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He was our guide to the news during one of this nation's most eventful periods, so it was almost inevitable Walter Cronkite's death would coincide with the anniversary of some momentous occasion or another to be remembered through the prism he provided. -- Delivered by Feed43 service [...]
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If one can't yet set a watch by the frequency of reports that Oprah Winfrey is poised to give up her top-rated syndicated talk show, it's almost possible to mark one's calendar by it. -- Delivered by Feed43 service [...]
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Fox has ordered up "Master Chef," a new reality show that will pit amateur cooks against one another in a battle for culinary supremacy. [...]
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Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:51am EST
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 The life of Vince Lombardi, who revived the Green Bay Packers franchise and became the tough-minded icon of coaching success, is the subject of a new play that may come to Broadway. [...]
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Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:00am EST
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WTAE's expanded digital signal now is in operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [...]
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Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:00am EST
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Wanda Sykes' mouth has always gotten her in trouble.
"As a kid, I would just make comments," Sykes said in a recent interview in Pasadena, Calif. "If...
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:33pm EST
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The results show of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" will have a couple of major lures next week. Grammy-winner Michael Buble will sing "Haven't Met You Yet." Scottish singer Susan Boyle will sing "I Dreamed a Dream" -- the song...
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If the ancient Mayans were smart enough to warn us about the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, it's a shame they didn't also warn us that, in the months and years preceding our termination, we'd get nutty TV specials about it. [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:47pm EST
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 All of you who were hoping that Vulture hero Hugh Jackman would reprise his role as the dashing host of the Oscars were dealt a minor blow on Tuesday when it was announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are going to tag-team the duties (after [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:25pm EST
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 Good news! Despite the various budget-related calamities that forced the production into hiatus and the release of actors from their contracts, the creative team behind Broadway's Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark just announced that the show will, in fact, open someday. In a press release, they [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:20pm EST
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A lot of details surfaced about Jason Rodriguez, the suspect in the downtown Orlando shootings today that left one dead and five injured. Some of the most eerie information from his former mother-in-law, who was not identified. She talked by...
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 For Mariah Carey, the road to transforming herself into Ms.Weiss, an ally of the struggling protagonist in Precious, was hard — and hairy. Very hairy. To judge by her recent comments to the press, the diva’s notable performance as the weary, Rayon-clad, makeup-free social worker is dominated [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:30pm EST
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TORONTO - "Late Show" bandleader Paul Shaffer says his friendship with convicted murderer Phil Spector has not wavered in the wake of the music producer's incarceration.
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:24pm EST
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 None of the we’re-totally-screwed documentaries we’ve seen over the past few years could've prepare us for the terrors unleashed on our minds in Chris Smith’s riveting new documentary Collapse (out today). Basically a monologue by writer and thinker Michael Ruppert about the state of the planet and [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:20pm EST
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Number of comments: 1 The normally top-rated Fox News Channel was by far the most popular source for information about the shootings at Fort Hood on Thursday. [...]
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When newsman Harry Porterfield was demoted as 6 p.m. weeknight anchor and left WBBM-Ch. 2, the station to which he is now returning 24 years later as an 11 a.m. anchor and features reporter, it sparked a lengthy boycott aimed at spotlighting a need for more diversity both on camera [...]
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 Maggie Siff caught our eye during the first season of Mad Men as Rachel Menken, the savvy department-store head who has an affair with Don but turns down his invitation to run away with him. Save for a brief appearance in season two, she's recently spent more [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:30pm EST
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NBC "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams made his acting debut playing himself, (and playing Nicky Mautarullo of Scotch Plains, NJ) on "30 Rock" last night. He was in two short scenes. Here's one of them:
New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media. [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:22pm EST
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 Until last week's episode of Community, we had sort of been on the fence about the newest addition to the Peacock's Thursday-night lineup. However, something magical happened during the Halloween episode and, for the first time since the show's debut, the characters finally seemed to leap [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:15pm EST
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 You have to laugh at AMC's official description of Sunday's season finale of "Mad Men."
"Don has an important meeting with Connie. Betty receives some advice. Pete talks to his clients."
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Here's a happy story. And don't we need one today? Robert Weddle of Orlando has made it to the finals of Oprah Winfrey's Karaoke Challenge. He is one of three singers who will perform on Thursday's "Oprah Winfrey Show." (The...
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:47pm EST
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 Dolly Parton will make her debut on "The Jay Leno Show" on Thursday. Parton is in Los Angeles next week to [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:46pm EST
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 With his philandering hampered by a recent marriage and his role at work made uncertain by his company's new British ownership, Mad Men's Roger Sterling has been sidelined from the narrative for most of the show's third season. To make up for it, though, Matthew Weiner has [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:45pm EST
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CBS's "Numb3rs" is history, according to reports. Recently, the network scaled back the episode order for the season from 22 to 16. Entertainment Weekly is reporting the show is being given time to wrap up its continuing storylines and bring the series to a conclusion. [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:41pm EST
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When the news broke around 3:15pmET yesterday of the massacre at Ft. Hood, the 24-hour news networks went in to high gear. A day later, we have the ratings which show where TV viewers went for information.
Between 3pmET and 7pmET, Fox News averaged 2.60M Total Viewers and 627K in [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:26pm EST
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 Episode one’s study in meta might as well have been study hall; episode three, sadly, doubled back to muse on red-state humor. Last night’s episode — number four — promised more such high jinks (“Audition Day” — outsiders, in other words, trying to get in). [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:15pm EST
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 With next Friday marking the final day of production of truTV's "In Session" programming from New York, the network has announced new anchors who will debut from CNN headquarters in Atlanta the following Monday. Among the new hosts is a familiar name: Vinnie Politan. A long-time [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:13pm EST
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Breaking news is a real education for viewers. It's like watching sausage be made, and you can learn some not-so-appetizing details. Breaking news is a real test for reporters, who are scrambling to share accurate information. The shootings at the...
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TORONTO - Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic didn't want to do a run-of-the-mill makeover program - they wanted to break the mould.
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:08pm EST
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Increasing the attention paid to multicultural or ethnic consumers is a smart strategy, according to speakers at the opening general session of the 99th annual conference of the Association of National Advertisers. [...]
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NEW YORK - A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. EST.
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:03pm EST
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If this isn't the best night ever for Nickelodeon, it's a pretty good one, with the 10th anniversary of its biggest kids show, "SpongeBob SquarePants," followed by the debut of its latest, "Fanboy and Chum Chum." [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:01pm EST
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 Every week between now and February 2, when the nominations are announced, movies and stars will help themselves — or, sometimes, hurt themselves — in the Oscar race. Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the blogs, and out-and-out guess when necessary to track who's [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:00pm EST
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 With the news that Oprah Winfrey may take her daily talk show away from broadcast affiliates and to her own OWN cable network, that got us wondering: should Glenn Beck, now the #2 show on cable despite airing in he afternoons, be Oprah's syndicated replacement?
Beck is [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:06pm EST
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 Earlier this week, Jemaine Clement broke the news that his folk-comedy duo, Flight of the Conchords, “very likely might not” return as a series. He and his elfin collaborator, Bret McKenzie, will make their final decision within the next month. What’s at stake? Family commitments, as [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:00pm EST
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Also, the latest D-FW Nielsen ratings show which stations drew the most viewers for their breaking news coverage of the Fort Hood shootings.... For those who are interested, the first commentary, on Sarah Palin's upcoming TV tour, can be found here. [...]
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Just as the shooting rampage in Orlando was coming to an end, with the arrest of the suspect, the cable news channels turned their attention back to Texas. At 2:34pmET there was a worldwide moment of silence to honor the 13 people killed and more than 30 wounded in yesterday's [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:45pm EST
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 On November 22, the Museum of Modern Art will open “Tim Burton,” a retrospective for the man who, it goes without saying, has brought us some of the most fantastical movies of the last two decades, from Beetlejuice to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Rather than cobbling [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:45pm EST
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Greg Gutfeld and Andy Levy were filling in for John Gibson on the radio today. They got in some good shots at the infamous, deplorable one, then kicked it up a notch by bringing in Ann Coulter. It's perfect Friday fun listening, so listen up, listen-uppers. [...]
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WFTV-Channel 9 is scrapping its regular schedule this afternoon to cover the downtown Orlando shootings. But the station will show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at 4 p.m. on sister station WRDQ-Channel 27. Winfrey is offering a karaoke contest, and Robert...
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 "He walked in and dropped trou; not many people could have done that. He was a delight to work with. He inspired everyone to bring their A game." —Dexter executive producer Sara Colleton on John Lithgow's first day on set [USAT]
"It's amazing. It feels good. That [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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 The Nov. 9 episode of CW's "Gossip Girl" is already causing quite a stir. Titled "3some," the episode will involved a sexual encounter among three characters. Conservative watchdog group The Parents Television Council has lodged complaints, and some affiliates are considering not broadcasting the [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:52pm EST
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TORONTO - Here are the top 10 television programs in Canada, with viewer numbers, for the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1:
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:45pm EST
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Number of comments: 1 Mad Men's third-season finale airs Sunday night, and because of Matthew Weiner's understandable desire for secrecy, it'll be the first episode of the season critics won't be seeing in advance. So I'll be watching on plain, old-fashioned TV, like the little people do.
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 Since everyone who operates together sleeps together, this week's episode appropriately opens on the beds of Callie and Arizona and Meredith and McDreamy. It's the middle of the night, and everyone's pagers are going off. Well, everyone’s except for Meredith’s, whom we only see briefly this episode, [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:30pm EST
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Number of comments: 0 In report released today, Forrester analyst Bobby Tulsiani writes that Brightcove and Ooyala provide the best end-to-end online video platform.
He writes, "Brightcove separates itself from the pack with leading scores in distribution and and integration while Ooyala earns its highest marks in monetization and analytics." The report ($1749)evaluates [...]
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"Nurse Jackie," the acclaimed Showtime series starring Edie Falco, will return for its second season March 22, 2010, alongside the second season of "Unted States of Tara," featuring Toni Collette in her Emmy-winning title role.
They are among a number of premiere dates announced by Showtime Friday. Among the others: "The [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:17pm EST
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At the 99th annual conference of the Association of National Advertisers attendees are urged to pay attention to the fundamentals of marketing during tough economic times. [...]
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 While we tried with all our might to stick to our (rapidly dwindling) principles of musical appreciation, we are somewhat loathe to admit that we finally lost the internal battle we were having with ourselves over whether to admit that we like "Party in the USA," [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 1:00pm EST
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MTV Networks denies building a wall in Berlin for a U2 show. [...]
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 At 12:33pmET, the Twitter feed @BreakingNews, which is attached to the BNONews site, reported on a mass shooting this morning at an Orlando office building.
HLN and CNN reported the news, with choppers/information from all three affiliates, WFTV, WESH and WKMG, at 12:35pm. MSNBC, using NBC [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:45pm EST
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 It’s been a strange season for ongoing plotlines — that is, they keep getting dropped. The drama of the Jim and Michael co-manager transition never quite materialized, as exemplified by the forced B-plot this week, with Dwight trying to undermine Jim, a scheme no one, onscreen or [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:45pm EST
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The 10th Annual Latin Grammys, broadcast live Thursday night from Las Vegas, were a huge success for local Univision affiliate KAKW. The ratings for the show were up 86 percent over the 2008 numbers.
One highlight of the show was a bilingual duet by Alejandro Sanz and Alicia [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:41pm EST
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"Blockbuster new information in the case against Casey," WFTV-Channel 9 anchor Vanessa Echols said at noon today. Stations were racing through the latest documents released in the case against Casey Anthony. She is charged with first-degree murder in the death...
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Oops. The New York Times ran a correction this morning related to a cable news election ratings story from earlier this week:
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A headline on Thursday with an article about television ratings for elections coverage on Tuesday night may have left the incorrect impression that ratings for Fox News on Election [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:07pm EST
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Not that it’s going to blunt the epic juggernaut that’s going to be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but DICE will be releasing an exclusive multiplayer beta on the PlayStation 3 on Nov. 19.
The date comes on the heels of Modern Warfare 2’s Nov. 10 launch. It’s a provocative [...]
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Gretchen Rossi knows how to boost ratings. Explicit photos of her were shown on the season premiere of "The Real Housewives of OC." [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:53am EST
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Back on the air after one week off (thanks for all your support). Started with blast of classic soul, moved to international sounds, then big samplings from two recent tribute/compilation/fundraiser albums: "Ciao My Little Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy" and the most recent Red + Hot project, "Dark was [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:43am EST
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By Steve Rhodes
In a digital world galore filled with voice recognition software, high definition television, tweets, texts, onboard car computers that know when you've been in an accident, GPS baby strollers and instantaneous communication methods never dreamed of on most planets visited by the Enterprise, you'd think we could [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:43am EST by Lou
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 Matthew Weiner has never been shy about flaunting proto-literary symbols on Mad Men, but this season, he went symbol-crazy: From the Victorian fainting couch that reflected Betty's throwback romanticism to the dog food that mirrored Don, props (both heavy-handed and subtle) have loomed larger than some characters [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:30am EST
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TVNewser hears Eric Sherling, executive producer of CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" is leaving CNN and will join ABC's Good "Morning America".
Sherling joined CNN in 2000, became executive producer of Wolf Blitzer Reports in 2002, then a supervising producer for "The Situation Room" when it launched in [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:15am EST
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TVNewser hears Eric Sherling, executive producer of CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" is leaving CNN and will join ABC's Good "Morning America".
Sherling joined CNN in 2000, became executive producer of Wolf Blitzer Reports in 2002, then a supervising producer for "The Situation Room" when it launched in [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:15am EST
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The image of Caylee Anthony is gone from a Zwinky Web advertisement. The ad isn't legit, says Mindspark, the White Plains, N.Y.-based company that owns Zwinky. (It is pictured at right.) But a faux Zwinky ad is still up on...
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As I reported earlier this year, Adult Swim has seen some success picking up quirky British sitcoms that didn't quite work anywhere else on cable except for brief plays on BBC America. The fact that they aren't cartoons meant little... [...]
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As I reported earlier this year, Adult Swim has seen some success picking up quirky British sitcoms that didn't quite work anywhere else on cable except for brief plays on BBC America. The fact that they aren't cartoons meant little... [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:13am EST
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At 8:30amET sharp, the business networks reported something that hasn't happened since 1983 -- the unemployment rate shot past 10%. With 190,000 jobs lost in October, the rate is now 10.2%. For CNBC, Hampton Pearson was [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:00am EST
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 Suffering through Fringe withdrawal while the show was benched for two weeks during the World Series, we hoped that the first episode back would compensate by giving us fresh clues about the Pattern, Massive Dynamic, and the First Wave. Sadly, we learned nothing new about those mysteries, [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:00am EST
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Oprah Winfrey today unveils two covers of the December edition of O, The Oprah Magazine. One is for subscribers, the other will hit newsstands (pictured). She shares the cover with Ellen DeGeneres. Expect a love-in when Lady O interviews Ellen...
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By George Ofman
Numbers don't lie. Ben Gordon is averaging 24 points in five games for the Pistons and he's shooting 51 percent from the field. John Salmons is averaging 11 points in five games for the Bulls and is shooting 29 percent. That's 29 percent! Where do I get [...]
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Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:43am EST by Lou
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