Television
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BBC plans birthday bash as ‘Doctor Who’ turns 50Nov 22, 2013 5:00 am - LONDON — “Doctor Who” is turning 50. So what do you get a time-traveling, galaxy-hopping hero who has everything? Plenty of new space on the airwaves. The BBC is throwin...
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‘Cops,’ Spike TV call themselves a happy matchNov 21, 2013 4:45 am - LOS ANGELES — “Cops” and Spike TV are having a mutual love affair, in a bad-boys manner of speaking. The documentary-style crime series has found the freedom to be edgie...
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Washington’s ‘Scandal’ closet holds many outfitsNov 21, 2013 4:45 am - NEW YORK — Notice anything different about Olivia Pope’s look this season on “Scandal”? It’s still full of the very best designer labels, and her suits — a good chunk of...
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George W. Bush shows off paintings with Jay LenoNov 20, 2013 8:43 am - LOS ANGELES — Former President George W. Bush showed off his painting and his granddaughter and poked fun of his post-White House years on the “The Tonight Show” with Ja...
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MSNBC not saying whether Bashir apology is enoughNov 20, 2013 7:50 am - NEW YORK — MSNBC was not saying Tuesday whether disciplinary action is planned against show host Martin Bashir, who has apologized for “deeply offensive” comments he mad...
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Maria Bartiromo leaving CNBC after 2 decadesNov 19, 2013 8:06 am - LOS ANGELES — CNBC says veteran anchor and reporter Maria Bartiromo is leaving the business news channel. Bartiromo’s contract ends Nov. 24, concluding 20 years with CNB...
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The Weather Channel tightening its focusNov 18, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — The Weather Channel is trying a novel approach to turn around some flagging ratings: It is re-emphasizing weather. As part of a redesign that debuted last wee...
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'Doctor Who' at 50: Charming but a little too alienNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — In television's vast universe, there is perhaps no acquired taste that is more difficult to acquire than the taste for “Doctor Who,” BBC's long-running sci-...
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Veteran film, TV, stage actor Al Ruscio diesNov 16, 2013 6:45 pm - LOS ANGELES — Veteran character actor Al Ruscio, who appeared in countless film, television and stage productions across half a century, has died at age 89, said his lon...
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MSNBC suspends Baldwin’s show for 2 episodesNov 16, 2013 6:42 pm - LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin’s new weekly MSNBC talk show was suspended for two episodes after the actor was videotaped using an anti-gay epithet against a photographer du...