History (tv network)

Review: 'North America,' Discovery Channel's 7-part nature series

2013-05-19 12:25:00

Oh, nature, so near and yet so far: the thing we live in and deny, worship and destroy. The nagging conscience of our modern dystopian times! It is spiritually useful to be reminded that there is a world of animals that -- for the moment, at least --...

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...

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...

Historic lesbian bar The Palms set to close in West Hollywood

2013-05-08 08:02:00

After almost 50 years, the last remaining lesbian bar in West Hollywood, The Palms, is set to shut its doors at the end of L.A. Pride weekend. With the closing of the historic watering hole, the longtime LGBT-friendly city will lose its last remaining...

Las Vegas: Remembering the Moulin Rouge, champion of integration

2013-05-01 07:30:00

The unique history of the Moulin Rouge, a long-ago Las Vegas resort, will be remembered May 23 during a special event at the city’s Neon Museum. The museum’s display of neon signage is the final resting place for the giant sign that...

Joe and Tina Simpson sell Encino home for $3.5 million

2013-04-19 08:00:00

Joe and Tina Simpson, parents of singer-actress daughters Ashlee and Jessica, have sold their home in Encino for $3.5 million. The buyers are television writer-producer Cynthia Harrison and her husband, real estate investment firm head Lewis Wallach....

Producers Guild inaugural Digital VIP awards find opulent setting

2013-04-12 14:31:00

The Producers Guild of America honored nine people for their contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling in an event held in the Bel Air mansion of entrepreneur Elon Musk. The Digital VIP awards celebration attracted...

'The Bible' tops DVD, Blu-ray sales; 'Argo' top rental

2013-04-15 13:08:00

The History Channel’s TV miniseries "The Bible" debuted at the top of the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart, while Oscar best picture winner "Argo" held on to the top rental spot. Here are the top selling and renting titles for the week ending April 6 and...

'42' will round the bases. IMDb wins legal battle against actress.

2013-04-12 07:17:00

After the coffee. Before the weekend! How did I never think of that before? The Skinny: I've been catching up with TNT's "Southland." Man this show is good and I really will miss it if this is its last season. Go watch it on VOD. Friday's headlines...

'The Bible' on Fox News Channel? It almost happened

2013-04-11 12:10:00

If Rupert Murdoch had gotten his way, the miniseries "The Bible" might very well have ended up airing on the Fox News Channel instead of the History channel, where it was a huge hit. Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corp., was hot for...

'Mad Men' remains set in its artful ways

2013-04-06 08:00:00

Here's how I am afraid "Mad Men" will end next year: With Jon Hamm's Don Draper in a white suit, heading to Studio 54. Here's how I hope it will end: The whole series is revealed to be a story told by Roger Sterling (John Slattery) in a Ventura County...

History's 'Vikings' to get a second season

2013-04-05 12:09:00

Fans of basic cable savagery can let out a primal "Yawp" of delight. History's "Vikings" will be returning for a second season. The scripted one-hour drama is currently still airing its first season (there are four episodes still left to go in the nine-...

Jim Boyd, from left, Kent Sperring and Carol and Dan Gillespie look for telltale geographic features while watching an episode of the TV western "Have Gun Will Travel," which ran from 1957 to 1963, in the theater at the Beverly and Jim Rogers Lone Pine Film History Museum.

2013-04-09 00:00:00

Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone's latest series of documentaries, "Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States," premiered Nov. 12 on Showtime. Stone was photographed at the Showtime offices in Westwood. The series is an alternative history of the U.S.

2012-10-29 00:00:00

This History offering became one of TV's most triumphant and unlikely success stories this year. The miniseries drew a record 13.9 million viewers in its premiere and grew. Now it has 16 nominations, the most in the channel's history.

2012-07-19 12:58:00