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RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Summer Heights High: Comedy. 10:30 p.m. Sundays on HBO. Like every other broadcast network or cable channel, HBO desperately wants a half hour sitcom hit. The way it's going about the search is a little odd - importing or buying more...

If you like, you can spend part of the weekend revisting some mid-'80s sitcom stars. The nostalgia trip starts tonight on CW's ...

"Whale Wars," which has its premiere Friday on Animal Planet, follows a band of self-appointed warriors as they try to thwart Japanese whalers in the waters off Antarctica.

The studio that produces "Battlestar Galactica" will offer fans an opportunity to purchase memorabilia at a two-day auction in January.

A post-election question for comics: What's funny, and what's fair game, about a President Barack Obama?

Former Laguna Beach personality Jason Wahler owes a tow truck driver $5,000 in damages for a confrontation more than two years ...

Reuters - Fox has shaken up its midseason plans, establishing a Friday night sci-fi block and giving a new drama series an "American Idol" lead-in.

TV News: ONO chairman replaced by retail expert -- In a boardroom coup, Eugenio Galdon has been forced to step down as chairman of ONO, Spain's biggest cable operator.

TV News: NBC's comedy block cools off some -- CBS edged out ABC for the demo lead on Thursday, a night that saw NBC's comedy block cool off some and allow the Eye and Alphabet to gain ground in the middle hour. CBS won the night as usual in total viewers, led by "CSI."        

Like every other broadcast network or cable channel, HBO desperately wants a half-hour sitcom hit. The way it's going about the search is a little odd -- importing or buying more than creating -- but the results have been mostly encouraging so far.