- 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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- Phil Phillips’ ‘American Idol’ win watched by 22 mil — smallest finale audience on record
- Egyptians vote with wary optimism on first day of historic presidential election
- Phillip Phillips named fifth consecutive guy-with-guitar ‘American Idol’ winner
- CBS wins network ratings-war again; reality-competition shows still dominate
- What were the Top 10 most-watched shows this season?
- ‘American Idol’: Phil Phillips steals final performance night
- NBC’s ‘Smash’ culls cast for second season reboot
- Bristol, retooled again, set for debut; ‘House’ heads home
- Bristol Palin reality show set for June 19 on Lifetime
- ‘House’ finale: 9 million watch Hugh Laurie’s so-long
- HLN to launch ‘Evening Express’ on June 4
- ‘American Idol’ mentor: Phil Phillips has ‘crazy charisma, incredible sound’
- ‘American Idol’ mentor Jimmy Iovine insists Phillip Phillips is different from other finalists
- CBS renews ‘Rules of Engagement’ for another season
- ‘GMA’s’ Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer will headline ’Good Afternoon America’
- ‘Breaking Bad’ final season gets a July 15 premiere date
- Hulu announces slate of original shows, starting with a series from Kevin Smith
- What's new in TV for next fall: Lisa de Moraes Live
- TV Column: CW unveils its fall lineup, starting with the final season of ‘Gossip Girl’
- Upfront Week 2012: CW moves nearly every show to different timeslot, unveils theme nights (medical Tuesday, superhero Wednesday)
- A look at CW’s new series: ‘Emily Owens, M.D.’
- A look at CW’s new series: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ [VIDEO]
- A look at CW’s new series: ‘Arrow’ [VIDEO]
- CW launches CWD, just for digital content
- Still wondering if your favorite TV show is canceled? [PHOTO GALLERY]
- Upfront Week 2012: CBS moves ‘Two and a Half Men’ to Thursday, ‘Mentalist’ to Sunday, unveils four new series
- TV Column: CBS fall lineup
- Fox execs say ‘Idol’ will be “tweaked” next season; report claims Jennifer Lopez is leaving
- A look at CBS’s new series: ‘Elementary’ [VIDEO]
- A look at CBS’s new series: ‘Vegas’ [VIDEO]
- A look at CBS’s new series: ‘Partners’ [VIDEO]
- A look at CBS’s new series: ‘Made in Jersey’ [VIDEO]
- Jimmy Kimmel jabs TV networks’ new schedules
- ABC loads fall schedule with comedies
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘Mistresses’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘Zero Hour’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘Red Widow’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘The Family Tools’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘666 Park Avenue’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘Malibu Country’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘Last Resort’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘Nashville’ [VIDEO]
- A look at ABC’s new series: ‘The Neighbors’ [VIDEO]
- ‘America’s Got Talent’ ratings take a dive with Howard Stern debut
- Upfront Week 2012: ABC moves ‘Revenge’ to ‘Desperate’ timeslot and loads up on comedies for fall
- TV Column: Fox picks fall trifecta: Britney Spears, Demi Lovato and Mindy Kaling
- A look at Fox’s new series: ‘The Goodwin Games’ [VIDEO]
- A look at Fox’s new series: ‘The Mindy Project’ [VIDEO]
- A look at Fox’s new series: ‘Ben and Kate' [VIDEO]
- A look at Fox’s new series: ‘The Following’ [VIDEO]
- A look at Fox’s new series: ‘The Mob Doctor’ [VIDEO]
- Upfront Week 2012: Fox has Britney Spears, Demi Lovato; NBC has a monkey
- Upfront Week 2012: Mindy Kaling, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears join Fox; ‘Glee’ moves to Thursday
- NBC will pack 10 comedies into prime-time fall lineup
- Upfront Week 2012: NBC moves ‘The Voice’ to fall, ‘Community’ to Friday, Matthew Perry to Tuesday [UPDATED]
- CBS officially cancels ‘CSI: Miami’
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Next Caller’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Infamous’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Save Me’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘1600 Penn’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Do No Harm’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Chicago Fire’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Guys With Kids’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Animal Practice’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘The New Normal’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Go On’ [VIDEO]
- A look at NBC’s new series: ‘Revolution’ [VIDEO]
- NBC renews ‘Parks and Recreation,’ ‘The Office,’ ‘Whitney,’ ‘Up All Night’ [Updated]
- Lifetime picks up Whitney Houston family reality show
- The Bandersnatch Cummberbundery debate: Lisa de Moraes Live
- ‘American Idol’: Hollie goes home
- It’s almost Upfront Week. What are the networks thinking about?
- President Obama will visit ‘The View’ next week
- Broadcast TV Upfront Week: Prime time to pump up fall hits (or flops)
- ‘Big Brother’ net CBS sues ABC over ‘Glass House’
- NBC renews ‘Community,’ ‘30 Rock,’ ‘Parenthood’ [UPDATED]
- Howard Stern slams Britney, Seacrest, says he knows ‘America’s Got Talent’ is “a family show”
- TBS takes over ‘Cougar Town’
- AMC picks up ‘Comic Book Men,’ ‘Talking Dead’ for second seasons
- ‘American Idol’: Final 4 perform
- Fox re-ups ‘Touch,’ abandons ‘Alcatraz,’ embraces serial killers, mob doc [Updated]
- ‘Law & Order: SVU’ to return for 14th season, thanks to ratings
- NBC orders 14th season of Dick Wolf’s ‘Law & Order: SVU’
- 12 million watch ‘The Voice’ season finale
- ‘Sherlock’ premiere scores high ratings [UPDATE to UPDATE: chatting online Friday in re Bandersnatch Cummerbund ]
- Joe Jonas, Taylor Hicks, Pauly D compete for dates on new Fox show ‘The Choice’
- NBC to unveil ‘1600 Penn,’ a new Washington comedy
- TNT picks up medical drama from David E. Kelley and CNN’s Sanjay Gupta
- Discovery CEO David Zaslav says OWN won’t break even until second half of 2013
- NBC orders comedy about a dysfunctional family in the White House
- Lifetime renews Jennifer Love Hewitt’s ‘Client List’
- NBC picks up shows starring Anne Heche, Matthew Perry; plus, a Ryan Murphy comedy and J.J. Abrams drama
- NBC games the system with its summer TV roster
- Should Skylar Laine have been ousted on American Idol? Lisa de Moraes Live
- ‘American Idol’: Skylar Laine heading home
- Rob Lowe cast as prosecutor in Lifetime’s Casey Anthony trial flick
- A high note for ‘American Idol’: Fox gets a win over ‘The Voice’ in reality ratings war
- CW renews ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ ‘Supernatural,’ ‘90210’
- Number of TV households declines for second year, Nielsen reports
- ‘Idol’ surpasses ‘The Voice,’ regains throne as No. 1-rated series for young viewers
- Fox dating series ‘The Choice’ pays homage to NBC’s ‘The Voice’
- ‘American Idol’: Mentor Steven Van Zandt wowed when Josh masters Bee Gees tune in 15 minutes
- ‘Luck’ cancellation cost Time Warner $35 million
- ‘Luck’ cancellation costs Time Warner $35 million; PETA prods DA to investigate horse deaths
- YouTube pitches new channels to advertisers during TV networks’ upfront frenzy
- Adrian Pasdar to play POTUS on USA network’s Sigourney Weaver series ‘Political Animals’
- ‘Two and a Half Men’ gets ratings boost from one woman
- Judge rules that Dick Clark production company did no wrong in Golden Globes deal
- ‘Two and a Half Men’ stars finalizing contracts for another season
- WJLA launching digital The Live Well Network in Washington
- Jimmy Kimmel: third-grade jokes played best at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
- E! releases list of shows in development
- E! greenlights shows from Ryan Seacrest, ‘American Idol’ producer
- HBO picks up ‘Girls,’ ‘Veep’ for second seasons
- ABC orders ‘Big Brother’-esque ‘The Glass House’
- ‘American Idol’ reject Colton Dixon almost famous at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
- ‘Good Morning America’ officially beats ‘Today’ in weekly ratings, again
- E! developing “modern day” update of ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’
- Whitney Cummings lands weekly talk show on E!
- Ryan Seacrest NBC News’s newest correspondent; election coverage just got 20 percent more interesting
- Lisa de Moraes' TV Column Live
- ‘American Idol’ 2012: Elise Testone gets the hook
- HBO to air George H.W. Bush documentary in June
- Fox orders fifth and final season of J.J. Abrams’ ‘Fringe’
- HBO to debut George H. W. Bush documentary in June
- Jon Stewart shocked (jealous?) that President Obama slow jammed the news with late-night rival Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO]
- ‘Good Morning America’ on track to beat ‘Today’ again
- NBC announces Ryan Seacrest’s role in Olympics coverage
- ‘American Idol’ : Ryan Seacrest sick on Queen night
- Obama, Jimmy Fallon slow-jam the news
- ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ hosts President Obama, clocks best ratings in two years
- Gearing up for her fall talk show, Katie Couric launches new web series for ABC and Yahoo
- Bill O’Reilly signs new pact with Fox News Channel
- Jimmy Fallon and President Obama slow jam the news
- Jimmy Fallon hosts President Obama on late-night show
- Ryan Seacrest will continue to host ‘American Idol’
- Ryan Seacrest stays on as ‘American Idol’ host
- NBC pushes ‘The Voice’ finale back an hour. What’s going on here?
- Lifetime confirms Lindsay Lohan will star as Elizabeth Taylor in biopic
- NBC Thursday comedy block: how bad are things?
- ‘GMA’ beat ‘Today’? Not in Washington
- Lisa de Moraes' TV Column Live
- ‘American Idol’ 2012: Colton Dixon out and we’re down to six Idolettes
- Martha Stewart hops to PBS with ‘Cooking School’ TV show
- WETA unveils UK-centric channel and Martha Stewart cooking show
- ‘Good Morning America’ beats ‘Today,’ take 2
- ‘American Idol’ 2012: Jessica Sanchez gets another try
- BET unveils new lineup, featuring T.J. Holmes on late-night show
- For the first time ever, NBC will live stream every Olympic event
- BET unveils new late night series, “house husband” spoof at upfronts
- Dick Clark’s legacy: Ryan Seacrest, ‘Bandstand’ and his years on TV
- TV innovator Dick Clark dies at age 82
- Nicollette Sheridan gets a second trial date for ‘Desperate Housewives’ lawsuit
- Netflix plans to debut all 10 new ‘Arrested Development’ episodes at the same time
- Current TV signs California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom for a new show
- Reporters Who Cover Television shocked to discover nepotism on HBO’s ‘Girls’
- ‘Nixon’s the One’ for British network
- Harry Shearer takes his Richard Nixon comedy series across the pond
- ‘Jeopardy!’ returns to Washington with Power Players, goes against ‘Millionaire’ American Pride Week
- Jon Stewart practices chimp greeting with primatologist Jane Goodall [VIDEO]
- Did ‘Good Morning America’ end ‘Today’ show’s 16-year weekly victory run?
- ‘GMA’ ends ‘Today’s’ 16-year run as weekly morning infotainment show ratings leader
- Alec Baldwin tells Washington crowd he will stay with ‘30 Rock’ through next year
- Lisa de Moraes' TV Column Live
- Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ lays out Zimmerman charge media frenzy
- ‘American Idol’: America boots Jessica Sanchez; judges overrule America
- For all its running, ‘Good Morning America’ falls further behind
- Final numbers: ‘Today’ beats Katie Couric-hosted 'GMA’ by 187,000 viewers
- ‘Don’t Trust the B---- in Apt. 23’ has decent launch with 7 million people
- Who needs singing competitions? CBS has puppies!
- Oprah’s ‘CBS This Morning’ appearance doesn’t move ratings needle
- ‘Breaking In’ pulled from Fox’s schedule, once again
- ‘American Idol’ 2012: Final 7 Idolettes sing songs from now
- Baldwin tweets another NBC sign-off
- ABC cancels ‘The Revolution,’ hangs on to ‘General Hospital’
- Britney Spears joining ‘X Factor’
- Alec Baldwin Tweets he’s leaving NBC — again
- PBS to air Ken Burns’ ‘The Dust Bowl’ docu during November sweep
- ‘Ten Commandments’: Moses delivers again on the ratings
- ‘The Ten Commandments’ pulls off a ratings miracle for ABC
- Melissa Gilbert wins this season’s “trip to the emergency room” prize on ‘Dancing With the Stars’
- Miss Universe Pageant allows transgender women to participate, could mean big ratings for NBC telecast
- ‘Cops,’ whatcha gonna do when Fox Sports comes for you?
- Will Fox’s ‘Cops’ meet the same fate as ‘America’s Most Wanted’?
- ‘Today’ narrowly beats ‘GMA’ in weekly ratings to maintain winning streak
- Fox renews ‘Glee,’ ‘New Girl,’ ‘Raising Hope’
- ‘Today’ takes Thursday, hangs on to 16-year weekly ratings record
- ‘American Idol’ 2012: One more Idolette says goodbye
- Matt Lauer closes new contract with NBC’s ‘Today’ show [UPDATED]
- Katie Couric ekes out a ratings win for ‘Good Morning America’
- Keith Olbermann sues Current TV for breach of contract, sabotage, disparagement
- Katie Couric co-anchored ‘GMA’ bags more viewers than ‘Today’ Wednesday
- Oprah Winfrey Network orders game show, sextuplet series
- ‘American Idol’ 2012: Top 8 perform songs from the ’80s
- Sit tight, Matt Lauer — Ryan Seacrest not taking over ‘Today’ seat yet
- Discovery dumps Planet Green for Destination America
- ‘Today’ show with Sarah Palin increases edge over ‘GMA’ with Katie Couric
- First Lady Michelle Obama to re-visit ‘The Colbert Report’
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