Television
CBS will devote its entire three hours of prime-time programming Sept. 14 to the season premiere of “48 Hours,” as the program returns to its roots on “Crack Street.” “48 Hours: Return to Crack Street” revisits the big-city streets CBS News explored in its 1986 special report “48 Hours on Crack Street,” from which this regular news series was derived.
Aug. 15, 1989
“Sunday Night Football” was the most-watched network TV show for the week of Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, giving Fox the weekly ratings win.
Dec. 9, 2021
On the air for 20 years, the TV newsmagazine has evolved as it attempts to compete with entertainment programming.
Feb. 20, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
A star-studded, seven-hour telethon on Sunday raised nearly $4.8 million for social services and drug rehabilitation programs run by a national organization of Hasidic Jews.
Sept. 20, 1988
World & Nation
Angry residents flooded a local television station with calls today protesting the way this resort city was portrayed on the CBS television program “48 Hours.”
Jan. 28, 1988
Culture Monster Blog
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Feb. 9, 2011
A shooting victim dead in the street, bullet holes through a window, the hysterical sobbing of a grieving relative.
June 30, 1988
Company Town
MSNBC names Stephanie Ruhle to succeed Brian Williams as host of ‘The 11th Hour’ and will also expand ‘Morning Joe’ to four hours.
Jan. 27, 2022
CBS Entertainment President Kim LeMasters raised some eyebrows the other day when he told visiting TV critics that his network had taken steps in “breaking down the corroded barriers” between the entertainment and news divisions.
Jan. 19, 1988
The woman in the cowboy hat talks tough in the neighborhood bar, her face full of hurt as she recalls that the con man reminded her of her late husband.
June 20, 1991