Television
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Recession hits Sesame Street: Sesame Workshop announces layoffs
Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The crisis on Wall Street is plaguing Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of "Sesame Street" and other kids' programs, is cutting abou...
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Interested in a TV job? Check out this career dayMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - TV wants you The Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences holds its annual Career Day starting with a panel discussion and Q&A ses...
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Big Ten Network president predicts profitable 2009
Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman says 2009 should be the two-year-old cable network's first full year of profitability. Silverman says he hasn't yet...
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USA network sending Tom Brokaw on a road trip
Mar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- NBC's Tom Brokaw never claimed he was retiring when he left "Nightly News" after the 2004 election. He's almost as visible on TV as he was before. Brokaw has...
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North to launch Internet sports-talk stationMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike North is once again trying to launch an Internet radio venture. This time, however, it's not just his own show, but a new 12-hour-a-day sports-talk station with pro...
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Holly Madison, Melissa Rycroft join 'Dancing'
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Holly Madison and "The Bachelor" reject Melissa Rycroft are joining "Dancing With the Stars." The two reality TV stars replac...
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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz to join 'Melrose Place' cast
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is moving to Melrose Place. The 24-year-old singer will join the cast of the CW's "Melrose Place." Simpson-Wentz will be playing a sm...
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Knowing everybody's name wasn't enough to save 'Cheers' bartentender
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Eddie Doyle was the guy who really did know everybody's name, at least when he started working at the tavern that inspired the television show "Cheers." To the...
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The CW bets its future on young women viewers
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Somewhere in Hollywood, writers are polishing the pilot episode for a "Gossip Girl" spinoff set in a distant time that much of the CW network's target audien...
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Pop culture sings an 'American Idol' tune
Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- In 2001, Simon Cowell figured a singing contest snapped up by British TV would be an easy sell in America. Instead, network responses ranged from lukewarm...