TV

Andy Rooney Leaves "60 Minutes"
By Ben Glidden
October 3, 2011 - 4:47pm
After a long and controversial career, Rooney signs off for the last time on Sunday night

After a long career as a writer and personality on the CBS Sunday night show "60 Minutes," Andy Rooney has finally said goodbye.

Rooney delivered his final rant last night after being on the show for more than 30 years, but he made it clear he wasn't done writing. 

Top 50 TV shows released
By Stephanie Machado
February 22, 2011 - 6:50pm
As TV approaches middle of season, overall viewership down.

TV watching has dropped about 2 percent among all adults age 18 to 49 but plenty of shows are still getting high ratings, according to CNN.

The networks aren't doing great. CBS, ABC, FOX, and NBC are all down on viewers between the ages of 18 to 19, their prime demographic. However, the CW is up 11percent. 

The midseason Top 50 is based on that prime demographic -- adults age 18 to 49. Each point in the ratings represents 1.3 million viewers in that range.

Amazon Prime challenges Netflix
By Gina Marie Lazara
February 22, 2011 - 5:48pm
Amazon Prime subscribers able to watch more than 5,000 free movies, TV shows instantly.

Amazon is offering unlimited, commercial-free, instant-streaming of more than 5,000 movies and TV shows.

The new service, Amazon Instant Video, is offered for free to existing subscribers of Amazon Prime, according to The Post-Standard.

Tom Bosley, star of 'Happy Days,' dead at 83
By Maddie Dockery
October 19, 2010 - 5:52pm
Tom Bosley, who played Richie Cunningham's dad on ABC's sitcom 'Happy Days,' died today at the age of 83.

Tom Bosley died this morning in his Palm Springs, Calif., home at age 83. People reports that Bosley died of a staph infection and was battling lung cancer. 

In his most famous role, Bosley played Richie Cunningham's understanding dad on the nostalgic sitcom Happy Days. Following this role, Bosley costarred multiple times with Angela Lansbury on the CBS series Murder She Wrote.

Money spent on campaign ads expected to be record breaking
By Adam Feldfogel
October 6, 2010 - 3:55pm
The spending on television ads for candidates is expected to reach $3 billion by Election Day.

 Televisions all over the country have been taken over by campaign ads recently, and each one makes a dent in a candidate's wallet.  According to the New York Times, political candidates are on track to set a record for the most money spent on TV campaign ads ever.  By Election Day, totals are expected to reach $3 billion, eclipsing the previous record of about $2.7 billion set during the 2008 elections.

There's a new richest man in the world as Bill Gates now sits in second
By Alex Plavin
March 10, 2010 - 8:41pm
Also the "no fly list" continues to grow and a former Olympic star tries her hand at pro basketball.

Forbes released their list of richest men in the world and Carlos Slim Helu, a Mexican telecommunications billionaire tops the list. His net worth is $53.5 billion dollars according to CNN.com, which is half a billion more than Bill Gates.


This is the first time since 1994 that a non-American tops the list of richest men. There are also more than 1,000 billionaires, up a little more than 200 from last year. 

Scott Sanders unscripted
By Jason Berger
February 23, 2010 - 9:47pm
Writer and director of 'Black Dynamite' discusses the creative and racial challenges of the entertainment industry.

Scott Sanders, writer and director of the film Black Dynamite, came to Syracuse University on Tuesday to participate in a Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media with television, radio and film professor Richard Dubin. The free-flowing discussion, held in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse III, focused on the changes in the entertainment industry over the past two decades and on Sanders’s thoughts on opportunities for African-Americans in film.           

"Community" is so far making the grade...
By Leah Dennison
October 2, 2009 - 2:17pm
NBC's new prime time comedy series is already winning me over.

After only three episodes, I have high hopes for NBC's new comedy series about life at a community college. “Community,” created by Dan Harmon, is directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, of  “Arrested Development,” (which, in my opinion, is hands-down the most brilliant comedy to ever grace prime time television.)