Television
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Cooter says he found new life after the bottle
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Ben Jones figures he drank 43,000 beers, 2,000 jugs of whiskey, wine, gin and vodka, and smoked pounds of pot in the 20 years he was out of control. "I'd w...
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Musicians union sues 'Idol' producers
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A musicians union has filed a federal lawsuit against the producers of "American Idol," claiming musicians were underpaid because the show's live music wa...
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Prime-time U.S. Open TV should be Father's Day treatJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Golf in prime time worked for the Skins Game, more or less, but will it work for the U.S. Open? This, after all, is the major championship that didn't even allow play on...
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Chicagoan wins 4th season of 'Top Chef'
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It took four seasons, but a woman finally took the top spot on Bravo's "Top Chef." Stephanie Izard, a 31-year-old, mild-mannered chef from Chicago, beat out ...
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Heigl says she doesn't deserve an Emmy -- 'Grey's' wasn't so good
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Katherine Heigl won't be chewing her manicure at this year's Emmy ceremony: She says she didn't seek a nomination because "Grey's Anatomy" failed to deliv...
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Lead actresses rise above bland TBS sitcomsJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The first flaw in TBS' "My Boys" is no Chicago sportswriter looks like Jordana Spiro, who plays the foxy blond PJ Franklin. What's more, no Chicago sportswriter works li...
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Two-hundred friends pay final respects to McKay
Jun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting. Spo...
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Huge ratings for Celtics-Lakers match
Jun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The first two games of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers series on ABC were more popular than any National Basketball Association finals since 2004, ...
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McKay remembered as exemplary broadcaster, family man
Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting. Spo...
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Nothing much to fear - or celebrate - in 'Fear Itself'Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The problem with an anthology TV series is it's uneven by definition. Even "The Twilight Zone" had its duds. Then again, "The Twilight Zone" also produced classics like ...