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The History Channel earns huge ratings with 'The Bible'
The Baltimore SunThe networks might be struggling on Sunday nights but not basic cable's the History Channel. The miniseries beat everything in sight Sunday night with record ratings for "The Bible." I think this quote from executive producers Roma Downey and Mark...Tags: United Kingdom, Operation Smile, Bible, Roma Downey, Primetime Emmy Awards
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Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through...
Tags: All in the Family (tv program) , Patrick Goldstein, Downton Abbey (tv program), James Cameron, Abortion Issue
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Norman Lear: Occupy movement revives tradition of protest
I was recently shown a picture from one of the Occupy protests taking place across the country. It featured a young woman surrounded by police. She was the only protester in the picture, but she didn't seem intimidated. All by herself, up against the...Tags: Political Corruption, Los Angeles Times, Civil Unrest, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Feminism
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They leave as they began: With a buzz
TV/Radio WriterLooking back, it's easy to see how Frasier and Friends became TV icons. Television has no more valuable commodity than buzz, unless it is a time slot between two popular series. Friends and Frasier, which arrived a season apart and are departing a week...Tags: David Schwimmer, Valerie Bertinelli, NBC (tv network), Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston
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Lt. governor draws 40% of funds from outside Maryland
Sun StaffDemocrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is collecting a significantly greater share of her campaign contributions from out of state than Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., according to an analysis of fund-raising reports. Almost 40 percent of the $6.7...Tags: Regional Authority, Viacom Inc., Charity, John F. Kennedy, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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