Reuters - News and financial data provider Bloomberg LP hired veteran television news executive Andrew Lack to run its expanding television, interactive and radio operations.
Reuters - He may be trailing his Democratic rival in the polls, but it looks like Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain is headed for a rapprochement with late-night TV comedian David Letterman.
Reuters - Veteran U.S. actor and legendary sportscaster Gil Stratton, remembered for his signature line, "Hi folks, time to call 'em as I see 'em," and for roles in such movies as "Stalag 17" and "The Wild One," has died at age 86. -- read full article
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:34:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Television News
AP - As Marcia Brady on "The Brady Bunch," Maureen McCormick projected an image of the wholesome girl next door. But off camera, she spiraled downward into drug addiction and depression.
Reuters - The fate of the Federal Communications Commission chief's proposal to require cable companies to carry more TV stations that focus on minority programing is in doubt days before a commission vote. -- read full article
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:08:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Television News
Reuters - He may be trailing his Democratic rival in the polls, but it looks like Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain is headed for a rapprochement with late-night TV comedian David Letterman.
Reuters - Veteran U.S. actor and legendary sportscaster Gil Stratton, remembered for his signature line, "Hi folks, time to call 'em as I see 'em," and for roles in such movies as "Stalag 17" and "The Wild One," has died at age 86. -- read full article
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:37:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Television News
AP - The debate season that has chewed up its moderators comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News' Bob Schieffer directing the discussion.
AP - The debate season that has chewed up its moderators comes to a close Wednesday when John McCain and Barack Obama meet for the third time, with CBS News' Bob Schieffer directing the discussion.
E! Online - As if unwashed men and women subsisting on one meal a day—and sleeping inches away from other unwashed people whom they don't trust one bit—need to be reminded that they should think twice before getting too comfortable.
AP - Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it.
AP - In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang.