`Roots’ Still Has Lessons to Teach
Maya Angelou Takes a Look Back
In Depth
Press Tour Notes: CW Announces `Crowned’
The CW ordered a new reality series called “Crowned,” an eight-episode competition program in which mother-daughter teams work together to win a beauty pageant, The CW’s President of Entertainment Dawn Ostroff announced during the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour…
70 Years of ‘Guiding Light’: Keeping a Bright `Light’ Shining
Irna Phillips’ Vision of the Ties That Bind Set a Course for Character-Driven Drama and Changed the Face of Television
‘Roots’ Anniversary: TV’s Breakthrough Miniseries Turns 30
Wolper’s Eight-Part Production Changed Television, America
Cast Quotes: ‘Guiding Light’
“I did a book tour eight years ago for a book I wrote in conjunction with a character I played on the show. It was a great experience because I went from place to place and met all these people…
AOL Charts Syndie Distribution Model
Internet Company Linking Advertising to Web Video Clips
Show Opened Door to Racial Dialogue
By Debra Lee Special to TelevisionWeek On Jan. 23, 1977, the historic date “Roots” premiered, I remember feeling skeptical that the depiction of slavery and its true historical impact on African Americans would accurately be portrayed to an American TV…
Comcast Scaring Up Viewers
FearNet On-Demand Service Catching On
Committed 100 Percent to Her Role
Multiple Emmy Winner Kim Zimmer Credits Longevity to Good Writers, Dedicated Fans
Internationals Take the Stage
At NATPE Show, Overseas Sales Surge