen by an estimated 23.4 million people, the Nielsen company said. That was a bigger audience t... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:36:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2023758-ncaa-mens-basketball-title-game-wins-ratings.html 2013-04-16T20:36:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2021920-screens-familiar-images-terror-flash.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Marathon explosions and their aftermath were captured in chilling images that ran as relentless tape loops of terror online and on TV networks Monday, a sickeningly familiar routine in an age of violence designed for maximum impact. Broadcast and cable news networks were on the story full time within an hour of the detonations. ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:32:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2021920-screens-familiar-images-terror-flash.html 2013-04-16T03:32:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2019794-chinese-talent-captivates-taiwanese-viewers.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Chinese singing competition that has captivated television viewers in Taiwan is raising concerns about China's cultural influence on the island. "I Am A Singer" features professional singers from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in a tense competition. The slickly produced show earned top ratings and even attracted veteran singers to tr... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:59:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2019794-chinese-talent-captivates-taiwanese-viewers.html 2013-04-15T09:59:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019946-lawmakers-ready-to-unveil-immigration-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is almost ready to share with colleagues and voters an immigration overhaul crafted over several months. The so-called Gang of Eight is finishing up the final details and is planning to unveil the proposed legislation on Tuesday. Even before the measure gets its first public airing, its authors were defendi... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:11:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019946-lawmakers-ready-to-unveil-immigration-deal.html 2013-04-15T08:11:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018594-close-vote-background-checks-gun-buyers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second Sunday as sponsors said the vote expected this week was too close to call. The plan would "strengthen the background check system without in any way infringing on Second Amendment rights," Mai... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:45:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018594-close-vote-background-checks-gun-buyers.html 2013-04-15T02:45:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2018432-london-school-economics-denounces-bbc-tactics.html LONDON (AP) — One of Britain's leading academic institutions, the London School of Economics, is accusing the BBC of putting students at risk by using them as cover for a covert reporting trip to North Korea. The school says BBC's decision to send three TV journalists to the secretive communist state in March to shoot a documentary without governmental pe... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:14:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2018432-london-school-economics-denounces-bbc-tactics.html 2013-04-14T17:14:27Z