Television
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More than $5 mil paid for TV inaugural events
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Television networks paid more than $5 million for exclusive rights to show events surrounding President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, including Sunday's...
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NBC announces '30 Rock,' 'The Office' renewals
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- NBC is renewing Tina Fey's "30 Rock" for the 2009-10 season, along with "The Office" and "The Biggest Loser." Besides the return of the comedie...
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HBO's 'Big Love' and 'Flight of the Conchords' return to enchant viewersJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Who woulda thunk that shows about Utah polygamists and displaced New Zealand musicians would provide two of the high points of this or any TV season? And what network be...
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Swayze looks as good as Chicago in A&E's 'The BeastJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler," allow me to present Patrick Swayze in "The Beast." That's my way of suggesting that Swayze's current comeback is almost as noteworthy as...
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'Prisoner' star McGoohan dies in L.A.
Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the cult classic television show "The Prisoner," has died. He was 80. McGoohan died Tue...
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'Prison Break' to wrap after 4 seasons
Jan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- It's inescapable: Fox TV is bringing "Prison Break" to an end after four seasons. The network said Tuesday that the drama starring Wentworth Mi...
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'Idol' returns with the good, the bad, the bikini
Jan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The flat notes, the sweet surprises, the pleas of the rejected are all intact as "American Idol" returns for its eighth season of first-class karaoke. A n...
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'Check, Please!' to air lost Obama episodeJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - You know he was a lawyer, professor, community activist and senator. But did you know President-elect Barack Obama also has restaurant critic on his resume? Well, sort o...
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Wheaton couple want fitness - not fame - from reality showJan 11, 2009 10:00 pm - When Jerry and Estella Hayes went to a casting call for NBC's "The Biggest Loser," they weren't looking for a way to get on television. The Wheaton grandparents were loo...
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Networks have inauguration plans on screen and off
Jan 11, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In all their planning to cover Barack Obama's inauguration as the nation's 44th president, television networks have paid particular attention to people who m...