Television
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'Simpsons' creator: Real Springfield is in OregonApr 10, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Ore., as the...
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Shooting 'Glee' keeps Palatine native in constant motionApr 10, 2012 5:30 am - What's the key to shooting TV's highly successful high school musical “Glee”? Ask Andrew Mitchell. He'll tell you. “There's a lot of homework involved,” he said, “especi...
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ABC goes for broke with edgy new sitcomApr 09, 2012 6:00 am - Last fall, Fox gave us one of the current TV season's breakout characters in Jess, the wistfully "adorkable" sprite Zooey Deschanel plays in that network's sitcom "New G...
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Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' star interviewer, diesApr 07, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — "Mike Wallace is here to see you." The "60 Minutes" newsman had such a fearsome reputation that it was often said that those were the most dreaded words in th...
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Jets may be in mix for HBO's 'Hard Knocks'Apr 07, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Fasten your seat belts, coach Rex Ryan, Tim Tebow and the New York Jets might be ready for a sequel on HBO's “Hard Knocks.” Jets owner Woody Johnson says he'...
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Oprah calls her new cable venture a tough climbApr 05, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey says creating her new cable network has turned out to be a steep climb. “I'm climbing Kilimanjaro,” she told advertisers Thursday at a presentat...
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Another finalist sliced from 'American Idol'Apr 05, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — “American Idol” viewers apparently didn't like Deandre Brackensick. The falsetto-powered 17-year-old student from San Jose, Calif., impressed the “Idol” ju...
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Hollie Cavanaugh fizzles on 'Idol'Apr 05, 2012 8:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Hollie Cavanaugh didn't give the judges a good feeling on “American Idol.” The demure 18-year-old singer from McKinney, Texas, fizzled Wednesday with her r...
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New stable of show coming to Animal PlanetApr 04, 2012 10:45 am - NEW YORK — Animal Planet has a menagerie of new shows for the season ahead that promise real-life drama, monstrous mystery, unusual human creatures and a new breed of cu...
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Olbermann may pursue lawsuit against Current TVApr 04, 2012 8:29 am - LOS ANGELES — Keith Olbermann said he “screwed up” by taking a job with Current TV, but he plans to make the channel pay for firing him. In Olbermann’s first TV intervie...