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Country music awards boost ABC in the ratings (AP)
AP - Country music helped ABC to its best ratings week in more than a year.
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List of top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsens (AP)
AP - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Co. for Nov. 9-15. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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California sets limits on energy-gulping TVs (Reuters)
Reuters - California regulators on Wednesday gave final approval to the nation's first mandatory energy curbs on television sets, a growing but often-overlooked power drain that accounts for 10 percent of home electric bills in the state.
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Brian Williams lauds Cronkite in award acceptance (AP)
AP - NBC newsman Brian Williams said Wednesday he's not sure if Walter Cronkite would have succeeded in the age of cable news, blogs and Twitter.
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NY 'Wife Swap' couple plead guilty in federal case (AP)
AP - A New York couple whose lavish lifestyle was featured on an episode of the ABC reality show "Wife Swap" have pleaded guilty to federal charges in Buffalo of hiding money from the government.
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Cleopatra in the wings, ETO takes opera to people (Reuters)
Reuters - Ken Allcock, 66, had never seen an opera and his wife Eileen hadn't been in about 50 years, but both were enchanted by Handel's "Tolomeo," brought to their hometown of Malvern by English Touring Opera.
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Janet Jackson: Michael in denial over drug problem (AP)
AP - Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael's drug problem, and tried to help him, but that he rebuffed those attempts to intervene.
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Oscars choose MTV awards veteran to direct show (AP)
AP - Academy Awards overseers have chosen an entertainment veteran to direct the next Oscar show.
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Novel captures New York's 400 years in 900 pages (Reuters)
Reuters - A large, protected harbor and a river route to the north made the tip of Manhattan an attractive spot for a Dutch settlement some 400 years ago.
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Ian Somerhalder juggles 'Vampire Diaries,' 'Lost' (AP)
AP - Ian Somerhalder is in two of TV's hottest show — but can't say much about either.
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'Fringe' star John Noble celebrates weird science (AP)
AP - Dr. Walter Bishop follows in a long line of mad scientists. An unbalanced genius like Bishop going at it in his lab is a pop-culture staple. Or even, some would say, a cliche.
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3 celebs head to 'Dancing With the Stars' final (AP)
AP - Model Joanna Krupa is leaving "Dancing With the Stars."
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Jason Lee sings "Delta Blues" (Reuters)
Reuters - "My Name Is Earl" star Jason Lee is jumping back into TV as the lead in "Delta Blues," a pilot for cable network TNT that's executive produced by George Clooney.
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Jay-Z, Will Smith back Broadway show "Fela!" (Reuters)
Reuters - Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have officially signed on as co-producers of "Fela!," a musical about Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti that opens Monday (November 23) on Broadway.
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Bob Saget books "Strange" reality series (Reuters)
Reuters - Bob Saget will travel the country exploring strange American subcultures in a new reality series on A&E.
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Gretchen Mol strolls onto HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" (Reuters)
Reuters - Gretchen Mol has joined HBO's upcoming period drama series "Boardwalk Empire" in the recurring role of a showgirl.
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MTV nabs rights to Michael Jackson documentary (Reuters)
Reuters - The network that introduced millions to Michael Jackson will air his final performance. MTV Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. television rights to the posthumous documentary "Michael Jackson's This Is It."
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A model dancer gone: 3 stars advance to finals (AP)
AP - Model Joanna Krupa is leaving "Dancing With the Stars."
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Edward Woodward, British Stage Actor and Star of "The Equalizer," Dies at 79 (Playbill)
Playbill - Edward Woodward, a British actor whose long career as a respected stage actor was accented by two famous television turns playing spies, as the star of both "Callan" and "The Equalizer," died on Nov. 16 in Truro, Cornwall, England. He was 79 and lived in London and Cornwall.
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Fox's Major Garrett gets Obama interview (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama will give an interview to Fox News Channel's Major Garrett, perhaps signaling a thaw in relations between the network and administration.
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