Television
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NBC draws ire for not streaming ceremonyJul 27, 2012 8:01 pm - NEW YORK — Even before NBC signed on for its coverage of the Summer Olympics in London on Friday, it drew a storm online for its decision not to stream the opening cerem...
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Couric launching a talk show, dreams of BroadwayJul 27, 2012 4:16 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Katie Couric is getting ready to star in a daytime talk show, but she dreams of starring in a Broadway musical. The ABC newswoman and TV personal...
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CNN chief Jim Walton calls it quitsJul 27, 2012 11:10 am - NEW YORK — CNN chief Jim Walton is quitting, saying the beleaguered news network needs a different leader with a new perspective and plans. Walton built CNN into a profi...
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Billie Joe Armstrong joins NBC’s ‘Voice’ as mentorJul 27, 2012 6:53 am - LOS ANGELES — NBC’s “The Voice” is adding a high-powered rocker to the mix. NBC said Thursday that Green Day vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong has joined the t...
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HBO's 'About Face' offers a peek into the world of supermodelsJul 27, 2012 6:00 am - Carol Alt subsisted on “an apple here, a carrot there.” Paulina Porizkova remembers teenage girls routinely propositioned, in vile ways, by powerful, adult men. “What pe...
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Where to catch the Olympics on TV, onlineJul 27, 2012 6:00 am - Live or delayed, Olympic viewing options abound
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Osbourne tweets she’s leaving ‘America’s Got Talent’Jul 25, 2012 8:34 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Sharon Osbourne said Tuesday that she’s ready to say goodbye to NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” taking the network by surprise. In a posting on Twi...
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’Medical Center’ star Chad Everett dies at 75Jul 24, 2012 10:03 pm - LOS ANGELES — Chad Everett, the blue-eyed star of the 1970s TV series “Medical Center” who went on to appear in such films and TV shows as “Mulholland Drive” and “Melros...
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Sherman Hemsley of “The Jeffersons” diesJul 24, 2012 10:02 pm - EL PASO, Texas — Sherman Hemsley, the actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of “The Jeffersons” one of television’s most memorable characters and a symb...
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Cast of ‘Modern Family’ sues over contractJul 24, 2012 2:55 pm - LOS ANGELES — The stars of the hit comedy “Modern Family” are suing to void their contracts. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles argues that the contracts with 20th...