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Serving Up Rockers, Out of Their Shells

 

Published 81 minutes ago by By JONAH WEINER at NYT > Television

A new cooking show on the Independent Film Channel combines invites musicians into the kitchen.

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Familiar Faces Chasing Perps and Plots

 

Published 105 minutes ago by By NEIL GENZLINGER at NYT > Television

Steven Seagal and Jesse Ventura each have a taste of reality, to varying degrees, on two new programs coming to cable.

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Film: Opening Wide His (Repaired) Heart

 

Published 5 hours ago by By DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

After heart surgery, the comedian Robin Williams has become more introspective and more grateful for what he has.

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A Daytime Network Franchise Bets on Her Future With Cable

 

Published 21 hours ago by By BRIAN STELTER and BILL CARTER at NYT > Television

The media mogul Oprah Winfrey will end her daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” in 2011 as she prepares to start a cable channel of her own.

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Google to Caption YouTube Videos

 

Published 23 hours ago by By MIGUEL HELFT at NYT > Television

The move is the first major step toward making millions of videos accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people.

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Arts, Briefly: Crime Pays for CBS

 

Published 23 hours ago by By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

CBS finished first in the ratings on Wednesday with a crime-filled lineup.

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Nickelodeon’s Stepchild, Eager for More Love

 

Published 23 hours ago by By DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

As the musical children’s show “Yo Gabba Gabba!” continues to take significant steps into mainstream popular culture, its producers crave more support from its network.

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Arts, Briefly: Sarah Palin Generates High Ratings for ‘Oprah’

 

Published 47 hours ago by By BRIAN STELTER; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

Sarah Palin delivered the highest audience in two years to “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Monday.

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Arts, Briefly: Even With Locklear, ‘Melrose’ Lacks Bloom

 

Published 47 hours ago by By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

The return of Heather Locklear to “Melrose Place” did little to improve that CW drama’s ratings.

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Television Review | 'Terror in Mumbai': Using Tapes and a Timeline to Trace the Mumbai Massacre

 

Published 48 hours ago by By MIKE HALE at NYT > Television

“Terror in Mumbai,” a new HBO documentary having its premiere on Thursday, uses interviews, videos and intercepted calls to untangle the attacks in that Indian city last November.

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Arts, Briefly: New ‘Oprah’ Spinoff for Interior Designer

 

Published 2 days ago by By BRIAN STELTER; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

Oprah Winfrey’s production company is proposing a daytime talk show starring Nate Berkus, an interior designer and a regular on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

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Arts, Briefly: ‘This Is It’ on MTV

 

Published 2 days ago by By BEN SISARIO; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

MTV Networks has acquired exclusive television rights to the Michael Jackson concert film “This Is It” for six years beginning in 2011, the company said on Tuesday.

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Ken Ober, Host of ‘Remote Control’ on TV, Dies at 52

 

Published 3 days ago by By DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

Mr. Ober was a brassy comedian best known as the host of the 1980s-era MTV game show “Remote Control.”

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Edward Woodward, Star of Spy Series, Dies at 79

 

Published 3 days ago by By BRUCE WEBER at NYT > Television

Mr. Woodward was a British actor with a long résumé in television and theater who was best known in the United States as the star of “The Equalizer.”

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Arts, Briefly: Football Rules TV

 

Published 3 days ago by By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by LARRY ROHTER at NYT > Television

NBC’s coverage of the New England Patriots-Indianapolis Colts game delivered the highest ratings for a “Sunday Night Football” broadcast since September.

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Arts, Briefly: Larry Charles Returning to Network Television

 

Published 3 days ago by Compiled by LARRY ROHTER at NYT > Television

After devoting most of his energy in recent years to feature films and cable, the writer, director and producer Larry Charles is returning to network television.

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Arts, Briefly: Writer of ‘Secret Diary’ Comes Forward

 

Published 3 days ago by Compiled by LARRY ROHTER at NYT > Television

A British scientist, Brooke Magnanti, told The Sunday Times of London that she was Belle de Jour, the escort whose sexual experiences inspired “Secret Diary of a Call Girl.”

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Television Review | 'Frontline: A Death in Tehran': That Face of Protest in Iran, Fading Fast

 

Published 3 days ago by By NEIL GENZLINGER at NYT > Television

“A Death in Tehran,” Tuesday’s “Frontline” on PBS, explores the murder of the Iranian protester Neda Agha-Soltan.

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The TV Watch: Palin Onstage, Still Moving Off Message

 

Published 3 days ago by By ALESSANDRA STANLEY at NYT > Television

Sarah Palin’s appearance Monday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” looked less like a celebratory comeback than a redo of the presidential campaign.

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A Market Segment ‘Glee’ Can Call Its Own: Theater Folk

 

Published 4 days ago by By PATRICIA COHEN at NYT > Television

“Glee,” Fox’s hourlong musical comedy series, has become a cult favorite among the theater community in New York.

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John J. O’Connor, a Times TV Critic in Years of Industry Upheaval, Dies at 76

 

Published 4 days ago by By ANITA GATES at NYT > Television

Mr. O’Connor was as a television critic for The New York Times for more than 25 years.

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Arts, Briefly: Lou Dobbs to Visit ‘O’Reilly’

 

Published 4 days ago by Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS at NYT > Television

Lou Dobbs is scheduled to appear as a guest on Monday night’s edition of “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News, Variety reported.

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Video Game Review | New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Mario and Luigi, Back to the Wii: The More Players, the Deadlier

 

Published 5 days ago by By SETH SCHIESEL at NYT > Television

New Super Mario Bros. Wii is nothing close to a casual party game. It will drive many children into a tantrum or a sulk.

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A Sapphic Victory, but Pyrrhic

 

Published 5 days ago by By FRANK BRUNI at NYT > Television

The appearance of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi on Oprah Winfrey’s show underscored how tough it is to figure out where Americans stand on same-sex marriage.

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Phenomenon: The Price of Free

 

Published 6 days ago by By NICHOLAS CARR at NYT > Television

What will happen to TV if we all stream shows from the Web.

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A Shtick With a Thousand Lives

 

Published 6 days ago by By ARI KARPEL at NYT > Television

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner look back on their 2,000 Year Old Man routine, which is being reissued on disc.

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It Turns Out You Can Say That On Television, Over and Over

 

Published 6 days ago by By EDWARD WYATT at NYT > Television

Research has shown that vulgarities are being used more often, and in earlier hours, on prime-time broadcast television,.

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Television Review | 'Lopez Tonight': Late-Night Revolution? In Taste, Perhaps

 

Published 6 days ago by By MIKE HALE at NYT > Television

The first week of “Lopez Tonight” was business as usual: a comedian on an ugly set telling jokes and making fawning chit-chat with celebrities.

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Television: Filming a Friendship, Founded on Film

 

Published 7 days ago by By MATT ZOLLER SEITZ at NYT > Television

“No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,” to be shown Tuesday on “Independent Lens” on PBS, is an account of the long friendship between two influential filmmakers.

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David Lloyd, 75, Dies; Wrote ‘Chuckles’ Episode

 

Published 7 days ago by By BRUCE WEBER at NYT > Television

Mr. Lloyd wrote scores of scripts for some of the most popular television sitcoms of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90’s.

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Television Review | 'The Prisoner': Rethinking of a Number Between 1 and 10

 

Published 7 days ago by By ALESSANDRA STANLEY at NYT > Television

There was no single archvillain in “The Prisoner,” which was one of the many distinctions of that legendary late-60s spy series.

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Arts, Briefly: Journalist Gets Book Deal

 

Published 7 days ago by Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

Euna Lee, a journalist who was arrested by North Korea and jailed for nearly five months, will write a book detailing her experiences.

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Arts, Briefly: Country Awards on Top

 

Published 7 days ago by By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

The Country Music Association Awards earned its most viewers in four years on Wednesday and lifted ABC to No. 1 in the night’s ratings.

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Television Review | 'Masterpiece Contemporary: Collision': Unsnarling a Knotty Ball of Secrets, British Style

 

Published 7 days ago by By MIKE HALE at NYT > Television

“Collision,” a “Masterpiece Contemporary” mini-series beginning on Sunday on PBS, raises an old question: why are the British so much better at this sort of thing than we are?

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Magazine Preview: The Octomom and Her Babies Prepare for Prime Time

 

Published 8 days ago by By JOHN BOWE at NYT > Television

The true-life tale of the true-life tale of the making of the Nadya Suleman story.

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Music Review: New Levels of Inclusion at Country Music Awards

 

Published 8 days ago by By JON CARAMANICA at NYT > Television

Taylor Swift, 19, became the youngest Entertainer of the Year, and Darius Rucker was the first African-American to win New Artist of the Year.

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Among Late-Night Writers, Few Women in the Room

 

Published 8 days ago by By BILL CARTER at NYT > Television

Very few women make it inside the writing rooms for late-night television hosts, despite the fact that women make up a larger proportion of their audience than men.

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Arts, Briefly: ‘Sesame Street’ Responds to Dispute

 

Published 9 days ago by Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

An executive for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization that produces “Sesame Street,” said a segment on the show that upset political conservatives was “equal-opportunity parody.”

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Arts, Briefly: ‘V’ Audience Plunges

 

Published 9 days ago by By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Television

The audience for ABC’s “V” on Tuesday fell substantially from its premiere a week ago, attracting 10.6 million viewers compared with 14.4 million for its debut.

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Video Game Review | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Choices in Infiltrating a Terrorist Cell

 

Published 9 days ago by By SETH SCHIESEL at NYT > Television

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, developed by Infinity Ward and released by Activision this week, thrusts the player into the harrowing experience of modern terrorism.

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Television Review | 'Ultimate Factories': New Cars for the Subway, Old Ones for the Deep

 

Published 9 days ago by By NEIL GENZLINGER at NYT > Television

Thursday’s episode of the National Geographic Channel’s “Ultimate Factories” pays a visit to the plants that produce New York City subway cars.

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A ‘Gossip Girl’ Look, Pronto!

 

Published 9 days ago by By SARAH MASLIN at NYT > Television

Blake Lively's tousled tresses are in demand, but hard to achieve.

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Carl Ballantine, Slapstick Magician, Dies at 92

 

Published 9 days ago by By BRUCE WEBER at NYT > Television

Mr. Ballantine was an inveterate quipmeister whose stand-up comedy persona predated and influenced the antic characters of Steve Martin and others.

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Opposites on Ice Find a New Rhythm Together

 

Published 9 days ago by By MICHELINE MAYNARD at NYT > Television

Recipe for Canadian TV success: Take former N.H.L. players and pair them with Canadian figure skating champions; add ice dancing routines and judges; then let viewers vote.

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Arts, Briefly: Twitter Book and Now TV Show

 

Published 10 days ago by By DAVID CARR; Compiled by MELENA RYZIK at NYT > Television

Justin Halpern, the author of a rather tartly named Twitter account, has landed a book deal and a deal with CBS for a comedy based on the premise.

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Arts, Briefly: Viewers Love ‘Dancing’

 

Published 10 days ago by By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by MELENA RYZIK at NYT > Television

A two-hour installment of “Dancing With the Stars” attracted 17.6 million viewers on Monday, helping ABC rank No. 1 on the night as the most-watched network.

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A ‘Prisoner’ With New Questions

 

Published 10 days ago by By LARRY ROHTER at NYT > Television

A new version of the cult spy series, beginning on Sunday on AMC, offers a thoroughly revamped take on one of the most enduring television artifacts of the counterculture era.

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Television Review | 'Return to Duty': From Peaceful Gettysburg to the Battlefield of Iraq

 

Published 10 days ago by By NEIL GENZLINGER at NYT > Television

“Return to Duty,” which has its premiere on Wednesday night on MTV, is an offshoot of the “Real World” series but it might be the most affecting of the Veterans Day programs this week.

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‘Ghost Hunters’ Seeks Spirits and Ratings

 

Published 10 days ago by By BRIAN STELTER at NYT > Television

The SyFy reality series, which launches its first spin-off, “Ghost Hunters Academy,” on Wednesday, has caused its producers to believe in the power of paranormal programming.

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Carl Ballantine, Comedian Who Played a Magician, Dies at 92

 

Published 10 days ago by By BRUCE WEBER at NYT > Television

Mr. Ballantine was an inveterate quipmeister whose stand-up comedy persona predated and influenced the antic characters of Steve Martin and others.

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