World & Nation
The flood of ads for alcoholism and drug treatment centers promise prompt and expert treatment for hapless victims of cocaine and booze.
Sept. 14, 1986
Company Town
This marks the first round of new tax credits under the extended California film and television tax credit program, which runs through 2025. Production restart remains ‘slow and steady.’
Aug. 3, 2020
Varsity Times Insider
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May 23, 2011
After losing her hair as a result of chemotherapy treatments, a veteran TV journalist decides to “let it shine” under the studio lights.
Feb. 5, 2024
California
Crime: Officials consider ordering the actor to undergo a residential treatment program for violating his parole.
April 26, 2001
Entertainment & Arts
Singer Melissa Etheridge and actors David Hyde Pierce (Dr.
Sept. 26, 1997
Network television’s treatment of religion in its prime-time entertainment programming improved in 1994 but Hollywood continued to mostly ignore the subject, according to a study released Thursday.
April 7, 1995
Television
An Orange County cable-TV company has pulled a series of programs produced by a neo-Nazi apologist who claims the Holocaust was a hoax, but another local cable system will continue to broadcast them.
April 15, 1995
Obituaries
Known for his sensitive treatment of controversial subjects in made-for-TV movies, he dealt with interracial romance in ‘My Sweet Charlie,’ homosexuality in ‘That Certain Summer,’ blacklisting in ‘Fear on Trial’ and the civil rights movement in ‘Crisis at Central High.’
Oct. 26, 2010
A watchdog group’s study says that positive portrayals of faith have fallen in prime time.
Dec. 15, 2006