Television
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‘SNL’ adds 3 new performers with Chicago rootsSep 10, 2012 11:44 am - NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” is adding three new performers for the upcoming season after the departures of Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg. The sketch comedy show ann...
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Katie Couric stakes a claim in daytime talk TVSep 10, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — “What’s good is: people are interested. What’s bad is: people are TOO interested, sometimes.” Katie Couric is grinning as she says this, but she isn’t kid...
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Can Jeff Probst survive the talk show jungle?Sep 09, 2012 10:00 am - NEW YORK — As Jeff Probst planned his new talk show, he test-drove variations of the typical daytime program — an hour on the couch talking about social issues. “They we...
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Ricki Lake brings updated talk show, life to TVSep 09, 2012 10:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Ricki Lake was a babe in the talk show woods when her syndicated program launched nearly two decades ago. Looking back at the 24-year-old actress she was t...
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Report: 2 Second City alums headed to ‘SNL’Sep 08, 2012 10:03 pm - The Second City continues to be Lorne Michaels’ first choice when recruiting new talent for “Saturday Night Live.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, two alums of Chic...
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Apple finds tougher road with TVSep 08, 2012 8:48 am - Apple Inc. engineers have been working since 2005 to reinvent TV viewing. Designing the gadget may prove easy compared with convincing media and cable companies to loose...
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Britney Spears hopes to boost career on 'X Factor'Sep 07, 2012 6:00 am - Beginning its second season in the U.S., the British hit “The X Factor” returns with two intriguing new factors of its own. Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger have depar...
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Images: 2012 MTV Video Music AwardsSep 06, 2012 11:00 pm - ...
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One Direction, Rihanna top tame VMAsSep 06, 2012 9:00 pm - One Direction had the girls screaming, Frank Ocean gave a soft, poignant performance and Chris Brown and Drake were in the same venue with not a bottle thrown. Save for...
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NBC’s Tom Brokaw hospitalized, says he’s doing OKSep 06, 2012 10:19 am - NEW YORK — NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw was taken to a Charlotte, N.C., hospital Thursday morning after appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” He later tweeted...