Category Archives: Television

Heather Locklear taken to Calif. hospital

By doris | Published: January 13, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Heather Locklear was taken to a Southern California hospital for precautionary reasons Thursday after an emergency call was made from her home, authorities said. Paramedics and sheriff’s deputies responded Thursday afternoon to Locklear’s home in Westlake Village, which is 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Locklear [...]

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Benson’s new love interest on ‘SVU’? Harry Connick Jr.!

By doris | Published: January 9, 2012

Full Story at TheClicker.today.msnbc.msn.com Love is in the air for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’s” Det. Olivia Benson! NBC has announced that actor and musician Harry Connick Jr. will be guest starring over multiple episodes as Executive Assistant District Attorney David Haden beginning with the Jan. 18 episode. “I’m really excited because I get [...]

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Is “Work It’ worst TV show ever?

By doris | Published: January 6, 2012

Full Story at TheClicker.msnbc.msn.com It’s hard to remember a new TV show that earned such universally horrible reviews as ABC’s “Work It,” which premiered last night. The sitcom focuses on two unemployed men who dress up like women to find jobs. Stars Lee Standish and Amaury Nolasco may have to try that trick soon, because [...]

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David Letterman’s blackmailer gets new TV job

By doris | Published: December 31, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Robert “Joe” Halderman, the former CBS News producer who went to jail for trying to blackmail David Letterman, has secured a job at “On the Case with Paula Zahn,” a weekly news magazine on the Investigation Discovery Channel. TheWrap confirmed that Halderman has already started working with “On [...]

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7 new shows worth getting excited about in 2012

By doris | Published: December 30, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com ‘Smash’ (NBC, Feb. 6)Dear anyone who has heard this is “NBC’s version of ‘Glee,’ ” please grab a Brillo pad, some bleach, and scrub out your brain. (TODAY.com is powered by msnbc.com, which is a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC Universal.) “Smash” could not be further away in tone, style [...]

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FCC acts to quiet blaring TV commercials

By doris | Published: December 27, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — U.S. communications regulators cracked down on excessively loud TV commercials on Tuesday, implementing a bill passed last year to quiet commercials to the same volume as the programs they accompany. The Federal Communications Commission has been fielding viewer complaints about loud commercials almost as long as commercial television has [...]

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Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees list

By doris | Published: December 20, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — The Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday picked nominees for best performances of 2011 in movies and television. While the group that represents actors honors TV performances, the SAG Awards are more closely watched for their impact in the race for Oscars.  Mary Tyler Moore will be given a [...]

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Scott Baio is not dead, despite Twitter trend

By doris | Published: December 16, 2011

Full Story at Scoop.today.msnbc.msn.com If you’re the type to follow trends on Twitter, you might have noticed that #RIPScottBaio is trending. If you’re the type of person who gets their facts from Wikipedia, you might have then learned that he “died on December 14, 2011 of a diaper-related illness.” If any of the above news [...]

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Lifetime is remaking ‘The Blue Lagoon’

By doris | Published: December 11, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — It sealed Brooke Shields’ status as a teen star (and, trivia, made her the first-ever recipient of the Worst Actress Razzie), and now Lifetime is going to remake the 1980 drama “The Blue Lagoon.” Lifetime confirmed to TheWrap the made-for-TV do-over will be produced by Neil Meron and [...]

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‘M*A*S*H’ star Harry Morgan dies

By doris | Published: December 7, 2011

Full Story at entertainment.msnbc.msn.com msnbc.com Emmy-winning character actor Harry Morgan, whose portrayal of the fatherly Col. Potter on television’s “M*A*S*H” highlighted a show business career that included nine other TV series, 50 films and the Broadway stage, died Wednesday. He was 96. His daughter-in-law, Beth Morgan, told The Associated Press the actor died at his [...]

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