Television

• DreamWorks founders give $90 million to Motion Picture & Television Fund

  DreamWorks SKG founders Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen are each donating $30 million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, giving a major boost to the fundraising campaign for one of Hollywood's oldest charities. The total ...

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• Television is loving golf . . . again

  Among all the stories of doom and gloom and how things are tough for golf comes some pretty interesting news from the three networks that cover the PGA Tour on a regular basis, CBS, NBC and Golf Channel.

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• DVR viewing gives some shows a delayed boost in ratings

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• Woody Paige: Broncos' must-see-to-believe television

  Woody Paige: Broncos' must-see-to-believe television. By Woody Paige The Denver Postdenverpost.com. Posted: 10/16/2012 12:01:00 AM MDT.

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• 'Missiles' and the Crisis on Television

  Most historians regard docudramas with extreme suspicion—as well they should. From "Inherit the Wind" to Oliver Stone's "JFK" to "Stuff Happens," David Hare's 2004 play about Gulf War II, most of the best-known examples of the genre, in which a ...

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• NASCAR, Fox announce eight-year, $2.4-billion extension of television contract

  NASCAR and Fox Sports Media Group announced a $2.4-billion, eight-year extension Monday that runs through 2022 and keeps the prestigious Daytona 500 and first third of the Sprint Cup Series on the network.

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• New MMA Themed Television Show Hits Milwaukee in Novemeber

  The Wisconsin airwaves are about to get invaded every Saturday night in November with a new television program dedicated to the area's combative sports scene.

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• Debate planners: We want it to be 'good television'

  The stage was set for Tuesday's presidential debate long before the fuss over the moderator's role became an issue. Details from room temperature to what type of chairs will be used on stage to logistics over facility parking and whether candidates ...

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• PredictGaze Pauses Television Shows When You Exit the Room

  In order for PredictGaze to work, all you need is an inexpensive webcam that sits ontop of your television. The camera scans the room for people, and if none are found, whatever is playing will pause.

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• 'The Bachelor' Lawsuit: Judge Dismisses Television Show's Discrimination Case

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a case filed by two black men who claimed ABC's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" discriminated against casting participants of color.

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• Hulk Hogan sues Bubba the Love Sponge

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• 'Daily Show,' 'SNL,' 'Colbert,' and 'Fallon' writers assemble for New York ...

  "Live from New York…" is Saturday Night Live's proprietary catchprase, but those four iconic words might just as easily describe the best and brightest of American comedy - period.

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• LIN Media completes acquisition of New Vision Television stations

  LIN Media has completed the acquisition of television stations from New Vision Television, taking the number of TV stations LIN Media operates or services to 43, the company said Oct. 12.

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• MTV's 'Underemployed': Underwhelmingly vague

  "Underemployed" is a show in search of an identity. So much so that even creator Craig Wright doesn't know how to peg the new MTV series, describing it in the press notes as simply a "one-hour ensemble.

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• Tarkington woman suing television network A&E

  A lawsuit has been filed in Liberty County against the television network A&E by a Tarkington woman who claims A&E stole her idea for a reality show starring female feral hog hunters.

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• Television | Kennedy daughter focuses on her mom

  Members of the Kennedy family eagerly talk at length - about the right topics.In exchange for listening to the Kennedys talk about poverty, the environment, Special Olympics, mental illness or the legacies of their departed uncles and fathers, an ...

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• Bielat cancels television ad, takes aim at Kennedy in web video

  Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012 11:26 PM EST. (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Republican congressional candidate Sean Bielat has cancelled some local television advertising starting Oct. 22, but his campaign maintains that does not signal trouble.

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• Downton Abbey gay kiss cut by Greek state television

  Greek state television has come under fire from the country's main opposition party and critics for editing out a gay kiss on the premiere of the British period drama Downton Abbey.

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• Shoplifter escapes store with large television

  A shoplifter managed to get away from Walmart, North Main Street, with a 40-inch television Sunday. The suspect, described as white and slender with short brown hair and wearing a yellow t-shirt and jeans, ran down the hill on the north side of the ...

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• Meryl Streep's daughter makes another foray into television

  LOS ANGELES -- In tonight's opening episode of the new CW Network series "Emily Owens, M.D.," the optimistic and adorable doctor played by Mamie Gummer gets into an argument with a young girl about who is a loser.

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