Old U.S. sitcoms get Russian makeovers
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LOS ANGELES  - Russia is out to find its own Brooke Shields to star in a new, local-language version of the sitcom "Suddenly Susan."
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See forgotten Cold War-era amusements in all their glory.
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Innocent by todayâs standards, the humor of âLove American Styleâ is typical of a show that titillated in its day but now plays like a mildly randy glimpse of a more promiscuous, less cynical era.
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MOSCOW -- Much like Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" in American culture, the Soviet film "The Irony of Fate" has a permanent home in Russian hearts -- and on TV screens every holiday season.
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At a time when the country is faced with a new tangle of problems, the return of the â80s action hero suggests that some Americans, particularly men, are looking to revel in the vestigial pleasures of older times and seemingly simpler ways.
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At the heart of the home makeover shows, which are now spreading rampantly on American television, lies emotion.
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How a weird cult show that should have been canceled helped TV into the new-media era
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Soviet-era compact TV sets, known for bad reception and low picture quality, are finally popular -- as homes for bats.
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National Lampoon will  return to producing live entertainment by bringing back a  re-imagined version of the Lemmings sketch comedy troupe, which  launched the careers of John Belushi, Christopher Guest and  Chevy Chase.
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Fifty years after the original, Russia has its own version of Sidney Lumet's classic court drama "12 Angry Men".
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GUDERMES, Russia  - He bounded into the marble-floored office, grinning like a TV game show host primed to crack his opening joke.
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Martha's going in for the Donald Trump makeover -- and that's a good thing.
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Two new U.S. television shows are  vying to take over from "Sex and the City" as the most  fashionable shows on television.
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This was the year the Russian government aimed to brighten its image overseas. A Kremlin-backed satellite TV channel went into full operation, the government newspaper began putting inserts in major foreign papers, and President Vladimir Putin hosted the G-8 summit of big industrialized democracies.
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Children's television is back  on the agenda in Russia thanks to booming advertising sales  that now are worth about $3 billion annually, plus the growth  of niche channels and a helpful shove from the Kremlin.
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James Rodgers in Moscow reports on the fashion for using English words, especially in Russian business circles.
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Soviet-era compact television sets, known for bad reception and low picture quality, are finally popular - as homes for bats.