Broadcasters Focus on Challenge From Web (AP)

April 22, 2006

AP - Local television broadcasters, seeing their networks potentially bypassing them in the rush to offer shows and other content online, will meet this week to figure out how to hang onto viewers and dollars.

Singers Vie in 'Sound of Music' Auditions (AP)

April 22, 2006

AP - Call it "Alpine Idol." Aspiring stars strutted their stuff at a Belfast hotel Saturday, hoping to win the part of novitiate-turned-nanny Maria in a big-budget London production of "The Sound of Music."

Armstrong, Discovery Seek New Cycling Star (AP)

April 22, 2006

AP - When Lance Armstrong retired nine months ago, Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel said nobody could replace his superstar cyclist. Now the seven-time Tour de France winner wants to prove Bruyneel wrong.

Miss Kentucky Crowned Miss USA (AP)

April 22, 2006

Miss USA 2006 contestant  Miss Texas Lauren Lanning, center, reacts as she is picked as one of the top 15 to move on in the competition Friday, April 21, 2006 in Baltimore. Miss Maine Katee Stearns, left, Miss New Jersey Jessica Boyington, top, and Miss Florida Cristin Duren, right join others congratulating Lanning.(AP Photo/Chris Gardner)AP - Miss Kentucky was crowned Miss USA in the 55th annual pageant Friday night.


Ratings Put a Chill on "Celebrity Cooking" (E! Online)

April 22, 2006

Once NBC saw that viewers didn't have a taste for Celebrity 
 Cooking Showdown, the network immediately lost its appetite.E! Online - Once NBC saw that viewers didn't have a taste for Celebrity Cooking Showdown, the network immediately lost its appetite.