Television
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NBC: Tape delay isn't affecting number of viewersAug 02, 2012 2:00 pm - NEW YORK — NBC's researchers are finding that people who know the results of London Olympics events before they are shown on tape delay are more — not less — likely to w...
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Snoop hopes to catch ‘American Idol’ scentAug 02, 2012 1:56 pm - NEW YORK — If Randy Jackson yells “Yo Dawg!” during the next season of “American Idol,” he could be talking to Snoop Dogg, if the rapper has his way. After hearing of th...
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Larry David to write, star in movie for HBOAug 02, 2012 8:37 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Larry David is coming back to HBO — but not in a new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The cable channel told the Television Critics Association...
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ABC pulls Fred Willard improv show after arrestJul 31, 2012 8:53 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Fred Willard’s improv series is a wipeout with ABC. The network is pulling the last two original episodes of “Trust Us With Your Life,” a move th...
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Sick and tired of infomercialsJul 31, 2012 4:40 am - How can TV networks get away with all these massive commercials and infomercials. People are sick of paying a lot of money to watch all this junk. We pay for these fat c...
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Modern Family' stars settle contract fightJul 30, 2012 11:00 am - The stars of the ABC comedy “Modern Family” reached new contract agreements that end a legal dispute between the parties and allow production on the top- rated show to r...
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Charlie Sheen sitcom poised for 90-episode pickupJul 30, 2012 7:15 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Charlie Sheen says he’s not insane anymore. Instead, these are good days for the “Anger Management” star, he declares, with his FX sitcom halfway...
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How TV shows trick you into watching adsJul 29, 2012 5:39 am - Alyssa Rosenberg had an interesting post on her ThinkProgress blog this week about a report that shows fewer DVR viewers are fast-forwarding through ad breaks. According...
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Kurkova joining Campbell and Rocha on ‘The Face’Jul 28, 2012 8:09 am - NEW YORK — Karolina Kurkova wants to be the mentor on TV’s “The Face” that she didn’t have 13 years ago when she started modeling. She will be the third coach on the ne...
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Egypt TV channel caters to fully veiled womenJul 28, 2012 6:12 am - CAIRO — The only visible female face in the Cairo-based studio of a new Islamic TV channel for women is that of a puppet. The human stars are all veiled from head to toe...