http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/?track=rss Headlines from Los Angeles Times en ©2009, Los Angeles Times Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/images/standard/lat_logo_rss.gif http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/?track=rss 144 19 http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/KRs7B_0NCiA/la-et-jacksontv8-2009jul08-p2p,0,1643196.story With no practical reason for so much coverage, we see the power of pop culture that a broadcaster ignores at its own peril. Death, for a moment, wipes a slate clean. <br/><br/> The protracted departure of Michael Jackson from this world formally ended Tuesday morning with a private funeral at Forest Lawn and a public memorial at Staples Center. The first event was seen from afar, on television and so by the world, primarily as a sequence of arriving and departing black cars. The latter was planned from the start as a television event and carried live by all the major broadcast and cable news networks. The stars of the evening news were all on site, blinking in the sun outside the very arena where Jackson had been rehearsing his upcoming return to the stage. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r2ESQlhZZlZsYmn96rnf-MjTQbk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r2ESQlhZZlZsYmn96rnf-MjTQbk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r2ESQlhZZlZsYmn96rnf-MjTQbk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/r2ESQlhZZlZsYmn96rnf-MjTQbk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/KRs7B_0NCiA" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-jacksontv8-2009jul08-p2p,0,1643196.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/VbTvcUcAsPM/la-et-jackson-graves11-2009jul11,0,1445416.story 'It's going to be Graceland West' if the King of Pop has a public grave site, says one tour operator. <br/><br/> This summer at Dearly Departed Tours, business has never been better -- and that was before Michael Jackson's sudden death. In the days since, the company that drives tour buses to spots where celebrities have met their end has added a stop at the rented Holmby Hills mansion where the pop star collapsed. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0agMnzGKBLC7zYDEeqNC5UZnr4g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0agMnzGKBLC7zYDEeqNC5UZnr4g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0agMnzGKBLC7zYDEeqNC5UZnr4g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0agMnzGKBLC7zYDEeqNC5UZnr4g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/VbTvcUcAsPM" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-jackson-graves11-2009jul11,0,1445416.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/FwG6HfrP5gs/la-fi-ct-olympics10-2009jul10,0,426719.story The International Olympic Committee scolds U.S. organizers for moving forward with the venture. <br/><br/> The Olympics are supposed to promote peace and goodwill among people and countries. But only one day after the U.S. Olympic Committee announced plans to launch a new cable channel dedicated to coverage of Olympic sports, an international controversy has erupted, threatening to scuttle the channel and Chicago's bid to be the host city for the 2016 Summer Games. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bOefhF-nREWXdQNdZz1Ppc3ePs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bOefhF-nREWXdQNdZz1Ppc3ePs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bOefhF-nREWXdQNdZz1Ppc3ePs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bOefhF-nREWXdQNdZz1Ppc3ePs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/FwG6HfrP5gs" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-fi-ct-olympics10-2009jul10,0,426719.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/JZNVGwJ9I8g/la-et-dropdeaddiva10-2009jul10,0,2930902.story Lifetime's new comedy offers an interesting twist on the old dippy-meets-dumpy scenario. <br/><br/> The press material for Lifetime's new comedy &ldquo;Drop Dead Diva&rdquo; contains a lot of accolades from "women's groups" in which terms like "role model" and "grab your girlfriends" appear with alarming frequency -- as if the publicity department were bracing critics for a show that should be viewed through a political or genre framework instead of simply as, you know, a television show anyone might enjoy. (The term "role model" especially tolls in a critic's ear with as much anticipatory delight as Poe&rsquo;s funeral iron bells.) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SnyQB55jaGsHVcenp4UCsJPqDhY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SnyQB55jaGsHVcenp4UCsJPqDhY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SnyQB55jaGsHVcenp4UCsJPqDhY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/SnyQB55jaGsHVcenp4UCsJPqDhY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/JZNVGwJ9I8g" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-dropdeaddiva10-2009jul10,0,2930902.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/hbqyDgruWPE/la-et-diva10-2009jul10,0,963648.story A petite would-be model and a full-figured lawyer swap spirits in the new Lifetime series. <br/><br/> You could think of Lifetime's new dramedy, " Drop Dead Diva ," as a summer fable of sorts. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbgwAx3a8O8G4LpIE7adxY9V44E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbgwAx3a8O8G4LpIE7adxY9V44E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbgwAx3a8O8G4LpIE7adxY9V44E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbgwAx3a8O8G4LpIE7adxY9V44E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/hbqyDgruWPE" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-diva10-2009jul10,0,963648.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/1rvmY5CRxAg/la-fi-mays10-2009jul10,0,893523.story Two new commercials he filmed before his June 28 death will debut soon, and some older ads will continue airing. <br/><br/> Even in death, Billy Mays' powers of persuasion will live on. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BQDETx77i6cQVUApgf2KSai6jM4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BQDETx77i6cQVUApgf2KSai6jM4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BQDETx77i6cQVUApgf2KSai6jM4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BQDETx77i6cQVUApgf2KSai6jM4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/1rvmY5CRxAg" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-fi-mays10-2009jul10,0,893523.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/GM-vPdzvKPI/la-me-arnold10-2009jul10,0,19655.story The California Teachers Assn. launches a television ad blasting the governor for suggesting a $3-billion cut to the funding guarantees for schools. <br/><br/> The California Teachers Assn. unveiled a television ad Thursday attacking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for his proposal to suspend Proposition 98, the law that sets funding guarantees for schools. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c1paLTecKwFmzaxMP6IWI0ubmIk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c1paLTecKwFmzaxMP6IWI0ubmIk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c1paLTecKwFmzaxMP6IWI0ubmIk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c1paLTecKwFmzaxMP6IWI0ubmIk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/GM-vPdzvKPI" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-me-arnold10-2009jul10,0,19655.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/o5YtKMgy3fM/la-fi-ct-olympics9-2009jul09,0,5535129.story The sports organization announces a deal with cable giant Comcast. The channel could debut in 11 million homes sometime after the February 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. <br/><br/> The U.S. Olympic Committee is the latest major sports organization to dive into the television channel business, announcing Wednesday that it was partnering with cable giant Comcast Corp. to launch the U.S. Olympic Network. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kgwqPe_LDNKwhCMxtMd2vtpydJA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kgwqPe_LDNKwhCMxtMd2vtpydJA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kgwqPe_LDNKwhCMxtMd2vtpydJA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kgwqPe_LDNKwhCMxtMd2vtpydJA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/o5YtKMgy3fM" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-fi-ct-olympics9-2009jul09,0,5535129.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/_Q9Br_1oL-w/la-me-pot-ads9-2009jul09,0,4541663.story The commercial produced by a pro-marijuana advocacy group will appear about 200 times across California in the next week, but not on KTLA or KABC. <br/><br/> Advocates for legalizing marijuana have released a new television advertisement calling for the drug to be decriminalized and taxed to help solve California's budget crunch. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ij18OUhjLWRmeU8e4SkJ592NLrs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ij18OUhjLWRmeU8e4SkJ592NLrs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ij18OUhjLWRmeU8e4SkJ592NLrs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ij18OUhjLWRmeU8e4SkJ592NLrs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/_Q9Br_1oL-w" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 9 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-me-pot-ads9-2009jul09,0,4541663.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~3/ek70asCi7N4/la-fi-ct-sunvalley8-2009jul08,0,4261217.story Some attending the annual Allen & Co. conference don t believe people will pay to view videos on the Internet, but Disney chief Bob Iger disagrees. <br/><br/> Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger wasted little time setting the tone for this year's Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/96F3_9CcImHx5vGZrga4K6vAEsE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/96F3_9CcImHx5vGZrga4K6vAEsE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/96F3_9CcImHx5vGZrga4K6vAEsE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/96F3_9CcImHx5vGZrga4K6vAEsE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/news/tv/~4/ek70asCi7N4" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-fi-ct-sunvalley8-2009jul08,0,4261217.story?track=rss