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05/13/2008
Fans are desperate to know if Edie will be back
 'There's no one left for me to sleep with. I'm out!' Photo from ABC When Edie packed up and left Wisteria Lane at the end of Sunday's Desperate Housewives , viewers were caught by surprise.
TV still feeling effects
Television heads into its biggest week with the hangover from a 100-day writers strike persisting.
05/12/2008
And then there were three ...
Another year, another American Idol season containing mild controversies, contestants we love to hate and moments of Paula madness.
05/07/2008
Colbert, 'Times' make big online splash
Stephen Colbert's use of the Internet to connect with fans earned the Comedy Central host special recognition as recipients of the annual Webby awards for Web sites and online achievements were announced yesterday.
05/05/2008
Actress sees roll as gift
NEW YORK – "Sweet dreams" is an alien notion to Allison DuBois.As viewers of the NBC drama Medium know, she rarely gets a night of undisturbed sleep.
05/02/2008
Late-night comedy has a new Handler
 Comedian Chelsea Handler, known for her quick wit and her snarky late-night talk show, makes three stops in Dallas tonight. E! Entertainment It's not really a surprise that Chelsea Handler is holding a midnight book signing in Dallas tonight – at a bar.
04/30/2008
TV TONIGHT
Late-night shakeout
NEW YORK – An orderly transfer of power: Is it possible? With the presidency, sure. But what about late-night TV?
04/28/2008
ABC series win GLAAD awards
Two ABC series were in repeats – as winners – at the annual awards honoring good work in media presentations of gays and lesbians.
04/25/2008
Still pushing the button
 Joel Hodgson, J. Elvis Weinstein, Mary Jo Pehl, Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff share writing and riffing duties. USA Film Festival Before it became a cult comedy classic, Mystery Science Theater 3000 was an independently produced show on a Minnesota public-access channel.
Hosts can get a nod
LOS ANGELES – Real competition is coming to reality TV: Hosts including Ryan Seacrest, Howie Mandel and Tyra Banks are now eligible for an Emmy Award.
04/21/2008
Iraq veteran gets 'Deal' surprise
NEW YORK – A presidential thank-you is part of the deal for a contestant on NBC's game show Deal or No Deal when President Bush makes a surprise appearance.
04/18/2008
Cattrall gets real
 Kim Cattrall, who plays the wife of writer Rudyard Kipling in PBS' My Boy Jack, is excited about reprising her flashier role in the upcoming Sex and the City movie. PBS Kim Cattrall found many reasons to seize the role of Carrie Kipling, wife of British literary superstar Rudyard Kipling, in the film My Boy Jack .
04/11/2008
Harris: No more Britney
If Neil Patrick Harris had his way, Britney Spears would be banned from the set of How I Met Your Mother .
CBS says Couric isn't leaving
Two years into a five-year contract, Katie Couric and CBS may split by early next year, according to The Wall Street Journal – but a CBS spokeswoman said the rumor is untrue.
04/09/2008
Celebs join 'Idol' to give big
LOS ANGELES – American Idol – and just about everyone else in Hollywood – was in a very giving mood.
04/04/2008
NBC brings back drama
Friday Night Lights will shine again next season. The acclaimed football-and-family drama will return to NBC for a third year after 13 new episodes have aired on satellite-television provider DirecTV
04/03/2008
Singers want to talk arts
NEW YORK – Music giants Elvis Costello and Elton John are joining forces for a talk-and-tunes series to air on Sundance Channel.
03/31/2008
Death rained over Seattle
 Tom Cavanagh plays the detective on whose book the miniseries is based. Lifetime The Lifetime Movie Network has picked a darkly compelling subject for its first original miniseries: the story of the serial killer who preyed on women in the Seattle area in the 1980s and '90s.
03/28/2008
Ullman: I want to look terrible
'The Tudors' gets serious
Natalie Dormer felt "hysterical" as she prepared to portray Anne Boleyn's final moments for Showtime's The Tudors .
03/26/2008
Quick Hits
'Scrubs' carries on in limbo, Garth plucked for CBS pilot 'My Best Friend's Girl', Fox gives 'Jezebel' the ax, CNN learns to lighten up
With 'Dancing,' ABC grabs eyes
Dancing has joined singing at the top of the television charts.
03/24/2008
Stunt saved it once, but 'Jericho' canceled again
 Jericho starred (from left) Lennie James, Erik Knudsen, Sprague Grayden, Ashley Scott and Skeet Ulrich. Associated Press Jericho , the post-apocalyptic CBS drama whose devoted fans rallied to save it from cancellation, has met its end.
Cast of 'Buffy' briefly reunites
LOS ANGELES – Buffy the Vampire Slayer was resurrected for one night only.
03/21/2008
'FNL' looks on for 3rd season
Friday Night Lights may score again. Executive producer Jason Katims said he's "incredibly optimistic" about a third season for the drama, which has been in limbo since the writers' strike ended.
03/20/2008
'Idol' update: It's over for Overmyer
There's no question that Amanda Overmyer has pipes. But does she have the kind of range that can get her through many different theme weeks on American Idol?
03/18/2008
'Miss' just may be a hit
Any high school-based show that starts with a bunny mascot punch-out at the flagpole during homecoming week is just peachy.
03/17/2008
A new troupe
It may not (quite) be the ratings juggernaut that Fox's American Idol is, but when it comes to guilty-pleasure silly fun, ABC's Dancing With the Stars is the clear winner.
03/14/2008
HBO takes history out for a trot
HBO, the network that brought you trigger-happy mobsters, sweaty Roman warriors and sex-obsessed Manhattanites, now proudly presents the rip-roaring adventures of – a Founding Father.
'Jezebel' is low on laughs
Yet another of life's little mysteries: the title of Fox's new sitcom, The Return of Jezebel James . Why not just call it what it is, The Return of The Odd Couple Except with Lots of Estrogen and Many Fewer Laughs?
A study of b-ball's hidden history
NEW YORK – Even most casual sports fans can identify Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson as the first black men to play for, and manage, major league baseball teams.
03/12/2008
Bravo's back in the Kitchen
We've had three seasons of Top Chef. Each one has gotten arguably better as the network wised up and chose a smattering of chefs with real skills to populate the program.
Cho aims to please Trekkies
AUSTIN — John Cho thinks he has a cult following now as Harold in the Harold & Kumar movies — he ain't seen nothing yet.
Fox shows score on TV
NEW YORK — At least Until more scripted shows return following from the writers strike, TV viewers seem content with fun and games.
Eye on Idol
Last night, American Idol's Top 12 finalists belted out the hits of John Lennon and Paul McCartney on a gleaming, new stage.
03/10/2008
Actress does 'Law' justice
Television needs another legal drama like it needs a hole in the head, but we'll make an exception for Canterbury's Law , a gripping new Fox drama starring Julianna Margulies.
VH1 cranking out four new series
VH1 has just entered the upper echelons of cable ratings, so it's not about to fix what isn't broken. So prepare yourself for ... Brooke Hogan Knows Best .
03/07/2008
It's down to 'The Wire'
 Clarke Peters and Dominic West in HBO's The Wire. HBO If your screen goes black in the middle of The Wire finale on Sunday, do not sit there cursing the darkness. Call the cable company.
'Sopranos' may make it to the big screen
LODI, N.J. – The Sopranos may not be swimming with the fishes after all.
03/06/2008
Acting grows singer's fan base
 Kate Voegele has taken time off from school at Miami (Ohio) University to pursue a singing and acting career. Associated Press Moonlighting as an actress may help Kate Voegele become a pop star.
03/05/2008
Ex-stripper still has shot at 'Idol'
David Hernandez won't be stripped of his chance to compete on American Idol.
Richardson graduates reunite
 The cast includes 1987 graduates of J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson. TV Land While you're in high school, there may be a complex of subcultures into which everyone gets categorized. But once you're out you can pretty much divide the world into two categories – the people who loved high school and the people who hated them ... er ... it.
Oprah's reality show makes 'Big' debut
Books, TV movies, a presidential candidate and now a philanthropic reality show. Maybe everything Oprah Winfrey (left) touches really does turn to gold.
03/04/2008
Immortal detective searches for love
Veteran homicide detective John Amsterdam knows every rat-trap bar and hotel back staircase in New York City, not to mention just about every way there is to murder another human being, from decapitation to disembowelment. He isn't impressed.
03/03/2008
Soap fans want more kisses
Fans of the fictional romance between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns are baffled about why the two characters haven't kissed on-screen since September
A new shot at 'Amore'
Getting dumped on television was a blessing in disguise for Domenico Nesci
ABC's Charles Gibson anchors newscasts from Dallas
The eyes of the nation are upon Texas, thanks to presidential politics. Charles Gibson, anchor of ABC World News Tonight, will be reporting from Dallas for tonight's and tomorrow's newscasts
02/29/2008
Carlin keeping it 'bad'
Long before he went onstage and began to say "The Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV," got arrested for it and saw the battle over freedom of expression that it ignited rage all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, George Carlin had a different dream.
02/27/2008
Get ABC shows on demand
ABC said Monday it will release hit shows such as Lost and Desperate Housewives for free over video-on-demand cable services, with the hitch that viewers will have to sit through commercials without being able to fast-forward.
Star power can't top amateurs
The math is simple: three nights of American Idol beats one night of the Academy Awards.
Eye on Idol
The American Idol top ten guys took on the sounds of the '70s last night. Here are the best and worst from our faithful bloggers Farah Fleurima and Hunter Hauk.
02/26/2008
'Idol' hopeful from Texas hopes this is his moment
American Idol contestant Jason Yeager has already been "almost famous," thank you very much. At least twice.
Oscar ratings take a big hit
The Oscars, hosted by Jon Stewart (right), were a ratings dud. Nielsen Media Research says preliminary ratings for the 80th annual Academy Awards telecast are 14 percent lower than the least-watched ceremony ever.
02/25/2008
Diddy gets dramatic on TV
LOS ANGELES – When A Raisin in the Sun premiered on Broadway in 2004, the excitement surrounding the revival was largely generated by the stage debut of its star, the multi-hyphenated entertainment mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.
'Prison Break' production may move from N. Texas to LA
Fox's Prison Break probably will move production from North Texas to LA for next season, officials said Friday.
Other Oscar winners
Clips too graphic
Regulators on Friday fined 13 Fox TV stations $7,000 each for a 2003 episode of Married by America that included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.
02/22/2008
Fox on top so far this season
It was a typical week in prime-time television – American Idol dominated everything – but Fox may have another reason for remembering it fondly: The network moved past CBS into first place for the TV season for average number of viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Get ready, Set, Oscars!
Oscar’s big night is Sunday, and we’ve heard just about all the critical analysis we can handle regarding who will win the big prizes.
02/20/2008
Food titans Martha and Emeril join forces
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is bringing in a new celebrity: popular TV chef Emeril Lagasse.
02/19/2008
'Idol' hopeful from Rockwall has had more hair-time than airtime
Let's start with the hair. Because really, that's all the nation knows about Jason Castro, the 20-year-old dreadlocked, blue-eyed Rockwall resident who has earned a spot in American Idol's top 24.
02/18/2008
Another Brit invasion coming to TV?
LONDON – The Brits continue to bolster U.S. television with some better ideas.
02/15/2008
Showtime's 'Dexter' comes to CBS
The silver lining of the long writers' strike comes shining through Sunday night on CBS. That's when the edited versions of the Showtime series Dexter make the leap to network television.
'Knight Rider': The new generation
Justin Bruening may not follow the career path of David Hasselhoff, but the comparison is tempting.
Local singer in 'Idol' Top 24
Jason Castro of Dallas, who's performed all over the state and also appeared on the 2006 MTV reality show Cheyenne, is among the top 24 contestants
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