TV News
Policies forbidding payment for news interviews grow blurry as outlets vie for access, photos
DAVID BAUDER - January 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Policies forbidding payment for news interviews increasingly seem like the network television equivalent of the 55 mph speed limit: a rule often winked at unless you're heading into a speed trap. Three of the past month's accidental celebrities Jasper Schuringa, who...
Cable TV standoffs leave consumers to pay more for programming, risk losing shows
DAVE CARPENTER - January 3, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement. The deal was good news for more than 6 million Time Warner customers in the short term: College bowl and National Football...
Kathy Griffin making vulgarity on CNN a New Year's Eve tradition with 2nd quip in 2 years
By Associated Press - January 1, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) For the second straight year, comedian Kathy Griffin ushered in the new year by saying something vulgar on CNN. During the network's live New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square, Griffin was joking with co-host Anderson Cooper about how to pronounce the first name of "...
Police say man who appeared on 'Deadliest Catch' TV show arrested in Oregon bank robbery case
By Associated Press - January 1, 2010
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Police say a man who appeared in the Discovery Channel show "Deadliest Catch" is wanted for three bank robberies in Oregon and has been arrested in Illinois. Police in East Peoria, Ill., say they arrested 23-year-old Joshua Tel Warner early Thursday on the Oregon bank robbery...
Candy Spelling makes a new life as television reality star, Broadway producer
LYNN ELBER - December 31, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Candy Spelling is on a new path in life, one that's taken her into a reality TV series and to Broadway as a producer. Spelling is one of the celebrities giving away their money on E!'s new "Bank of Hollywood," in which people make the case for requests ranging from...
Ratings steady for Charlie Sheen sitcom episode after arrest; production resumes Monday
LYNN ELBER - December 31, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) CBS' "Two and a Half Men" held steady in the ratings this week as star Charlie Sheen faced charges stemming from his wife's Christmas Day allegations that he threatened her with violence. The sitcom's full cast is expected to resume production Monday after the holiday...
Regis Philbin returns next week to 'Live!' after hip replacement surgery
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) Regis Philbin is set to return to his daytime talk show next week after successful hip replacement surgery. Philbin has been on the disabled list since the Dec. 1 operation. He makes his return to "Live! With Regis and Kelly" on Jan. 4. Kelly Ripa has been...
List of top 15 cable programs in the Nielsen ratings for Dec. 21-27
By Associated Press - December 30, 2009
Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Dec. 21-27. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses: 1. NFL Football: N.Y. Giants vs. Washington (Monday, 8:29 p.m.), ESPN, 8.36 million homes, 11.34 million viewers. 2....
Cable TV standoffs leave consumers to pay more for programming, risk losing shows
DAVE CARPENTER - January 2, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement. The deal was good news for more than 6 million Time Warner customers in the short term: College bowl and National Football...
Food Network and HGTV remain dark for some TV viewers as fee increase dispute intensifies
J.W. ELPHINSTONE - January 4, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) The spat over a fee increase between Cablevision Systems Corp. and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. heated up Sunday with cable TV viewers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut still caught in the crossfire. About 3.1 million subscribers lost access to HGTV and the...
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