LAS VEGAS (AP) – The maker of Slingbox, a device that lets people watch their home television on laptops away from home, now plans to reverse that flow and bring Web video to television sets.Sling Media Inc. will unveil its upcoming SlingCatcher product at the International Consumer Electronics Show, joining a growing group of companies […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Last year, Prince. This year, Paul McCartney and Mariah Carey?As “American Idol” starts singing again Tuesday, those connected with the Fox blockbuster acknowledge few limits when it comes to guest stars or ratings or product spinoffs. Or even rampant enthusiasm.“This is the greatest music talent show ever,” judge Randy Jackson asserted […]

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Jan. 1-7. Listings include the week’s ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An “X” in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.1. (X) NFL Playoffs: Dallas at Seattle, NBC, 26.77 million viewers.2. (3) “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 26.12 million viewers.3. (X) “NFL […]

NEW YORK (AP) – CBS has been able to say it was the most-watched television network every week of the television season – until last week.By the narrowest of margins, NBC finished first. Sunday’s prime-time NFL playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks, the one Dallas quarterback Tony Romo would like to forget, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – It’s a girl for television host Brooke Burke and actor-singer David Charvet.Burke, 35, gave birth Monday to Heaven Rain Charvet in Santa Monica, her publicist Nancy Iannios said.“They’re doing great and resting at home now,” Iannios said Tuesday.It was the third child for Burke, who has daughters Neriah, 6, and Sierra […]

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter, convicted of molesting two Vietnamese girls, may be released early from his three-year sentence, a prison official said Wednesday.Glitter, 62, is on a list of inmates being considered for early release as part of next month’s Lunar New Year celebrations, said Tran Huu Thong, director […]

LONDON (AP) – George Michael pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges of being unfit to drive and possessing marijuana.The 43-year-old singer was arrested Sept. 30 after police responded to complaints that a car was blocking an intersection in north London. Police said Michael was found passed out inside the car.Michael, who was referred to by his […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Marcia Cross, who is expecting twins in April with her stockbroker-husband, Tom Mahoney, has been put on bed rest, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.“This is a precautionary measure only,” publicist Heidi Slan said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. She declined to give further details.Producers of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” in which […]

“American Idol” didn’t reinvent the wheel. Just the cash register.Television’s hottest property, which seems to get hotter each season, has become a multimedia franchise that’s worth around $2.5 billion, according to estimates given in Advertising Age.The core of that value is $500 million in advertising from the TV show, but the show itself has increasingly […]

Miss Miller’s, Frye street, potato soup: Three potatoes, one quart milk, two slices onion, two tablespoons butter, two tablespoons flour, one and one-half teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon celery salt, one-eighth teaspoon pepper, speck cayenne, one teaspoon chopped parsley. Cook the potatoes until soft. Scald the milk with onion. Mash the potatoes and the milk and […]