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After decades of writing about television and media, this is the year that I have lost journalistic faith in two TV news institutions in which I have long believed: 60 Minutes and CNN.

Kai Jackson, whose departure from WJZ after more than 20 years was first reported here last month, said Thursday that he will be joining Sinclair Broadcasting as its national correspondent based in Washington, D.C.

Despite the troubles of its program, Baltimore should not abandon the use of speed cameras to slow motorists in school zones.

The Ravens 18-16 victory over the Lions was the highest rated show on television Monday night -- cable or network.

Baltimore-more made "Veep" and "House of Cards" scored more award nominations Wednesday as the Screen Actors Guild announced its 2014 nominees.

Researchers at the University of Delaware and University of Missouri studied television shows on Nickelodeon, Disney and the Cartoon Network and found there were no unattractive girls on any of the shows. In addition, the girls often were portrayed as concerned about their looks or receiving comments about their appearance.

Mac McGarry, the avuncular TV quizmaster of ¿It¿s Academic¿ who spent a half-century pitching local teenage contestants hundreds of thousands of fastball trivia questions about topics as diverse as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Chubby Checker and the chemical makeup of paint, died Dec. 12 at his home in Potomac, Maryland.

Baltimore-made "Veep" and "House of Cards," and stars Julia- Louis-Dreyfus and Kevin Spacey came up big in Golden Globe nominations announced Thursday.

There was lots of mail on the Fox telecast of the Baltimore Ravens' epic win Sunday over the Minnesota Vikings.

Nothing 'same old, same old' about this brilliant look at Stephen Sondheim

The second season of "House of Cards," the Baltimore-made political drama starring Kevin Spacey, will debut Feb. 14, Netflix announced today.

In two decades of covering David Simon¿s television career, one thing I can say with absolute certainty is that he is never boring or predictable.

Join us at 10 am on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Temple Adas Shalom for an exclusive showing of All the King's Horses: The Story of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park.

CBS News put correspondent Lara Logan and producer Max McClellan on leave Tuesday in the wake of an internal investigation that was critical of their flawed report on the attack on an American compoind in Benghazi, Libya.

Baltimore programmer brings, diversity, excellence to public TV's fall festival.

In addition to the usual flurry of such perennial favorites as Handel's "Messiah" and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," this year's lineup gains fresh spice from several new-to-Baltimore productions, including a play about the last Christmas of the Civil War and stage adaptations of popular holiday movies.

In addition to the usual flurry of such perennial favorites as Handel's "Messiah" and Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," this year's lineup gains fresh spice from several new-to-Baltimore shows, including a play about the last Christmas of the Civil War and stage adaptations of popular holiday movies.

Tracking the Terps caught up with former Maryland linebacker Shawne Merriman, who will hold his annual coat drive at Byrd Stadium before Saturday's football game against Boston College.

For an agricultural operation that is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Maple Lawn Turkey Farm is adept at blending the old and the new.

Maryland's membership in the Big Ten Conference next season means that all of the Terps' home football games will be televised, according to the Big Ten Network. Home games will appear on the Big Ten Network, ABC or one of the ESPN networks. The conference's contract with its television rights holders calls for all home football games to be broadcast.

Solid political satire from Garry Trudeau makes for impressive Amazon launch.

'PBS NewsHour,' once one of the nation¿s most influential broadcasts, is on the brink of marginalization - if not extinction.

CBS News cannot afford for this show to be wounded - and it now is

Concepts compete on Food Network show featuring Baltimore restaurant

CNN's Paul Begala needs my help.

Talking Twitter and how to use DVR to synch radio sound with TV pictures

Harford County Government has a new voice. It's called "Harford Happenings," a new television show airing exclusively on Harford Cable Network, hosted by Public Information Officer Sherrie Johnson.

John F. Kennedy was our first TV president. And his death was the catalyst that made TV the principal storyteller of American life.

One of the ways you can judge a talk show's energy and momentum -- or lack of such -- is by the guests.

Michael J. Fox is a hero because he's committed to using humor to stand up to a very not-funny condition: Parkinson's Disease.

"PBS NewsHour" has lost 48 percent of its audience in the last eight years, compared with an average of 18 percent for the three commercial nightly news shows.

It's the visual imagery that usually dictates how a story plays on TV -- as well as how viewers perceive it.

"A Raisin in the Sun Revisited: The Raisin Cycle at Center Stage," a documentary that traces the arc of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 drama from its setting on Chicago's South Side to Baltimore's Center Stage in 2013, is one of the bolder and better things PBS has done this TV season.

I switched to other channels for my nightly baseball fix, and one of the new pleasures I found was watching Bill Ripken in-studio on the MLB Network.

Gov. Martin O'Malley is supposed to be Maryland's political TV star. Just ask him.

Soon after he was eliminated from "Big Break: Mexico," Chad Schulze found himself with another chance to claim the top spot on the Golf Channel's reality television show and win an exemption for a PGA Tour event.

Maggie's Farm will be featured on the Nov. 7 episode of "Restaurant Divided," a new Food Network show

Howard County was Richard Holmes' stage

I did something foolish last week. I spent at least four hours a day with cable TV news, starting Tuesday.