Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Listening to actor Simon Helberg talk about "The Big Bang Theory," you'd think his show was actually a nerdy nighttime soap. The actor, who plays aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom, dropped a few hints about what to expect from Thursday night's season...

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS on Wednesday revealed a few nips and tucks it is planning next season for what is already network television's most successful schedule, including adding a comedy with Robin Williams playing an unorthodox advertising executive with Sarah Michelle Gellar as his daughter. It...

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married. ACLU Action started a campaign to urge the show's producers to write a wedding episode for Mitchell and Cameron, fathers of an adopted child and one of three couples at the heart of the show. The ACLU...

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Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) -- Some highlights of CBS' moves in its schedule for next season. WHAT'S NEW: Not too much. CBS has such a successful lineup -- tops in total viewers and advertiser-favored young adults this season -- that it is bringing aboard just eight new series. But it is toying with the...

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) -- The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married. ACLU Action started a campaign to urge the show's producers to write a wedding episode for Mitchell and Cameron, fathers of an adopted child and one of three couples at the heart of the show. The ACLU...

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Some highlights of CBS' moves in its schedule for next season. WHAT'S NEW: Not too much. CBS has such a successful lineup — tops in total viewers and advertiser-favored young adults this season — that it is bringing aboard just eight new series. But it is toying with the...

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

CBS' prime-time schedule for the fall: Monday 8 p.m. — "How I Met Your Mother" 8:30 p.m. — "We Are Men" 9 p.m. — "2 Broke Girls" 9:30 p.m. — "Mom" 10 p.m. — "Hostages" Tuesday 8 p.m. — "NCIS" 9 p.m. — "NCIS: Los Angeles" 10 p.m. — "Person of Interest" Wednesday 8 p.m....

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — The slow, lingering demise of "Smash" has felt more like a punch to the gut to the folks on Broadway. The TV series about the making of a big stage musical came with a flurry of attention and some big names: Steven Spielberg, Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston. It was going to...

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC is cutting its aging "Dancing With the Stars" back to two hours and one night next season, creating a slot for a new drama series based on the Marvel Comics world that's aimed at expanding the network's audience, its programming chief said Tuesday. Condensing the celebrity...

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Univision Communications said Tuesday that it is pairing with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez on the English-language El Rey television network that is geared to young viewers and scheduled to debut this December. Rodriguez is a filmmaker whose projects include "From Dusk Till...