Monday, May. 22, 2023

For decades, the week in May when television executives revealed what new shows were coming and which old ones were going spoke to the power and influence that ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox had over popular culture.

This past week offered more evidence of how that is diminishing, draped in...

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023

In fourth grade, Catherine Haena Kim could not muster the courage to audition for the female lead of her school's production of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest." But her teachers saw something in the way she held herself in the classroom.

"My teachers actually gave me the part because...

Monday, Feb. 6, 2023

While TV writers Casey Johnson and David Windsor were winding down the emotional roller coaster series "This Is Us," they had another project waiting to soar — one with ghosts.

Their new "Not Dead Yet," about a newspaper obituary writer haunted by the subjects she is writing about, lands...

Friday, May. 20, 2022

They never even made it onto the stage.

There were constant reminders of the diminished influence of broadcast television networks this past week, when entertainment companies Paramount, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC Universal and Fox hawked their upcoming wares to advertisers in...

Tuesday, May. 17, 2022

ABC is bringing actress Hilary Swank and the writer-director of the 2015 Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" together for a new drama about a journalist working in Alaska.

The Thursday series "Alaska" headlines a fall schedule announced Tuesday that also includes an hourlong celebrity version...

Monday, Apr. 18, 2022

A surprise awaited "black-ish" creator Kenya Barris and his family on a 2016 visit to the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington: An exhibit on the TV series was on display.

"I was very, very emotional" at seeing the honor, Barris said. He...

Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020

Writer-producer David E. Kelley gifted network TV with three decades of hits, including "Ally McBeal," "The Practice" and "Boston Legal." Then he switched to a new canvas, premium cable, to make HBO's "Big Little Lies" and "The Undoing." 

He's in very good company, with Shonda Rhimes ("...

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020

Native American tribes and advocates are condemning "Big Sky," a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the crime victims.

They also have assailed the network and the show's producers for failing to respond to...

Monday, Aug. 10, 2020

A politically charged episode of "black-ish" from 2017 that was shelved by ABC has found a home on Hulu, a corporate sibling of the Disney-owned broadcast network.

"I cannot wait for everyone to finally see the episode for themselves," series creator Kenya Barris posted Monday on social...

Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2020

With cries for equality and justice ringing in the streets, a petition drive to rescue a canceled television series may seem inconsequential.

But among the advocates for ABC's "The Baker and the Beauty," felled by its ratings after one season, are those who value it as an entertaining and...

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