Riding high from its recent Daytime Emmy win, Discovery Channel’s “Cash Cab” barely pays big money to its contestants but that hardly keeps viewers from watching, the Los Angeles Times reports. The title cab cruises through New York City and…
HBO’s new mini-series about the war in Iraq, “Generation Kill,” is a fact-based drama that speaks for itself rather than looking for sympathetic characters or airing a political point of view, Entertainment Weekly says. Created by the team of David…
A new Discovery Channel special, “The People’s Republic of Capitalism,” explores China’s changing economic culture, the Associated Press reports. The show, which premieres Wednesday, is hosted by former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and follows him as he explores the…
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During a wild writers-strike-shortened season, critics had a multitude of guesses at what trends, for better and for worse, emerged at the end of it. However, critics generally supported the emergence and continuation of well-crafted cable shows and enjoyed the…
NBC Universal, along with private equity firms Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group, have agreed to acquire the Weather Channel from Landmark Communications almost a month after they became the exclusive bidders. The announcement of a definitive agreement Sunday afternoon…