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- To millions, Oprah's not a megastar, just a BFF - 07:32 AM
- TV retailer QVC joins `Black Friday' frenzy - 07:02 AM
- Disney takes 'High School Musical' to China - 11:55 PM
- Stars come out for CNN Heroes ceremony - 09:13 AM
- International Emmys to honor David Frost - 09:03 AM
TV pick: Jon, Kate still aren't doing that great
Five seasons. That's all it took to turn Jon and Kate Gosselin into enemies. Now their obviously troubled marriage is coming to an end and America gets to return to the scene of the crime one last time. - 11/23/2009
Saturday TV pick
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' sports more blue humor
Sure, the current season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has been all about "Seinfeld" and reuniting the cast. But clearly, given the subject matter and the language, star and creator Larry David is enjoying the fact that the show is on HBO and not NBC. Sadly the raunchy, silly times that made up a pre-tay, pre-tay funny, if not blasphemous, season seven will come to an end at 9 p.m. Sunday. - 11/21/2009
Oprah says prayer, consideration influenced exit
Oprah Winfrey says her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Winfrey said Friday that her decision to end "The Oprah Winfrey Show" came "after much prayer and careful thought." - 11/20/2009
For Oprah, 25th season to be talk show's last
Talk show goddess Oprah Winfrey is ending an era. Her production company, Chicago-based Harpo Productions Inc., said Thursday that the iconic host will announce today on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that her syndicated program will end in 2011. - 11/20/2009
Trebek tours Ford plant before 'Jeopardy!' taping
Dearborn -- Alex Trebek, host of "Jeopardy!," one of the nation's most popular quiz shows, made a rare visit to Metro Detroit Thursday to tape clues for the show at Ford Motor Co. - 11/20/2009
New on kid vid
'Farscape' series megaset offers good sci-fi fun
This week's new releases for kids, teens and families, from the sci-fi adventure of "Farscape" to the more personal story behind "Is Anybody There." - 11/20/2009
'Chef' is latest in reality soup
The new "Chef Academy," in which Britain-based French celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli comes to Los Angeles to "test" a new cooking school, is not actually a "Top Chef" spinoff, but the title does share the key word, which is enough to create a brand association in the viewer's mind. - 11/20/2009
Friday TV pick
Matthew Bomer more than a pretty face in 'White Collar'
Actor Matthew Bomer is a good-looking guy. Fans have been admiring his handsomeness ever since he starred in 2007's short-lived ABC show "Traveler." - 11/20/2009
Oprah to announce Friday show will end in 2011
Chicago -- "The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that began as a local Chicago talk show and grew over two decades into the foundation of a media empire worth billions, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night. - 11/19/2009
D.C. politics draws Hollywood shows
It may be up for debate whether Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people, as the joke goes, but there's little doubt that the television industry likes what it sees in the nation's capital. - 11/19/2009
Soap star Catherine Hickland to stop in Novi
Metro Detroiters will have the chance to meet and greet Catherine Hickland, who plays the role of Lindsay Rappaport on the ABC daytime drama "One Life to Live," when she stops by McDonald's in Novi on Friday. Hickland, who's appeared on the soap opera for the past 11 years, is also an author and cosmetic owner. - 11/19/2009
WJBK-TV will stream tree lighting
Bummed about not being able to attend the Detroit Tree Lighting Ceremony at Campus Martius Park this year? Don't worry. WJBK-TV (Channel 2) is streaming live video of the sixth annual event on its Web site, www.MyFoxDetroit.com, beginning at 6:43 p.m. Friday. - 11/19/2009
Thursday TV pick
See through terrorists' eyes on HBO
Enter the mind of a terrorist when the HBO documentary "Terror in Mumbai" airs at 8 tonight. Narrated by Mumbai-born, CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria, the graphic and honest film takes viewers back to the evening of Nov. 26, 2008, when 10 young Pakistani men outsmarted the authorities and began unleashing frighteningly effective coordinated attacks across the city. - 11/19/2009
Wednesday TV pick
'Glee' plots push the envelope
Fox's hit musical comedy "Glee" seems like a family show on the surface, right? The show follows a group of vocally gifted high school kids who delight us with their abilities and song choices. But as last week's dalliance with marijuana-laced cupcakes proved, sometimes the envelope is pushed beyond the line of good taste on this show and it's up to parents to decide if they want their kids to tune in. - 11/18/2009
Tuesday TV pick
'Madagascar' moves it for Christmas
Tune in as everyone's favorite animated zoo animals show how good it feels to give to others in the NBC holiday special "Merry Madagascar, " which airs at 8 tonight on WDIV-TV (Channel 4). Alex (Ben Stiller), Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith), Melman (David Schwimmer) and Marty (Chris Rock) race to save Christmas after Santa (Carl Reiner) suffers a memory-erasing head injury. Full of easy laughs, "Merry Madagascar" even features a holiday version of the "I Like to Move It" song. - 11/17/2009
