Topic “television”

By Greg Braxton (Los Angeles Times/MCT)

LOS ANGELES — “Khloe & Lamar” are apparently saying goodbye to Hollywood.

The E! reality show featuring Khloe Kardashian and her pro basketball player-husband Lamar Odom is moving production to Texas in the wake of Odom’s trade from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks.

Though several reports say the move will be a...

By Ryan Nakashima (The Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES — Shush, already. That’s the message the Federal Communications Commission is sending with new rules that force broadcast, cable and satellite companies to turn down the volume on blaring TV commercials.

Last week, the FCC passed a set of regulations that will prevent commercials from being louder than the shows around them....

By Luis Gomez (Chicago Tribune/MCT)

CHICAGO — Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith didn’t have much time to rehearse for their roles as a married couple on TBS’ upcoming dramedy “Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse” — they taped one episode per day, whereas most shows tape an episode per week — but they likely didn’t need it.

White and Smith are reprising their roles from the...

By Mary McNamara (Los Angeles Times/MCT)

LOS ANGELES — Although it follows one of the roads most taken by family sitcoms — beleaguered single parents, horrible kids — Fox’s “I Hate My Teenage Daughter” asks a surprisingly significant question: What happens when people raise their children in a manner that is essentially an attempt to re-parent themselves?

It’s a smart and...

By Patricia Sheridan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/SHNS)

She is an Emmy Award-winning actress best known for her role as Melissa on the ABC drama “thirtysomething” (1987-1991). Now fiftysomething (59), Melanie Mayron has moved behind the camera to direct and produce television and film projects. The Philadelphia native has also gone from the silver screen to baby cream. A single mother of twins, a...