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Sunday night TV is DVR overload

2012-04-27 14:00:00

With the arrival last week of HBO's "VEEP," it is official: Sunday night TV is out of control, but in a good way. Hard as might be to imagine in a medium that some characterize as having 10 million choices but nothing worth watching, Sunday nights now...

Sip and Bite on 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'

2012-04-25 04:00:00

Fiddlesticks. The "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'" episode featuring Canton's Sip & Bite aired Monday night and we didn't tell you about it. Sorry about that. (Baltimore Diner is technically on vacation this week.) But the good news is that the episode,...

Dick Clark dies at 82: The instant Twitter reaction

2012-04-18 13:07:00

One thing is clear: Americans loved Dick Clark. As soon as the news of Clark's death at 82 of a heart attack reached the world Tuesday afternoon, tributes, thoughts, reflections (and a few loving jokes) flooded Twitter — both from famous folks...

Web show creators are ready to unleash the 'Beast'

2012-03-19 03:58:00

In one video, a chubby guy in a Tony the Tiger costume holds a couple of puppets hostage. In another, sock puppets drive a human to madness. And in yet another video, a puppet's snoring is so powerful that people, puppets, anything in its vicinity, are...

'House of Cards' brings Hollywood to Harford County

2012-03-21 19:31:00

Being on TV is nothing new for Baltimore. Think of the recent political dramas like "Game Change" and "VEEP" or earlier crime shows like "Homicide" and"The Wire." But what's going on within a five-acre area of production offices and massive warehouses...

Tears, then hugs on Cafe Hon episode of 'Kitchen Nightmares'

2012-02-24 14:20:00

Denise Whiting cried, was scolded by Chef Gordon Ramsay and then hugged out months of drama on tonight's "Kitchen Nightmares" episode�featuring Whiting, who Baltimoreans -- and the staff of her Hampden theme restaurant Cafe Hon -- love to hate. The...

Want an app? There could be a tax for that

2012-01-25 17:05:00

That download of an Angry Birds app, Katy Perry song, or "Captain America" movie could end up costing consumers more, thanks to a "digital products" tax proposal that's being pushed in Annapolis this year by Gov. Martin O'Malley. The bill, part of a move...

Commentary: The old frontier of TV might still be just as good

2012-01-18 10:17:00

I'm giving you, the faithful ETC… reader, a break from controversial columns and writing about something I'm sure we can all agree on: television. I was out with a friend not too long ago at Maryland Day, an event at the University of Maryland...

Netflix, other Web networks vie to be new HBOs of TV drama

2012-01-06 15:01:54

With a reported $100 million price tag and a big-name star like Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards" looks like a drama series that should be headed for HBO or AMC. But the 13 one-hour episodes that start filming in Baltimore in March under the direction of...

The 2 p.m. funny -- #1, SNL's "Olympia Restaurant"

2011-02-01 16:22:08

Beginning today, and continuing indefinitely, I am going to post, when I can, each weekday at 2 p.m., a video of a classic restaurant comedy sketch. I'll look for classics and new stuff, and please send me your favorites.......

Options abound for unplugging cable TV

2012-05-14 05:16:00

Millions of Americans with wireless access at their homes are dropping cable subscriptions for streaming media consoles that pipe lower-cost entertainment services directly into their televisions. While some set-top boxes offer greater integration with...

NBC renews 'Community' for fourth season

2012-05-10 21:37:29

Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar at the company's Santa Monica headquarters in July 2010.

2012-04-26 15:21:00

Best Buy is selling the Western Digital WD TV Live Streaming Media Player for $99.99, a competitive price. But what makes it a deal is that Best Buy's ad promises a free gift card for 3 months of Hulu Plus service with purchase. For more hot Chicago deals, see Frugalistic Mom.

2012-03-10 00:00:00

makes your favorite shows available as soon as one day after the original air date (depending on your Hulu membership level). The deal is a sign of what's to come: more companies giving more control to consumers. Now you can watch what you want, where you want and (almost) when you want.

2011-12-12 16:02:21