Wednesday, April 23, 2025

ARTICLES BY FRAZIER MOORE/AP TELEVISION WRITER

Tyra Banks and friends showcase a 'FABLife'

NEW YORK - When Tyra Banks starts getting dressed, she finds trouble is waiting.
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Unmasked, Colbert debuts Tuesday hosting 'Late Show'

NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert is about to turn a corner in his career: Onto Broadway at 54th Street.
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Reality star Josh Duggar admits to cheating on wife

NEW YORK - Calling himself "the biggest hypocrite ever," ex-reality star Josh Duggar has apologized for a "secret addiction" to pornography and for cheating on his wife.
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Film reveals how Downey Jr. pioneered loudmouth TV

NEW YORK - A man clears his throat and rages at the world. He claims to speak for everyday folks with conservative ideals and he savages anyone who challenges him. He is uncensored and high-decibel, an avatar of theatrics and must-see TV. He changes the terms of public discourse forever.
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Stewart signing off 'Daily Show' fake newscast for real

NEW YORK - After more than 16 years and nearly 2,600 telecasts, Jon Stewart can feel proud of his scads of Emmys and his pair of Peabody Awards, his cultural gravitas (he hung with the Prez, both on and off the air!), even his reprobate status at Fox News.
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TLC cancels '19 Kids and Counting,' plans education push

NEW YORK - After weeks in limbo stemming from revelations of sexual misconduct by one of its stars, the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" is officially dead.
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'True Detective' puts Farrell, a true actor, on duty

NEW YORK - The second season of "True Detective" kicked off last week, and it got right down to business: The bizarre murder of a city boss in the wicked wasteland of Vinci, Calif., has put responding law officers in a turf war escalated by their shared antipathy.
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'Eight is Enough' star Van Patten dies at 86

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'The Briefcase': Helping families or exploiting them?

NEW YORK - Consider: a reality show that spotlights the struggling middle class by handing families a cash windfall plus the option to help another deserving family to some, or even all, of that $100,000 gift.
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'Outlander' finale: responsible violence in drama

NEW YORK - Rape is dramatic. No wonder it's a tried-and-true device for TV drama.
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Here come the judges for 'AGT'

NEW YORK - "They keep telling people it's the 10th anniversary. But it's the fourth season, as far as I'm concerned," says Howard Stern, who joined "America's Got Talent" as a judge in 2012.
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Red Nose Day TV special: Comedy for a good cause

NEW YORK - Thirty years ago, Richard Curtis suspected two things: People like to laugh and they like to do good.
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Encore! TV does it again with planned 'Full House' revival

NEW YORK - As TV networks plunder the recycling bin for old shows to revive, "Full House" must have been the final scrap at the bottom of the barrel.
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'Downton Abbey' to end after upcoming 6th season

NEW YORK - A grand manor will close its doors to millions of weekly guests after "Downton Abbey" concludes next year.
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'Glee' ends its tuneful six-season run

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