Sons of Anarchy (tv program)

A wide field for drama series Emmy

2013-05-29 09:00:00

"Mad Men" owned the drama series Emmy for four years running before "Homeland" knocked if off last season. Both shows delivered seasons this year that offer detractors reasons to look elsewhere. Will they? Here's how the field is shaping up. DRAMA...

FX Networks unveils new management structure and new show for FXX

2013-06-06 11:45:00

News Corp.'s cable unit FX Networks has restructured its executive ranks in advance of the launch a new entertainment channel -- FXX -- and a corresponding increase in original programming production to service it. Under the new structure, three...

'American Horror Story,' 'Big Bang Theory' top Critics' Choice bids

2013-05-22 09:05:00

The critics have spoken: horror, geeks and HBO make for some good TV. The nominations for the third annual Critics' Choice Television Awards were announced Wednesday morning by the Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. -- and FX's "American Horror...

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,...

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 Whitmore family will never grow out of this stage

2013-05-07 19:15:00

Prolific character actor James Whitmore appeared in countless films ("The Asphalt Jungle," "The Shawshank Redemption") and TV series ("The Twilight Zone") in his six -decade career, earning Oscar nominations for 1949's "Battleground" and 1975's "Give...

NBC's 'Chicago Fire' has kindled a following

2013-04-22 05:00:00

NBC's "Chicago Fire" did not exactly generate a lot of heat when it launched last fall. The drama about the truck and rescue squads of a fictional Chicago firehouse lacked the moody darkness, charismatic antiheroes and explosive violence of critical...

'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...

Ignoring doomsayers, CBS and News Corp. keep betting on cable TV

2013-03-29 13:43:00

CBS and News Corp. apparently aren't worried about cord cutters. Both companies are making investments in pay-television channels at a time when the very business model on which the industry is built faces challenges from changing consumer habits and...

FX to launch new sister channel FXX in September

2013-03-28 07:19:00

FX is going to try to clone itself. The News Corp.-owned cable network -- home to such critically acclaimed shows as "Justified" and "Sons of Anarchy" -- is launching a sister channel this fall, dubbed FXX. To get the channel off to a strong start, FX...

CNN details new morning show. Hearst makes change. FX unveils FXX.

2013-03-28 07:56:00

After the coffee. Before trying to make a clone to do my grunt work. The Skinny: Was excited to see "Nashville" back, but did we really need a Katie Couric cameo? It felt forced and didn't add much to the plot. It's a busy Thursday morning as CNN...

Acceptable level of TV violence is ever shifting for viewers, execs

2013-02-15 12:15:00

To any viewer who thinks "Sons of Anarchy" is too violent, consider the bright side: At least the castration scene got … um … deleted. Kurt Sutter, creator of the drama about a California motorcycle gang, presented the idea of showing a...

Release date: July 12 Guillermo del Toro's fanboy dreams are coming to life in his upcoming giant monsters versus giant robots movie "Pacific Rim.

2013-04-16 00:00:00

The fact that Gemma Teller Morrow married her dead husband John's best friend, Clay Morrow, should tip you off to how this family works. It's believed that Gemma and Clay could have been behind John's death, which is a secret she's kept from her son, Jax Teller.

2013-04-05 11:02:00

Last TV role: "Body of Proof" (guest star, 2012) Why we want him back: Luke Perry hasn't been on a successful show since "Beverly Hills, 90210," and that's a shame. At one point he was back on network television with "Windfall," but even that went away as quickly as it arrived.

2013-02-11 13:13:33