American TV shows have borrowed ideas from other countries for more than a generation. From “Sanford and Son” and “All in the Family” to “Big Brother” and “The Office,” some of our biggest hits were tested in offshore laboratories before coming here. (Then there were the American versions of “Coupling,” “Fawlty Towers” and ...

Local Time Warner Cable customers remain without an NBC station despite a week of negotiations between the cable provider and TV operator, LIN TV Corp. (TWC) (TVL)

Record ratings and double-digit growth at its cable properties helped NBC Universal beat expectations and stand out as a golden-haired child of parent company General Electric, which reported a 22% drop in net income for the third quarter. Considered an economic bellwether, GE said Friday that its net income for the quarter ended Sept. 20 was $4.31 billion, or 43 cents a share, down from $5.56 ...

By Jennifer Taylor Thursday, October 09, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. NBC’s hoping comedy lightning strikes twice. The network found success adapting the British comedy “The Office”. Now, it’s trying the same thing with one of the most popular comedies in Australia "Kath and Kim".

Story By Jennifer Taylor Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. NBC’s hoping comedy lightning strikes twice. The network found success adapting the British comedy “The Office”. Now, it’s trying the same thing with one of the most popular comedies in Australia "Kath and Kim".

By Jennifer Taylor Thursday, October 09, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. NBC’s hoping comedy lightning strikes twice. The network found success adapting the British comedy “The Office”. Now, it’s trying the same thing with one of the most popular comedies in Australia "Kath and Kim".

By CARY DARLING and ROBERT PHILPOT Some television shows translate well from their foreign sources to American audiences, while others are reduced to incoherent babble. The Office, for example, does justice to its British roots while the short-lived Coupling took a claw hammer to them. And it could be said that the Dutch-inspired Big Brother was already blooming on the lowest branch of ...

Aaron Zimmerman, new associate pastor at St. Stephen's Church, watches the popular NBC sitcom, "The Office," religiously.  read more »

"The Office" (NBC, Thursday at 8 p.m.) Two weeks ago we learned that Angela's still cheating on Andy with Dwight. Also, Jim and Pam got engaged. Here's to hoping Michael tries to throw Jim and Pam an engagement party.