Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

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...

'The Newsroom,' 'Parenthood' among TV Academy Honors recipients

2013-05-02 07:02:00

HBO's "The Newsroom" and NBC's "Parenthood" are among the productions being honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as programs that have "used the power of television to create social change" and exemplify "television with a conscience."...

Emmys won't combine telefilm actor categories

2013-04-19 06:29:00

Don't say Kevin Costner doesn't spur change! The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced late Thursday that it will not combine lead and supporting acting categories in the TV movies and miniseries field for this year's nominations....

Warner Bros. names Kevin Tsujihara chief executive

2013-01-28 09:47:00

In a bold bet on the digital future of entertainment, Time Warner Inc. has selected its digital guru -- Kevin Tsujihara -- as the new chief executive of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes' selection of Tsujihara,...

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2012-10-05 17:03:51

'Desperate Housewives' actress who played Mrs. McCluskey dies

2012-06-03 00:00:00

Less than three weeks after nosy neighbor Mrs. McCluskey succumbed to lung cancer on the series finale of "Desperate Housewives," Kathryn Joosten — the actress who won two Emmy Awards for portraying the television character — has died of the...

Southern California Close-Ups: San Fernando Valley

2012-03-30 16:44:00

First published on April 24, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. The San Fernando Valley is 260 square miles of suburbia. Actually, make that suburbia on nutritional supplements. And antidepressants. With perhaps a little cosmetic surgery south...

Eugene Polley dies at 96; inventor of wireless TV remote control

2012-05-23 00:00:00

Eugene Polley, inventor of the first wireless channel changer, a precursor to the remote control that surfers use to navigate the 500-plus channels offered by modern television, has died. He was 96. Polley died of natural causes Sunday at a hospital in...

Dick Clark: An indelible impact on American pop music

2012-04-18 21:37:21

Moving soaps from TV to Web: Easier said than done

2011-07-07 21:34:13

Memorial for longtime CBS exec Bud Grant set

2011-08-17 16:33:33

San Fernando Valley: 11 micro-itineraries

2011-04-24 00:00:00

The San Fernando Valley is 260 square miles of suburbia. Actually, make that suburbia on nutritional supplements. And antidepressants. With perhaps a little cosmetic surgery south of Ventura Boulevard, where the big money is. Or maybe — now that it'...

Comedian Margaret Cho arrives to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presents 'A Conversation With Ladies Who Make Us Laugh' on May 16, 2011 in North Hollywood, California.

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Ron Howard is among this year's inductees into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

2013-01-23 11:30:33

Bob Hope's bust is one of many such bronze statues of entertainment industry legends at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame Plaza along Lankershim in North Hollywood.

2012-11-28 00:00:00