The Doctors Revisited: The Fifth Doctor examines Peter Davison's time on Doctor Who.

LONDON — Tesco, Britain's largest retailer by sales, is to pull out of the U.S., selling off its lossmaking Fresh & Easy supermarket chain after it failed to transfer its winning formula from the U.K. to the western states.

A TV show DVD set represents more than a holiday gift that’s easy to wrap. It also demonstrates respect: you know the recipient is mentally fit and couch-ready for a viewing marathon of “Dr. Who” or “House.”

A TV show DVD set represents more than a holiday gift that's easy to wrap. It also demonstrates respect: you know the recipient is mentally fit and couch-ready for a viewing marathon of "Dr. Who" or "House."

“Have you see an episode of Leave it to Beaver lately? It finds its humor in kids lying to parents, being sassy mouthed, sneaking behind parents’ backs and trying not to get caught. It has strong racist and sexist vibes. It’s not violent, but it’s not the values I want for my family. Look it up on Netflix if you think I’m wrong. If you want good values, try Little House on the Prairie and Mr. Rogers.”

Like the Tennessee outsider she plays in "Malibu Country," her new sitcom, Reba McEntire can relate to being a small fish in this land of swimming pools and movie stars.

In these days when American political partisans are obsessed with making sure their political team wins, and when Justin Bieber’s hair is the subject of thousands of well-read articles on Google, politics and celebrity are momentarily overshadowed elsewhere by the tale of a brave Pakistan girl whose only wish was to go to school — and is battling for her life because of it.

British wit Graham Norton never set out to be a talk-show host.

"I'm quite new to this whole press package," admits British actor Tom Weston-Jones, conducting an interview on a bustling street with buses and foot traffic zipping by rather than talking indoors, where a party's noise level is not much better.

The summer TV season has begun.

Often when Ricky Gervais’ best friend, Karl Pilkington, calls, the conversation immediately begins with a random and innocuous question.

Often when Ricky Gervais’ best friend, Karl Pilkington, calls, the conversation immediately begins with a random and innocuous question.

Ventriloquist Wilma Swartz doesn’t want anyone to refer to her characters as the “D” word. “Vent pals” would be a more appropriate term since the “Dummies” books own the copyrights to the word, she said.

PASADENA, Calif. - At age 90, Betty White can't be on TV enough.

“The River” (9 p.m. EST Tuesday, ABC) — a sprawling new sci-fi mystery set against the backdrop of the Amazon River — looks to be this season’s answer to “The X-Files” and “Lost.”

Instead of using her tears for a scene this time, “One Life To Live” actress Kassie DePaiva waited until she walked off the set and into the shadows.

In "American Horror Story" (debuting 10 p.m. EDT Wednesday, FX), a dysfunctional family finds life unraveling even faster when it unwittingly moves into a haunted house.

Fox's long-in-gestation "Terra Nova" will finally see the light of day this coming week, and the show turns out to be a cross between "Jurassic Park" and this year's short-lived, colonizing-a-new-planet BBC America drama, "Outcasts."

NEW YORK - Don't think because the women of "The View" tend to talk over each other during their "hot topics" segment that no one is listening.

His trying-to-stay-clean vampire is straight man to a worrywart werewolf and a ghost trying to exorcise her own personal demons.

It seems like just when things couldn't get stickier for public broadcasting in America, something else happens to make you question whether there's any "PR" left in "NPR."

Big Bird and Elmo soon may be looking for a new address.

Jose de la Isla, guest commentary