Popularity of poker on television comes with certain amount of ...
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Earlier this summer, ESPN ran a countdown clock on SportsCenter reminding viewers how much time remained until the start of the World Series of Poker.
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The Wayne Rooney incident at the weekend has brought into question once again the use of television playbacks to incriminate sportsman.
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Industry leaders have been offering too few innovations and too many marginal upgradesâat not-so-marginal prices. There&#39;s a joke going around that our lives have become so boring that we&#39;ve taken up watching people play cards on TV.
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Online gambling has hit the jackpot. After years of escalating growth, it's poised for its biggest year. That reflects a growing obsession with poker, advances in broadband and wireless technology, and the temptation to strike it rich from a PC.
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NASCAR, college football, college tennis, full-contact poker, jacks and kickball might draw higher TV ratings than NHL games, but there are people who miss the game today.
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By Danny Hooley, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Network television has tried just about everything under the sun to hang on to the mass audience it enjoyed in the pre-cable glory days. Franchising its hits to death. An overdose of reality shows. Voodoo.
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Whether they're rooting for him or against him, fans might get to see a lot of Barry Bonds on television.
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Video game skills and a good poker face online are becoming key job skills in the financial markets.
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Nielsen reports 41 percent of U.S. homes with a TV are using a video-game console. The stat is the first salvo in game-related metrics. In Game|Life.
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TV is generally concerned with  winning the eyes of an audience, but ears can be just as  important these days. Network and cable shows continue to put a  premium on the music behind the stories, with indie and even  unsigned artists as likely to get heard as any giants of the  back catalog.
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While it may be less common than crime procedurals, particularly these days, you might still need a calculator to count all the TV shows (and movies) based
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Spike TV's Video Game Awards Show attracts big-name celebrities and bands but gives the fans the votes.
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Video games are so popular that even books about them are selling well. Hint-filled strategy guides now can sell more than 1 million copies, and long-awaited games are being given the kind of "making of" treatment typically bestowed on blockbuster movies.
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Can relentless promotion during the year&#39;s most watched sports event and aggressive scheduling make a hit TV show out of a certifiable turkey?
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Paul Wasicka is betting on a big future in the world of professional poker. He's already got an ace up his sleeve: $6.1 million he collected after beating out 8,771 rivals this past week to claim second place in the main event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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Plus: Teens turn to online poker for profit. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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With so many popular TV  series having run their course on DVD, it would seem the stock  of marketable programs is getting depleted.