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Comedy writer Larry Wilmore, right, with moderator Ta-Nehisi Coates, at Wednesday's Aspen Ideas Festival event, Race and Humor, at the Hotel Jerome.

Time Warner is trying to extract some testosterone from its general-entertainment cable networks in an effort to please advertisers who say they are increasingly interested in swinging for powerful niches, not broader masses.

Joytv, which serves the Vancouver/Victoria and Winnipeg television markets, today unveiled a fall program lineup that includes simulcasts of top-rated current affairs and drama series, a rich selection of syndicated comedy offerings and new local productions.

Sandy Grushow, former chairman of Fox Television Entertainment Group, has joined the Board of Advisors for Rooftop Comedy.

The following is my list of the top ten U.S. sitcoms. The list includes some old favourites that appear in these kinds of lists, but also some less well known but equally great shows.

The past: his prime. Sabin is breathing new life into vintage television. T his - the following few thousand words - is about him.

Apostles of Comedy, from left: Brad Stine, Anthony Griffith, Ron Pearson and Jeff Allen.

In what may be a cost-cutting move or sign of friction between top executives at the yet-to-launch OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the venture's president, Robin Schwartz, resigned Monday, the network said.

Comedy Central's first foray into fantasy comedy premieres tonight, a project co-written and produced by Brad Johnson, a former Sioux Falls resident.

On the eve of Barack Obama 's election last fall as the first African-American president, television seemed to be leaning toward a post-racial future.

We're celebrating the 10th anniversary of the TV Crossover Hall of Fame this year with an induction each week, with four themes each month.

Tickets: $14-$74; 832-251-0706 or www.progressiveforumhouston.org. LARRY WILMORE When: 7:30 tonight Tickets: $14-$74; 832-251-0706 or www.progressiveforumhouston .org Larry Wilmore says the 40 acres and a mule ...

The Daily Show's "Senior Black Correspondent" Larry Wilmore joins us with his new book "I'd Rather we got Casinos and Other Black Thoughts." The Daily Show's host Jon Stewart says the book is "[w]ithout a doubt ...

The "senior black correspondent" on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" will shed some light on diversity tonight at a town meeting.

Production and management firm Generate has added to its executive ranks and is adopting a more traditional studio structure as it pushes beyond broadband creation and talent management to become an ...

Last summer a close member of my family passed away. It was the first time in my life when someone who actually meant something to me, someone who I connected with, left me.

Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from 'Soul Men'. - contributed Soul Men Directed by Malcolm Lee.

In one fell swoop, Fox has ordered most of its pilot slate this development cycle.

Black History Month should be abolished, argues cerebral comedian, writer and television producer Larry Wilmore.

A McLennan Community College student is repaying a debt of gratitude this weekend by organizing a comedy show at the Waco Hippodrome Theatre tonight.