Television
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CNN's 'History of Comedy' is a laughing, learning matter
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK - One of the great things about comedy is, it demands so little effort to enjoy. Grins and guffaws can seem to issue directly from a tickled funny bone. On the ...
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Lady Gaga's Super Bowl appearance spurs huge digital sales
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Super Bowl was a triumph for fans of the New England Patriots but it also became very lucrative for Lady Gaga. The superstar singer who performed at ...
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Cleveland woman captive for decade hopes new TV role helps the missing
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - CLEVELAND - A woman who escaped a home where she and two others were held captive for a decade is joining a Cleveland television station to bring attention to other miss...
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Own a Vizio TV? It May Have Spied on You
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - Vizio has been watching you watch TV. The flat-panel display maker, which was acquired last year by Chinese giant LeEco, will pay $2.2 million to settle claims that it c...
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Super Bowl ads get political or go escapist, sometimes both
Feb 05, 2017 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - For advertisers on Super Bowl Sunday, it was time to get political - or provide some escapist humor. On advertising's biggest night, marketers took different ...
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'Stranger Things' season 2 set to hit Netflix on Halloween
Feb 05, 2017 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Netflix used the Super Bowl to announce the return of "Stranger Things." Last summer's 1980s-set science-fiction hit for the streaming service will return ...
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Are '24: Legacy' and 'Homeland' really worth the added anxiety right now?Feb 05, 2017 6:20 am - "Legacy" is a telling choice of subtitle for Fox's latest summoning of its hit "24" franchise. No matter when or how often the network brings back the frantic, counterte...
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With McCarthy playing Spicer, 'SNL' cranks up Trump satire
Feb 05, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Melissa McCarthy lampooned White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch where she taunted reporters as "losers," fired a wat...
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Images: Lady Gaga drops into Super Bowl 51Feb 05, 2017 12:00 am - Lady Gaga highlighted the halftime entertainment Sunday by dropping from the roof of NRG Stadium in Houston at NFL Super Bowl 51. Earlier, the coin toss was assisted by ...
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'24: Legacy' revives format with familiar clock, new charactersFeb 04, 2017 5:00 am - The clock is ticking again. Though Kiefer Sutherland is mainly occupied with another series (ABC's "Designated Survivor"), Fox is keeping one of its most successful fran...