Television
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NASA to announce module name on 'Colbert Report'
Apr 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Comedian and satirist Stephen Colbert is still clinging to hope that NASA will name a new room at the international space station after him. The space agenc...
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Reality TV learns to make do with even less
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Here's a new economic indicator: the reality TV show that does "low-budget" one better by handing the cameras to the cast, as MTV did with "College Life," premiering Mon...
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CBS readies Masters coverage; HBO looks at 2nd Ali-Frazier boutApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Masters & vanquished CBS does its usual highfalutin coverage of the Masters golf tournament starting at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday on WBBM Channel 2, but in ex...
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Another 'American Idol' finalist eliminated
Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- After much clamoring from the judges, the competition is over for Scott MacIntyre on "American Idol." The 23-year-old piano player from Scottsdale, Ariz.,...
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Rounds derided on 'Idol'
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lil Rounds continued her streak of disappointment on "American Idol." The 24-year-old Memphis mom's eyes welled with tears as judge Simon Cowell derided her ...
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Reality TV always has been cheap, but now it's even lower budget
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Here's a new economic indicator: the diminishing level of glamour on Paris Hilton's reality TV show. Contestants in season two of "Paris Hilton'...
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David Alan Grier eliminated from ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars'
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- David Alan Grier may have to take his dancing back to Broadway, because the comedian was eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars." The 53-year-old was bou...
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Fox to make reality TV show out of layoffs
Apr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Fox network is making a reality show out of the troubled economy. An upcoming series titled, "Someone's Gotta Go," lets employees of a small business dec...
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Stars kick up their heels in quick-time costumes
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- There's a secondary contest running each week on TV's "Dancing With the Stars": Who will have the best costume? Certainly it's not a stretch to think that te...
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Boston NBC affiliate nixes new Leno show
Apr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Boston's NBC affiliate says it will air a local newscast instead of Jay Leno's new 9 p.m. talk show. The move by WHDH has prompted a threat from NBC to strip t...