PBS (tv network)

CBS pulls 'Mike & Molly' season finale due to Oklahoma tornado

2013-05-20 15:49:00

Monday's Oklahoma tornado has already affected prime time, with CBS pulling the season finale of the sitcom "Mike & Molly." Titled "Windy City," the episode uses a fictional tornado that threatens Chicago as a plot point. "[A]s a tornado descends on...

'CBS This Morning' anchor Charlie Rose gets new PBS weekend show

2013-05-20 11:36:00

Because anchoring �“CBS This Morning” five times a week in addition to hosting his own nightly talk show apparently isn’t enough for Charlie Rose, the ubiquitous TV personality will launch a new show this July on PBS, the network...

Science Channel to tackle the cicada invasion

2013-05-20 14:24:00

They've been waiting underground for 17 years, and now cicadas are emerging en masse to take over the eastern half of the United States. Right now, billions of the Brood II cicadas are emerging from the ground and are making big noise all up and down...

Review: 'Mel Brooks: Make a Noise' on PBS' 'American Masters'

2013-05-20 13:26:00

"Do I get paid for this?" says Mel Brooks at the end of Robert Trachtenberg's biographical documentary, "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise," premiering Monday as part of the PBS series "American Masters." "If this program was called 'Dutch Masters,' I'd have boxes...

Britain court sentences four hackers guilty of cyberattacks

2013-05-16 10:47:00

LONDON – Four hackers who pleaded guilty to a series of high-profile cyberattacks on computers in the U.S. and Britain, including those of the CIA and Sony Pictures, were sentenced Thursday to up to 32 months in prison. The four men, all Britons,...

Still jonesing for 'West Wing'? Try Danish import 'Borgen'

2013-05-17 10:30:00

Thrusting an intelligent idealist into a leadership position is a time-honored method of chronicling the corruptive nature�of power, particularly the political variety. (Please see�"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington") In recent years, television writers have...

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...

Frank Darabont buries 'Walking Dead,' digs into LAPD cops in TNT drama

2013-05-17 07:13:00

Frank Darabont went quiet.�� The writer/producer, whose most recent �clat is as the man who developed cable champion “The Walking Dead” only to be unceremoniously forced out as showrunner ahead of its second season, was seated at a...

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...

'Downton Abbey' gets Diddy-fueled makeover in Funny or Die spoof

2013-05-16 17:05:00

Diddy's rather confusing Twitter announcement that he'll be appearing as a series regular on the wildly popular British aristocracy drama "Downton Abbey" has manifested itself as a mediocre Funny or Die video. And aren't we all a little relieved? We'...

'Thomas & Friends' goes daily on PBS Kids

2013-05-16 12:35:00

"Thomas & Friends" is returning for a new season on PBS Kids, and in a nod to the growing popularity of the British tank engine and his pals, the show is getting a big upgrade on the PBS schedule. After running in syndication on the weekends since 2004,...

Critic's picks: It's fun to be stuck in 'The Middle'

2013-05-16 10:31:00

"The Middle" -- Too long have the hilarious and down-rent relatable Hecks lived in the shadow of their upscale-yet-seeming-unemployed neighbors on"Modern Family." Patricia Heaton's Frankie and Neil Flynn's Mike remind us on a weekly basis that fatigue and...

"Super WHY Live: You've Got the Power" will bring characters from the PBS children's TV series to the stage as they go on an adventure through a book to find the answer to the question �Who has the greatest super power in the world?

2013-04-24 12:13:00

The mayors of South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen and Plymouth were talked tax breaks during a roundtable discussion for PBS TV station WNIT on Sunday. (WNIT-TV)

2013-04-15 05:09:00

Andrew Russell was named chief operating officer of PBS SoCal, the Orange County based public television station also known as KOCE-TV

2013-02-05 07:43:00