Television
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The perfect political movie for our time was made in 1992Mar 11, 2016 5:01 am - The pivotal Illinois primary vote in this most-puzzling election season is just days away, and I have the perfect film for us to watch before visiting the ballot box - u...
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Netflix's 'Flaked' is just one more drop in L.A.'s ocean of hipster miniseriesMar 11, 2016 5:00 am - In "Flaked," a slackluster dramedy premiering Friday on Netflix, Will Arnett stars as Chip, a shorts-and-flip-flops fixture of Venice - not the ancient Italian city of c...
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Nielsen: 6 million watch Democratic debate on Univision, CNN
Mar 10, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Nielsen says a total 6 million viewers saw Wednesday night's presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, which was simulcast by Univi...
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Town hall meetings now a campaign staple for networks
Mar 09, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - The 19 sanctioned presidential debates - so far - haven't been enough. Town hall meetings with candidates are popping up like mushrooms on the schedules of te...
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ABC's Muir takes prime-time hour for heroin report
Mar 08, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - ABC News is devoting an hour in prime time on Friday to a program anchored by David Muir on the alarming rise in heroin overdoses in New Hampshire. The s...
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Will 'Downton Abbey: The Movie' be next?
Mar 07, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Downton Abbey," the TV series, is over, leaving us with a hollow ache that nothing can relieve. Nothing but "Downton Abbey," the film, which remains ...
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A brave slave odyssey depicted in drama series 'Underground'
Mar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - What sort of grit and ingenuity did it take for slaves in the Old South to flee from a plantation that had been their world for their entire lives, then ...
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Poet-activist Sonia Sanchez subject of new documentary
Mar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - When a team of documentary makers first suggested a movie about her life, Sonia Sanchez resisted. "We come from that generation of being in the civil rights m...
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Jimmy Kimmel to host ABC's Emmy broadcast airing Sept. 18
Mar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Jimmy Kimmel will host this year's Emmy Awards broadcast. ABC announced Monday that Kimmel, host of that network's late-night "Jimmy Kimmel Live," will return...
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With 'Downton Abbey' ending, 10 favorite bygone finales
Mar 07, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Now that we know our "Downton Abbey" friends are (mostly) happy and healthy, we can part with this splendid series satisfied that it has ended in fine fashion...