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Premiere of 'The Switch'
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Classic Hollywood: Florence Henderson returns to the stage
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Edward Kean dies at 85; head writer for 'The Howdy Doody Show'
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When TV's leading men and women leave
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Here's Johnny, digitized: A searchable database created for Carson's 'Tonight Show'
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TLC's 'Sister Wives' reality show will document a polygamist family
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The bright stars of 'Friday Night Lights'
It's the show that everybody hears is great. But this time, someone on the Emmy nominating committee heard. Kyle Chandler and Connie...
'American Idol' welcomes back Nigel Lythgoe, adds Jimmy Iovine
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Did Time Warner Cable subscribers sign up for this battle?
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Television review: 'Wonders of the Solar System'
Physicist Brian Cox is the nerd who is cooler than you. In the parallel...
Atari reboot is underway
In the new West Los Angeles corporate offices of Atari Inc., the desks are mostly empty and the walls are mostly bare, but there's a red...
Tony Robbins awaits real 'Breakthrough' on NBC
Spend a few minutes with Tony Robbins — you'll have to get past his formidable security detail first — and he'll likely whip a...
Television review: '18 to Life'
The pilot of the CW's new Canadian import "18 to Life" plays like an improv exercise in a high school drama class: "You're an 18-year-old...
Television review: '12th and Delaware'
For many Americans, abortion is a political issue. Though many of us may participate in marches, make donations, vote for candidates based...
Laura Linney ponders living with 'The Big C'
Laura Linney wasn't looking to do a television series when the pitch came in from Showtime last year.
The FCC, freed of 'indecency': a boon for free speech or free rein to bad behavior?
On July 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, directed by the Supreme Court to address the 1st Amendment issues in Federal...
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