Television
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'24' ends season on high note, with Jack Bauer low
May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Even if the world had been applauding Jack Bauer at the season's end of "24," he couldn't hear them. He was last seen hospitalized in a coma. Infected by a b...
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Mount Prospect native helped create new Fox show 'Glee'May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - When Ian Brennan joined the show choir at Prospect High School in the mid-1990s, he never expected that the experience would one day form the basis of a network televisi...
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ABC to launch comedy night Wednesdays
May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- ABC plans to launch a comedy night on Wednesdays this fall with familiar sitcom stars Kelsey Grammer, Courteney Cox, Patricia Heaton and Ed O'Neill in new se...
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'Heroes,' 'Chuck' part of NBC's 52-week season
May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- NBC is giving the equivalent of broadcast time-shares to "Heroes," ''Chuck" and some of its half-dozen new series. Instead of airing throughout the 2009-1...
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Ferrell, Pearl Jam to open O'Brien's 'Tonight Show'
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam will be part of Conan O'Brien's first "Tonight Show." Ferrell joined O'Brien in February for his final "Late Night" show in New...
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'Desperate Housewives' ends with a crash, a kiss
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The saga of bereaved family man Dave dominated the season-ender of "Desperate Housewives," but the two-hour episode also made room for middle-age pregnanc...
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Fox adding six new shows next season
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Fox network is making a play for laughs next season, with four new comedies planned and a late Saturday-night series with Wanda Sykes. "Glee" uses a pop-...
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'Farrah's Story' draws nearly 9 million viewers
May 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A documentary that shows Farrah Fawcett's battle against cancer in wrenching detail drew an estimated 8.9 million viewers, NBC said. "Farrah's Story" deta...
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Hawk games snarled in corporate TV gamesmanshipMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - For many Blackhawk fans, from here on out the Stanley Cup playoffs are going to be a case of us Versus the cable or satellite company. NBC will air Sunday's opening game...
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A tear-jerking season finale for 'Grey's Anatomy'
May 14, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- "Grey's Anatomy" handed Dr. Isobel Stevens a fateful choice on its fifth-season finale Thursday night. Izzie had to decide if she should have risky brain sur...