Like many of you, I've been trundling through YouTube this past weekend watching clips of Bea Arthur's best moments from All in the Family, Maude, The Golden Girls, and Broadway. But the one below easily takes the prize for the ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration on Wednesday strongly defended its decision to try the alleged plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks in a civilian New York court, but faced criticism from Republican senators who called it a "perversion" ...Read More
Reporting For Washington - The Obama administration came out swinging today in support of a criminal trial for the alleged plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks, but it faced sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers who said a public trial is ...Read More
Washington - The Obama administration came out swinging today in support of a criminal trial for the alleged plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks, but faced sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers who said a public trial is a ``perversion'' of ...Read More
MOSCOW — Explosions are rocking an ammunition depot in Russia, and a news agency quotes a regional governor as saying 35 people are missing. Television networks are broadcasting footage showing intermittent explosions sending flames and thick smoke into the sky over ...Read More
MOSCOW - Huge explosions and fire ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours Friday, killing two firefighters and prompting the evacuation of thousands of civilians nearby, officials said.
Dozens of people feared trapped in the conflagration took refuge in a ...Read More
Disney reported a decline in spending at its theme parks
Walt Disney has surprised analysts by posting better-than-expected profits for the three months to 3 October.
Net income came in at $895m (£540m) for the quarter, an increase of 18% on ...Read More
LOS ANGELES—Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers says Counter died at a ...Read More
LOS ANGELES - "Golden Girls" star Rue McClanahan is recovering in a hospital after having heart bypass surgery this week, her manager said on Thursday.
McClanahan on Monday went to her doctor, who noticed her heart was irregular and asked her ...Read More
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Oct. 16) -- The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said Friday accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are "extremely pathetic." The sheriff said ...Read More
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said Friday accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are "extremely pathetic." The sheriff said he will ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is sitting down for interviews with five television networks this afternoon, a highly unusual schedule even for a president who regularly uses the media to get his message across. Obama will be taping interviews with ABC, ...Read More
The television networks will offer several specials Wednesday night to honor the life of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). What has been announced so far: 6:30 p.m. "NBC Nightly News" (NBC): Brian Williams anchors the hour from Hyannis Port, Mass., the ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 31 million Americans watched the public memorial for Michael Jackson live on television -- well below the TV audience for former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's burial and the funeral of Britain's Princess Diana. Nielsen Media ...Read More
-Will Michael Jackson's memorial be a more widely watched event than President Barack Obama's inauguration? Comparisons with Obama's January swearing-in — a much-watched event experienced by many on their computers at work — were rife Tuesday, as the King of Pop's ...Read More
NEW YORK -- NBC executives changed their minds Sunday and decided to join other networks that will televise Michael Jackson's memorial service live this week. NBC joins ABC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment in offering the ceremony live. It's set for ...Read More
Interest in the death of Michael Jackson continued to dominate many television channels Friday, with two networks planning a second night of news specials and the cable news networks devoting a substantial number of hours to continuing coverage of the ...Read More
Is Sonia Sotomayor a judicial activist? A racist? Is empathy a good or bad thing in a judge? Arianna wonders what the GOP thinks it's doing by attacking her, but Tony says conservatives have legitimate reasons to object to her ...Read More
The U.S. Congress may be on holiday recess this week, but the debate over the Obama administration's plans to close the Guantanamo detention center continues. The topic dominated the Sunday news interview programs broadcast each week on major American television ...Read More
I'm going to channel a character from one of my favorite shows for a moment. As the Golden Girls' Sophia Petrillo might say, "Picture it..." Only instead of asking you all to picture Sicily, sometime, I'm going to ask you ...Read More
The television networks have given President Barack Obama airtime for three prime-time news conferences in three months for an obvious reason: He is an exciting politician governing in a too-exciting-for-comfort time. But this was sometimes hard to remember during Obama’s hour-long ...Read More
