Ratings war goes to Cats
Winter Olympics' best day trailed many UK regular-season games
By Scott Sloan ssloan@herald-leader.com
In a year with fans' high expectations, the University of Kentucky men's basketball team dribbled rings around Winter Olympians among television viewers.
TV Remote: 'Wife Swap,' Cornwell and country awards
TV highlights this weekend: April 16: Wife Swap produces another wacky twist, as a survivalist family preparing for the end of the world in 2012 trades with an optimistic Livermore, Calif., couple that dotes on their kids, particularly a teen golf prodigy. 8 p.m., ABC.
'Pirate Radio' throws a party for rock 'n' roll and rebelliousness
By Rob Lowman Los Angeles Daily News
Pirate Radio, from writer-director Richard Curtis, is a whimsical telling of the story of rebel broadcasters who reign supreme off the coast of England in the mid-1960s, blasting rock 'n' roll to the nation's youth while the country's official radio stations, run by the British Broadcasting Corp., remain largely stuck in the past.
Conan's TBS move another boost for cable
By JOE FLINT AND MARIA ELENA FERNANDEZ Los Angeles Times
First Oprah, now Conan. In the latest sign that the field has leveled between broadcast and cable television, former "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien has decided to make his late-night comeback this fall on TBS, a cable network that has largely been synonymous with old network reruns and Atlanta Braves baseball.
New HBO drama 'Treme' gets the New Orleans vibe right
By Chuck Barney Contra Costa Times
Anyone fortunate enough to have experienced the television masterpiece that was The Wire knows you don't rush David Simon. The man takes his time.
- Pop culture Q&A: George Stephanopoulos on GMA'
- 8 minus Kate: Another star axed from `Dancing'
- Suleman: Octomom nickname a 'carnival attraction'
- Food, Inc.,' premiering Wednesday on PBS
- New charge filed in Stamos extortion case
- 'Idol' judges praise emotional singer
- TV Tidbits: Glee' takes on Madonna
- High anxiety time in TV land: On the bubble' series, fans await word on renewals for next season
- 'Glee,' 'Castle' are new era of hits for Fox, ABC
- `Idol Gives Back' promises Bill Gates surprise
Supreme Court rejects law banning animal-cruelty videos
By MICHAEL DOYLE McClatchy Newspapers
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that even videos that depict wanton animal cruelty deserve free-speech protections under the First Amendment.
- List of DVD movie release dates for April 20 and beyond
- Supreme Court rejects law banning animal-cruelty videos
- Supreme Court rejects law banning animal-cruelty videos
- Reviews of recent and upcoming DVD releases
- Justices overturn law that bans animal-torture videos, photos
- Supreme Court rejects law banning animal-cruelty videos
- New video game releases
- Do video games shape who we are?
- Supreme Court strikes down animal-cruelty law
- Avatar,' Crazy Heart' top latest Blu-ray releases