TV Blog

White smoke or black smoke? Maybe it’s easier just to wait for a text message that a new pope has been elected.

Superstorm Sandy was a boon for the television network evening newscasts, most prominently for Brian Williams and NBC’s “Nightly News.”

As Scott Pelley marks his first year as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” he’s got his eye on the top of the mountain.

Viewership is down across the broadcast networks this spring, with the primary culprit being the different ways people are experiencing television, researchers say.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Williams’ NBC newsmagazine continues to add top talent as it approaches a Halloween night debut. NBC said Wednesday that TV veteran Tom Bettag (beh-TAG’) is… More

By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK — David Rhodes plucks a cassette tape from a cart in the CBS newsroom. It’s an “On the Road” segment by Charles Kuralt that aired… More

By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK — There’s new life in broadcast television’s evening news shows, in part because of forces once thought poised to kill the genre off. Despite repeated… More

By John Sellers LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said Wednesday that he hopes viewers who tuned out from “CBS Evening News” during the Katie Couric years… More

By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK — If CBS anchor Scott Pelley succeeds in creating an evening newscast that’s a clear alternative to his rivals, Rep. Anthony Weiner may someday be… More

NEW YORK – From a television standpoint, Tom Selleck the police chief of New York may be a very good friend to Tom Selleck the police chief of Paradise, Mass…. More