May 11 2012
I don't know if "Downton Abbey" fans out there caught the very clever allusion to the PBS hit in Wednesday night's episode of "Modern Family," which was (mostly) set in Disneyland.
In the scene, an irritated Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) is talking on his cell phone to partner...
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May 09 2012
Welcome back to a familiar face.
TV vet Joan Lunden will co-anchor the "PIX11 Morning News" today (8-9 a.m./Ch. 11) with Sukanya Krishnan and Frances Rivera.
The former "Good Morning America" co-anchor was coming in for an interview during the 7 a.m. hour of the "Morning News...
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May 09 2012
Ex-NFL star and reality TV regular Terrell Owens was blitzed on “Dr. Phil” yesterday by three women who claim he’s dropped the ball regarding child support.
Owens, 38 — the former Eagles, Cowboys, Bills, 49ers and Bengals receiver known as “T.O.” — has fathered four children (two boys, two girls...
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May 08 2012
"Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller is ready for her closeup -- in a role that hits very close to home.
The love-her/hate-her czarina of Pittsburgh's Abby Lee Miller Dance Company featured on Lifetime's "Dance Moms" will make her series acting debut in an episode of the...
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May 08 2012
ABC News and Spanish-language TV giant Univision are teaming for a new network aimed at English-speaking and bilingual viewers.
The new network, which will also have an online component, will “include America’s first English-language channel for English-dominant and bilingual Hispanics,” according to a joint release from ABC and Univision...
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May 08 2012
While foodies hunt for the next hot restaurant, the people who make food TV — channels like the Food Network and Bravo — are quietly searching for the next big thing in a type of TV that’s getting old faster than clotted cream.
“I think the old dump-and-stir shows won’t...
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May 04 2012
Getting a reality show onto the air? Meh, big deal.
But getting a reality show onto The Weather Channel, of all places — and with a topical hook — well, that’s something else entirely.
I’m referring here to “Iron Men,” which premieres this Tuesday as part of The Weather Channel...
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May 04 2012
Fox is taking the dating-show genre for a spin.
In “The Choice,” premiering June 7 with host Cat Deeley, four (male) celebrity bachelors will sit in rotating chairs with their backs to potential dates — relying on the women’s voices to choose their potential love interests.
“I’ve always liked...
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May 04 2012
Maybe the Knicks should start the season late every year.
No matter what happened in last night’s do-or-die first-round playoff game against Miami, the Knicks slam-dunked their highest regular-season ratings ever on MSG.
Even with the season delayed until late December, due to the lockout, the Knicks averaged a...
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May 03 2012
I wrote several stories last week, for The Post's TV section, about the back-and-forth battle between "Today" and "Good Morning America." The folks at "GMA" predicted their show would win the week -- for the second time in three weeks -- if the numbers held up.
Well, they held...
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