Tag: television
Children’s show ‘Bluey’ helps Katie Prejean McGrady become a better Catholic...
During the COVID pandemic, my husband and I took turns watching “Cocomelon” with the then two-year-old. A brightly colored show with apparently animatronic humans...
TV time is free, unless you pay for subscriptions, and ad-free,...
WASHINGTON-- A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away -- it was our own galaxy -- people watched television at no...
Movie and television dads, once the hapless foil, are strong figures...
WASHINGTON — We’ll always have Homer Simpson with us. The animated bumbler was designed to be the antithesis to the got-it-all-under-control father types like...
Regis Philbin dies; Catholic TV host logged Guinness World Record 17,000-plus...
WASHINGTON -- Regis Philbin, the Catholic talk- and game-show host whose career in television spanned six decades, died July 24 at age 88 of...
FCC weakens rules on children’s programming
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission acted in July to weaken the rules governing children’s educational and informational programming.
Sure, the FCC, in its July...
‘Game’ over: the five stages of being a ‘Thrones’ fan
RICHMOND, Calif. — Eight years ago, “Game of Thrones” began on HBO and the worlds of water-cooler conversations, fire-breathing dragons and social media haven’t...
The health effects of binge-watching: You are getting very sleepy …
WASHINGTON — In the beginning, humans regulated their day by the rising and the setting of the sun. Then someone invented the concept of...