entertainment - "television"

Reality television star Kerry Katona is 'devastated' following the death in the US of the man she regarded as her real father.

Doyles Room is sponsoring Shannon Elizabeth in the World Series of Poker this year. That is at least $10,000 that she won't be spending at this year's WSOP. To be fair, she isn't wearing the Brunson logo simply because she looks good in a skirt. Shannon got that sponsorship because she is a good player who just happens to look really good in a skirt. This is generally a good combination to get the cameras' attention, and let's face it, this is all about getting Doyle's logo on television.

TO HEAR the broadcast networks tell it, there's plenty on television this summer.And if we're talking watching people fall off giant rubber balls on ABC's "Wipeout" or seeing canines compete on CBS to be named "America's Greatest Dog," they're right.

30 Days, the FX reality series inspired by Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super Size Me, returns tonight for its third season at 10 p.m. ET on FX. The show follows one person who inhabits someone else's life for a month, and despite the contrived nature of the situations, comes off as a mini-documentary and one of the most real and genuine series on TV. If you missed the first two seasons, season one is on DVD, and available for download on Amazon or iTunes.The best episodes tend to feature the show's creator, Spurlock, because his personality is a lot more compelling and he's more used to being on TV, so he's better at telling his own story. Because of that, the very first episode, where Spurlock and his girlfriend spent a month living on minimum wage, is still the best one for me.Smartly, Spurlock has decided to be featured in two of this season's six episodes. Tonight's shows him becoming a coal miner, and episode six follows his life on an Indian reservation. But Spurlock says t

TV News: Network nabs 10 nominations -- HBO led all networks with 10 nominations as the television Critics Assn. announced its nominees for the TCA Awards.

International News: Russia's annual television awards - the TEFIs - are to take place in a remote and chilly Siberian outpost next year.

International News: Japanese joint venture to produce 'MW' -- D.N. Dream Partners, a joint venture launched in 2006 by telco giant DoCoMo and Nippon television Network to develop content, is producing 'MW,' a live-action thriller based on the comicstrip by manga icon Osamu Tezuka. 

TV News: Scribes increasingly explore high-tech subjects -- Human organs grown in dishes. Mars rovers. Genetically engineered meat. Not a day passes without headlines announcing amazing technological breakthroughs. So it's no coincidence that in recent years, scripted television has exploded with shows exploring technology -- and humanity's relationship to it.

TV News: Creators mine dark psychology for hits -- The proliferation of complicated protagonists on the smallscreen has led many to insist we're in a golden age of television. But how did these characters come to life?

Story about four new york women, their lives and loves is based on popular novel by Candace Bushnell