Television
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ESPN college football guru Beano Cook dead at 81Oct 11, 2012 4:21 pm - PITTSBURGH — Beano Cook, the college football commentator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport he dearly loved, has died. The 81-year-old Boston native had worked...
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CBS makes ‘Made in Jersey’ fall’s first victimOct 11, 2012 7:19 am - NEW YORK — The fall TV season has claimed its first victim: the CBS series “Made in Jersey.” CBS announced Wednesday the legal drama had been pulled from the Friday line...
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Alex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, dies at 77Oct 10, 2012 6:17 pm - DETROIT — Alex Karras was a man of many roles. Fearsome NFL defensive lineman. Lovable TV dad. Hilarious big-screen cowboy. And in the end, a dementia victim who blamed ...
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Willie Geist joins ‘Today’ showOct 10, 2012 9:16 am - NEW YORK — Willie Geist will no longer have to be at work way too early. NBC News on Wednesday appointed Geist to be a host of the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show, where...
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Role as deaf teen gives Katie Leclerc's career a boostOct 08, 2012 4:00 pm - NEW YORK - Playing a deaf teen on the ABC Family drama "Switched at Birth" has put Katie Leclerc on Hollywood's radar. "I was acting for about 10 years before I got 'Sw...
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Dish, Gannett reach agreement over TV feesOct 08, 2012 1:37 pm - McLEAN, Va. — Dish and Gannett said Monday that they have reached an agreement in a fee dispute that had threatened to leave more than 2 million Dish subscribers in 19 c...
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A new ‘Revolution’ from sci-fi mogul J.J. AbramsOct 08, 2012 11:00 am - NEW YORK — “There is an inherent evil to the wondrous technology that we embrace blindly,” says J.J. Abrams. It’s a loaded observation that seems simultaneously quizzica...
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ABC's 'Nashville' aims to strike a chord with viewersOct 08, 2012 6:00 am - Shortly before ABC's new music-themed drama “Nashville” was set to begin filming, the producers had a problem: Three moments in the pilot needed musical numbers, and abs...
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Boston man named 1st ‘Price Is Right’ male modelOct 05, 2012 12:56 pm - LOS ANGELES — A Boston man has won an online competition to become the first male model in “The Price is Right” history. The long-running CBS game show said Friday that ...
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‘Idol’ divas Carey, Minaj take their feud publicOct 05, 2012 9:09 am - NEW YORK — Is this “Idol” threat an idle threat? Mariah Carey told Barbara Walters her fellow “American Idol” judge Nicki Minaj threatened to shoot her, Walters reported...