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JUDD APATOW THE GODFATHER IMPACT: For arguably the most important comedy auteur of the past decade, Apatow's typically prolific output had taken on a more leisurely pace over the past [...]

If fit's at all nerve-wracking for Fox to try to transform two niche sports cable networks into take-all-comers Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2, it would be more nerve-wracking [...]

'THE WALKING DEAD' is watched by more viewers than any other scripted program in cable television. Glen Mazzara was its showrunner. Some wouldn't expect that second sentence to be in [...]

So many possibilities but so few spots to go around for TV's lead actresses in comedy and drama COMEDY Beth Behrs 2 BROKE GIRLS (CBS) Co-star Kat Dennings might have [...]

Some writers are haunted by their shadows. Vince Gilligan sees a dance partner. There's a night spent in the Sofitel Hotel on Beverly Boulevard, circa 1995. Gilligan notices the light [...]

Here are 25 series, in chronological order, that changed the smallscreen 1948-71 'THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW' His variety show wasn't unique even when it started and Ed Sullivan himself, a [...]

1948-71 'THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW' His variety show wasn't unique even when it started and Ed Sullivan himself, a newspaper columnist who wrote about show business, was far from gifted [...]

How is GE best known in entertainment circles? Maybe it's for years of commercials bringing 'good things to life,' or for its savvy hire of Jack Donaghy to run East [...]

You're RICKY SCHRODER, and you're taking a risk like never before. You're a Hollywood veteran, but you've undertaken a project with no distributor and the most uncertain of futures. You're [...]

ATONEMENT Sure, there's the scene at the fountain, or the one in the library, but the moment in 'Atonement' that gets everyone talking is the five-minute-plus tracking shot during the [...]

A&E No. of subscribers: 92 million Network topper: Bob DeBitetto Programming toppers: Robert Sharenow, Tana Nugent Jamieson Top originals: Dog the Bounty Hunter, Intervention, Criss Angel Mindfreak, Gene Simmons: Family [...]

TV Class The fall season brings new faces to freshman shows, as well as series that have already made their mark Lizzy Caplan Lizzy Caplan gives performances that compel you [...]

When people reference your race when describing your career, is that a point of pride, or is it something that you think' is overplayed in the media as part of [...]

BEN AFFLECK 'Argo' Bona fide movie star. Oscar-winning scripter. Ben Affleck went on to score the hat trick when he entered the directing ranks with 'Gone Baby Gone' and 'The [...]

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences pushed the key milestones for Oscar nominations to their earliest dates ever, it didn't merely force Hollywood to recalibrate its vacation [...]

ELIZABETH ASHLEY 'Treme' WHY: As Mimi, aunt of Steve Zahn's Davis McAlary, Ashley delivered one of the absolute highlights of 'Treme' season two when she jumped onto a speakerphone call [...]

ADAM ARKIN 'Sons of Anarchy' WHY: Under the guise of cigar shop owner and white supremacist, Arkin tried to control the drug trade in Charming, but was eventually smoked out [...]

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Lovey, the three-pawed dog who wouldn't stop licking, has stopped licking. Sophie, who nipped at her foster owner's cheeks like they were lamb chops, rests contentedly on the [...]

APRIL 15, 1958 The Los Angeles Dodgers' first official game results in an 8-0 loss to the Giants in San Francisco. APRIL 18, 1958 Dodgers christen major league baseball in [...]

The Sopranos: A Love Story' would have made for a different marketing campaign, that's for sure. But for all the fixation on the initial hook of 'The Sopranos'--mob boss with [...]

STEPHEN J. CANNELL: Creator/co-creator, 'Baretta,' 'The Greatest American Hero,' 'The A-Team,' 'Wiseguy,' '21 Jump Street' WHAT ASPECT OF BRANDON TARTIKOFF'S LEGACY COMES THROUGH YOUR WORK? 'The thing about Brandon was [...]

From now until Oscar ballots come due, there will be screenings. Oh, will there be screenings. Screenings in grand theaters with stiff-backed chairs. Screenings in cushy seats and quiet, cozy [...]

IAN KARMEL is a standup comic, doesn't want to be anything but a standup comic, and, if everything goes to plan, will one day soon be famous as a standup [...]

EXEC-PRODUCING the Grammys requires a complex collaboration of diverse minds. Let's run down some of the key players. * There's Ken Ehrlich, the experienced field general able to marshal all [...]

Though casual and intense awards-watchers alike ultimately fixate on which film will take the grand prize of best picture at the Oscars, the Academy does tend to spread its wealth [...]

- Jaime Jarrin Fernando Valenzuela, Jarrín and scout Mike Brito at a game against Dodgers archrivals San Francisco Giants in 2017. Still, when KWKW's owner, William Beaton, announced that the L.A.-bound Dodgers had made a deal to broadcast their games in Spanish, Jarrín didn't consider himself an automatic choice. FOCUS At the start of 1955, the Dodgers were based in Brooklyn, and Jaime Jarrín was a reporter in his native Ecuador, covering the National Congress. [Extracted from the article]

Hooray--the Emmys are less than two months away! For the nominees, it's a whirlwind. For television fans ... is it a shrug? It took some time for it all to [...]

It's getting harder and harder to decide what Julia Louis-Dreyfus should be most famous for. You'd think her defining role as Elaine on NBC'-s Seinfeld would seal the deal. Then [...]

If it seems too early to begin looking ahead to September's Primetime Emmys, few people behind the scenes agree. The pitches for Emmy consideration began even before Oscar season ended [...]

Looking to expand its presence in alternative platforms, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has created a position for a vice president of digital and named Maury McIntyre to [...]

Fox Broadcasting Co. shoved its way in against ABC, CBS and NBC. Fox News Channel shot an elbow in CNN's gut. So it's simply News Corp. company logic that Fox [...]

For three consecutive years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has tried to reinvent the wheel with the Oscars and ended up on artistic blocks. So how will [...]

This time, the 'Argo' story in Variety is truly about a big picture. Connecting three decades of history while erasing a quarter-century of Oscar protocol, Ben Affleck's 'Argo' survived --and [...]

Now that Oscar voting is over, there's nothing left but the suspense--of which there remains plenty. Here's a rundown, starting with shorts and counting down to best picture, of the [...]

There might be some rest for the weary at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences after Sunday's Oscars, but not much. The coming off-season for AMPAS will be [...]

Fan-favorite thesps from 'Breaking Bad,' 'The Office,' 'Private Practice' and other departing shows are popping up all over pilot casting sheets these days. Producers are increasingly primed to capitalize on [...]

'Argo' and 'Silver Linings Playbook' won film honors for editing in drama and comedy/musical, respectively, at the 63rd annual ACE Eddie Awards on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton. William Goldenberg [...]

As 'Argo' extends its domination of awards season, the moment is ripe for a backlash, but controversy about 'Lincoln' is short-circuiting 'Argo's' potential undoing. So how much suspense remains for [...]

As the father of three yearnin' young'uns, as well as someone routinely aggrieved by the smallest injustices, I deal with my fair share of whining. So perhaps I should have [...]

The burning question for this year's Academy Awards has changed. It had been 'How can 'Argo' win best picture without a director nomination for Ben Affleck?'; now it's 'Where did [...]

Super Bowl Sunday usually caps a big weekend for Bryan Buckley, who's directed more than 40 ads for the broadcast. But right now, the director's focus is on a project [...]

It was a busy Wednesday at ABC, as the Alphabet announced a gameshow for the spring, a drama for the summer and pilot orders for fall season. 'Bet on Your [...]

SportsNet LA, controlled by the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group and distributed by Time Warner Cable, will launch in 2014 as the baseball team's new cable home, officially confirming what [...]

By partnering to launch a new regional cable network in an overflowing market rather than making a straight forward rights deal, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Time Warner Cable have [...]

Amour DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Classics RELEASE DATE: Dec. 19 RUNNING TIME: 2:05 OTHER NOMINATIONS: Director, lead actress, original screenplay, foreign-language film WHY IT MIGHT WIN: At once intimate and universal, [...]

The Golden Globes don't dictate how Oscar voters should choose, any more than Abraham Lincoln would influence Django Freeman. Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences might [...]

It was a night for 'Argo,' 'Les Miserables' ... and almost everyone else. Robbed of their power as an Oscar bellwether, the 70th annual Golden Globes on Sunday at the [...]

It's a new and shocking era at the Oscars. Three of the five nominees for top director at the 85th annual Academy Awards didn't get similar recognition from the Directors [...]

When the nominations for the 85th annual Academy Awards are revealed at 5:30 a.m. Thursday, the hopefuls that are left out may be tempted to blame the electronic voting system [...]

It's Benny and the vets in the Directors Guild Awards race. Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper, Ang Lee, and Steven Spielberg have been nominated for feature film honors at [...]