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“At the Movies,” the syndicated series that introduced the TV-watching masses to passionate on-air debates about film, is about to get a major face-lift.

Boy wonder gets his break. Now, give him a break?

Fresh from her post-Oscars show lap dance with Hugh Jackman, the TV host is excited about ‘The View’s’ West Coast layover.

TV’s writer-producers are shaping up to be the most influential players in the industry.

The streaming video site offers a free and relatively painless way to watch your favorite shows on a computer.

SOON, IT will all return: the mammoth egos, the nasty feuds, the career fates that teeter on choosing just the right fabric swatch.

The network thinks the series based on James Patterson’s books could be television’s next “CSI.”

Although ratings haven’t fallen much yet, the networks are grappling with weak programming.

When push comes to shove, residuals are going to matter more than reality writers in the union.

He was ‘low-key’ during the writers strike. With the industry fearing another work stoppage, shouldn’t he get involved?

The election played havoc with prime-time schedules, so TV executives hope a ratings rebound is coming in its wake.

Films and TV sag under the $tar system.

NBC has pulled out. Other networks on the fence pending the dispute’s outcome.

While broadcasters stick with reality this summer, and have some hits, cable puts in a strong showing with scripted shows.

With image and politics overlapping, TV personalities are in tight races.

As if the writers strike wasn’t enough to worry about, the networks take a Global beating from the foreign press. So much for the purported broadcast renaissance.

SPEND AN hour or so with Bonnie Hunt these days and you come away convinced she’s got a daytime talk show inside her head.

The promising ABC comedy starring Christina Applegate will return from the writers strike with a solid partner as lead-in.

No surprise here, but Snoop Dogg is not a big worrier.

Last year’s walkout by the writers hurt many types of shows, but if the actors go out, only some scripted programs would be affected.

The man behind ‘Fear Factor’ is happy to entertain viewers any way he can. Really. His latest -- ‘Wipeout’ -- involves a giant obstacle course.

The media blasted one another, and bloggers left a big impression.

The hosts of the new reality show follow in the footsteps of the U.K.’s Simon Cowell, Cat Deeley and others

The glut of reality TV isn’t being driven solely by the writers strike, but by a desire by networks to overhaul the cost structure of programming.

Media Rights Capital will program and finance the prime-time lineup.

The long-running series has one of television’s most loyal audiences, but it’s had to survive a few crises along the way.