Television
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NBC drops plans for mail-order bride sitcom amid protests
Oct 01, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC says it has dropped plans for a sitcom about a widower who orders a mail-order bride from the Philippines. Protests had greeted the network's deci...
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Damon Gupton joins cast of 'Criminal Minds'
Sep 30, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Damon Gupton has joined the cast of "Criminal Minds" after Thomas Gibson was fired last month. CBS announced Friday that Gupton's character will be in...
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John Legend to portray Frederick Douglass on 'Underground'
Sep 30, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Grammy-winning singer John Legend will play an iconic runaway slave-turned abolitionist on WGN America's drama series "Underground." Sony Pictures Televis...
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NBC thriller 'Timeless' is appointment televisionSep 30, 2016 6:00 am - The pilot episode of NBC's "Timeless," which premieres 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, is an efficient entertainment machine. In 46 minutes, this time-traveling mashup of "Quantu...
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Review: Woody Allen's TV series is a plodding 'Crisis'
Sep 29, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - With Woody Allen's "Crisis in Six Scenes," the screenwriter has let down his director - who coincidentally also falls short. And then there's the leading...
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An unusual new late-night competitor for ESPN
Sep 29, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - To a certain segment of the population, Scott Van Pelt is a more popular late-night television star than Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. ...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda to host 'Saturday Night Live'
Sep 28, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alexander Hamilton is coming to "Saturday Night Live." NBC said Wednesday that Lin-Manuel Miranda will host "SNL" on Oct. 8. Miranda created and starr...
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Stars expose problems, seek solutions on 'America Divided'
Sep 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Norman Lear, a show business legend and full-throated humanist, set out last spring to rent a modest apartment in the Bronx. The landlord welcomed this i...
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Amazon Tips New Fire TV Stick With Alexa Voice Remote
Sep 28, 2016 7:00 am - Amazon on Wednesday introduced an all-new version of its Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote. Priced at $39.99, the next-generation Fire TV Stick is up to 30 percent f...
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Alec Baldwin's very big deal: playing Donald Trump on 'SNL'
Sep 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - "Saturday Night Live" has made a YUGE decision: It has chosen Alec Baldwin to impersonate GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. NBC announced this deal Wedne...