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Betty White to host new NBC reality show

By doris | Published: March 31, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — The unstoppable Betty White is taking on reality TV with a hidden-camera show that turns senior citizens into merry pranksters. NBC has ordered 12 episodes of “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers,” the working title for a series based on a hit Belgian program that has been produced in [...]

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Comcast takes control of NBC Universal

By doris | Published: January 29, 2011

Full Story at  news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES – The nation’s largest cable TV company, Comcast Corp., took control of NBC Universal after the government shackled its behavior in the coming years to protect online video services such as Netflix and Hulu. The deal closed shortly before midnight EST on Friday. The takeover gave the cable-hookup company [...]

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‘Law & Order’ finds real handgun during filming

By doris | Published: November 4, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — The discovery of a real gun brought real police officers to “Law & Order: Los Angeles” during location filming. Series spokeswoman Pam Golum said the NBC crime drama was filming Wednesday in the Culver City area west of downtown Los Angeles when a cameraman spotted the weapon on [...]

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TV correspondent Edwin Newman dies at 91

By doris | Published: September 20, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Edwin Newman, who brought literacy, wit and energy to NBC newscasts for more than three decades, and battled linguistic pretense and clutter in his best sellers “Strictly Speaking” and “A Civil Tongue,” has died. He was 91. Newman died on Aug. 13 of pneumonia in Oxford, England. He [...]

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Old Spice man books NBC talent deal

By doris | Published: June 13, 2010

Full Story athollywoodinsider.EW.com Peddling men’s cologne on top of a horse has been very good for Isaiah Mustafa. The star of the memorable Old Spice commercials has closed a talent deal with NBC, which hopes to add him him to one of the network’s current or new series, Variety reports. Mustafa’s previous credits include small [...]

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NBC takes U-turn with fall lineup after Leno

By doris | Published: May 18, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — NBC learned fairly quickly that Jay Leno at 10 p.m. was not hitting the sweet spot with viewers. But will several brand new scripted shows do any better? As broadcast networks battle it out for prime-time viewers, the peacock network is rolling the dice by returning to what once [...]

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Judgment day nears for some TV series

By doris | Published: February 21, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com It’s getting down to the wire for “Smallville,” “Community” and a slew of other network series stuck in Nielsen purgatory — with just weeks left to go before final verdicts on their fates are handed down. For shows “on the bubble,” these are the times that try showrunners’ souls. Every week [...]

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32.6 million watch opening of Winter Olympics

By doris | Published: February 14, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Television ratings show a strong initial appetite for the Vancouver Olympics on NBC. The Nielsen Co. said an estimated 32.6 million people watched Friday’s opening ceremony. That’s up 48 percent from the 22.2 million people who watched the first night of the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy.

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Expect more late-night talk show drama

By doris | Published: January 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Magnanimous in defeat, which could turn into victory, Conan O’Brien bequeathed “The Tonight Show” back to Jay Leno Friday after first thanking NBC for at least putting him on the map. “This company has been my home for most of my adult life,” he told viewers. “I am enormously [...]

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Conan O’Brien quips about next career move: nudity

By doris | Published: January 24, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com PEOPLE.com) — After an ugly shakeup at NBC over the late-night lineup, Conan O’Brien hosted the “Tonight Show” for the last time Friday. “We’ve a had a lot of fun being here these last seven months, but like everything in life, the fun has to come to an end a decade [...]

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