Entertainment & Arts
Versus network goes dark on DirecTV in rate dispute
Sept. 1, 2009
Television
Episodes of “Picket Fences,” “NYPD Blue” and “Law & Order” were among the finalists announced Thursday for the annual Humanitas Prizes, given to writers whose screen work “enriches and enlightens” audiences.
June 17, 1994
Television personality Paula Diaz appears every bit the stereotypical Southern California beach girl: blond and blue-eyed with an outgoing personality, a model’s face, perfect teeth and a flirtatious smile.
May 11, 1996
ABC Mulls Commercial-Less Premiere: ABC may broadcast the two-hour March premiere of film director David Lynch’s new prime-time series “Twin Peaks” without network commercials--at a loss of $1 million in revenue--to promote the dramatic series as unusual television, Capital Cities/ABC executives said.
Jan. 11, 1990
America’s four major television networks are generally responsible in the way they portray violence in entertainment programming, although excessive violence remains a problem in their airing of theatrical films, children’s fare and on-air promotions, according to an intensive, yearlong study released Tuesday by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy.
Sept. 20, 1995
Company Town
At the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Hollywood glitterati probably will bestow TV’s highest honors on dark, edgy programming such as the dystopian dramas “Westworld” on HBO and Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Sept. 14, 2017
Movies
Under razor-barbed wire that stretches across a dark alleyway in lower Manhattan, actress Moira Kelly rehearses a scene from the HBO movie “Daybreak,” premiering Saturday.
May 2, 1993
They’ve come out swinging this TV season, with the first few weeks marked by unusually high-powered competition behind the scenes and on screen.
Oct. 8, 1994
California
ALL FOR ONE: All six elementary schools in the La Habra City School District start a mandatory dress code this year: white shirts and dark blue pants, skirts or shorts.
Sept. 4, 1995
World & Nation
It was a blustery New England morning, with a cutting wind blowing off Boston Harbor.
March 13, 1988