Hasta La Creative!

The tepid ratings for Simon Cowell’s two-year-old show are yet more evidence that singing competitions are not the blockbusters they once were.

Arsenio Hall, whose late-night talk show was a phenomenon in the early 1990s, is returning to the genre, beginning Monday.

The interview with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which took place on Sunday at the presidential palace in Damascus, will be broadcast on Monday by CBS and PBS.

A federal court in Washington blocked one service from streaming the networks’ programs until a copyright infringement lawsuit concludes.

The CBS blackout on Time Warner Cable continues, but fans can still watch the matches online or on the CBS Sports Network cable channel, which is not subject to the blackout.

The dangers of news organizations reporting in Syria have kept most journalists outside the country’s borders and heightened the need for third-party video.

Mr. Dunning, whose 35 years at CBS News were spent primarily in Asia, is best known for his reporting on the last flight out of Da Nang as that city fell to North Vietnam.

ESPN had been working with PBS on a film about head injuries in the National Football League, whose games are shown on the sports network and represent a cherished source of revenue.

The cable channel Turner Classic Movies is expanding a slate of offerings like bus tours, theatrical screenings and memorabilia sales to increase revenue and brand recognition.

Layoffs have put a spotlight on WBAI, a listener-supported and proudly scrappy radio station that has played a major role in American public broadcasting.