Television
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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...
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Skiing aims to catch up fast with new TV graphics at worlds
Feb 03, 2017 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - When Lindsey Vonn competes in the opening event at next week's world skiing championships, television viewers will get their first look at some new on-scre...
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UK media regulator revokes licenses of Pakistani TV group
Feb 03, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's media regulator has revoked the licenses of a popular Pakistani television group, a few weeks after it declared bankruptcy. Media regulator Ofcom...
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New film links McVeigh to far-right ahead of OKC bombing
Feb 02, 2017 6:00 am - It didn't start out that way, but a new documentary tying various threads among far-right extremists and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh serves as a history lesson ...
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Review: '24: Legacy' may be even better than the original
Feb 02, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's no secret that TV has a habit of recycling past hits. ("Fuller House"?! Really?!) This has always been the case with television. And now, among the ...