Television
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Feder: WGN's Pat Tomasulo to host new weekend comedy showNov 15, 2017 12:00 am - For the first time since "Bozo" went off the air in 2001, WGN-Channel 9 will be producing a local weekly entertainment program. This time the funnyman in the spotlight w...
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'The Talk' unveils singer and actress Eve as new host
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Musician and actress Eve has been unveiled as a new permanent host of CBS' "The Talk," joining Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Under...
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Study: Women and minority TV directors make modest gains
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Women and minority television directors made modest gains last season, but the majority of television episodes are still directed by white men, the Di...
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Comedians not laughing at character in 'The Simpsons'
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Growing up in New York in the 1980s, comedian Hari Kondabolu was like many young people. He watched "The Simpsons" and he adored "The Simpsons." There wa...
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Mountain West weighs TV money versus controlling game times
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - At the University of Wyoming, the trade-off the Mountain West is making for television is apparent. The Cowboys drew more fans to Memorial Stadium f...
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'Lord of the Rings' TV series coming to Amazon Prime
Nov 13, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon says it has acquired the global television rights to "The Lord of the Rings," based on the fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season c...
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Feder: More layoffs at NBC Sports ChicagoNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - Another wave of layoffs hit NBC Sports Chicago Monday, as the regional sports network responded to continuing declines in subscribers and revenue. Sources said at least ...
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Feder: WYCC's imminent shutdown costs 12 more jobsNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - As WYCC-Channel 20 prepares to cease broadcast operations in two weeks, 12 more employees have received termination notices from the City Colleges of Chicago public tele...
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Now 86, Dan Rather is big on FacebookNov 12, 2017 10:00 pm - Halfway through his ninth decade, Dan Rather is years past the time when he and TV networks ruled how Americans thought about the world around them. Yet now 86, Rather h...
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Lifetime to premiere movie on Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping
Nov 11, 2017 6:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart is pleased with how a Lifetime movie and documentary she helped produce about her harrowing ordeal turned out. Bu...