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When I covered college basketball, Bob Knight was a profound pain in the neck. Now that I am a sports media writer, I kind of like him. After a promising debut in ESPN's studios last March, Knight will expand his......

Bad news in TV and everywhere else seems to come in "threes" and that was the magic number in Century City yesterday too: ABC has whacked "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money," and the end of "Pushing Daisies" now......

We are surely about to witness a strange, strange January, and as evidence - this from ABC: "Homeland Security USA." Read this logline for the newbie that arrives Jan. 6 at 8: "Every day the men and women of......

Big shake-up at NBC last week in the wake of gawdawful ratings and horrific programs and sacksack schedules: Angela Bromstad, whom I know to be a very smart programming exec with a long NBC history, is returning to the......

Lotsa little news items today - nothing big, but certainly worth noting in our on-going feature, "Catching up with the News." So...let's get right to it! - Oprah's Harpo signs a deal with HBO. For series, movies, minis, etc.......

This just in: Katie Couric will anchor a one-time-only primetime edition of "The Evening News" next Wednesday at 8. CBS says this will be "in addition" to the earlier 6:30 edition, while a spokeswoman says it will contain "all......

ESPN's Rick Reilly on the guy with the most unusual sportswriting assignment in the history of the Super Bowl. Speaking of ESPN and The Big Game . . . click below for 2,100 words on the network's plans for covering......

Welcome to the department of "D'Oh": Fox has finally officially said "The Simpsons" will go through seasons 21 and 22. The network/studio had already signed the cast for four years, which would take the classic through 23 and into......

Will this great actor beat "Gunsmoke?" (Nicole Rivelli/NBC) ...And don't expect to see "Chuck," "My Name is Earl" or "Medium" there either. The network just sent out its new season release - head to the jump for EVERYTHING -......

by Peter Nicholas President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to......

(Getty) Hard to miss today's MJ Memorial, but for those who want a menu choice... E!: Coverage begins at 7 a.m., with Sal Masekela ("Daily 10") from Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills where Jackson is reported to be buried;......

ABC will launch a newsmagazine for the YouTube era this summer, spinning stories from the mountains of user-generated videos available online. The new show, which carries the curious title of "i-CAUGHT," will sift through the burgeoning online-video...