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Veteran newsman, PBS host Paul Duke dies
Jul 19 2005 5:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Paul Duke, whose storytelling skills and journalistic evenhandedness set the tone for the venerable public television show "Washington Week in Review," has died of leukemia, his former employer WETA-TV said Tuesday. He was 78.
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CBS' new movies include pope, Stewart
Jul 19 2005 5:27PM (CT)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - An upcoming CBS miniseries about Pope John Paul II is a "papal page turner," the network's programming chief said Tuesday.
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Hemmer joins Fox News Channel as anchor
Jul 19 2005 5:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Hemmer, dumped last month by CNN as co-host of its morning show, has joined archrival Fox News Channel as a daytime anchor.
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ABC's 'Brat Camp' tops 10 million viewers
Jul 19 2005 3:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Poorly behaved teenagers are hot; smart kids, baseball all-stars and amateur rock stars are not. ABC's two-hour premiere of "Brat Camp," a reality show where troubled teens are taught discipline at a wilderness camp, was seen by 10.4 million viewers _ one of only four programs last week to top the 10 million mark.
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Product placements infiltrate TV shows
Jul 19 2005 3:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - They get flush turning TV shows into promotions _ and all you get are these lousy product placements. Beware: Television more and more is shill-o-vision, where commercial breaks still come and go but the commercials never end.
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Gore: New TV channel won't be partisan
Jul 19 2005 6:49AM (CT)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore, co-founder of a new television channel launching next month, said he's shunning politics _ and so is his media venture.
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Shaffer will host benefit for Mike Smith
Jul 19 2005 6:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Shaffer, musical director for "The Late Show With David Letterman," will host two benefit-tribute concerts for Mike Smith, lead singer and keyboard player for the Dave Clark Five, who suffers from spinal cord injuries after an accident at his home in Spain in 2003.
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