Steve Harvey played hard-to-get before deciding to become a daytime television talk-show host.
Broadcast television networks are determined to make you laugh.
Oprah Winfrey is used to running the show, whether it was her hit daytime TV program or the fledgling cable channel named for her and which she rules as chairman and chief executive.
DirecTV Inc. and the owner of TV stations in Miami and Boston are in a standoff over fees the satellite provider pays to run broadcast programming, leaving tens of thousands of viewers unable to see shows ranging from "American Idol" to the NFL playoffs.

Oprah Winfrey earned the rare opportunity to convert her media charisma into a monogrammed TV channel. Now she's the one tasked with rescuing OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, after a disappointing first year.
Oprah Winfrey earned the rare opportunity to convert her media charisma into a monogramed TV channel. Now she's the one tasked with rescuing OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, after a disappointing first year.
With Oprah Winfrey gone, daytime television is ready for a new monarch.
Charlie Sheen in a TV comedy about anger management. How can it miss?

Charlie Sheen, who was fired from "Two and a Half Men" in March, aims to launch another hit sitcom - this time, on his own terms.