Television
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Nielsen's top programs for Dec. 11-17
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Dec. 11-17. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. NFL Football: Dallas at Oakland,...
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Thalia makes directorial debut with HBO doc on quinceaneras
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Thirty years after she starred in the telenovela "Quinceanera," Thalia makes her directorial debut with an HBO documentary about the importance in Latin ...
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Former 'Property Wars' star gets prison in Arizona for fraud
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - A former star on the "Property Wars" reality TV show has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison in Arizona for bank fraud, money laundering and aggr...
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PBS to air BBC show with Katty Kay in Rose time slot
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - PBS will broadcast a BBC news program featuring Washington correspondent Katty Kay for the second half of Charlie Rose's vacated time slot, pairing it wi...
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ESPN chief Skipper resigns, cites substance abuse problem
Dec 18, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Skipper, president of the sprawling ESPN sports network, said Monday that he is resigning to treat a substance abuse problem. Skipper's sudden annou...
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HBO's 'Gunpowder,' Kit Harrington chronicle grim chapter in British historyDec 18, 2017 5:00 am - Actor Kit Harington earned global fame as Jon Snow in HBO's epic fantasy “Game of Thrones,” but he turned to a grim, real chapter out of British history for “Gunpowder,”...
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Out of all too many, 9 memorable TV moments in 2017Dec 17, 2017 6:31 am - It's been a wild and wearying year in the world of TV, with memorable moments by the dozens. Here are nine signal moments (though a few of them are perhaps best forgotte...
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Unique premise helps 'Search Party' find its followingDec 17, 2017 6:20 am - NEW YORK - Even the star and executive producers of TBS' "Search Party" agree it's not an easy premise to describe. "It's like 'Scooby Doo,'" joked executive producer Ch...
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HBO's documentary chief, Sheila Nevins, leaving network
Dec 17, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The woman who has run HBO's documentary unit for 38 years and has been a key gatekeeper in the making of its nonfiction films says she will be stepping d...
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Correction: YE-Top 10 TV story
Dec 15, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Dec. 12 about the year's top TV, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Ken Burns created "The Vietnam War." Ken Burns and Lynn Novick...