Sunday, June 28, 2026

Television

EXCLUSIVE The Real Story of How Aretha Franklin Sang “Nessun Dorma” at the 1998 Grammy Awards

I'm seeing a lot of fictional stories about Aretha Franklin on the interwebs this morning. Here's the real story of how the Queen of Soul...

Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who is America?” Sinks to 269K Viewers, Loses A Third of “The Affair” Ratings Sunday Night

"Who is America?" dropped some more in the ratings Sunday night, down to 269,000 viewers. It had been up over 300,000. But Sacha Baron Cohen's...

Ratings: Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who is America?” Sticks to Average 300K Viewers, Last Place at 10PM Sunday

Sacha Baron Cohen's "Who is America?" has settled into a weekly average number of viewers: 300,000. This week it was 313K, last week a...

MacKenzie Astin, One of Patty Duke’s Actor Sons, Posts Touching Tribute to Charlotte Rae: “She was squishy”

Mackenzie Astin, the acting brother of Sean and son of John Astin and Patty Duke, has posted this lovely remembrance of Charlotte Rae. He...

Toldya: “Murphy Brown” Will Revive The Wolf Network, Parody of Fox News, for Reboot

I suggested back on February 14th that "Murphy Brown" should revive the Wolf Network for its reboot. That's the Fox News-like place where Jim...

Ruth Wilson’s Character, One of the Principals of “The Affair,” Killed Off — Actress Complained About Pay Parity

Ruth Wilson's character, Alison, was killed off in a major surprise last night on Showtime's "The Affair." The show was recently renewed for a...

CBS Has News: “Big Bang Theory” Coming Back, “Code Black” Maybe, “60 Minutes” Chief Exec’s Job in Peril

A lot of news from CBS and some of it about CBS News. The big jolt this morning is that Jeff Fager, executive producer of...

Galaxy Fest: A New Star Trek With Patrick Stewart as Capt. Picard Coming to CBS All Access

CBS has Star Trek Discovery and The Good Fight on its All Access Netflix-like streaming system. But it needed something even bigger, and so:...