Television
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Three essential TV episodes to watch before Sunday's EmmysSep 13, 2017 11:00 am - The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, which air at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, on CBS, honor the past year's best television. Here are my choices for three essential episodes you...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting adds to its TV station holdingsSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based owner of WCIU-Channel 26, Me-TV and a host of other Midwest stations and national digital networks, is adding TV stations in Los Angel...
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Bruno Mars' first TV special to air Nov. 29 on CBS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bruno Mars is getting his own TV special, a first for the Grammy-winning superstar. Atlantic Records and CBS announced Tuesday that "BRUNO MARS: 24K MAGI...
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'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' gets 3-season renewal
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - "Last Week Tonight" is going to last a few years longer. HBO says it has renewed "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" for three additional seasons. This ...
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Study finds Asian-American characters "tokens" on TV
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - TV's Asian-American characters are so frequently slighted that even programs set in the biggest, most diverse cities leave them out of the picture, a ...
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First 'Apprentice' Bill Rancic talks Trump, TV, tenacity in SchaumburgSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Bill Rancic, the first winner of Donald Trump's “The Apprentice,” shared his insights on success and failure as an entrepreneur, how reality TV changed his life, and his...
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Verizon volunteers aid in hurricane relief telethonSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Verizon Wireless volunteers Tuesday staffed a center in Rolling Meadows taking calls during the "Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief" celebrity telethon broadca...
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Chappelle, Lawrence, Hughley celebrate 'Def Comedy Jam 25'
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - There was no YouTube when "Def Comedy Jam" premiered on HBO in 1992. The only way for standup comedians to find an audience beyond the club ...
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Billy Eichner: From 'Street' life to 'American Horror Story'
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Many viewers first met Billy Eichner in his guise as a manic quizmaster hammering pedestrians with cockamamie pop-culture queries like "When Matt Damon day...
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Feder: NBC 5 New Year's show won't be back - but something willSep 11, 2017 1:00 am - "Chi-Town Rising," Chicago's answer to New York's Times Square celebration on New Year's Eve, won't be back this year. But that isn't going to stop NBC-owned WMAQ-Channe...