http://www.mail.com/subjects/4422-television.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/4422-television.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 19:49:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101120-diversion-air-today.html 2013-05-21T19:49:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100766-nfl-xbox-enhancing-interactive-television-viewing.html Imagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline. Envision Peyton Manning sitting on the bench and dissecting the last series from a variety of camera angles on his hand-held device instead of looking at still photos. Or sitting at home and pulling up real-time highlights on a Sunday afternoon. ... Tue, 21 May 2013 19:20:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100766-nfl-xbox-enhancing-interactive-television-viewing.html 2013-05-21T19:20:36Z 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/entertainment/lifestyle/2093388-american-idol-finale-draws-record-low-ratings.html NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show. According to Nielsen Co. figures Friday, Candice Glover's victory over Kree Harrison was watched by 14.3 million viewers. That's a 33 percent drop from the year before, when 21.5 million viewers saw Phillip Phillips claim the "Idol" crown. That represe... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:09:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2093388-american-idol-finale-draws-record-low-ratings.html 2013-05-17T18:09:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090922-glees-lynch-dog-to-bat-shelter-mutts.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Lynch doesn't mind being upstaged by her latest co-star, Olivia — after all she "has no bad side, she is always ready to pose and she sits perfectly still when you put her in your lap. "I'm much more temperamental," Lynch said. Lynch's dog Olivia is her co-host for "Shelter Me: Let's Go Home," the second installment in the PBS seri... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:03:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2090922-glees-lynch-dog-to-bat-shelter-mutts.html 2013-05-16T17:03:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2090330-usa-network-will-debut-first-ever-sitcoms.html NEW YORK (AP) — The USA television network is looking for laughs, and announced Thursday it will premiere its first-ever situation comedies next winter. The two new series are set to debut around the same time USA begins showing reruns of ABC's "Modern Family." One sitcom, "Sirens," is about three emergency medical technicians from Chicago with personalit... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:12:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2090330-usa-network-will-debut-first-ever-sitcoms.html 2013-05-16T15:12:20Z 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/scitech/news/2084326-tv-over-internet-service-hits-atlanta-month.html NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, the startup that offers live television broadcasts over the Internet starting at $8 a month, said it will start service in the Atlanta market on June 17, following an expansion to Boston on Wednesday. Until this week, the service had been available only in the New York City area. Aereo said Tuesday that it will offer 27 Atlanta-area... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:34:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084326-tv-over-internet-service-hits-atlanta-month.html 2013-05-14T19:34:05Z 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/2081498-fox-schedule-includes-24-return.html NEW YORK (AP) — Fox, facing the ebbing ratings power of "American Idol," is betting big on its first miniseries showcase starting with a limited-edition "24," and shows from heavyweight producers Seth MacFarlane and J.J. Abrams to invigorate its schedule. The network is making its largest original-programming investment yet with a crop of 11 new series al... Tue, 14 May 2013 00:20:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081498-fox-schedule-includes-24-return.html 2013-05-14T00:20:56Z 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/2077936-ohio-station-pulls-story-man-womens-rescue.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Cleveland television station took down an online story about the criminal past of Charles Ramsey, the man who helped free three women held captive in a neighbor's house for nearly a decade, after being flooded with complaints. The story was factually correct, but written "too soon" in a city where the ugly case of alleged sexual predator... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:04:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2077936-ohio-station-pulls-story-man-womens-rescue.html 2013-05-10T23:04:58Z 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/entertainment/lifestyle/2073182-jfk-retrospective-latino-history-pbs-schedule.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS' fall schedule will examine President John F. Kennedy's life and his death 50 years ago through a modern lens, part of the network's increased emphasis on relevance, its programming chief said. A variety of programs about Kennedy will air in the weeks leading up to the milestone anniversary of his Nov. 22, 1963, slaying in Dallas, i... Thu, 09 May 2013 17:08:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073182-jfk-retrospective-latino-history-pbs-schedule.html 2013-05-09T17:08:30Z 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/business/economy/2072436-news-corp-3q-beats-street-pay-tv-pi.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp. beat Wall Street's forecast for the January-March quarter, helped by growing revenue from pay TV networks including Fox News Channel and FX, and the hit 20th Century Fox movie "Life of Pi." The New York-based company controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch also said Wednesday that it benefited from raising its stake in satel... Wed, 08 May 2013 22:49:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2072436-news-corp-3q-beats-street-pay-tv-pi.html 2013-05-08T22:49:41Z 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/news/us/2065566-jurors-deliberate-arias-fate-amid-spectacle.html PHOENIX (AP) — It has become a real-life soap opera watched by people around the world and dozens of fanatics who camp out on a Phoenix sidewalk in the middle of the night to get into the show. One seat even sold for $200. A cable network has set up a stage nearby for daily broadcasts, and the spectacle is routinely among the most heavily trending topics ... Mon, 06 May 2013 23:59:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2065566-jurors-deliberate-arias-fate-amid-spectacle.html 2013-05-06T23:59:49Z 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/news/world/2060800-sole-opposition-tv-channel-venez-changes.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's only opposition television channel says it is bringing in new management after its sale to new owners, but pledges to maintain its critical line against the government. Leopoldo Castillo is Globovision's main news anchor and said journalist Vladimir Villegas would become news director. A harsh government critic, Casti... Fri, 03 May 2013 13:47:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060800-sole-opposition-tv-channel-venez-changes.html 2013-05-03T13:47:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2056438-media-companies-benefit-higher-network-fees.html NEW YORK (AP) — Media companies benefited from higher fees for cable television networks such as TBS, Comedy Central and CNBC in the first three months of the year. Time Warner Inc., Viacom Inc. and Comcast Corp. all saw growth in their cable network businesses, thanks to distribution fees they charge cable and satellite TV service providers for rights to... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2056438-media-companies-benefit-higher-network-fees.html 2013-05-01T21:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055672-viacom-2q-profit-falls-beats-expectations.html NEW YORK (AP) — Viacom Inc. posted an 18 percent drop in second-quarter net income due to lower revenue, especially from the filmed entertainment division that includes Paramount Pictures. But a faster-than-expected recovery in advertising revenue at its TV networks sent shares to a record high Wednesday. The results faced a tough comparison to last year,... Wed, 01 May 2013 18:07:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055672-viacom-2q-profit-falls-beats-expectations.html 2013-05-01T18:07:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055754-time-warner-1q-earnings-climb-beats-street.html NEW YORK (AP) — Earnings at Time Warner Inc. grew 24 percent in the first three months of the year despite a slight drop in revenue, as the company benefited from strength in its television networks. Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that first-quarter net income was $720 million, or 75 cents per share, compared with $583 million, or 59 cents, a year earlie... Wed, 01 May 2013 15:05:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055754-time-warner-1q-earnings-climb-beats-street.html 2013-05-01T15:05:45Z 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/news/world/2049502-gunmen-surround-libya-foreign-ministry.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's prime minister warned of a perilous security situation Sunday after armed men stormed the Interior Ministry and a state-owned television station after blocking access to the Foreign Ministry. Two years after the country's civil war, Libya is struggling to maintain security, build a unified army and reign in militias, which in... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:49:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049502-gunmen-surround-libya-foreign-ministry.html 2013-04-28T20:49:40Z