television

Danny Cohen steps down as BBC’s television director

Cohen caused a stir in December for saying amid a rise in anti-Semitic attacks that he had “never felt so uncomfortable being a Jew in the U.K. as I’ve felt in the last 12 months.”

October 14, 2015 3:13 pm

‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ creator samples the globe with famous friends

Funnyman Phil Rosenthal jokes that he’s like a Jewish Anthony Bourdain on his new travel-and-food series, “I’ll Have What Phil’s Having.”

September 20, 2015 2:42 pm

The Jewish writer and actor who’s ‘the voice of black America’

(JTA) — Danny Strong is probably most recognizable as being “that Jewish guy” on TV — he played eager adman wannabe Danny Siegel on “Mad Men” and the nerdy, perennial victim Jonathan Levinson on “Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.” But, among those in the know, Strong may be best known as the “voice of black America,” as […]

September 11, 2015 2:04 pm