"The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet," by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Norton, $23.95) ...more

February 22, 2009

Among the outtakes we're left to ponder after the presidential election is this one: candidate appearances on late-night talk shows reached a new high. For the record, there were a total of 110 candidate-appearances on the late-night comedy shows, according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Accounting for nearly three quarters of such on-set appearances were "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," the "Late Show With David Letterman" and "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert. In contrast, there were 25 such appearances in 2004 (an election year with an incumbent). ...more

January 5, 2009

22 Number of candidate appearances on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" 21 Number of candidate appearances on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart ...more

December 29, 2008

Complete list of winners at Sunday's 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: ...more

September 22, 2008

In a nod to privacy complaints, Viacom won't be told the identities of individuals who watch video clips on the popular video-sharing site YouTube. ...more

July 16, 2008

Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. ...more

July 4, 2008

Jon Stewart is sitting in a cushy white chair in a small, windowless room known as Kodak Theatre's "Dressing Room 3." It's spare other than a laptop on a table and dozens of bottles of water atop a tiny fridge. ...more

February 22, 2008

After eight weeks of reruns, David Letterman should be in a joking mood Wednesday: Not only does he join his late-night brethren back on the air, but he'll have his writers backing him up. ...more

December 29, 2007

NBC's "The Office," Showtime's "Dexter" and HBO's "The Wire" are among the contenders for top honors at the 60th Writers Guild Awards. ...more

December 16, 2007

CBS News writers authorized their union leaders to call a national strike, the Writers Guild of America said Monday, escalating a labor impasse. ...more

November 20, 2007