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Demonstrating some serious interdenominational unity, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The WB and UPN will join forces tonight for a primetime special entitled Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast, to raise funds for those impacted by the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. The six broadcast networks will …

I haven’t looked forward to a television show as much as I looked forward to Jon Stewart’s take on Katrina, which ran last night. And wow, it was perfect. Show excerpts, courtesy of the Daily Kos “Now, for you people who are saying “Well, stop pointing fingers at the president…left-wing…the …

Despite recent grim characterizations in popular culture such as ABC’s smash Desperate Housewives and Judith Warner’s popular book Perfect Madness, the latter of which posits modern motherhood as “an endless sea of child-enriching activities” leading into “a well of despair,” a new survey finds that an overwhelming majority of mothers …

Venerable audience measurement arbiter Nielsen Media Research says the national TV audience is getting more ethnic, Southern, Western, and a little older, according to its estimates for the 2005-06 viewing season. The total number of television households within the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) is now estimated at 110,200,000, according …

Charleston, South Carolina’s American Theater rolls out the red carpet at 7 p.m. tonight for the premiere of new teen drama Palmetto Pointe, with steaming young stars and Carolina natives Timothy Woodward Jr. (Summer Dreams), Brent Lovell (Summer Dreams), Sarah Edwards, Amanda Baker (One Tree Hill), and Will Triplet in …

Yesterday, the BBC investigative news program Panorama tackled the thorny and critical issue of Islamic extremism in Britain and whether the Islamic leadership there, in particular the ostensibly moderate Muslim Council of Britain, was capable of “dealing with this issue head on,” as MCB Secretary General Sir Iqbal Sacranie promised …

I remember when Rosanne first came on the air back in 1988, mostly because it was honest, real, and truly groundbreaking but also because of something more personal. In a phone conversation with my mother, she asked if I had seen the show and went on to tell me how …

Q Television — the 24/7 satellite subscription television network organized to “create, develop and feature television programming for the gay and lesbian community” — has announced a new nightly talk show, QueerEdge with Jack E. Jett, starring our very own Blogcritic Jack E. Jett. I know Jack E.’s the star …

Trying to put rock and pop musicians in a standard television setting often means some aspect of the music performance is diminished. That is not the case with the performances on The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons. To the contrary, this three-DVD set contains slices of rock music history. The …