World & Nation
Employees of the Greek state-run television corporation in Athens went on strike Monday to protest a proposed bill establishing private television.
Sept. 26, 1989
Television
TELEVISION ‘Doc’ Yes, ‘Buffy’ No, Says Watchdog Group TV, in many quarters, is getting racier--and the Parents Television Council, a conservative watchdog group, isn’t pleased.
Aug. 24, 2002
Overlooked in the flurry of news stories about television’s coverage of the 6.1 temblor that rocked the Southland on Oct. 1 was KSCI Channel 18’s live, 2 1/2 hours of multilingual earthquake newscast.
Oct. 12, 1987
Obituaries
Evgenios Spatharis, Greek master of shadow puppet theater, dies at 85; Linda Dangcil, actress who played Sister Ana on ‘The Flying Nun,’ dies at 67.
May 11, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
A double helping of “My Big Fat Greek Life” and a strong Thursday performance led CBS to a solid victory last week, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.
March 5, 2003
Adventures From the Book of Virtues premieres this week with three separate one-hour programs airing on consecutive nights (KCET, beginning Monday at 8 p.m.).
Sept. 1, 1996
Music
POP/ROCK Heart Trouble Halts Tour: Rocker John Mellencamp has canceled the remainder of his concert tour, including Tuesday and Wednesday at the Greek Theatre and Sept. 16 at Glen Helen’s Blockbuster Pavilion, after doctors diagnosed him Wednesday as having an occluded heart artery.
Sept. 9, 1994
Movies
UCLA Film Archive’s splendid “CineMythology: A Retrospective of Greek Film” continues Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in UCLA’s Melnitz Theater with Giorgos Korras’ “The Deserter”(1988) and Nikos Perakis’ “Loafing and Camouflage” (1984), also known more felicitously as “Of Colonels and Camouflage.”
Aug. 2, 1993
Olympics
John-Andrew Kambanis and John Livaditis won’t be pictured on cereal boxes before the Olympics.
Jan. 3, 2002
The networks are finding it pays to share the buzz by hitching a summer series to a blockbuster movie’s coattails.
June 13, 2004