Television
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TV's favorite sponge turns 10
Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- At a festival in Germany, when six women walked by wearing specially-created "SpongeBob SquarePants" shirts, Stephen Hillenburg's wife nudged him: Why don't ...
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Can't keep a newsman down: ABC's Bob Woodruff returns to Iraq
Jul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq on Monday for the first time since he was nearly killed there by a roadside bomb more than three years a...
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Neil Patrick Harris to host CBS' Emmys
Jul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Neil Patrick Harris, who won critical acclaim hosting last month's Tonys, will fill the same role for the prime-time Emmys. He had been rumored for more than...
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NBC hopes viewers appreciate action news series
Jul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- More than any news program in recent memory, NBC's "The Wanted" comes with a reputation preceding it. And it isn't good. The series about chasing alleged ter...
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Russia TV cuts Putin scene on 'South Park'
Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- A Russian TV channel cut a segment of the ribald U.S. cartoon comedy "South Park" that appeared to mock Vladimir Putin, a spokesman said Friday. The channel "2...
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Billy Mays remains a TV pitchman, even in death
Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Death won't still the voice of Billy Mays or his mighty powers of persuasion. Viewers will continue to find the boisterous, bearded TV pitchman hawking house...
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Obama and networks: a symbiotic relationship
Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Even President Barack Obama, a gleam in his eye as he talked at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner two weeks ago, seemed to recognize the specia...
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Williams lined up for HBO comedy special
Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Robin Williams is bringing his standup act back to HBO. The cable network says a special of Williams performing in Washington will air in December. The show ...
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Channel 7 to air profile of 'Potter' author J.K. RowlingJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Potter author ABC takes advantage of the mania surrounding the newest Harry Potter movie with "J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life," a profile of the author who created the...
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Cable drama gives TV vet Sharon Gless the chance to shine
Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Sharon Gless plays women with toughness, drive and, when it counts, a comic streak. No matter how vulnerable her character may be, she's no shrinking violet, nobody's pa...