Friday, the nation fully switches from analog to digital broadcast television. WFLA, Channel 8, plans on unplugging its analog broadcast about 5 a.m., WTSP, Channel 10, sometime before noon, WTVT, Channel 13, about 1 p.m., others throughout the day. ...more

June 11, 2009

After "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel" and "Firefly," fans of Joss Whedon expect a lot from this writer/producer, whose latest project, "Dollhouse," debuts at 9 tonight on Fox. ...more

February 13, 2009

Are you sick of hearing about the digital TV transition yet? You could be. I don't blame you. America is waking up to a lot of frustrating, infuriating, expensive glitches with that transition to come. ...more

January 10, 2009

Fifteen years ago, I had a stupid idea. I was the co-executive producer on TV's long-running comedy "Cheers." NBC, the network on which "Cheers" appeared, was faltering: Ratings were sliding, money was tight, management was nervous and the then-king of late-night television, Johnny Carson, legendary host of the "Tonight Show," was retiring, and no one knew how his replacement, Jay Leno, would do. ...more

December 29, 2008

The surprising thing about NBC's plan to give up a third of its prime-time on weeknights to Jay Leno is that the Peacock gang didn't try this move a couple of years ago.. ...more

December 10, 2008

It has been nearly five years since the most famous "wardrobe malfunction" in television history, and the flap isn't over. On Wednesday, the Bush administration asked the Supreme Court to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's $550,000 fine against CBS for airing singer Janet Jackson's brief breast exposure during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. ...more

November 21, 2008

With millions of U.S. households still unprepared for the switch to digital broadcast television, federal officials are crisscrossing the nation trying to drum up awareness of the change before the Feb. 17 deadline. ...more

November 13, 2008

The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to retain access to one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation: broadcast television. ...more

September 5, 2008

A new study that slams broadcast television for glorifying kinky sex and ignoring good, old-fashioned marital sex (and presumably unkinky) is really an indictment of public tastes. ...more

August 7, 2008

There are two diverse opinions about why the Showtime drama "Dexter" should not be shown on CBS. And they symbolize the two sides of the cultural war in America. ...more

February 15, 2008