Television
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Is there trouble in Oprah's TV kingdom?
Sep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oprah Winfrey is opening her talk show's 24th season with a flourish. One week of programs include a Chicago block party with the Black Eyed Peas, an exclusi...
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Medved, Hartmann to debate health careSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Battle on health care Conservative-talk WIND 560-AM and progressive WCPT 820-AM, 92.5-FM, 92.7-FM and 99.9-FM will have at it in a battle over health care simulcast on t...
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Illness forcing Maura Tierney from 'Parenthood' series
Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Maura Tierney says she is dropping out of the new NBC series "Parenthood" to continue her treatment for breast cancer. In a statement Thursday, she expressed...
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Ford to heavily market Taurus in NFL advertising
Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Pro football fans inundated with TV ads for brawny pickup trucks and sleek luxury models will get something different from Ford Motor Co. this season. Ford...
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Record companies sue 'Ellen' show over copyrights
Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Some of the world's largest recording companies are suing "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," claiming producers violated their copyrights by playing more th...
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Dancers Karina Smirnoff, Maksim Chmerkovskiy split
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Dancing With the Stars" pros Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are no longer in step with one another. Susan Madore, a publicist for Chmerkovskiy, ...
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Fans divided about Ellen DeGeneres as 'Idol' judge
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Ellen DeGeneres wants to represent the people on "American Idol," but the people are split about the talk show host's role as the Fox singing competition'...
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ABC's John Stossel jumps to Fox's cable networks
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- ABC anchor John Stossel is jumping to Fox. Stossel is a libertarian whose work won both headaches and viewers for ABC during his 28 years at the network. He'...
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Newspaper exec who founded Weather Channel dies
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NORFOLK, Va. -- Frank Batten Sr., who built a communications empire that spanned newspapers and cable television and created The Weather Channel, died Thursday. He was 8...
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Gates brings education message to MTV, Nickelodeon
Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Students who might be too glued to their televisions to keep up with homework are going to find channels like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon proddin...