Television
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Beat-boxing duo take top prize in Suburban Chicago's Got TalentAug 11, 2012 10:00 am - Saturday evening was bittersweet for Sanu John, half of the beat-boxing duo that wowed the fans and the judges who awarded iLLest Vocals the top prize in the Suburban Ch...
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London Olympics lead to gold-medal procrastinationAug 10, 2012 10:25 am - NEW YORK — Chores piling up. DVRs stuffed and groaning with unwatched favorites. Late, bleary strolls into the office. Welcome to the Great Olympic Time Suck, that unsu...
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2 N.J. towns turn down ‘Jersey Shore’ spinoffAug 10, 2012 7:01 am - POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. — The Jersey shore town that tried to close its bars early and restricts overnight parking has said no to “Snooki & JWoww.” The Point Pleasant...
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Discovery seeks to keep shark week relevantAug 09, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — On Sunday night, millions of viewers across the country will tune in to what has become an annual ritual of summer television, a combination of fear and mor...
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Sharon Osbourne feuding with NBCAug 07, 2012 7:42 am - LOS ANGELES — NBC defended itself Monday against Sharon Osbourne’s claim the network discriminated against her afflicted son in casting a new reality show. The “America’...
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Kustok joins YES network to cover Brooklyn NetsAug 06, 2012 10:14 am - NEW YORK — Former Comcast SportsNet Chicago reporter and anchor Sarah Kustok has joined the YES Network as its Brooklyn Nets reporter. Kustok, 30, will provide coverage ...
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Nickelodeon taps Jennette McCurdy for new showAug 06, 2012 9:29 am - NEW YORK — Nickelodeon’s hit show “iCarly” made Jennette McCurdy a star, and although the show will air its series finale in November, the 20-year-old doesn’t have to wo...
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Why one person’s junk is another’s TV obsessionAug 05, 2012 6:53 am - Tracy Hutson wanders through a graveyard of ovens that haven’t roasted a turkey or baked a ham since decades before she was born. Picking through their discarded parts, ...
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TV’s obsession with monsters and women who love themAug 05, 2012 6:42 am - The CW, the smallest of the big five broadcast networks, is known for the strikingly good-looking people it puts on its airwaves. On Monday at the Television Critics Ass...
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Aaron Sorkin defends ‘The Newsroom’ from criticsAug 05, 2012 6:27 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Aaron Sorkin is confronting critics of his HBO drama head-on. The Oscar-winning writer-producer defended “The Newsroom” during a gathering of th...