Tom Brokaw

Ed Edelman returns to the spotlight in a PBS documentary

2013-04-02 22:55:00

Mari Edelman called upstairs to the caretaker, asking if her husband was awake and in good enough shape to handle a visitor. As we ascended the stairs of their Westwood home, Mari explained that her husband's cruel condition — an advancing...

'The Bible' makes history for History! Paramount to try TV again.

2013-03-05 08:01:00

After the coffee. Before syncing my new BlackBerry to my work email. The Skinny: It's good to be back home. Ask me in a few hours if it is good to be back in the office. Kidding! Tuesday's headlines include a look at how Hollywood tries to spin a bad...

Joel McHale and Jimmy Fallon swap Bruce Jenner horror stories

2013-02-08 07:58:00

Aspiring comedians, consider yourselves warned: Make fun of Bruce Jenner at your own peril. As both Jimmy Fallon and Joel McHale have learned the hard way, the Olympic decathlete and Kardashian stepdad doesn’t take too kindly to cracks about his...

Weekend TV Talk: David Plouffe; Condoleezza Rice; Rick Santorum

2013-01-18 13:41:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 20 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show The president's second term: Joe Klein, Time;...

Larry Merchant calls last fight for HBO on Saturday

2012-12-13 16:00:00

Larry Merchant will end his 35-year run as an HBO boxing commentator Saturday in calling the Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce junior-featherweight title bout. “I find some poetic symmetry in going out on what’s not a major event, but just another...

Governors Awards: Jeffrey Katzenberg's phone skills revealed

2012-12-02 07:31:00

They all talk about the phone calls — Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks. What binds them is the relentless prodding they’ve all received from Hollywood’s most bullish fundraiser, Jeffrey Katzenberg. At the fourth-annual...

PASSINGS: Ron Palillo, Al Freeman Jr., James M. Naughton

2012-08-15 00:00:00

Ron Palillo Actor played Arnold Horshack on 'Kotter' Ron Palillo, 63, an actor whose signature role was Arnold Horshack in the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday of a heart attack in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., said his agent, Jackie...

Julian Goodman dies at 90; former NBC president

2012-07-03 00:00:00

Julian Goodman, the former NBC president who helped establish Chet Huntley and David Brinkley as a well-known news team and led the network from 1966 to 1974, has died. He was 90. Goodman died Monday after a brief illness in Juno Beach, Fla., where he...

Goldberg: Blame it on Brokaw

2011-11-08 00:00:00

You know who I blame for the terrible tone in American politics? Tom Brokaw. No, not the man himself, but what he represents. Since Dan Rather famously beclowned himself, Brokaw stands as the last of the respected "voice of God" news anchors (CBS News...

Weekend Talk Shows

2012-05-04 16:37:07

Thursday's Talk Shows

2011-12-14 21:36:30

Wednesday's Talk Shows

2011-12-27 21:36:57

Journalist Tom Brokaw is celebrating his 70th birthday today.

2013-01-23 18:31:00

Tom Brokaw, the veteran NBC News correspondent, was discharged from a Charlotte, N.C., hospital where he was taken earlier Thursday after he reported feeling lightheaded. Brokaw, 72, said he'd mistakenly taken an Ambien on the same morning he was making an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.

2012-09-07 12:32:02

Tom Brokaw, 72, taken to the hospital while covering the DNC.

2012-09-06 00:00:00