Afghan legislation nudges women’s rights forward

KABUL (AP) -- The young Afghan woman got her first inkling of a life beyond her abusive husband when friends mentioned a government ministry dedicated to defending women. Then she saw a TV show about women's rights. Finally, after four years of marriage, she grabbed some car fare and fled....

Ukraine’s Got Talent Winner Brings Nation To Tears

YEVPATORIA, Ukraine -- The appearance of a shy 24-year-old on a Ukrainian TV talent show this year has caused a nation to revisit its painful wartime past and is well on the way to becoming an international sensation. Kseniya Simonova, the winner of TV show contest 'Ukraine's Got Talent', creates...

Katie Price and Boyfriend Alex Reid Camera for Reality TV

On her ITV2 show, What Katie Did Next, she said: "I'm wild tonight, get used to it! "It's so nice to be happy, really happy." |Katie Price and Boyfriend Alex Reid Camera for Reality TV The moment Katie Price met her cage fighter boyfriend Alex Reid was captured on camera for her reality TV sho...

On This Day 23rd August 1990 Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage show Saddam Hussein

Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has appeared on state television with western hostages, provoking a storm of outrage On This Day 23rd August 1990 |On This Day 23rd August 1990 Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage show Saddam Hussein Saddam told the group of more than a dozen mainly British people they had be...

Murder for ratings? Brazil cops suspect TV host

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- In one murder after another, the "Canal Livre" crime TV show had an uncanny knack for being first on the scene, gathering graphic footage of the victim....

Octuplets’ mom signs TV show deal

Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to octuplets in January, will star in a reality television series about her family, a TV executive said.

Bookmakers make fortune on Boyle’s failure in Britain’s TV show

Scottish singer Susan Boyle's unexpected defeat in the finals of "Britain's Got Talent" reality show Saturday has helped U.K. bookmakers make a fortune, British TV channel Sky News reported Sunday.

Is It Really State Business?

By using commercial rationale to justify the closure of a public TV show  the frontier between public and private media become blurred.

Is It Really State Business?

By using commercial rationale to justify the closure of a public TV show  the frontier between public and private media become blurred.