Up a Crazy ‘river’

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Lovers of “Lost” take heart. ABC has a new mysterious jungle series with the down- river, patrol-boat feel of “Apocalypse Now” and a character with the relentless need for fame of risk-taking idiot Steve Irwin. “The River” is about an expedition to find missing wildlife expert and TV personality Dr...

Fringe fireman

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New York’s Bravest are trained to be ready for just about any disaster. But Bronx firefighter Jason Charles isn’t taking any chances. The 9/11 responder, and father of four, has stockpiled a year’s worth of food and supplies in a storage locker — and keeps a box...

The man who talked Eli on to ‘Letterman’

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Call him “The Late Show” Most Valuable Player — when it comes to the Super Bowl. For the past eight years, “Late Show” producer Brian Teta has snared the winning Super Bowl quarterback for a first appearance on Dave — including Eli Manning’s sitdown with Letterman last night. It takes a...

Talk show guests

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TUESDAY PETER FACINELLI, DIERKS BENTLEY, MICHAEL LOMONACO - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4 SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, MICHAEL WEATHERLY - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 JOAN RIVERS, MELISSA RIVERS, DR. DREW PINSKY - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR - The View...

Audition show in NYC cut

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Sorry, New York — no “American Idol” audition episode for you. Turns out the “Idol” judges never taped a “You’re going to Hollywood” session with the contestants who made it through the first round of auditions that were held last September at New Jersey’s Izod Center. The auditions here...

Starr Report

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Judge Jackie Glass turns to one of her TV heroes to help her decide a case on tomorrow’s episode of “Swift Justice” (11 a.m./Ch. 9). Glass, who’s a huge fan of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise, invited “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss into the...

Eli Manning makes appearance on ‘Late Show’

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Eli Manning told David Letterman this Super Bowl championship is for his teammates. Manning made an appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman" on Monday, a day after the quarterback led the Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots for his second title in five years. <object...

Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBC

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For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in US history. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 111.3 million people watched the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots on Sunday night. That narrowly beat the 111 million...

Love and death

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Even before Kim cut out on Kris, more than 2.5 million fans of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” were consumed with Taylor Armstrong’s crumbling marriage and the rumors (and denials) of her husband Russell’s physical and emotional abuse. When Russell committed suicide last August, many (including...

‘Sister Wives’ challenging Utah’s bigamy law

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A federal judge has given the green light for the stars of “Sister Wives” to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s bigamy law. Kody Brown and his four wives — Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn — sued Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Buhman, Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Mark...