A diversion in the air for 'Today'

Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for coverage Tuesday of the catastrophic tornado outside of Oklahoma City.

Pop culture Q&A: Extra 'Murder' men

Q: I enjoy watching the reruns of "Murder, She Wrote" on the Hallmark Channel, but I am puzzled by something. In the spring of 1990, Angela Lansbury did not appear in six episodes except for a short intro at the beginning of each episode. Was she doing something else for those months or was this just an attempt to sell potential pilots featuring the detectives featured in those episodes that she knew and had worked with, including Michael Hagerty, Dennis Stanton and Harry McGraw?

Rosie Pope helps navigate exotic baby gear

Amid the purveyors of belly casts and placenta pills, sonogram art and cord banks at a recent baby gear extravaganza stood a smiling Rosie Pope, pregnancy advice guru, mommy concierge to the rich and, with any luck, the Martha Stewart of maternity.

Woman on Trump: 'Somebody had to stand up to him'

An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a skyscraper-condo sale told jurors Monday she had qualms about suing the real estate mogul and TV celebrity. But, she quickly added, "Somebody had to stand up to him."

Faced with adversity, Michael Douglas keeps forging ahead

PASADENA, Calif. - One thing you can count on in Hollywood is that actor-producer Michael Douglas always does the unexpected. When he first started he became the hot new actor in the TV series, "The Streets of San Francisco." But he put that aside for a while to become a producer. His first venture, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," proved to be pure platinum, and he followed with three more hits.

Curry, Kimmel, Zucker among game changers of 2012-13 TV

MINNEAPOLIS - When future generations look back at the 2012-13 TV season, they'll most likely wax nostalgic about survivalists whacking zombies, ad executives drinking away their sorrows and a spoiled young woman in New York who's into topless table tennis. They may also raise a glass to an extinct dinosaur called network television.

TV picks for the week of May 20-26

New summer programming - including sitcoms, procedurals and reality competitions - arrives as fall and mid-season schedules continue to wind down. Most of the finales are seasonal only - these shows will return at some point (unless they're labeled as series finales, in which case they're gone for good). Here's what to watch and what to avoid on television this week: