By Alan Pergament If you're to believe the informative weekly CNN media show "Reliable Sources,""CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric is a lame duck who will be out of her current job about the same time that President Bush leaves office.

By Chappell, Kevin AS BOMBS EXPLODED outside his window, Bernard Shaw was as cool as the other side of the pillow.

By Michael Hiestand America's favorite TV programming got a makeover this season as new NFL TV deals kicked in and offered viewers more new wrinkles in coverage than they've ever seen in a single season. The networks, collectively paying the NFL $3.75 billion annually, can go ahead and exhale.

By George M. Thomas, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Dec. 7--There's a bit more at stake during tonight's broadcast of the Browns' battle with rival Pittsburgh Steelers.

There's a bit more at stake during Thursday night's broadcast of the Browns' battle with rival Pittsburgh Steelers. Not for the teams, both of which are mired in mediocrity this season, but for the NFL's 3-year-old broadcasting entity, NFL Network.