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Not much. That's the short answer. Wrote this for today's paper but it did not appear for some reason, so here it is: Oprah Winfrey's show drives viewers to early evening newscasts in many TV markets, but in recent years the show has routinely placed third in overall ratings in its 4 p.m. weekday time slot on Pittsburgh's WTAE behind
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This summer I wrote about social media sites and made note of several celebrities I talked to at press tour who said they were not on Facebook or Twitter at that time. But people posting under their names were on these sites. This week a friend pointed out a fake that's particularly funny: A faux Andy Rooney , confirmed as fake by CBS, on Twitter
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A couple years ago, Discovery Channel introduced a winning image spot called "Boom-d-ah-da." Now the networks has revived it , using the same song and setting it to different images: *** I received an e-mail from Joe Kwaczala, a former North Allegheny student who says I quoted him in a Keep or Cancel? poll column a few years back . He's
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Fox sent out this release with characters from its shows talking about what they give thanks for . These lines were generated by writers on the assorted series. Here's what they had to say: THE SIMPSONS airs Sundays (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT): Homer Simpson - "I am truly thankful there are now THREE football games on Thanksgiving, so I can spend
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There's nothing entertaining in the 64-minute HBO documentary "Terror in Mumbai" (8 tonight), a harrowing, disturbing chronicle of last year's terrorist attacks in India. If anything, the horror on display made me feel guilty for enjoying the faux terrorism used as entertainment in shows like "24" and "Sleeper Cell."
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CBS's "New Adventures of Old Christine" (8 tonight, KDKA) was the perfect alternate option when ABC was still airing the odious "Hank" in the 8 p.m. Wednesday time slot. Even with "Hank" gone, "Christine" is still an amusing sitcom. It's not the best written comedy in prime time, but star Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Can't networks wait until after Thanksgiving to start rolling out the holiday specials? Tonight at 8, NBC debuts "Merry Madagascar," based on the popular Dreamworks "Madagascar" franchise. Here's the logline: "Merry Madagascar" begins when Santa (Carl Reiner) and his sleigh unexpectedly crash land on the island
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Over the years the one TV term that seems to throw newspaper editors and copy editors for a loop is the term showrunner . I guess maybe it is a little foreign sounding in the way it puts two words together and precisely describes the job of the person who runs a TV show, but because it's so direct, I'm always surprised when people don't
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National Geographic Channel goes on another "Expedition Week" beginning Sunday with a roster of new programs designed to goose viewer interest in the channel with sensational titles such as: -- "Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers" (9 p.m. Sunday) -- "Expedition Great White" (9 p.m. Monday) -- "Hunt for the Samurai
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Tonight at 8 WQED premieres its latest pilot of a proposed children's' series, "Science Mission 101," which will also be available for other PBS stations nationwide to air. Aimed at middle school students, it's a more au courant series than "Teens on Q," using a format inspired by reality shows to pit two teams of three