Television
On the Attack: Psychiatrist David Viscott, who hosts call-in programs on KABC radio and KNBC-TV Channel 4, told viewers of his late-night TV show over the weekend that during last week’s rioting in Los Angeles he was attacked outside his home by two men who demanded his car keys and then beat him.
May 5, 1992
Television: Chairman of group devising code, which has come under attack even before being released, will defend decision to classify programs in age-based categories.
Dec. 12, 1996
Television: Programs relying on video footage of death and destruction are drawing viewers in. Producers of the specials say they’re responsible, but others bemoan the content.
Nov. 13, 1996
Entertainment & Arts
The movie industry’s top spokesman warned Tuesday that depictions of violence on television should not be blamed for most of the mayhem in American society.
June 9, 1993
Japanese scholars, upset over a coming PBS docudrama that holds Japanese Emperor Hirohito fully responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, are attempting to block its airing.
Feb. 7, 1989
Courts: Lawsuits claim the key functions of personal video recorders violate copyrights.
Feb. 11, 2002
Programming* Court TV’s documentary traces the evidence linking Osama bin Laden to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Nov. 29, 2001
Virginia Graham, the gravel-voiced talk show queen of the 1960s whose programs were the precursor of much of today’s daytime TV entertainment, has died of complications from a heart attack.
Dec. 24, 1998
Awards
Mike Darnell, the president of alternative entertainment at Fox Broadcasting and one of the most influential programming executives of the last two decades, is resigning.
May 24, 2013
Politics
More than 300 House members urged the nation’s television networks Tuesday to start an intensive campaign against drug abuse.
Aug. 6, 1986