Television
Singing, chanting and carrying signs, members of the Moral Majority marched outside KCBS-TV in Hollywood on Monday to protest the CBS network’s broadcast of a “Cagney & Lacey” episode about the bombing of an abortion clinic.
Nov. 12, 1985
Dennis Potter, Britain’s best-known and most controversial screenwriter, has disclosed that he is suffering from terminal cancer of the liver and pancreas and has only months to live.
April 1, 1994
2013 TV upfronts: NBC revamps with family Thursday, Spader Monday
May 13, 2013
NEW YORK -- In a time long removed from Michael Scott and must-see TV, NBC is hoping Michael J.
Entertainment & Arts
Yes, television is getting you down.
Oct. 19, 1992
TV critics were initially enthused by “Cop Rock,” but the public has been cool to ABC’s musical-drama series -- it ranked 77th among 94 prime-time programs last week.
Nov. 6, 1990
Television: ‘Singing Detective’ creator Dennis Potter gets the last laugh on his survivors, leaving two channels to fund and broadcast his final works.
May 11, 1996
The Fox Children’s Network, singing a happy toon since winning its first Saturday morning ratings sweeps in February, announced on Tuesday five new Saturday morning and weekday children’s series for fall, including a project from Steven Spielberg and a cartoon version of the educational PBS series “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?”
April 14, 1993
Instead of digging deep into the vaults of series from long, long ago, this week Retro is returning to the not-so-distant past.
Dec. 22, 1991
TV or not TV. . . .
April 16, 1991