Super Bowl, Madonna set new TV audience records
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:51 GMT)
Reuters - Quarterback Eli Manning and his New York Giants may have beaten superstar Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at Sunday's Super Bowl, but none them could outmuscle Madonna -- at least, where TV audiences were concerned.

Steven Van Zandt stars in Netflix series "Lilyhammer"
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:29:55 GMT)
Reuters - Early in "Lilyhammer," Netflix's eight-show original series that launches Monday, we meet Steven Van Zandt's Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano.

"The Voice" gets off to superstar ratings for NBC
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:21:40 GMT)
Reuters - NBC's singing contest "The Voice" got its second season off to a supersize start, attracting 37.6 million viewers on Sunday -- more than double the show's biggest audience last year, NBC said on Monday.

St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:43 GMT)
Reuters - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion.

Lifetime planning Columbine miniseries
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:56:23 GMT)
Reuters - Lifetime is developing a miniseries about the 1999 Columbine High School shootings, based on author Dave Cullen's bestselling 2009 book on the tragedy, "Columbine."

NBC makes big play with bold "Voice" and "Smash" scheduling
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:51 GMT)
Reuters - The boldest play you'll see on NBC this year may not have happened during the Super Bowl.

Sale puts 'M-A-S-H' hot dog diner in new hands
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:16:49 GMT)
AP - A hot dog eatery made famous on the TV series "M-A-S-H" has been sold after a yearlong family feud over ownership.

Ryan Gosling is his own genre on Time Warner Cable
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:59:27 GMT)
Reuters - It's all Ryan Gosling, all the time on Time Warner Cable's Movies On Demand channel in February. Eight of the Oscar-nominated actor's movies -- including the Oscar-nominated "Drive" -- will air throughout the month.

Review of MTV's "Skins" (ContributorNetwork)
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:46:36 GMT)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The new MTV series "Skins" had had its U.S. debut on Jan. 17. The series is set in the Northeast with nine teenagers as the main stars. Their lives are filled with violence, drugs, alcohol and sex. I screened the show and decided I would not let a teenager in my household watch this series. "Skins" has received an MA rating indicating it is not suitable for viewers younger than 17 years old. In addition, the Parents Television Council has called the MTV show "the most dangerous program."

Clint Eastwood ad makes Super Bowl viewers fall silent
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:25 GMT)
Reuters - The Super Bowl is a good day for Detroit. Or at least for automakers.

Judge allows `Sister Wives' suit to proceed
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:50:00 GMT)
AP - A federal judge has ruled there's sufficient evidence to allow a polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
(Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:12:38 GMT)
AP - Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: