Television
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Longtime broadcasters to call their last Rose Parade
Dec 29, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Longtime Rose Parade broadcasters Bob Eubanks and Stephanie Edwards will make the 2016 edition their last. The pair will anchor KTLA-TV's coverage Fri...
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Jim Carter serves 'Downton Abbey' as its beloved butler
Dec 29, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In the grand domain of splendid characters at Downton Abbey, Mr. Carson is perhaps the first among equals. Among the superb cast of "Downton Abbey," a si...
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Kennedy Center Honors: Duty-bound, but still needing a joltDec 29, 2015 5:00 am - The Kennedy Center Honors, the reliably stale but also satisfying tribute that CBS traditionally airs in the phantom zone between Christmas and New Year's, has long been...
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'Teen Wolf' star grew up as one of 15 kids in Glen EllynDec 29, 2015 4:00 am - On MTV's “Teen Wolf,” Ryan Kelley plays a serious sheriff's deputy with supernatural powers. In real life, the Glen Ellyn native is a regular guy who hates the gym, beel...
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Where do the cases in Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' stand now?
Dec 28, 2015 5:00 am - Netflix's engrossing true-crime documentary series “Making a Murderer” has gotten a lot of people interested in Steven Avery. The Wisconsin man spent 18 years in prison ...
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Best TV shows of 2015: 'The Affair,' 'Master of None,' 'Fargo' and moreDec 27, 2015 6:00 am - Just 10 shows? In my conversations with readers this year, I heard their increasing worries about drowning in choices — the number of good, worthwhile shows long ago exc...
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DVD previews: 'Hitman: Agent 47,' 'The Perfect Guy'Dec 26, 2015 6:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Dec. 29: “Hitman: Agent 47” (R, 96 minutes, Fox): Action-thriller based on a video game and set in Singapore. The Washingto...
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Documentary tells story of the NFL's link to the Iran hostage crisis
Dec 26, 2015 5:47 am - In November of 1979, 26-year-old Alex Paen, a cub reporter at KMPC Radio in Los Angeles, convinced his bosses to send him to Iran to cover the story of the 52 American h...
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CBS CEO Moonves may succeed Redstone as chairman
Dec 25, 2015 5:19 am - CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves would become chairman of the broadcaster upon the death of Sumner Redstone under an agreement with Redstone's daughter S...
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The waning popularity of the Christmas pop music special
Dec 25, 2015 4:04 am - It's late December, which means the season for televised holiday specials is drawing to a close. This year, amid annual staples such as "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "...