Television
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HBO's Web-only service debutsApr 11, 2015 7:43 am - HBO's new standalone Web service went live today, giving subscribers the ability to watch the premium channel for the first time without a cable-TV subscription. The str...
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Sling TV outage during Final Four exposes streaming weaknessApr 11, 2015 7:36 am - The weekend outage that prevented some Sling TV subscribers from watching college basketball's Final Four highlighted the Achilles' heel of cable cord-cutting: reliabili...
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DVD previews: 'Big Eyes,' 'The Babadook'Apr 11, 2015 7:00 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, April 14: "Big Eyes" (PG-13, 105 minutes, The Weinstein Company): Amy Adams won a Golden Globe for her role as painter Margaret...
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ABC news beats NBC for first time after Williams suspensionApr 11, 2015 6:55 am - NBC lost its lead in evening news viewership for the first time in more than five years, marking a setback for the network while Brian Williams remains off the air. ABC'...
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Google's YouTube Kids Ads are deceptive, consumer groups sayApr 10, 2015 7:10 am - Google Inc.'s YouTube Kids app violates safeguards for children by deceptively blending advertising and programming, according to consumer groups that are asking U.S. re...
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'Game of Thrones' beer, Marvel stars in Chicago and moreApr 10, 2015 6:00 am - There's a lot going on in the pop culture universe these days. To wit: • The "Star Wars" saga debuts today on the Digital HD format with the same movie transfers and muc...
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Conservative groups attempting to kill prospective ABC showApr 09, 2015 4:46 pm - NEW YORK - Conservative groups are trying to kill in the cradle a prospective ABC sitcom about a family upended when a teenage son comes out as gay because sex columnist...
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Buffalo Grove High grad's stuntman job 'like recess all day long'Apr 07, 2015 5:30 am - He can leap from tall buildings in a single bound. He's more powerful than a villain's loco motive. And if you catch Hollywood stuntman Chris Brewster in action, you'll ...
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Zachary Knighton talks returning to TV after starring in cult favorite 'Happy Endings'Apr 06, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Don't worry: Zachary Knighton knows you want "Happy Endings" to come back. Knighton, who played the earnest, V-neck wearing food truck owner Dave Rose o...
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In TV's Silver Age, a logjam of shows that are 'pretty good,' but not greatApr 06, 2015 6:00 am - Remember when people at parties started talking about television the way they once talked about movies? It was the late 1990s, early '00s - the dawning that we were ...