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Tyler Perry shows on OWN come under scrutiny

 June 19, 2013; Updated: 5:25 pm

Tyler Perry was tweeting up a storm during the May premiere of "The Haves and the Have Nots," his first TV drama for OWN, the network co-owned by his longtime friend Oprah Winfrey.

"Keep watching this show. It is going to BLOW YOUR MIND...

Netflix to run original TV series from Dreamworks

 June 18, 2013; Updated: 5:27 pm

Netflix is going to start running original television series from Dreamworks Animation. Netflix Inc. says the multi-year agreement is its biggest deal ever for original first-run content and includes more than 300 hours of new...

What’s behind Door No. 1? An Emmy for Monty Hall

 June 16, 2013; Updated: 3:58 pm

After doing more than 4,000 episodes over the last half-century of his iconic daytime game show "Let's Make a Deal," Monty Hall is finally getting an Emmy Award.
"TV's Big Dealer" is receiving the...

Hip, cage-free TV: ‘Portlandia’ is renewed

 June 15, 2013; Updated: 4:42 pm

In the last season of "Portlandia," the mayor of this sustainability-obsessed city vanished in shame after he was singled out as Portland's "No. 1 electricity hog," Portland went into a blackout, cats barked, creepy music played, and a...

New 'Sullivan & Son' sitcom draws more local talent

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 12:15 am

When the sitcom's second season begins at 10 tonight on TBS, you'll see familiar faces. Yes, Valerie Azlynn, who grew up in New London and Waterford, is still playing Melanie. But on screen, too, will be an extra: Cuong Truong of Ledyard.

Soledad O’Brien joining HBO’s ‘Real Sports’

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

Soledad O'Brien is joining fellow "Today" show alum Bryant Gumbel at HBO's "Real Sports."

HBO said Wednesday that O'Brien will be a reporter on the monthly magazine show, which is anchored by Gumbel. Her first story, due this month, is...

ABC's 'The Lookout' a new outlet for 'Nightline'

 June 12, 2013; Updated: 6:56 pm

Yes, Cynthia McFadden, Bill Weir and Terry Moran of ABC's "Nightline" are still at work at ABC News, and this summer, even non-insomniacs can see them.

The "Nightline" team is behind "The Lookout," a prime-time newsmagazine that has gotten...

Fill-in host Oliver to keep the news fake, funny

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 7:21 am

Since 2006, John Oliver has proved his mettle as a phony journalist on "The Daily Show."
Serving in numerous "reporting" roles on the spoof newscast, but chiefly as senior British correspondent, the...

Bad behavior on reality TV is tested path to fame

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 4:03 pm

Arizona restaurateur Amy Bouzaglo became an instant Internet celebrity last month after demonstrating an impressively short temper on a reality TV show that helps reform struggling businesses.
The...

Pussy Riot and zombies coming out of the closet

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 5:12 pm

Punk music is a dangerous game in some corners of the world, as detailed in the revealing HBO documentary "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer."

Directed by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, and assembled rapidly after a six-month shoot, "Pussy...

Ken Burns, Mukherjee collaborate on cancer project

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 5:25 pm

Two prominent television figures whose lives were significantly altered by the cancer deaths of loved ones are helping turn a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the history of the disease into a six-hour documentary.

Filmmaker Ken Burns...

Netflix tip: "Arrested Development"

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:45 pm

This tip pertains to only the most devoted of "Arrested Development" fans, because the long-anticipated season 4 on Netflix is a bit touch and go. Some of the great old jokes get a rehash (the stair-car; The Cornballer; Lucille 2 and her...

‘Got Talent’ boss Cowell: a talent for relevance

 June 3, 2013; Updated: 5:16 pm

So what's new on TV?
The new season of "America's Got Talent" starts Tuesday at 9 p.m. New judges include former Spice Girl Mel B. and supermodel/personality Heidi Klum, who are joining forces with...

Keeping up with CNN’s Anthony Bourdain

 June 2, 2013; Updated: 4:26 pm

Though he has built a career on his steely, iconoclastic worldview, Anthony Bourdain always follows one rule wherever he travels: Never reject a host's hospitality.
The former chef behind CNN's...

Harris returns to host awards shows

 May 31, 2013; Updated: 4:48 pm

You're going to see a lot of Neil Patrick Harris on the trophy-show circuit.
CBS announced Wednesday that it had tapped its Monday-comedy star to host the Primetime Emmy Awards in September. That's...

HBO’s VICE crew surprised by North Korean leader

 May 31, 2013; Updated: 4:45 pm

The documentary crew that accompanied Dennis Rodman to North Korea over the winter says it had no idea it would meet the country's young leader, Kim Jong Un, until he showed up at a basketball game it was filming.

Kids’ channel, struggling to find viewers, looks to ‘SheZow’ to help boost ratings

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 3:54 pm

Television's latest animated superhero sports a purple skirt and cape, pink gloves and white go-go boots.

She is also a he.

Meet SheZow, the star of a cartoon debuting Saturday on the Hub, a kids' cable channel co-owned by cable...

TV tip: "Utlimate Survival Alaska"

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 1:02 pm

National Geographic Channel
Sundays, 9 p.m.
If you're going to stage a "Survivor"-like TV show in Alaska, you can't just recruit a...

With 'Archer' and 'Arrested,' it’s prime time for Jessica Walter

 May 29, 2013; Updated: 4:33 pm

There was a time when Jessica Walter couldn't get "Arrested."

In 2003, the Emmy-winning actress read the script for "Arrested Development" and wanted the role of Lucille Bluth, the monstrous matriarch of the quirky sitcom's decidedly...

British wave washes over U.S. media market

 May 29, 2013; Updated: 11:49 pm

The British are coming - actually, they're already here. And they're running some of America's top media and entertainment companies and successfully peddling their shows, newspapers and magazines to the former colonies.

CW to air iHeartRadio Music Festival

 May 28, 2013; Updated: 7:22 pm

The CW network is bringing a popular radio music series to television and is going heavy on escapist fare in its new programming for next season.

As part of a three-year deal, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will air exclusively on the...

Vampire Weekend switch it up on third album

 May 28, 2013; Updated: 10:27 am

The guys in Vampire Weekend changed how they wrote songs, how they record and what an album of theirs even looks like - the cover for "Modern Vampires of the City" is not another artsy old Polaroid, but a 1966 black-and-white photo of a...

Jewel portrays June Carter Cash for Lifetime

 May 27, 2013; Updated: 6:03 pm

It helps to have a singer portray a singer, of course. The onstage scenes came naturally to Jewel when she played the role of June Carter Cash in the new Lifetime movie, "Ring of Fire."
Jewel's...

Derek Hough wants to expand career beyond ‘Stars’

 May 26, 2013; Updated: 12:13 pm

Derek Hough claimed another victory in the 16th edition finale of "Dancing With the Stars" Tuesday, but he almost didn't return to the ABC show this season.
"I was gonna sit this season out," Hough...

Jersey shore reopens for first post-Sandy summer

 May 25, 2013; Updated: 5:34 pm

New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer...

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