Television
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Steve Harvey to ring in 2018 with a special Fox telecast
Nov 16, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Move over ABC, CNN and all the other networks planning to ring in the New Year. This year Steve Harvey will be hosting his own brand of New Year's revelr...
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Current events disrupt Showtime series on mass shootings
Nov 16, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It came as little surprise to producers, but Showtime's about-to-conclude documentary series on mass shooting incidents was itself disrupted by mass shoo...
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'Veep' production halted awaiting Louis-Dreyfus' treatment
Nov 16, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A producer of "Veep" says filming of the HBO comedy has been postponed as its star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, undergoes treatment for breast cancer. During an...
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Miss the Cubs? Pick up Pearl Jam's new movieNov 15, 2017 10:00 am - Pearl Jam, the band fronted by one of America's most famous Cubs fans, invokes Ernie Banks with the title of its new concert film, available for home release this weeken...
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Feder: WGN's Pat Tomasulo to host new weekend comedy showNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - For the first time since "Bozo" went off the air in 2001, WGN-Channel 9 will be producing a local weekly entertainment program. This time the funnyman in the spotlight w...
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'The Talk' unveils singer and actress Eve as new host
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Musician and actress Eve has been unveiled as a new permanent host of CBS' "The Talk," joining Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Under...
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Study: Women and minority TV directors make modest gains
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Women and minority television directors made modest gains last season, but the majority of television episodes are still directed by white men, the Di...
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Comedians not laughing at character in 'The Simpsons'
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Growing up in New York in the 1980s, comedian Hari Kondabolu was like many young people. He watched "The Simpsons" and he adored "The Simpsons." There wa...
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Mountain West weighs TV money versus controlling game times
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - At the University of Wyoming, the trade-off the Mountain West is making for television is apparent. The Cowboys drew more fans to Memorial Stadium f...
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'Lord of the Rings' TV series coming to Amazon Prime
Nov 13, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon says it has acquired the global television rights to "The Lord of the Rings," based on the fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season c...