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  • NBC plans a 12-day-long, 24/7 quiz show this fall

    Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — NBC says it's planning a 12-day-long, around-the-clock competition show to air this fall. The network said Wednesday that the trivia-based game show, "The Million Second Quiz," will air live in prime time from a specially built studio in the heart of Manhattan. This...

  • Captioner sorry for calling Deschanel bomb suspect

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — A TV captioning service has apologized for misidentifying "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel (ZOH'-ee deh-shuh-NEHL') as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on a Texas news broadcast. Lawrence, Kan.-based Caption Solutions says it and its captioner "deeply regret" the...

  • TV-over-Internet service Aereo expands to Boston

    Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15. With prices starting at $8 a month, Aereo will offer 28 Boston-area broadcast channels, plus the cable channel Bloomberg TV. Service...

  • More than 40 million watch end of manhunt

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 42 million people watched the last hour of Friday's manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect on television. That was the Nielsen company's estimate Monday of the number of people watching ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel or MSNBC during the hour that ended at...

  • Khloe Kardashian out on 'X Factor'

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — Khloe Kardashian is left out following the latest game of musical chairs on "The X Factor." Fox said Monday that while Mario Lopez is returning this fall as host of Simon Cowell's music competition series, Kardashian will not be joining him. Cowell's series, which has never...

  • Khloe Kardashian out as 'X Factor' judge

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) — Khloe Kardashian is left out following the latest game of musical chairs on "The X Factor." Fox said Monday that while Mario Lopez is returning this fall as host of Simon Cowell's music competition series, Kardashian will not be joining him. Cowell's series, which has never...