TiVo won the right Wednesday for subscribers to send television shows over the Internet to their computers, despite objections from Hollywood studios and the National Football League.

Spanish-language reality TV show is offering contestants an unusual prize: the services of immigration lawyers to guide them toward a green card for U.S. residency.

Following the success of its MTV reality parody "The Assistant," reality shingle Super Delicious Prods. has lined up a pair of pilots at the music net and Comedy Central.

TV watching is common among babies and toddlers in the USA, a survey suggests, but middle-class parents may be limiting the fare to educational shows and videos.

The Kerry-Edwards campaign won't be hurt by its decision to not run TV ads until after Labor Day, political experts say. The number of ads running this month by the Bush-Cheney campaign is being matched or exceeded by the number of ads run by the Democratic National Committee and independent groups opposed to President Bush.

Martha Stewart's legal problems continue to batter the company that bears her name, with worse-than-expected losses across the entire business after her federal criminal conviction. In a conference call with investors yesterday, the chief financial officer said Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, under pressure from the continuing negative publicity around what Ms. Stewart has called "a small personal matter,'' would continue to lose money through the end of the year.

Cable networks' summer bet on scripted dramas - once the exclusive province of their broadcast rivals - is paying off big.

The much discussed Sports Illustrated "cover jinx" has never applied to the Swimsuit Issue. While athletes often fall victim to bad luck and injuries after gracing the cover of the magazine, swimsuit models are catapulted to world fame.

Jerry Perenchio's sprawling Univision network gives him huge Hollywood clout The most powerful mogul in Spanish TV distrusts the media, rarely gives interviews, and doesn't even speak Spanish. He's a jet-hopping, 73-year-old former boxing promoter who pals around with George Bush (41 and 43) and lives in the sprawling Bel Air (Calif.) mansion featured in the 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. He loves throwing lavish parties -- once he even flew in Henry Mancini and Andy Williams to perform at his son's 1981 wedding. Still, to most people in Hollywood, where as a talent agent he once championed the careers …

Dave Chappelle finally has his deal in place at Comedy Central. And oh, man, what a deal.