Marketing TVs: Then and now

CBS CMO George Schweitzer discusses some vintage television ads from the CBS Attic collection. Some of the ad's promises aren't that different from today's ad claims.

Storage wars

Recently in these pages, David Wiegand mentioned the television program "Storage Wars" on his way to talking about TV's latest contribution to American culture, "Shipping Wars." I am a total fan of "Storage Wars," which...

Television movies for the week of Jan. 22

Coverage of TV and radio news from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show was a stiff spectacle

She presided over a big show but didn't seem entirely comfortable with it

The Royal Ripple Effects

(ARA)—Although the latest Brides American Wedding Study shows the average cost of a wedding in 2010 was $26,501, a decrease of 5 percent from 2009, weddings continue to be big business. But many couples are opting to cut the guest list instead of big ticket items like wedding gowns.

Rare restoration: A tailormade Merry (Oaks) home

by Sumanah Khan A typical day in the life of creative power couple Chris Best and Sandi Fix may involve getting President Obama camera-ready, or teaching Michael Madsen how to hold a very large gun on the set of a little 2010 movie called The Killing Jar — and that's on a slow day. Best, an accomplished art director, designer and prop master for the film and television industry, is also an avid ...