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Old rules don't mean much to broadcasters
Updated: 4 hr ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The most striking thing about the broadcast TV networks announcing their new fall schedules this past week was how little that actually meant. Television schedules seem more like sketches these days. Even the networks admit their prime-time plans for September will be...
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'American Idol' finale draws record low ratings
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the "American Idol" finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show. According to Nielsen Co. figures Friday, Candice Glover's victory over Kree Harrison was watched by 14.3 million viewers. That's a 33 percent drop from the year before, when 21.5 million...
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'Scandal' cast performs finale live for Academy
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget the DVR. Not this time. Not after this long of a wait. Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates. But a crowd of approximately...
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Paper wrap: 'The Office' ends its 8-year run
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — That's a wrap! Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. lives on, but "The Office" has closed shop. The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run. As expected, office manager Dwight wed tempestuous...
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'Psych' stars Roday and Hill tease episode remake
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Two reasons for the popularity of the USA series "Psych" are its inside jokes and theme storylines, like the recent 100th episode inspired by the movie "Clue" that had multiple endings. At the network's annual upfront presentation for advertisers Thursday, James Roday said for...
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'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 years
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — As "The Office" airs its series finale after eight years on NBC, the time feels right to salute the show that spawned it. I'm talking, of course, about the BBC-produced, British version of "The Office," starring a previously unknown scamp named Ricky Gervais, who also served...
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'The Office': Shutting down on NBC after 8 years
FRAZIER MOORE
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) -- As "The Office" airs its series finale after eight years on NBC, the time feels right to salute the show that spawned it. I'm talking, of course, about the BBC-produced, British version of "The Office," starring a previously unknown scamp named Ricky Gervais, who also served...
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'Idol' to crown Harrison or Glover latest champion
DERRIK J. LANG
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One is a little bit country. The other is a little bit R&B. Either country crooner Kree Harrison or vocal powerhouse Candice Glover will be revealed Thursday night as the 12th season champion of "American Idol." The winning finalist of the Fox singing competition will...
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USA network will debut first-ever sitcoms
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The USA television network is looking for laughs, and announced Thursday it will premiere its first-ever situation comedies next winter. The two new series are set to debut around the same time USA begins showing reruns of ABC's "Modern Family." One sitcom, "Sirens," is about...
