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Frank Darabont talks ‘The Mist,’ ‘Walking Dead’ at HCFF [video]

2013-05-17 10:12:25

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USA moving past 'blue skies' with 'Graceland,' sitcoms, reality

2013-05-17 17:00:00

Over the last few years, as ratings for cable networks like AMC and TLC have surged, their brand identities have shifted just as dramatically. History, the channel that five years ago was known for its dusty old World War II documentaries, is now better...

Guillermo del Toro praises the cinema as a 'temple of images'

2013-05-16 14:20:00

Director Guillermo del Toro crowed about the enduring value of movie theaters this week, reminding television advertising executives gathered in New York that there is no substitute for the big screen. Speaking to a standing-room only crowd of more than...

2013 TV upfronts: Univision showcases El Rey, 'Gossip Girl Acapulco'

2013-05-14 11:06:00

NEW YORK -- Univision intends to remain the king. The nation's largest Spanish-language media company, Univision Communications, on Tuesday said it has made a financial investment in the planned El Rey cable channel owned by Hollywood director Robert...

A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS

2013-05-14 14:45:00

New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...

TV Picks: 'North America,' 'Ghost Army,' 'Mad Men,' Mel Brooks

2013-05-16 16:06:00

"North America" (Discovery Channel, Sunday). The latest blockbuster nature documentary to justify your purchase of an HDTV (see also "Planet Earth," "Life," "Frozen Planet," "Africa") is the seven-part "North America." There are some hectoring musical...

2013 TV Upfronts: Media analyst on network presentations: 'Meh'

2013-05-16 07:52:00

A sense of "meh." That's the takeaway of one top media analyst after sitting through programming presentations to advertisers from ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC this past week. "Our overwhelming impression is this: the more we see of the broadcast lineups,...

Analyst makes case for separating Sony from Sony Pictures

2013-05-14 14:00:00

Observers spent Tuesday morning reading Sony Corp.'s tea leaves in the aftermath of a hedge fund's proposal that the company take its entertainment arm public. Sony's stock soared about 10% in afternoon trading after New York hedge fund Third Point...

Emmy campaigning is more competitive than ever

2013-05-16 06:00:00

When the producers of "Modern Family" claimed in a full-page Variety ad two years ago that curvaceous star Sofia Vergara would run naked down Sunset Boulevard if the ABC sitcom won the Emmy (it did, and she didn't), it may have seemed as if award...

TV broadcasters are in suspense over their upfront ad haul

2013-05-14 05:00:00

Can the return of Michael J. Fox, agent Jack Bauer and "Ironside" help vanquish the flesh-eating zombies that are threatening to take a bite out of television broadcasters' fortunes? ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are unveiling their fall lineups this week...

Women front 'Nashville' band

2013-05-11 07:00:00

Callie Khouri's office is laden with secrets. An emerald-green silk chaise, a Craftsman-style lamp and scattered family heirlooms lend Southern-belle intrigue to the "Nashville" creator's Santa Monica work space. On a shelf rests a silver urn with the...

'Scandal' has become must-tweet TV

2013-05-11 06:00:00

ABC's "Scandal" revolves around a beautiful, law-breaking Washington power-fixer with killer instincts and a matching wardrobe. She's madly in love with the very flawed president of the United States, who, among other things, recently murdered a Supreme...

It seems like just yesterday that we were watching Rick Grimes take on the Governor in Season 3 of AMC's "The Walking Dead." And now the network has released this first-look photo for the upcoming fourth season. The photo shows Rick (Andrew Lincoln) back in the woods and being shadowed by a walker.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

The return of AMC's stylish former crown jewel seems strangely less of a national event than other prestige shows such as "Game of Thrones," "Breaking Bad" and ratings juggernaut "The Walking Dead.

2013-04-26 17:38:54

Both Mark Strong, left, and Lennie James can be seen as series regulars in AMC's upcoming Detroit cop drama "Low Winter Sun." Although familiar to American audiences for his roles in "Green Lantern" and "Sherlock," Strong has a long history on British TV.

2013-04-08 00:00:00