Television
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HBO Go-ing away from cable, will stand on its ownOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Next year HBO is cutting the cord and selling its popular streaming video service HBO Go as a stand-alone product, as more Americans choose to watch the Web, ...
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HBO unleashes streaming from cable contractsOct 14, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - No cable? No problem. Viewers longing to watch "Game of Thrones," "True Detective" and "Veep" will no longer have to pay big bucks for cable and satellite con...
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CNN cuts end Mitchell's show on HLNOct 14, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Jane Velez-Mitchell and her staff have been laid off due to budget cuts at CNN, ending her nightly program on the HLN network. Her program, which aired for si...
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Young marrieds make NBC's new sitcom 'Marry Me'Oct 14, 2014 5:30 am - LOS ANGELES — After dating Jake for six long years, Annie figured he would pop the question during their romantic island getaway. He didn't, and when they return home, A...
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'Walking Dead' outdraws 'Sunday Night Football'Oct 14, 2014 1:00 am - For all the billions TV networks lavish on live sports, an AMC series about the undead outdrew NBC's “Sunday Night Football” in the younger viewers advertisers target, w...
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Ratings record for AMC's 'Walking Dead'Oct 13, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The Nielsen Company says the 17.3 million people who watched the fifth season opener of "The Walking Dead" Sunday is a record both for the show and for a cabl...
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With album, series and film, Minnie Driver in overdriveOct 13, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Talk about a career in high gear. Over the course of five weeks this autumn, Minnie Driver will have delivered a new album, performed in concert, appeared ...
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Actress stands her ground in 'Jane the Virgin'Oct 13, 2014 6:15 am - Actress Gina Rodriguez's adorably fizzy charm itself would be enough to make CW's “Jane the Virgin” look like a winner. But the sitcom, which premiers Monday, boasts a p...
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Elgin's Emmy Award-winning 'Shark Tank' producerOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - Before entrepreneurs pitch their products on ABC's "Shark Tank," they work with producer Heather Dreiling. Dreiling, 33, who grew up in Elgin, is an Emmy Award-winning p...
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Game shows gain as viewers yearn for TV 'comfort food'Oct 13, 2014 1:01 am - In the game-show era, long before reality TV took over, Americans used to watch Bob Barker tell contestants to "Come on Down!" and play "The Price Is Right." It made sma...