Stories tagged with "major networks"

Cosby's timeless humor always resonates by indystar

To hear Bill Cosby tell it, he got his comedic start as a bartender in 1960 with “about 10 great dirty jokes.” To be clear, those jokes probably wouldn’t be... – Oct 27, 2009 at 12:29 AM in Entertainment

Fall TV: Networks tackling comedy, with 20 in huddle by USA Today

Network TV is hungry for more laughs.After years of a comedy shortage that dried up the syndication pipeline, 20 sitcoms are due this fall on the four major networks, the most... – Aug 31, 2009 at 9:37 PM in Entertainment

Summer has gone cold for the major networks by USA Today

Summer has cast a gray cloud on the major TV networks. Most are suffering double-digit drops from last year as top cable networks score with original dramas.The three weeks ending... – Jul 12, 2009 at 9:20 PM in Entertainment

Michael Jackson's casket to be taken to public memorial by USA Today

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Summer brings a bumper crop of original cable series by USA Today

Original series are having a dramatic effect on cable this summer.TNT and USA alone are airing a dozen dramas: TNT's Saving Grace and new nurse drama HawthoRNe (tonight), top-rated... – Jun 15, 2009 at 10:06 PM in Entertainment

Scripted series to change look of Friday television this fall by USA Today

In recent years, Fridays have become a wasteland for network TV, populated largely with low-cost, low-impact reality series and newsmagazines. Only CBS has regularly programmed... – May 25, 2009 at 9:36 PM in Entertainment

NAACP report find TV networks lagging in diversity by The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nearly a decade after the NAACP condemned a "virtual whiteout" in broadcast TV, the civil rights group said major networks have stalled in their... – Dec 18, 2008 at 7:31 AM in Entertainment

Always proud of America, ready to back new president by indystar

I have recently heard comments that really perturb me. While watching one of the major networks interview a variety of people who were living abroad, I head comments like this one... – Nov 16, 2008 at 2:08 AM in Opinion