App Calculates TV-Watching Time
A new app, tiii.me, tells you how much time you've spent watching TV. Tell it which shows you've watched, and the app calculates how much of your life you spent.
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David Letterman To Retire From CBS In 2015
Letterman has hosted the Late Show on CBS since 1993. He reshaped late-night TV, succeeding as an edgy outsider more interested in making fun of show business than participating in it.
Dave Letterman Signals He'll Soon Put Down The Microphone
NPR television correspondent Eric Deggans reports that David Letterman will announce his planned retirement from CBS on his show Thursday night. Letterman will leave the show and the network in 2015.
HBO Fills Sunday Night Lineup With Entertaining Power Struggles
This week, HBO airs the season premieres of two returning series — Game of Thrones and Veep -- and launches a new series called Silicon Valley. Fresh Air's TV critic has seen them all.
Cesar Millan's Long Walk To Becoming The 'Dog Whisperer'
Millan is one of the world's most famous dog trainers, with TV shows and best-selling books. But his journey was arduous: He came to the U.S. illegally and was homeless before he got his big break.
'The Good Wife' Delivers A Game-Changing Stunner
Last Sunday, the CBS drama delivered something major and unexpected. If you don't know what happened, and don't wish to, you may not want to listen, but Fresh Air's critic has a lot to say about it.
From Walter White To LBJ, Bryan Cranston Is A Master Of Transformation
While Breaking Bad fans were watching him portray Walt in the series' final episodes, Cranston was already reinventing himself — playing Lyndon B. Johnson in the play All the Way.
Fans Of 'The Good Wife' Rocked By [Spoiler Alert]
Fans of the TV program The Good Wife are reeling from a shocking episode — one that saw one of its most beloved characters exit the scene suddenly and with finality.
'Downton Abbey' Cast: It's More Fun Downstairs
NPR's David Greene speaks with some of the cast members of the British TV hit Downton Abbey. The third season premieres in the U.S. Sunday on PBS.
When Your Best Friend Is A Star — And You're Her Minion
The British import Doll & Em is another inside-Hollywood comedy from HBO; Emily Mortimer and her real-life friend Dolly Wells play outsize versions of themselves.