Sports fans can pursue U.S. antitrust case over programs
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday allowed sports fans to pursue a lawsuit accusing Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and various networks...
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U.S. election, iPhone 5, Kardashian top Yahoo! 2012 searches
(Reuters) – The U.S. presidential election became the most-searched item and Kim Kardashian was the most-searched person on Yahoo! in a year when online searches...
Former boxing champ Mike Tyson to take one-man show on the road
(Reuters) – Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson plans to take his one-man theater show on the road across the United States early next year....
“Homeland” in, “Boardwalk Empire” out in PGA TV nominations
(Reuters) – Emmy-winning dramas “Homeland”, “Mad Men” and British period piece “Downton Abbey” will compete for the annual Producers Guild Awards for the top shows...
“Two and a Half Men” star finds religion, calls TV show “filth”
(Reuters) – Actor Angus T. Jones, star of CBS’s raunchy television comedy “Two and a Half Men”, has urged viewers to change the channel, saying...
Larry Hagman dead at 81, portrayed notorious TV villain J.R. Ewing
(Reuters) – Larry Hagman, who created one of American television’s most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of “Dallas,” died on Friday,...
Lindsay Lohan, Liz Taylor and pages of “what ifs” for TV’s “Liz & Dick”
(Reuters) – Making a movie about Elizabeth Taylor takes courage. Casting wayward starlet Lindsay Lohan as the Hollywood screen legend was both daring and asking...
International Emmys honor Lear, Alda, South American shows
(Reuters) – Television legend Norman Lear and veteran actor Alan Alda received special honors at the International Emmy Awards on Monday, while programming from South...
Obama tackles rape comments, “fiscal cliff” on TV talk show
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama suspended the levity during an interview with late-night TV talk show host Jay Leno on Wednesday to address a Republican...
Gay characters at record high on U.S. television
(Reuters) – New shows “The New Normal,” “Girls” and comedy “Go On” have helped U.S. television rack up a record number of gay, bisexual and...