entertainment - "television"

A look at the former robbers, nuns and voodoo worshipers who would be president, at least in prime time.

Television, home of svelte cops and supersize fast-food ads, loves fat-reduction spectacles.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - television celebrity Ed McMahon has finally found a buyer for his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills mansion, avoiding a foreclosure that would have made him among the most high-profile victims of the U.S. housing slump.

TV couple Richard and Judy broadcast their final terrestrial television show tonight.

International News: This will be show's first overseas bow -- 'RoboDz,' a toon co-produced by Toei Animation and Walt Disney television Intl. Japan will be broadcast on the Disney XD channel Stateside in February.

Brian Lowry: U.S. news to refocus on election after Games -- television is about to pull off a magic trick that would render even David Copperfield envious: In the blink of an eye, all of China will disappear.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - television celebrity Ed McMahon has finally found a buyer for his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills mansion, avoiding a foreclosure that would have made him among the most high-profile victims of the U.S. housing slump.

TV News: Fincham urges keeping big budgets -- The director of television at beleaguered commercial web ITV has warned that TV needs to remember its primary purpose is to entertain -- or risk losing more viewers.

David Archuleta's first single, 'Crush,' was released Aug. 12, and it debuted at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, better than David Cook's #3 debut position on the same chart for 'Time of My Life' in June.Archuleta's single had 166,000 downloads, and represents 'the best chart debut in more than 18 months' and 'the best opening by an 'American Idol' finalist with a song not performed on the show,' Billboard reports.However, as E! News reports, 'his show single 'Imagine' actually underperformed with a No. 36 debut,' and David Cook's 'did better in the download department, selling 236,000 digital copies in its opening week.'Still, David Archuleta is higher on the chart than David Cook was, and while this would be the perfect occasion for Archuleta to tell Cook to suck it, he is as humble as always, although at least not on television. 'I was like, maybe it will get to the top 40. I just can't believe it,' he told the Los Angeles Times. He's presently working on his album. 'I used t

With the promotion of Rachel Maddow, the Air America radio host, to a prime-time television spot this week, MSNBC cemented its identity as a channel for a liberal audience.