Television
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Seinfeld's vintage car flips after brakes fail; comedian is unhurt
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. -- Jerry Seinfeld was in a harrowing rollover wreck but was unhurt after the brakes on one of his vintage cars failed. Seinfeld was driving alone when...
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King specials remember the achievements -- and the lossApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Reliving the turbulent year of 1968 40 years later might be even harder than it was to live through it the first time. We already have another knockdown, drag-out Democr...
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Channel 2's high-profile layoffs are another sign of the times in mass mediaApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - If you build it, they will come, says the "Field of Dreams" adage. But if you simply pay them, maybe not so much. The high-profile layoffs at WBBM-TV Channel 2 on Monday...
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McCain, Letterman talk Iraq, Gitmo ... and reptile smuggling?
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain good-naturedly sparred with David Letterman on Tuesday night's "Late Show." During his monologue, Letterman jok...
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Oprah Winfrey dedicates show on puppy mills to her departed dog
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Oprah Winfrey plans to dedicate a show investigating abuses at puppy mills to her cocker spaniel, Sophie, who died last month from kidney failure. "Sophie gave me 13 yea...
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Kathie Lee Gifford returning next week as an anchor of NBC's 'Today'Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Kathie Lee Gifford will soon be back on TV's early shift. The former co-star of the syndicated "Live" talk show will join NBC's "Today" next Monday. She will...
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Anchors away! Channel 2 pink slips three on-air starsMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - As WBBM-TV Channel 2 prepares to move into glitzy new street-level studios at Washington and Dearborn streets, some of its high-profile, on-air talent is being left on t...
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The new fall TV shows -- or are they?Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Happy April Fools' Day, Aware One. As a regular reader of Your Friendly Neighborhood TV Critic, you can't fall prey to something sneaky creeping on you, can you? No, you...
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New TV show spills on city's hot spotsMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Psst - do you have a Chicago secret to tell? "24/7 Chicago" wants to blab it to the world. The new entertainment TV show premieres on NBC5 Saturday right after "Saturday...
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Nanook of New YorkMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - "Facts are stubborn things," John Adams recently reminded us on HBO, but nevertheless the course of history is fluid. Each new generation interprets the past differently...