After a comedy career that included hosting seven cable TV series and playing clubs throughout the country, Helen Keaney changed tracks and became a host on the Home Shopping Network this past summer. ...more

March 19, 2009

If all goes according to plan Wednesday, magician and escape artist Criss Angel will slip out of handcuffs, scamper to the roof of the Spyglass Motel and be whisked away by helicopter before the nine-story structure implodes. ...more

July 29, 2008

FX's "Damages" and AMC's "Mad Men" made history Thursday morning when they became the first basic-cable series to earn Emmy nominations for best drama, edging out such favorites as "Grey's Anatomy." ...more

July 18, 2008

LOS ANGELES - "Mad Men," AMC's sleek drama set in the advertising world circa 1960, and FX's legal thriller "Damages" made Emmy nominations history Thursday as the first basic cable programs to gain best-series nods. ...more

July 17, 2008

When "Dexter" debuted on CBS, the American people were promised that it would be "scheduled responsibly in the last hour of prime time." These are the very words of the CBS Network executives. But their words are no longer true. As you know, CBS is planning to air back-to-back episodes of "Dexter" this Sunday, with the first episode airing as early as 9 p.m. on the east and west coast and 8 p.m. in the central and mountain time zones! It is the height of irresponsibility for CBS to schedule this intensely violent, premium-cable series so early in evening when millions of impressionable - and easily frightened - children are still awake and watching television. You've had time to see for yourself just how gruesome and disturbing "Dexter" is, and how grossly inappropriate this series is for the broadcast medium. I urge you to do the responsible thing by pulling this Sunday's airings of "Dexter." ...more

May 3, 2008

'Dexter in the Dark,' by Jeff Lindsay (Doubleday, $24) ...more

September 16, 2007