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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 31, 8:00 AM
                                
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                                    Financier activist Nelson Peltz profited handsomely from a scenario that he himself created.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 30, 8:00 AM
                                
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                                    In the NatGeo docuseries "World Eats Bread," we meet bread bakers who share their baking backstories and provide proof of their passion for le bon pain.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 29, 8:46 AM
                                
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                                    A new made-for-HBO movie coming this Friday is a reminder of how important original movies have been to building the HBO brand.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 28, 8:00 AM
                                
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                                    Today's never-ending supply of new shows does not necessarily represent an embarrassment of riches for a "TV Blog" published five days a week.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 24, 8:00 AM
                                
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                                    "Battleground" is being positioned as a "political digital initiative" that will focus primarily on the politics and "power" of seven swing states.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 23, 9:52 AM
                                
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                                    Will Ferrell is adding professional golf to the list of sports he has spoofed in a string of hit movies with a new comedy TV series announced at Netflix's Upfront last week.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 22, 7:00 AM
                                
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                                    The latest plan to extend the "Jeopardy!" brand beyond the confines of its beloved "mothership" is a new spinoff coming exclusively to Amazon Prime Video.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 21, 7:00 AM
                                
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                                    CNN and ABC both announced on the same day last week that they have each made deals with the Trump and Biden campaigns for debates this summer.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 20, 12:53 PM
                                
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                                    Archaeologists in Pompeii unearthed a fresco on the wall of a house that may be the oldest known depiction of a pizza.
                                
                             
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                                    by Adam Buckman on May 17, 7:00 AM
                                
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                                    And now, an exclusive peek inside the TV Blog's Upfront Week notes, a litany of criticism, praise and nitpicking.