TV News
Sharon Stone to guest star for 4 episodes of NBC's 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Sharon Stone will soon be fighting crime in a guest role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." The Oscar-nominated actress will appear on the NBC cop drama in a four-episode story arc later this season, says Pam Golum, a spokeswoman for producer Dick Wolf....
News consultant finds NBC's Andrea Mitchell was reporter with most evening news time in decade
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) NBC's Andrea Mitchell logged more TV face time than any other network evening news reporter during the past decade. News consultant Andrew Tyndall (TIN'-duhl), who logs each evening newscast, calculated that Mitchell was on NBC's "Nightly News" for 2,416 minutes from...
ESPN, Discovery push third dimension for TV as new technology arrives in living rooms
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Two major cable networks ESPN and Discovery will beam 3-D entertainment into peoples' homes for the first time. Riding one of the next big waves in consumer electronics, Disney Co.-owned ESPN says it will have a 3-D channel for broadcasting live sports events in time...
ESPN looks to ride next consumer tech wave with 3-D sports channel
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) ESPN is looking to ride one of the next big waves in consumer electronics with a new 3-D sports channel. The network, owned by the Walt Disney Co., says it will introduce a channel this year that will broadcast live sports events using the technology, starting with the...
C-SPAN asks congressional leaders to open health talks to cameras
By Associated Press - January 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) The C-SPAN television network is calling on congressional leaders to open health care talks to cameras something President Barack Obama promised as a candidate. Instead the most critical negotiations on Obama's health plan have taken place behind closed doors, as...
Morgan Freeman replaces the late Cronkite's voice introducing 'CBS Evening News'
DAVID BAUDER - January 4, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Nearly six months after Walter Cronkite's death, his voice is leaving the "CBS Evening News." His introduction of anchor Katie Couric was replaced Monday by a voiceover featuring actor Morgan Freeman. The legendary CBS News anchor recorded the introduction,...
CBS morning host Maggie Rodriguez says she's pregnant with second child
By Associated Press - January 4, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Maggie Rodriguez of CBS' "The Early Show" is expecting her second child. She announced her pregnancy on Monday's show. Rodriguez said to co-host Harry Smith, weather forecaster Dave Price and newsman Russ Mitchell: "You guys are going to be uncles!"...
Blagojevich, Strawberry and Lauper among new season's contestants on 'Celebrity Apprentice'
FRAZIER MOORE - January 4, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Donald Trump boasted that the upcoming season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" is the best ever and promised the star power of its cast "blows 'Dancing With the Stars' away." Yes, it's a new cycle for the Trump-hosted competition show, which won't premiere until March 14...
Policies forbidding payment for news interviews grow blurry as outlets vie for access, photos
DAVID BAUDER - January 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) Policies forbidding payment for news interviews increasingly seem like the network television equivalent of the 55 mph speed limit: a rule often winked at unless you're heading into a speed trap. Three of the past month's accidental celebrities Jasper Schuringa, who...
Cable TV standoffs leave consumers to pay more for programming, risk losing shows
DAVE CARPENTER - January 3, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement. The deal was good news for more than 6 million Time Warner customers in the short term: College bowl and National Football...
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