TV & Media

Ann Curry and Matt Lauer were all smiles on Curry’s first day as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show, but a year later, tensions were high. Author Brian Stetler says a producer called his plan to dump Curry “Operation Bambi.” In a New York Times Magazine excerpt, the producer denies using the term.Associated Press (2011)

Review: 'Top of the Morning' delves into dark side of morning TV

At age 27, Brian Stelter is something of a media journalism prodigy. Back when he was 20, he built a blog on the TV news business, TVNewser.com, that earned a shout- out from NBC News anchor Brian Williams, along with feature stories in USA Today and the New York Times — where he landed a job as a media reporter fr …

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  1. The CW unveils five new series for fall, midseason schedule

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    The CW is breaking up its vampires.

    The network's new fall schedule splits its top-rated series The Vampire Diaries and new spin-off The Originals onto different nights.

  2. On TV this weekend, May 17-19

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    On TV this weekend

    FRIDAY

    Undercover Boss, 8 p.m., CBS Last week was the season finale, sure, but we have lots more stuff to watch. Those camera crews don't hang out for weeks at a time for nothing.

  3. CBS unveils fall schedule with six new shows

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    NEW YORK — Wrapping up a season in which it will finish first in both viewers and the crucial adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers favor, CBS unveiled a fall TV schedule Wednesday with four new comedies and two dramas.

  4. On TV Thursday, May 16

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    SEASON FINALE The Big Bang Theory, 8 p.m., CBS Leonard gets a great job offer overseas, but because Sheldon and Penny are so codependent, he's conflicted about it. Here's a hint, Lenny: Take the money and run for the far reaches of the globe.

  5. On TV Wednesday, May 15

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    On TV tonight

    SEASON FINALE Arrow, 8 p.m., CW The hunt for the Dark Archer is on, before he ends up shooting Thea. And everyone else.

  6. ABC's new fall schedule revamps Tuesday nights

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    NEW YORK — ABC said Tuesday it will condense its long-running competition program Dancing With The Stars to a single night from two this fall, and rebuild its Tuesday programming with the much-anticipated spy drama Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

  7. Upfronts: Networks revealing plans for the fall TV season

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    It's tough to overstate the crisis on the horizon for the network TV business.

  8. On TV this week, May 13-17

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    On TV this week

    MONDAY

    SEASON FINALE How I Met Your Mother, 8 p.m., CBS Barney's getting married, Ted finishes the house and Marshall heads to Minnesota with Marvin. This sounds suspiciously like adult behavior.

  9. How 'American Idol' lost the magic this year

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    What's most notable about news that Randy Jackson will leave American Idol after this season is how little it surprised anyone.

  10. Tampa Bay 'Survivor' contestants reminisce about experiences

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    TAMPA — They seem, at first glance, to be the oddest trio you could find together in one room.