Sep 9th, 2008 · Long a singer, songwriter, session guitarist and member of the band Green on Red, Prophet plays songs from his latest solo album, Soap & Water, with a Telecaster guitar, a deadpan delivery and a distorted bullhorn microphone.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · The Oscars telecast has experienced poor ratings in recent years. Summer films gave critic Andrew Wallenstein an idea about how to get more people to watch the ceremony: nominate films people actually go to see.
Feb 25th, 2008 · With the end of the writer's strike, live programming returned to network television this weekend in a big way. TV critic David Bianculli reviews last night's 80th Annual Academy Awards telecast, as well as the weekend's new episode of Saturday Night Live, starring Tina Fey.
Aug 5th, 2007 · The nine Republican candidates for president faced off Sunday in a debate in Iowa. The event was a special telecast of ABC's This Week moderated by its host, George Stephanopoulos.
Jan 29th, 2007 · You might not make it to the Metropolitan Opera this season, but you can come close. On Dec. 30, 2006, the Metropolitan Opera began a series of high-definition telecasts of live Saturday matinee performances in more than 100 movie theaters in North America and the United Kingdom.
Dec 8th, 2006 · The NFL Network -- the National Football League's cable channel -- offers exclusive telecasts of games played on Thursday and Saturday nights. But many large cable systems don't carry the channel. Stephan Fatsis of The Wall Street Journal and Robert Siegel talk about the business issues involved.
Jan 19th, 2005 · Football's Super Bowl brings lots of beer ads. This year, Anheuser-Busch -- brewer of Budweiser and Bud Light -- has once again purchased exclusive rights for the national telecast. Anheuser-Busch recently attacked some ads by rival brewer Miller saying the commercials overstate the results of taste tests. Brewery scientist Michael Lewis helps NPR do its own comparison.
Oct 24th, 2004 · Rick Peckham teaches guitar at the Berklee School of Music -- and he plays a mean Telecaster himself. Now his trio -- with Tony Scherr on bass and Jim Black on drums -- has released a CD called Left End.