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Wednesday, May 11 2011

‘The Voice’ sings with a unique strain

By Randall Roberts

The key to the surprising success of “The Voice,” NBC’s new Tuesday night music reality show, can be captured in something that country music singer…


After Oprah leaves, daytime TV may never be the same again

By Meg James

LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey, the monarch of daytime television, tapes her final episode this month. For 25 years, Winfrey, avatar of the national psyche…


Why Newton Minow’s ‘vast wasteland’ speech was a failure

By Aaron Barnhart

Fifty years ago this week, Newton N. Minow delivered one of the most electrifying speeches ever given by a bureaucrat of the U.S. government. Minow,…


Fox renews ‘House’ for eighth season

By Joe Flint

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Gregory House will continue to see patients next fall. Fox has struck a one-year deal with Universal Media Studios to bring…


Tuesday, May 10 2011

Top 10 surprises of the TV season

By Neal Justin

Stare at the small screen long enough, and television starts to become as predictable as a Swanson’s frozen dinner. Not that we’re knocking meatloaf and…


Transitioning from woman to man was a natural progression for Chaz Bono

By Scott Collins

LOS ANGELES — The changing of one’s voice is a male rite of passage. But most men go through it long before they turn 40.…


Monday, May 9 2011

Illinois teen is a YouTube lip-syncing sensation

By Joan Cary

CHICAGO — Nine months ago, Keenan Cahill was just another freshman at York High School in Elmhurst, Ill., doing his homework, holing up in his…


Wednesday, May 4 2011

In autobiography, Rob Lowe writes frankly about love, sex, partying and more

By Susan King

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Rob Lowe notes that his two sons, Matthew, 17, and Johnowen, 14, have read his breezy autobiography, “Stories I Only Tell…


TV networks are deciding who’s in and who’s out

By Scott Collins

LOS ANGELES — As TV executives huddle in screening rooms the next few days, watching pilots for proposed fall series, they’re having to adjust to…


Tuesday, May 3 2011

‘How the States Got Their Shapes,’ premiering Tuesday on History

By Robert Lloyd

LOS ANGELES — I am a map lover from way back. As a child, I would hand-copy the continents from an atlas, and even now…


Monday, May 2 2011

HBO makes a play for mobile
Osama bin Laden’s death galvanizes Sunday night television

Friday, April 29 2011

Where ‘Mad Men’ reimagines the era, ‘Car 54’ is a true ‘60s snapshot
Amy Landecker finds cancelation of her new show … actually kind of comforting
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell hits NBC over Trump

Thursday, April 28 2011

What’s behind the dearth of female ‘American Idol’ finalists?

Tuesday, April 26 2011

The Civil War, the Freedom Rides, and national memory
‘The Office,’ like ‘Two and a Half Men,’ faces challenge of replacing its central character

Friday, April 22 2011

HBO looks at the making of the show that ruined TV
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