FILMS about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to US television viewers as this year’s Oscars show hit record low ratings.

Tesco’s festive advertising spend, including its Spice Girls commercials, was the highest of all the big food chains, latest figures show.

A fully bearded David Letterman opened his first talk show in two months by walking out amid dancing girls holding picket signs for striking TV writers.

Makers of the tropical island drama Lost say they are talking with ABC executives about setting an end date for the series.

The OJ Simpson's book saga took another twist today when his former sister-in-law, Denise Brown, accused the media company behind the project of trying to buy her family’s silence for “millions of dollars.”

Marks & Spencer’s recovery is due in no small measure to its enormously successful advertising campaigns.

The same TV critics that Bree of Desperate Housewives would have happily welcomed to a dinner party last year would now probably get one of those icy glares she reserves for her misbehaving son.

Armchair fans voted with their remote controls recently, backing hurling as the biggest TV draw of the Irish sporting summer.

From a TV standpoint, it was a straight-sets loss: John McEnroe’s talk show was axed by US channel CNBC, after barely six months on the air.

Ross and Rachel got together again as US sitcom Friends faded into history early today.

Last night's live coverage of the Celtic v Barcelona UEFA Cup match on TG4 achieved the highest audience ratings ever for the channel.

Anne Robinson’s American version of her hit Weakest Link quiz show has failed to keep its viewers, it was claimed today.

More than 50 million Americans watched BBC game show The Weakest Link during the first week of its Stateside run, preliminary data showed today.