Professional and major collegiate sports continued to expand in popularity during the decade, and they continued to be lavishly paid for by television programmers eager to attract an audience. Television became critical to sports, for it provided the...

This was the television schedule for the three United States commercial television networks, for the fall season beginning in September 1980. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football. The highest-rated...

HOLLYWOOD As dramas and reality programs devour more and more of the real estate on primetime skeds, the state of the situation comedy has become no laughing matter. But, rather quietly, both UPN and the WB are having success with their laffer blocks....

In what he considers the old days, John Newton pitched countless shows to television networks. It wasn't easy, but it was a living. Today, Newton is still pitching, but now it's to buttoned-down corporate types who want business videos or service organizations looking...