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It's what made her rich, famous and, if not a kingmaker, then perhaps the maker of a U.S. president. -- Delivered by Feed43 service [...]
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Fetched: November 21, 2009, 6:35am EST
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If any Racers have ever had a chance at pulling through after a Speed Bump, it was Matt and Gary.
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:32am EST
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Entourage creator Doug Ellin has vowed to put an end to homophobic and racial slurs made behind the scenes of the hit TV show after actor Rex Lee complained about bullying on set.
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:26am EST
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Analysts and executives are wondering if the economic model of broadcast television, which is more heavily reliant on advertising than cable, is irreparably broken. [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00am EST
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ABC says the final season of "Lost" will begin in February with a night devoted to the drama. An hourlong special recounting the story line so far will air at 8 p.m. Feb. [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying "prayer and careful thought" led to her decision. [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Former Pittsburgh TV news anchor Don Cannon was expected to be released from police custody in California yesterday, according to his attorney, Patrick J. Thomassey. [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Oprah Winfrey yesterday announced that she is ending her daytime talk show because "it's time to leave." [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Manny Pacquiao?s 12th-round technical knockout of Miguel Cotto Saturday night generated 1.25 million pay-per-view buys, with gross revenue of $70 million, HBO said Friday. [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Mike Florio started his blog as a sideline to his law practice, but it has grown into a leading source of information about the N.F.L. [...]
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Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:00am EST
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The farewell countdown has begun.
An emotional Oprah Winfrey announced yesterday that she is ending her famed daytime talk show after 25 years in...
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:10pm EST
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Number of comments: 1 NEW YORK, NY-- eBay has the pulse of the fashion market because, "It's probably the only place that a person could come to and really see the breadth and depth of style at their fingertips," says Constance White, Style Director for eBay.
Yesterday, Andy met up with White, a [...]
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You don't exactly get the "softer" side of prison life in MSNBC's "Lockup" series. But the opener of the new season tonight still catches the human side. [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:50pm EST
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This episode blasts us through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's faster than you can say "Meet me in the on-call room." It's a whirlwind of illegitimate children, unrequited love, an alcoholic chief, and a disapproving father. And, as usual, McDreamy magically saves some lives, too.
Now that the [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:00pm EST
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It’s Green Week, everyone! Yes, that hilariously contrived Ben Silverman idea that NBC is actually continuing after Silverman’s unamicable departure (as opposed to “Pumas On Hovercraft Week” and the equally ill-fated “Bikini Models With Lasers Week”). Green Week works, partly because it offers the Thursday-night comedy lineup [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:50pm EST
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 James Franco, bitches.
11/20/09: The day people who had never watched General Hospital before in their lives watched a little bit of General Hospital, just to see James Franco. Never forget! Turns out, it's not very hospital-y, at all, and it's about the mafia and the art world [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:45pm EST
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NY1 ex-political anchor Dominic Carter was found guilty of misdemeanor attempted assault Friday for beating up his wife. [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:32pm EST
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The long reign of the Queen of Daytime Television won't be over for another couple of years, but some of Oprah Winfrey's celebrity pals are already mourning her absence. [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:04pm EST
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 NBC's "Today" show maintained its strong lead over ABC's "Good Morning America" and CBS' "The Early Show." "Today" was the only morning show that was up week-to-week in total viewers.
Last Monday, "Today" drew 6.35M total viewers, the largest single-day average for the show since [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:03pm EST
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Number of comments: 7 The PBS mainstay Bill Moyers said he is retiring from weekly television and will end his Friday night public affairs program. [...]
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Roy Kronk has gone from meter reader to scapegoat, anchor Bob Opsahl said. That's the way WFTV-Channel 9 opened its 5 o'clock news tonight, and it was the prelude to a withering look at the defense team's latest move in...
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Despite being wildly popular in Japan, Capcom’s [...]
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 Don't shoot the messenger.
Oprah Winfrey officially announced today that her show will not continue indefinitely exactly as it is now, and the world reacted with screams and sobs. In her tearful announcement, Oprah said that 25 years felt like the right number, and invited her audience to [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:30pm EST
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25-54 demographic: (L +SD) Total day: FNC: 420 | CNN: 149 | MSNBC: 116 | HLN: 142 Prime: FNC: 795 | CNN: 222 | MSNBC: 255 | HLN: 265
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:10pm EST
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Director John Woo’s career in Hollywood began with the 1993 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target, and went on to encompass such massive hits as Mission: Impossible 2 and Face/Off. Now, after fifteen years of toiling in the Hollywood machinery, Woo has returned to Asia, with the [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:00pm EST
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 For a public broadcasting nerd like myself, it's like getting asked to shag a few balls for A-Rod.
But the good folks at The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer have been very nice about inviting me onto their show today to talk about Oprah Winfrey's decision to [...]
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In the Fox News Sarah Palin ratings race, the win goes to Sean Hannity.
Hannity's interview with Palin Wednesday night, a cable news first as she makes the rounds promoting Going Rogue, drew 4.20M Total Viewers and 1.15M in the A25-54 demo.
Last night, Bill O'Reilly's interview with Palin [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:51pm EST
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Fox News Channel would probably be wise to sign up Sarah Palin. She has done great things for the ratings this week. Her appearance on "Hannity" on Wednesday night boosted that show to 4.2 million viewers. It was the second...
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Number of comments: 1 RealPlayer SP, A small desktop application from RealNetworks, which allows users to save and share Flash videos, has been downloaded 100 million times, the company said today.
Earlier this year, we spoke with RealNetwork's Jeff Chasen about the new application. We have republished the interview today. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer [...]
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In an interview with the New York Times, enigmatic director James Toback went to great lengths to assail not only the reputation of the committee that selects the shortlist for the Best Documentary award, but also the fairness of their selection process. “How is some tiny, dirty [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:45pm EST
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"Dancing With the Stars" announces its next victor next week. Finalists Mya, Kelly Osbourne and Donny Osmond will each perform three dances in Monday's show at 8 p.m. on ABC. Those dances will be the last ballroom or Latin round...
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On Wednesday night, the National Arts Club awarded its Medal of Honor in Film to director Ang Lee and his longtime collaborator, Focus Features president James Schamus. It was, the two frankly admitted, probably the only accolade they’d get this year, given critics’ — and audiences’ — [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:30pm EST
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Echoes of some live shows I saw this week -- Bob Dylan with Dion as well as Metric. Sampling more of the new Tegan and Mary and the R.E.M. live album. Played just about everything in my bag, and then dug into station vinyl for tunes by The Feelies and [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:21pm EST
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The Queens of Daytime TV wept Friday as she relinquishes her throne - while a pack of pretenders lined up to claim her crown when she finally leaves that stage in 2011. [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:10pm EST
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Couldn't resist seeing Bob Dylan one more time at the United Palace Theatre, in New York. Way, way uptown in Washington Heights in a big old ornate movie palace that's currently used as the home base for Rev. Ike's eccentric ministry. Accordingly, Dylan seems to start the shows I see [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:06pm EST
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We're training our sights on just the two Titans -- WFAA8 and CBS11 -- as the November "sweeps" ratings period hits the homestretch. They're locked in a virtual dead heat for the 10 p.m. lead in total viewers. [...]
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"Apparently naked, not fully naked. I was lying partially naked on Alan Arkin, but strategic body parts were covered. It's always scary when you're in front of strangers half naked, but the fact that it was with Alan, honestly, didn't make it any weirder. I think being [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:00pm EST
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Jordin Sparks, winner of season six of "American Idol," has been hospitalized for appendicitis.
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:59pm EST
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MSNBC's "Morning Joe" was live today from John McDonogh High School in New Orleans. The special broadcast was set up to kick off the "Brewing Together Day of Service" partnership and volunteer effort between MSNBC, Starbucks and the HandsOn Network. (You can find out more here.)
After the show, [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:58pm EST
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When we caught up with Twilight star Kellan Lutz at the premiere for New Moon last night, we wondered if Twilight Moms and other older women are suddenly taking an interest in the 24-year-old. "Yeah, a few pumas, a few cougars," he confessed. "You know, it’s [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:30pm EST
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When Vulture attended the Bored To Death panel discussion at the Paley Center a few weeks back, show creator (and "drowned ghostly ship's captain" resembling) Jonathan Ames played it coy when an audience member asked him about the role marijuana plays in the show's creative-development process. [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:15pm EST
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 Don't strain yourself, Amanda!
Okay, that's too mean, but there are some similarities between the French masterpiece and the lighter-than-air Amanda Seyfried vehicle Letters to Juliet, in which a young woman on vacation in Verona, Italy finds an old letter to Juliet Capulet and sets off to reunite [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:45pm EST
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 There has been an obituary-like reaction to Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she is ending her syndicated daytime show on Sept. 9, 2011. This is way premature.
Oprah is not going away, never to be heard from again, as Johnny Carson did. She is merely changing addresses. Sometime [...]
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 Cincinnati Enquirer columnist John Kiesewetter explains why Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer wears a purple tie every Friday (aka "Purple Friday") on "America's Newsroom."
It's to support the Elder High School Panthers, his alma mater whose football team currently has a 9-2 record for the season [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:31pm EST
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They usually just lurk in the background, but last night, the hairless Observers took center stage. While the episode unveiled some juicy information about their origins, the writers continued to pursue a theme they’ve developed over the series’ run: the fear of losing those closest to us.
The [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:30pm EST
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When it comes to supporting characters, FlashForward is just as stingy as Lost in the doling out exposition. It's taken nine episodes to get anywhere with Bryce, the previously-suicidal-but-now-optimistic surgeon who works under Olivia at the hospital. But now's his shot: The Bryce Episode. And it's not [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:20pm EST
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The nice girls did finish last - or at least they didn't win - on the "Project Runway" season finale Thursday night. [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:19pm EST
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Number of comments: 7 Oprah Winfrey made it official on air today: on Sept. 9, 2011, she pulls the plug on the talk show that has dominated daytime TV for two decades. Says the Queen: "Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit." Mo Ryan has the full statement. [...]
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By George Ofman
Try putting yourself in the Bears shoes. Why would you want to talk to Bob Costas? Why would you want him to grill Jerry Angelo on the warts of his football organization? Why would you want him to probe Lovie Smith about some of the decisions he's [...]
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They're rushing the season again on TV, even with the bad specials. "Larry the Cable Guy's Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau" (CMT, 9 and 10:30 p.m.) has the pretentions of holiday special so lowbrow, it's practically dragging on the floor. If it's anything like his last Christmas special, there's no need for [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:55pm EST
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While no one quite knows exactly how much money New Moon took in during its 12:01 a.m. screenings last night, everyone is acknowledging that it almost certainly broke the midnight-screenings record set by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this July. Vulture buddy Nikki Finke's sources are [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:55pm EST
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By Thomas Chambers
America has an obsessions with awards.
I've always thought the Hollywood people stepping all over each other to win the three dozen or so different awards they bestow upon themselves was quite unseemly. Yet, they can't get it right.
Jackie Gleason never won an Emmy, one of the [...]
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The Casey Anthony defense team hit the nation's airwaves this morning, and local stations studied those moves at noon. "Part-legal maneuver, part PR offensive," WKMG-Channel 6 anchor Erick Weber described the media blitz. The defense team filed a motion late...
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Oprah's announcement today that she will leave her show on Sept. 9, 2011 means a lot of things:
- Deciding to end her syndicated daytime show after 25 years, a very good run, she will also ensure that she will leave at the top, rather than fade or decline into irrelevance.
- She has the faith [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:31pm EST
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 NBC's "Meet the Press" was again the #1 public affairs show in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo last Sunday. ABC's "This Week" was second in Total Viewers while CBS' "Face the Nation" was #2 in younger viewers.
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"Fox News Sunday"
1.10M415K
New Career [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:28pm EST
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For a show planning to wind up after 25 years on the air, shouldn't there be more episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that instantly spring to mind as classics?
It's almost not possible to even assemble an off-the-top-of the head Top 10 most memorable "Oprah" episodes. And if you did [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:22pm EST
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In the midst of this overreaction to Oprah news, you may be asking: Wasn't Oprah involved in a cable station before?
Yes. In 1998, she was one of the initial investors in the Oxygen cable network. Like O Magazine, which she also started in 2000, it celebrated the wonder of her [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:18pm EST
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By Eric Emery
This week, the Bears return to what was their happy home. After losing in yet another creative way, Soldier Field will feel like a home - a home that is on the brink of a bitter divorce. Here, Bears fans will split, warming up their baseball rivalries [...]
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 I don't know how I feel about all the cast shenanigans on "House" this season. Many of us have known since the beginning of the season that Cameron would be leaving the show and that 13 and Taub would be back. So it made it a [...]
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In last night's Part One interview on "The Factor," Gov. Sarah Palin sat down with Bill O'Reilly and discussed two of the most memorable interviews from last year's campaign season.
Palin called Charlie Gibson's "Bush Doctrine" question on ABC one of the "gotcha techniques" of the mainstream (or "lamestream") [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:26pm EST
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Saturday Night Live 11:30 p.m., Channel 7 Last week’s episode was a bummer, and not because the writing was so weak. I really expected January Jones to surprise the world with comic chops she’d been keeping hidden on “Mad Men.’’ Boy, was I wrong. She was so half-hearted about performing [...]
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Massachusetts is a funny place. Or at least a lot of people originally from the state are currently at the forefront of TV comedy, including Conan O’Brien, Amy Poehler, and “Office’’ workers such as Steve Carell. Also on the list: Robert Carlock, executive producer and writer of “30 Rock,’’ who [...]
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 According to sources on the set of "Good Morning America" yesterday, staffers were talking about the "get" that was Chaz Bono.
When the subject of George Stephanopoulos vs. Chris Cuomo came up, the staffers wondered if George could or would even want to pull that interview [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:14pm EST
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Harry Potter Spells on the iPhone seems like a good idea. I mean who wouldn’t want to be a wizard and shout out Lumos or Expelliarmus and wave their wand? This could have been the equivalent to the Lightsaber Unleashed iPhone App for wizarding fans.
Unfortunately, the game doesn’t play as [...]
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(12:55: this entry has been updated with Discovery Communications statement.) "After much prayer and months of careful thought, I've decided the next season, season 25, will be the last season of the "Oprah Winfrey Show'," daytime TV host Oprah Winfrey said Friday morning in a sometimes teary-eyed announcement confirming what [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:02pm EST
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Number of comments: 10 Video of Oprah Winfrey's departure announcement. [...]
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Let's discuss Thursday's "Supernatural" episode, "Abandon All Hope," below.
 Well, "Supernatural" sure has created one high-class problem for itself.
The question is, when the bar is set so high by episodes like "Abandon All Hope?," it sure makes things more difficult for the [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:56am EST by Tempo
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Oprah Winfrey has a very emotional announcement for viewers today. You can see it at 4 p.m. today on WFTV-Channel 9. But CNN this morning previewed what Winfrey told her studio audience in Chicago. She announced she will end "The...
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 As we mentioned, NBC "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams was in Arizona this week to receive the 2009 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.
This is the first time the award has been given since Cronkite's passing. "The honor you give me here today [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:29am EST
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 Diners watch the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the Wishbone restaurant in Chicago's West Loop this morning. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune)
In a voice thick with emotion, Oprah Winfrey discussed ending her talk show in 2011 on her show today. Here are here remarks, [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:19am EST by Tempo
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Number of comments: 5 Haven't yet watched last night's Project Runway finale, owing to other blogging priorities and longer-term deadlines. And, to be honest, also owing to the fact that I have not been able to work up much interest in this season of what used to be one of my favorite reality shows.
Was [...]
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Number of comments: 15 Oprah Winfrey confirmed to viewers what she told her staff members on Thursday afternoon: that she is ending her successful daytime talk show in September 2011. [...]
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 At the end of her show this morning, Oprah Winfrey made it official telling her audience, "After much prayer and months of careful thought I have decided that next season - season 25 - will be the last season of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.' And over [...]
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Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:01am EST
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NBC's Thursday sitcoms observed Green Is Universal Week in ways larger (subplots in Community and 30 Rock) and smaller (Recyclops and a "carbon neutral" reference in The Office, um, shooting at nature in Parks and Recreation). Time to review, recap and recycle!
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The big events start early this television weekend. *** Oprah Winfrey will announce today that the will conclude her daytime talk show in September 2011. Her show will have run 25 years. Her guests today are Ray Romano of "Everybody...
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