Ray Rice to play featured role in USA's 'Characters Unite' campaign

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will be the first player featured during the upcoming season in USA's "NFL Characters Unite" campaign, the cable channel will announce later today.

Bill O'Reilly riding O'Malley hard over Baltimore jail scandal

Fox News is not backing off on the Baltimore prison story scandal despite a bunch of big national stories that have conservatives salivating over the damage they see the Obama administration suffering.

Martin O'Malley makes it to the Oval Office -- But it's not the one in Washington

I saw it with my own eyes -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley standing centerstage Tuesday in the Oval Office.

Seth Meyers will succeed Jimmy Fallon on 'Late Night'

NBC Sunday announced that Seth Meyers will replace Jimmy Fallon who is moving up to the "Tonight Show" in 2014.

CNN, MSNBC, Fox show true colors in choice of stories this week

Last week was a great one for cable news watching.

No tears here as NBC finally puts 'Rock Center' out of its journalistic misery

You will find no tears here for the cancellation of Brian Williams' "Rock Center," which was first reported Friday by the New York Times.

Carrie Underwood will open Sunday Night Football on NBC this fall

NPR was, well, different early Monday morning in Baltimore

Technical difficulties, as they euphemistically say in broadcasting, left some NPR affiliates like Baltimore's WYPR scrambling Monday morning.

'VEEP' and 'Cards' bringing money, glam to our gritty city

Only three years ago, Baltimore and Maryland were all but out of the TV and film production business. After the glory years of “Homicide,” “The Corner,” “The Wire” and tens of millions of HBO dollars spent here on Maryland crews and materials, state funding for incentives had ended, and Hollywood had left Baltimore in its rear view mirror for what looked like good.

Marc Steiner show moving to mornings on WEAA-FM

Marc Steiner will move his show to 9 a.m. weekdays starting May 13 on WEAA-FM, the veteran Baltimore talkshow host said Friday.

Report says GM leaving Morgan State's WEAA radio for Florida job

LaFontaine Oliver, general manager at Morgan State's WEAA-FM since 2007, is leaving to run public radio station WMFE-FM in Orlando, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

HBO renews Baltimore-made 'VEEP' for a third season

On Wednesday, HBO renewed the Baltimore-made sitcom "VEEP" for a third season.

'House of Cards' brings $140 million to Maryland, state says

Filming of the second season of the Netflix production “House of Cards” began in the Baltimore area Monday, and with it came an announcement from Gov. Martin O’Malley that the first season of the political thriller starring Kevin Spacey had brought $140 million in economic impact and 2,200 jobs to the state.

'House of Cards' economic impact put at $140 million for Maryland

Gov. Martin O'Malley Monday announced something that had been widely known in Baltimore at least for the last two weeks: That the Netflix series "House of Cards" was back in town to film its second season.

Black Guerrilla prison story putting national media pressure on O'Malley

Reviewing national media coverage of the Black Guerrilla Family's virtual takeover of the Baltimore City Detention Center, it's impossible not to feel the pressure mounting on Gov. Martin O'Malley who is expected to return this week from a trip to the Middle East.

'House of Cards' gets star billing at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Chelsea Clinton finds her level interviewing Geico Gecko

Black Guerrilla story gets full Fox treatment from Geraldo, O'Reilly

After Boston, looking for solutions to mounting media confusion

One of the driving principles in the live and late-breaking world of TV news is to just keep moving on. Don’t dwell too long on yesterday’s mistakes, or you’ll miss today’s big story.

'60 Minutes' jockey report has Bonita Farm back story

CBS '60 Minutes' will feature a report Sunday night on Rosie Napravnik, the 25-year-old jockey who will be the only female riding in the Kentucky Derby.

NFL draft scores with Baltimore viewers on night one

Nationally, the TV audience for the first night of the NFL draft was down a bit from last year, but Baltimore tuned in in a big way.

Jen Royle lands weekend show on WEEI in Boston

Jen Royle, a former 105.7 The Fan and MASN reporter, has landed a weekend show on WEEI radio in her hometown of Boston.

What makes 'Morning Joe' such a smart, winning way to start TV day

Boston manhunt brings out best, worst in TV news outlets Friday

After spending 15 hours Friday locked on coverage of the manhunt in Boston, here are my picks for the highs, lows and deeper media stories of this remarkable day and night.

Boston coverage by CNN, King and Fox lead us into more confusion

If Ben Carson really wants 'rational' discussion, why's he on Fox News so often?

In stepping down last week as a speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement, Dr. Ben Carson again took on the role of media/culture critic and martyr to "political correctness."

'VEEP' goes deep in Season 2, and there's more Julia Louis-Dreyfus to love

"Deep" and "sitcom" are not words often used in the same sentence.

WBAL's Ron Smith to be posthumously named to Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame

Radio host Ron Smith will be honored later this month with a posthumous induction into the Maryland DC Delaware Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.

'Mad Men' Season 6 brings the return of Existential Don

Megan’s sun-bronzed stomach and bikini bottom versus Dante’s “The Inferno.”

Great Orioles opening day victory deserved better telecast from MASN

No one wants to be a downer when writing about opening day especially when the Orioles pull off a comeback victory like they did Friday over the Minnesota Twins by a score of 9-5.