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Emmys telecast draws an average audience of 17.6 million viewers

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Sunday's 65th Emmy Awards telecast on CBS was watched by an average audience of 17.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research data supplied by the network. The telecast was...

Governor Martin O'Malley in the Washington bureau of CNN.

Sad to see O’Malley ‘debating’ Perry in debased ‘Crossfire’ forum

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

I will leave it to The Sun's political reporters to write about who "won" or "lost" this cooked-up and dumbed-down TV cartoon of a debate between Gov. Martin O'Malley and...

David Simon, creator of HBO's "The Wire" in East Baltimore.

David Simon on Idris Elba and the last days of Stringer Bell

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Sun media critic David Zurawik emailed "Wire" creator David Simon seeking an assessment from him of Idris Elba for a feature story on Elba. Simon's generous and thoughtful email reply...

Stringer Bell, John Luther, Nelson Mandela — Idris Elba is on a roll

June 1, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.

Stringer Bell, John Luther, Nelson Mandela and maybe the next James Bond — the career of Idris Elba is on the rise.At 40, Elba is one of the most sought-after...

Joie Chen, host of the new Al Jazeera America nightly news program 'America Tonight,' sits at the anchor desk in the network's studio space at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Al Jazeera America, a cable news network that launches today, will have 12 bureaus in major cities in the US, three broadcast centers, a headquarters in New York City, and some 900 journalists and staff.

Why the arrival of Al Jazeera America matters

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

I have been writing a lot about Al Jazeera since the Qatar-based news operation bought Al Gore's wreck of a channel in January to gain access to some 50 million...

WBAL gets simulcast on two Ravens ‘Monday Night Football’ games this season

August 19, 2019 at 5:10 a.m.

WBAL-TV says it has gained the rights to simulcast two Baltimore Ravens "Monday Night Football" games this year with ESPN, the cable channel that produces the prime-time telecasts. The deal...

Attention ‘Wire’ fans: a first look at Dominic West as Richard Burton

June 1, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

As fine as he was playing Jimmy McNulty in "The Wire," Dominic West certainly hasn't let that role define him. He's played Henry Higgins in an English revival of "My...

Towson's Nick Cioffi pitches against North Carolina on Saturday in the NCAA regional in Chapel Hill, N.C.

ESPN offers weak telecast of Towson loss in NCAA

August 19, 2019 at 5:10 a.m.

I love the effort ESPN is making this weekend to give college baseball fanatics like me a chance to see every regional game in some shape or form. But I...

WBAL helicopter images provide big, early edge in TV derailment coverage

August 21, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

There was no doubt about which Baltimore station was the one to turn to in the immediate wake of the CSX train derailment Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore County. For the...

Towson, MD--May 27, 2013--Joanne Beers, left, takes photos of Towson University baseball players outside the Charles Village Pub after they saw their NCAA regional tournament berth announcement on ESPNU Monday. Players, left to right: Mike Volpe, Nick Cioffi, Zach Fisher, Paul Beers, Mike Bronakowski. All are pitchers except Fisher, who plays third base. ( Joanne Beers is Paul Beers' mother.)

ESPN does college baseball right, including Towson storyline

August 19, 2019 at 5:09 a.m.

I am in heaven. I know I am part of a minority, but I love college baseball the way most folks love NCAA basketball. Forget the Final Four, the Road...

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