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...

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...

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

Some highlights of ABC's moves in its schedule for next season. WHAT'S NEW: Tuesday night. ABC is scheduling four of the eight new series on its fall schedule for Tuesday night, making it an entire evening of new shows. That's a bold move for a network, which usually likes to couple new series...

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — With broadcast networks unveiling their new schedules, the television industry is focused on potential ratings hits next season. But TV programming remained largely status quo last week with CBS maintaining its decisive lead, Nielsen Co. figures showed Tuesday. CBS'...