Category Archives: Last show

Regis Philbin eyeing primetime TV variety show

By doris | Published: November 28, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — After ending his run on ABC’s “Live! With Regis and Kelly,” Regis Philbin is aiming for a bigger primetime talent show geared to the whole family, he told the New York Post’s Page Six. Philbin, who hosted the first season of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” has formed RAF [...]

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Director aims to finish final River Phoenix film

By doris | Published: October 20, 2011

Full Story at MarqueeBlogs.cnn.com Actor River Phoenix passed away during the filming of “Dark Blood” in 1993, but according to the Hollywood Reporter, the film may be finished after all these years. The 23-year-old star of “My Own Private Idaho” and “Running on Empty” died of a drug overdose outside L.A. club The Viper Room [...]

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Jon to Kate: ‘Reality television is not a career’

By doris | Published: September 8, 2011

Full Story at The Clicker.today.com Jon Gosselin made no effort to conceal his joy over the cancellation of “Kate Plus 8,” saying he was “relieved” that the show was over and that his kids could finally have some much needed privacy. And now he has some words of advice for ex-wife Kate, who will be [...]

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Uncle Frank dies

By doris | Published: August 23, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.com There won’t be much laughter tonight. “It is with great sadness that the staff and crew of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ mourn the loss of ‘Uncle Frank’ Potenza,” ABC said in a statement. “Thank you for your kind words about a very kind man — my Uncle Frank — who passed away [...]

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‘Most Wanted’ host says show may go on on another network

By doris | Published: June 16, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — This week marks the final weekly airing of “America’s Most Wanted” on the Fox network after 23 years and 1,153 fugitives nabbed. “I don’t think it’s hit me yet,” said John Walsh, the host and driving force of what he turned into a nationwide crime watch. “Saturday when [...]

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Oprah bids farewell in final show

By doris | Published: May 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey took her final bow in a taped episode that aired Wednesday, marking the end of her 25-year daytime talk show with a tearful goodbye. “You all have been a safe harbor for me,” Winfrey told her audience. “My hope is that you will be [...]

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Inside Oprah’s star-studded farewell

By doris | Published: May 18, 2011

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com More than 150,000 “Oprah Winfrey Show” fans wanted to get in to the talk show host’s star-studded spectacular last night, but just 20,000 fans made it. The lucky ticket holders for tapings of two of Oprah Winfrey’s final shows lined up outside Chicago’s United Center Tuesday afternoon – anxious to escape [...]

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Larry King ends his record-setting run on CNN

By doris | Published: December 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Hollywood, California (CNN) — Larry King, America’s interviewer-in-chief, ended his record-setting career as CNN’s prime-time, talk-show host Thursday night with a serenade from Tony Bennett, a greeting from President Obama and a “Larry King Day” proclamation from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Those guests and others capped his 25-year run behind the [...]

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‘As the World Turns’ stops spinning after 54 years

By doris | Published: September 19, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – It’s the last go-round for “As the World Turns.” TV’s oldest daytime drama aired its final episode Friday, concluding a run that began in April 1956. Always full of emotional turmoil, “World” was set in the mythical town of Oakdale, Ill., where there was no shortage of couplings, [...]

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Celebs leave their hit TV shows to pursue bigger and better things

By doris | Published: March 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (The Frisky) — I know you are really, really upset — but can you stop crying for a second so we can talk about the fact that Katherine Heigl is finally leaving “Grey’s Anatomy?” Long overdue, as far as I’m concerned. She has been annoying me since day one. How bad [...]

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