- Lisa de Moraes
- The TV Column
Pulitzer Prize winner, Peabody recipient, Medal of Freedom honoree -- Lisa de Moraes is none of these, but she is an authority on the bad direction, over-acting, and muddled plot lines being played out in the TV industry's executive suites.
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- Mike Darnell, the man behind ‘American Idol,’ steps down from Fox.
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- NBC to air Blake Shelton concert telethon to raise money for Oklahoma tornado victims
- Sunday Night Football, ‘NCIS’ squabble over season’s top ratings spot
- Nielsen’s uneven playing field
- TV Column: CBS pronounces itself the ratings winner
- Only on live TV: Wolf Blitzer inadvertently creates priceless moment on CNN during tornado coverage
- Broadcast network ratings: CBS wins the season
- Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio join ‘The X Factor’ as judges
- Seth MacFarlane won’t host Oscars in 2014
- Ang Lee backs out of directing ‘Tyrant’ pilot on FX
- CBS pre-empts ‘Mike & Molly’ season finale due to Tornado storyline
- NBC debuts sci-fi drama in same time slot as CBS’s summer series ‘Under the Dome’
- Deborah Turness named president of NBC News
- Seth MacFarlane confirms he won’t host Oscars again
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- ABC puts unaired episodes of ‘Don’t Trust the B----’ online and on mobile devices
- ‘American Idol’ finale fumbles third of last year’s crowd
- TV Column: CW to create spinoff from ‘Vampire Diaries’
- CW’s new schedule: ‘Vampire Diaries’ spin-off to Tuesdays, network’s first crunchy gravel drama
- CBS adds 4 comedies, 2 dramas to fall season, declaring, ‘We want to win’
- CBS’s new schedule: Robin Williams and Will Arnett comedies, two new dramas
- TV column: ABC cuts ‘Dancing With the Stars’ to one weeknight
- ABC shrinks ‘Dancing with Stars’ for Marvel comics drama; Rebel Wilson paired with ‘Modern Family’
- ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 4 to premiere Jan. 5
- Fox turns to a familiar face to lure viewers next season
- Seth Meyers is the big story, but Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon entertain the crowd at NBC upfronts
- Fox’s new schedule: ‘24’ to return; plus, new shows from J.J. Abrams and Seth MacFarlane
- Babs Walters waited for May sweep to confirm retirement
- Seth Meyers will move to NBC ‘Late Night’ as Jimmy Fallon’s successor
- NBC’s new schedule: Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes comedies on Thursday, Dracula and Blackbeard on Friday
- Seth Meyers to replace Jimmy Fallon on ‘Late Night'
- Fox may reboot Kiefer Sutherland’s ‘24’; NBC slashes comedy lineup
- CBS, NBC, ABC make decisions on a slew of shows: What’s ordered and what's gone?
- NBC cancels ‘Go On,’ picks up ’Chicago Fire’ spinoff, ‘Ironside’ remake
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- Two non-surprises: Fox orders another Gordon Ramsay show, CBS renews ‘Criminal Minds’
- TV Column: ‘Crisis’ for fictitious kids of D.C. VIPs, and a headache for creator
- CW orders four new shows, renews ‘The Carrie Diaries’ and ‘Nikita’
- Randy Jackson leaving ‘American Idol’
- NBC orders new Dermot Mulroney drama, Sean Hayes comedy
- Fox leads networks with a preview of its fall 2013 series
- Fox orders J.J. Abrams’ android cop, Seth MacFarlane guy-com, Ichabod Crane as action hero
- Carrie Underwood replaces Faith Hill to sing ‘Sunday Night Football’ opening tune
- Jason Collins continues interviews with Disney properties, next is ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
- Viewers’ undies less bunched than media’s over Howard Kurtz’s inaccurate Jason Collins coverage
- ‘Cops’ moving from Fox to Spike TV
- ‘Cops’ moves from Fox to Spike TV
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- CNN: Kurtz will address Daily Beast departure this weekend on ‘Reliable Sources’ [UPDATE]
- TV Column: ‘Criminal Minds’ is one step closer to renewal
- Jim Gaffigan’s CBS comedy pilot just got hotter after a tweet goes viral
- ‘Criminal Minds’ gets one step closer to renewal
- Daytime Emmy nominations
- ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ scores Comedy Central’s biggest launch of the year
- John Oliver to start ‘Daily Show’ substitute hosting gig on June 10
- Amanda Knox interview attracts 8.5 million viewers, one of Diane Sawyer’s lower-rated ‘gets’
- Daytime Emmy nominations: Kevin Clash receives final nod for work as Elmo on ‘Sesame Street’
- CNN renews Anthony Bourdain show for second season
- Conan, Obama at power dinner sweep NBC away
- CNN up 80 percent in April ratings
- Chris Matthews’ syndicated Beltway show ends July 21; ‘Hardball’ lives on
- NBC Salt Lake City station pulls ‘Hannibal’ from its schedule
- Maria Shriver re-joins NBC News
- Conan O’Brien at White House Correspondents’ Dinner beats NBC’s entire Thursday lineup
- CBS renews ‘Two and Half Men’; Angus T. Jones won’t be a regular
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- ‘Duck Dynasty’ finale sets A&E record
- ‘Duck Dynasty’ third season finale shatters A&E ratings record
- Khloe Kardashian ‘too busy’ for ‘X Factor,’ her mom announces
- Amid low ratings, word gets out that ‘Idol’ mulled replacing Mariah Carey with Jennifer Lopez
- Was Khloe Kardashian just too busy to host ‘X Factor’? That’s what her mom says
- TV captioning service apologizes for mistakenly naming Zooey Deschanel as Boston bombing suspect
- ‘Smash’ will air two-hour finale over Memorial Day weekend
- NBC orders ‘The Million Second Quiz,’ a live competition series
- Ryan Lochte’s reality TV debut draws mere 807,000 viewers
- Fox News Channel tops cable network ratings during week of Boston bombings and Texas explosion
- Ryan Lochte reality show flops in the ratings
- Khloe Kardashian officially cut from ‘X Factor’
- Reese Witherspoon cancels on ‘Late Night,’ ‘Good Morning America’
- ‘Futurama’ canceled, again
- Khloe Kardashian out at ‘X Factor,’ Mario Lopez stays on as solo host
- Boston bombing and manhunt hold TV viewers attention all week
- E! to livestream White House Correspondents’ Dinner red carpet for first time
- NBC ‘Hannibal’ joins shows yanking episodes after Boston bombing
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- FX gives George Lopez a new series; ‘GMA’ still going strong
- One year ago, ‘GMA’ overtook ‘Today’: Here’s where the ratings stand now
- George Lopez returns to TV with a new sitcom on FX
- Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert on the Boston bombing
- ‘Breaking Bad’ final episodes kick off Aug. 11, followed by ‘Talking Bad’ after-show
- Starz renews ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ for second season after big ratings for the first episode
- Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert address Boston bombings
- TV Column: Late-night TV hosts address the Boston bombings
- Late night comics grapple with Boston Marathon bombing [VIDEO]
- NBC looks to younger ‘Voice’ to save its ratings
- Faith Hill steps down as Sunday Night Football opening act
- MTV insists Aubrey Plaza crashing Will Ferrell’s speech at MTV Movie Awards was not planned
- Anthony Bourdain show lifts ratings on CNN
- NBC looking into kids-only version of ‘The Voice’
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- HBO to air series on human sexuality
- Matt Lauer attempts a new phase of ratings recovery — comedy
- The subject of Ryan Murphy’s next TV show? Human sexuality
- MTV cancels ‘Buckwild’ after Shain Gandee’s death
- NBC renews Carson Daly’s ‘Last Call’ for 13th season
- ‘American Idol’ to lure viewers with behind-the-scenes footage — during commercial breaks
- CW cancels ‘Cult’
- MTV cancels ‘Buckwild’ after death of Shain Gandee
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- Discovery networks announce new shows
- Comedy Central boasts about ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert Report’ ratings in 18-to-49-year-old category
- Discovery networks announce new shows at upfront, from ‘Alaskan Women Looking for Love’ to ‘Naked Castaway’
- Jay Leno leaving ‘Tonight,’ again
- David Letterman weighs in on Leno, Fallon ‘Tonight Show’ switch [VIDEO]
- It’s official: Jimmy Fallon to replace Jay Leno on ‘The Tonight Show’
- Smithsonian Channel gets North American rights to ‘Richard III’ documentary
- CNN announces, launches new roundtable show the same day
- Smithsonian Channel snags rights to Richard III exhumation docu
- ‘Buckwild’ production shut down after cast member Shain Gandee found dead in W.Va.
- MTV’s ‘Buckwild’ star Shain Gandee, 21, found dead after being reported missing
- ‘The Walking Dead’ season finale clocks record 12.4 million viewers
- Nat Geo jumps on Lance Armstrong scandal cycle
- Lohan continues to keep Babs Walters waiting; this time she’s picked Dave Letterman
- HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ clocks record debut crowd
- TBS extends Conan deal through ‘15
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- ABC’s Barbara Walters reportedly to retire in a year
- Barbara Walters to announce she’s retiring — next year
- Big news from ‘X Factor’: A judge (Demi Lovato) is actually returning
- CNN announces new morning show; Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan to co-host
- ‘Voice,’ ‘Revolution’ return NBC to No. 1 Monday among key viewers
- Oscars 2014 will move to March to avoid Winter Olympics
- Sussing out Jay Leno’s fate on ‘Tonight Show’
- Fox is banking on the O.J. Simpson case
- Fox developing ‘The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson’ series
- NBC reportedly moving ‘Tonight Show’ to New York when Jimmy Fallon takes over
- CBS renews ‘CSI,’ signs Ted Danson to new contract
- Cedric the Entertainer replaces Meredith Vieira on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
- Jake Tapper’s CNN show debuts to unimpressive ratings
- Producers say ‘utter nonsense’ when viewers think Satan actor in ‘The Bible’ looks like Obama
- Does Satan actor in ‘The Bible’ look like Obama? ‘Nonsense,’ producers say
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- Ang Lee will direct pilot for new TV drama series ‘Tyrant’
- ‘Veronica Mars’ movie campaign reaches $3 million as Kickstarter donations continue
- Ang Lee to direct FX pilot from ‘Homeland’ creator
- Ed Schultz out, Chris Hayes in, for MSNBC primetime
- Mark Burnett dismisses TV critics while discussing ‘The Bible’ miniseries
- $2 million Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for ‘Veronica Mars’ movie sets record
- NBC moves ‘Smash’ to Saturday; dating show to Tuesday to bolster sagging ratings
- ‘Veronica Mars’ fans set new Kickstarter record, raise more than $2 million for sequel flick [UPDATED]
- Special screening of ‘All the President’s Men Revisited’ set for April 18 at Newseum
- Benedict Cumberbatch reveals there will be a fourth season of ‘Sherlock’
- ‘The Bachelor’ Sean Lowe is late addition to ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ looks to extend stay on ABC
- Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein reunite for ‘All the President’s Men Revisited’ documentary and screening
- NBC’s new home makeover show and an exit on ‘The View’
- NBC orders home-makeover competition series hosted by Nate Berkus
- Barbara Walters says Elisabeth Hasselbeck is not leaving ‘The View’
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- Joy Behar to exit ‘The View’
- CBS giving ‘Golden Boy’ a longer run at Tuesday night time slot
- CBS ships ‘Vegas’ to Friday nights, keeps ‘Golden Boy’ on Tuesdays
- ABC’s Shushannah Walshe moves to news division’s Washington bureau
- ‘What Not to Wear’ to fold up its long run at makeovers
- TLC announces current season of ‘What Not to Wear’ will be its last
- After pulling it off the schedule post-Newtown, CMT sets ‘Guntucky’ premiere date
- Jake Tapper’s new CNN show starts March 18
- ‘Sesame Street’ hits 1 billion views on YouTube channel
- TV Column: John Oliver will fill in for Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ over summer
- Jon Stewart to take two-month hiatus from ‘Daily Show,’ and John Oliver will fill in
- New Fox Sports 1 network reveals details about Regis Philbin talk show
- History channel apologizes after boasting about ‘Vikings’ ratings
- Jeff Foxworthy to host ‘American Baking Competition’ on CBS this summer
- History gets huge ratings with ‘The Bible’
- Regis Philbin announces new show as Barbara Walters returns to ‘The View’
- Heidi Klum added to ‘America’s Got Talent’ judging panel
- Fox gives early renewals to ‘The Following,’ ‘New Girl,’ ‘Mindy Project,’ ‘Raising Hope’
- CW revives ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ this summer
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- ‘Duck Dynasty’ flies in the TV ratings on the wings of Jimmy Kimmel-Morrissey dust-up
- After Jimmy Kimmel/Morrissey fight, ‘Duck Dynasty’ lands biggest numbers in A&E history
- Jimmy Kimmel and Morrissey feud over ‘Duck Dynasty’
- Jimmy Kimmel mocks Morrissey for canceling appearance [Updated with response from Morrissey]
- AMC confirms Scott Gimple is new ‘Walking Dead’ showrunner
- TNT puts second-season ‘Dallas’ episodes online before JR funeral
- Rick Klein named ABC News’ political director
- WRC adds Amelia Segal to weather team
- ‘Harry’s Law’ star Kathy Bates to play Jessica Lange enemy in FX anthology ‘American Horror Story’
- TV Column: New ‘Dancing With the Stars’ lineup
- Barbara Walters returning to ‘The View’ in March
- Seriously, Seth MacFarlane will never host the Oscars again
- ‘Dancing With the Stars’ cast includes Wynonna Judd, Andy Dick, D.L. Hughley, Kellie Pickler
- Critics didn’t love the Oscars, but 40 million viewers can’t be wrong
- TV critics may have hated the Oscars, but 40 million viewers tuned in
- The Latest in TV with Lisa de Moraes
- David Gregory reenlists for the Sunday morning talk wars
- FX picks up ‘The Americans’ for second season
- NBC News re-ups David Gregory as ‘Meet the Press’ anchor
- ‘Law & Order: SVU’ rips from the headlines again with a Chris Brown-Rihanna episode
- Soledad O’Brien to leave CNN morning show to produce specials for the network
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