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  • A thumbnail sketch of NBC's plans for fall season

    By DAVID BAUDER | 05/13/13 06:05 PM

    Some highlights of NBC's moves in its schedule for next season. WHAT'S NEW: A lot. The long-struggling network invested heavily in new programming and has ordered 17 new series for next season. John Malkovich as Blackbeard. James Spader as a wanted fugitive. Dracula brought to life. A cops...

  • Mainstream Media Scream: MSNBC's Chris Hayes belittles 'Benghazi day'

    By Paul Bedard | 05/13/13 02:50 PM

    This week's Mainstream Media Scream features MSNBC host Chris Hayes on "All In" delighting in how the Cleveland kidnappings and the Jodi Arias murder conviction overshadowed the Benghazi hearings: "Today was set up to be a big day, a very big day for Roger Ailes, the Fox Network, Drudge Report...

  • Soledad O'Brien: 'OK, white person, this is a conversation you clearly are uncomfortable with'

    By Paul Bedard | 05/13/13 02:50 PM

    Soledad O'Brien, recently yanked from her morning show "Starting Point" on CNN, plans to continue her focus on racial issues and is charging that whites are afraid of dealing with the nation's black-white division. O'Brien, just named a distinguished visiting fellow at Harvard's Graduate...

  • Speakeasy: What ABC employees do when they retire

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/13/13 02:05 PM

    "I say we go on 'Dancing With the Stars!' " - Disney CEO Bob Iger's suggestion when Barbara Walters asked what they should do after they both retire. Speaking on ABC's "The View," naturally Iger suggested another ABC show. Iger is retiring in 2015 and "The View" co-host Walters announced...

  • Royalty, TV aliens part of British invasion of D.C.

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/12/13 04:55 PM

    Daleks from "Doctor Who" invaded Embassy Row on Saturday, another British invasion just a day after Prince Harry visited. The rain didn't keep the crowds away from this year's EU Open House, where embassies ranging from Italy to Belgium opened their gates and gave away free tote bags to...

  • Neil Patrick Harris to return as Tony Awards host

    05/09/13 06:20 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Neil Patrick Harris will be back for his fourth turn as host of the Tony Awards. The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, joint producers of the show that honors the best of Broadway, said Thursday the 67th annual awards will be broadcast live by CBS from Radio City...

  • NBC orders 5 new TV series for next season

    By DAVID BAUDER | 05/09/13 06:20 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Sean Hayes, Parker Posey, Minnie Driver and Gillian Anderson will have prominent roles in new television series that NBC has decided to air next season. The network said Thursday that it had ordered five new series, in advance of its annual schedule announcement Sunday. That's...

  • Susan Lucci, Alex Trebek and 'Barney' donate items to Smithsonian

    By Nikki Schwab | 05/09/13 03:25 PM

    Daytime television got its day at the museum Thursday, as "Barney" co-creator Kathy Parker and her composer husband, Phil, "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek and "All My Children" star Susan Lucci all donated items to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Lucci signed over a pink gown...

  • Scranton shared close bond with NBC's 'The Office'

    By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | 05/08/13 06:15 PM

    SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- NBC's long-running "The Office" was a faux documentary about cubicle life. The Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. didn't exist. Try telling that to merchants, tourism officials and regular folks here in the real-world city of 76,000, for whom the Emmy-winning...

  • Kevin Spacey talks WHCD's 'House of Nerds'

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/08/13 05:40 PM

    "House of Nerds," a video shown at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that spoofs the dinner and the politics that surround it, was a year in the making. Kevin Spacey said the idea originated after last year's dinner, even before "House of Cards" became a Netflix phenomenon. "By the time...


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