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Something new to binge-watch: TV's rich history of itself

Thursday, 7 June 2018, 09:36 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Diahann Carroll recalls a date with Marlon Brando that yielded a slap and career advice. Robert Adler tells how he co-invented the TV remote control. Walter Cronkite shares his dismay over learning...

Netflix says it has signed Barack and Michelle Obama

Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 09:32 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Barack and Michelle Obama are getting into the television business with Monday's announcement that they had signed a multi-year deal with Netflix. The former president and first lady have formed...

Kimmel, Meyers, Colbert are truth-tellers at TV events

Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 09:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

For one week each May, some of television's best-known comics take on a new role as the little devils perched on the shoulders of their bosses. Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and...

'Fauda' makes Israeli-Palestinian conflict a must-see TV hit

Monday, 4 June 2018, 09:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

When the Israeli creators of the Netflix show "Fauda" first came up with its concept, they doubted whether an action series based on the never-ending Mideast conflict would make for must-see...

CBS looks back for its reboot-heavy new TV season

Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:46 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

— Glance at next season's schedule for CBS and you could be forgiven for wondering what decade it is. The network is adding remakes of 1980s series "Murphy Brown" and "Magnum, P.I." to a...

Broadcast networks go for milk-and-cookies comfort this fall

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 11:13 Last update: about 7 years ago

If provocative, psyche-jangling shows like "The Handmaid's Tale" are your taste, head directly to streaming or cable. But if you're feeling the urge for milk-and-cookies comfort, broadcast television...

'Arrested Development' stars stand by co-star Tambor

Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 11:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The creator and executive producer of "Arrested Development" acknowledges that some people will not like his decision to keep Jeffrey Tambor on the show after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced...

ABC says 'Roseanne' will concentrate on family, not politics

Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 11:09 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Expect "Roseanne" to cool it on politics and concentrate on family stories when it returns for the second season of its revival next year. That was the word Tuesday from ABC Entertainment chief...

A watchdog group asks Netflix to pull '13 Reasons Why'

Monday, 28 May 2018, 11:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A media watchdog group is calling on Netflix to pull its "13 Reasons Why" series because of potentially harmful content. The Parents Television Council describes the second season of the series...

With exposes, book and TV deals, Farrow on run of a lifetime

Friday, 25 May 2018, 11:02 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Perhaps the least surprising aspect of The New Yorker magazine's story on abuse allegations against New York's attorney general last week was Ronan Farrow's name on it as one of the...

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