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• Obama's Afghan speech seen by 40 million Americans

  Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 8:23 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 40.8 million Americans watched President Barack Obama outline his strategy on U.S. involvement in Afghanistan on prime-time television on Tuesday, audience figures showed on Wednesday. Full Story »

• Brady picks winning door with 'Let's Make a Deal'

  AP – Fri Dec 4, 11:41 am ET
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  LOS ANGELES - Wayne Brady is savoring a big year, with doors opening to him at Carnegie Hall, the White House and, in multiples, on "Let's Make a Deal." Full Story »

• Don't expect same Oprah talk show on OWN network

  Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 7:55 pm ET
  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey's new cable network will feature the media queen in a big way, but fans should not expect her to reprise the talk show that made her famous over the past 25 years, said the CEO of Discovery Communications Inc. Full Story »

• Jack Nicholson among 15 named to NJ Hall of Fame

  AP – Fri Dec 4, 7:08 am ET
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  TRENTON, N.J. - The newest members of New Jersey's Hall of Fame include actors Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito, musicians Les Paul and Count Basie, and authors Philip Roth and Judy Blume. Full Story »

• Taylor Swift inks Comcast video-on-demand deal

  Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 7:03 pm ET
  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - In another sign of its commitment to building content strength, Comcast unveiled an exclusive video-on-demand partnership with country singer Taylor Swift on Wednesday -- a day ahead of a likely announcement of a deal that would give the cable giant a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal. Full Story »

• 'Monk' star Shalhoub calls finale very satisfying

  AP – Thu Dec 3, 10:30 pm ET
  AP

  LOS ANGELES - The final episode of "Monk" has some heavy lifting to do: Resolve Monk's poisoning and whether he survives, uncover his wife's killer or, just maybe, reveal whether Trudy really is alive after all. Full Story »

• Top 10 most-watched shows of the decade

  Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 6:29 pm ET
  Reuters

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A list of the most-watched TV episodes of the decade reads like an exercise in nostalgia. Only one telecast aired after 2006. With the increasingly fractured TV universe, we probably won't see a list quite like this again. Excluding duplicate titles, here are the Top 10 TV series episodes since 2000: Full Story »

• Candy Spelling: Happily back in touch with Tori

  AP – Thu Dec 3, 4:43 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES - Candy Spelling says she's back in touch with daughter Tori and putting reports of their estrangement behind her. Full Story »

• Actress Meredith Baxter says she's a lesbian

  Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 3:56 pm ET
  Reuters

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Meredith Baxter, a star of the 1980's sitcom "Family Ties", said on Wednesday she was a lesbian as media reports and published photos of her and a woman embracing began to surface in public. Full Story »

• Steamy singer Adam Lambert still frozen out by ABC

  AP – Thu Dec 3, 1:29 pm ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - A week after getting dumped from "Good Morning America," glam-rocker Adam Lambert is still in hot water with ABC for his racy performance a couple of days earlier on its "American Music Awards" telecast. Full Story »

• Simon Cowell gambling on Internet Vegas talent show

  Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 11:05 am ET
  Reuters

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British TV and record producer Simon Cowell, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in British and U.S. show business, is planning to bring his "The X Factor" talent show to Las Vegas in a global pay-per-view Internet venture. Full Story »

• Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC

  AP – Thu Dec 3, 11:01 am ET
  AP

  PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable channels and a major movie studio. Full Story »

• CBS wins November TV sweeps; Fox scores big gains

  Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 11:48 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS claimed victory on Tuesday in the key November television sweeps period, but Fox said it was the only broadcast network to show year-on-year gains in both total viewers and the 18-49 year-old age group coveted by advertisers. Full Story »

• Walters spotlights year's Most Fascinating People

  AP – Thu Dec 3, 10:53 am ET
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  NEW YORK - Barbara Walters thinks this year's roster of fascinating people is a little edgier, more current and less obvious than usual. Full Story »

• Matthews apologizes for `enemy camp' remark

  AP – Thu Dec 3, 12:43 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - MSNBC's Chris Matthews apologized on Wednesday for saying that President Barack Obama had traveled to an "enemy camp" at West Point to address the nation on the war in Afghanistan. Full Story »

• 4 Jackson brothers reunite for A&E miniseries

  AP – Wed Dec 2, 4:53 pm ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - As the old saying goes, "If you like this kind of thing, you'll like this." Full Story »

• Actress Meredith Baxter reveals she is a lesbian

  AP – Wed Dec 2, 3:48 pm ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - Meredith Baxter, who played mother Elyse Keaton on the 1980s TV series "Family Ties," has revealed that she is a lesbian. "I am a lesbian, and it was a later-in-life recognition of that fact," the 62-year-old actress said in an interview Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show. Full Story »

• Walters' 'Fascinating People' include Jackson kids

  AP – Wed Dec 2, 11:54 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - Michael Jackson's children are among Barbara Walters' most fascinating people of the year.