Allan Johnson

Ray Hanania, the neophyte Chicago comedian whose dispute with comedy legend Jackie Mason earlier this week hinted at Israeli-Palestinian animosity, canceled his weekend appearances at Zanies, partly because he wanted...

Although none of the season's new syndicated talk show episodes was available for review, it's as new talk host Wayne Brady says -- they live and die on the strength...

It's not just HBO. It's Showtime, too. "When HBO puts a new show on in America, it's a cultural event," says Showtime programming president Jerry Offsay. "When we put a...

`Idol' time: Two "American Idol" knockoffs are planned, one involving evil "Idol" judge Simon Fuller. Fuller's 19 Entertainment and ABC will develop "Supergirl," a 13-episode series in which the woman...

Sunday's premiere of "The Anna Nicole Show" scored some of the highest ratings in cable history. E! Entertainment Television's reality series, which follows the former model/actress, who is currently fighting...

O'Brien to Emmys: The host of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" has been named to lead the network's broadcast of the 54th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. O'Brien's show, which...

NBC sneak-peeking the new comedy action series "She Spies" (9 p.m. Saturday, WMAQ-Ch. 5) before it debuts as a syndicated program this fall is a shrewd business move -- and...

Last Friday marked the first time that CNBC's "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" went up against his old PBS series, the renamed and relaunched "Wall $treet Week With Fortune." Round 2...

Oprah Winfrey is spinning off "The Oprah Winfrey Show" through Oxygen, the cable network of which she is an owner. "Oprah After the Show" will be an unscripted, daily half-hour...

"Homebody/Kabul," the controversial and prescient Tony Kushner drama dealing with the complex political history of Afghanistan, will complete the Steppenwolf Theatre's 2002-03 subscription season. Steppenwolf ensemble member Frank Galati will...