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Egyptian TV satirist released after questioning
Egypt's most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was ...
Teague, one of NYC's 1st black TV newsmen, dies
Bob Teague, a former news anchor, reporter and producer and one of New York City's first black television journalists, has died. He was 84.
AP source: Barbara Walters to retire next year
Barbara Walters plans to retire next year, ending a television career that began more than a half century ago and made her a trailblazer in news and ...
FX network to start a younger-skewing channel, FXX
FX is spinning off a new cable network aimed at young adult viewers. Launching Sept. 2, FXX will join big brother FX along with the movie-oriented FXM
Cuomo, Bolduan hosts of CNN morning show
CNN is rebooting its mornings with a new program hosted by Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan that will debut later this spring, hoping its ...
NBC executive: We're not replacing Matt Lauer
A top NBC News executive said Wednesday the network is not considering replacing Matt Lauer as anchor of the "Today" show despite reports that ...
Newtown TV coverage, 'Girls' win Peabody Awards
A local TV station's coverage of the Connecticut school massacre, the HBO drama "Girls," and a public-service campaign about Good Morning America ...
Pivot, network for millennials, tries to change TV
Pivot is the name of a TV channel aimed at 15-to-34-year-olds who want to change the world. In the process, they could help Pivot change the ...
AP Source: CBS buys half of TV Guide net for $100M
Broadcaster CBS Corp. is buying a 50 percent stake in TV Guide's pay TV channel and website for nearly $100 million, according to a person familiar ...
Reality shows make splash as they return to air
Two popular reality shows made a splash upon their re-entry during the past week — and a new one had a strong debut. A new episode of "Dancing With ...
Nielsen's top programs for March 18-24
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for March 18-24. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. "NCIS," CBS, 19.79 million.
Correction: Guns story
In a story March 25 about the debate on gun control, The Associated Press reported erroneously that military style assault rifles with high-capacity ...
Carlos Slim's company wins Olympic TV rights
Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, secured the Latin American broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics on Friday. The IOC ...
TV ratings up for NCAA tournament's 1st full day
The NCAA tournament's first full day has earned its highest television rating in 19 years. The games Thursday on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV averaged a 5.
Ted Koppel: Quit moving airtime for 'Rock Center'
Veteran newsman Ted Koppel, who reports on Friday's "Rock Center" about young offenders in adult prisons, said NBC hasn't done Brian Williams and his ...
Charter refuses ads for TV antenna maker
A TV antenna maker wanted to use the competition's own medium — cable TV — for its anti-cable message. Now, officials at Antennas Direct say Charter ...
News ratings plummet with time change, longer days
Despite a busy week with the selection of a new pope, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts collectively had 11 percent fewer viewers than the week ...
Journalism study shows impact of cutbacks in news
Years of newsroom cutbacks have had a demonstrable impact on the quality of digital, newspaper and television news and in how consumers view that ...
Venezuela's opposition ground down by Chavistas
The people tapped by Hugo Chavez to carry on his socialist revolution seem to be improvising the rules of governing as they march toward what most ...
TV reporter broadcasts live from China police van
A broadcast from Beijing's Tiananmen Square has turned into a bizarre television experience for British viewers after a Sky News reporter and his ...
Comcast, networks collaborate on TV binge week
The nation's largest cable company is planning a television "watchathon" for the last week of March, collaborating with several television networks ...
US-based 'Pope TV' to zero in on papal selection
A global broadcasting operation based in Alabama is offering a different kind of news coverage of the election of a new pope. Nestled among the ...
Media watching for results of papal conclave
White smoke or black smoke? Maybe it's easier just to wait for a text message that a new pope has been elected. A Catholic organization has set up a ...
Mexico moves against TV, telephone tycoons
President Enrique Pena Nieto moved Monday to overhaul and strengthen the weak and chaotic regulations that have allowed the world's richest man and ...
Last anti-Chavez TV station to be sold
The last remaining television station critical of Venezuela's government is being sold to an insurance company owner who is apparently friendly with ...