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Mesa TV celebrates three years on the air in Southwest Colorado

Cortez’s only local television studio will celebrate its third year on the air March 1. Mesa TV’s broadcasts reach the Four Corners counties of Montezuma and Dolores, as well a...

DATE: Feb 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

PBS series examines sexual misconduct, chance for change

PASADENA, Calif. – PBS, which dealt with sexual misconduct allegations in its own backyard, will air a series examining the pressing social issue. The five-part series, “#MeToo, N...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Golden Globes: A watchable revolution, with Oprah leading the way

Less an awards show and more a prolonged statement of cultural correction, Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards telecast nevertheless managed to keep things fairly entertaining in the midst of revol...

DATE: Jan 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jerry Van Dyke, ‘Coach’ star and brother of Dick, dies at 86

NEW YORK – Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke who struggled for decades to achieve his own stardom before clicking as the dim-witted sidekick in television’s “Coach,” died ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Jeopardy’ host Trebek has surgery for blood clots on brain

LOS ANGELES – Longtime “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek had surgery for blood clots on the brain, but assured fans he’d be back reading clues to contestants soon. Trebek appeared in a ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

NBC names Hoda Kotb as Lauer replacement on ‘Today’

NEW YORK – NBC News opened the new year Tuesday by appointing Hoda Kotb as co-anchorwoman of the “Today” show’s first two hours with Savannah Guthrie, replacing Matt Lauer after his firing o...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The second season of ‘The Crown’ feels as restricted as the monarch herself

Thanks to Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s engagement, 2017 was a gift to Americans who treat the British royal family like a particularly delicious soap opera. Netflix, of course, has the...

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Actress Rose Marie of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ fame dies at 94

LOS ANGELES – Rose Marie, the wisecracking Sally Rogers of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and a show business lifer who began as a bobbed-hair child star in vaudeville and worked for nearly a cent...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Super Size Me’ director Morgan Spurlock wonders ‘when will they come for me’ and confesses sexual misdeeds

For weeks, women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against powerful men. On Wednesday evening, one man went against the grain and admitted his own long history of sexua...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jim Nabors, TV’s homespun Gomer Pyle and singer, dies at 87

HONOLULU – Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, d...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Partridge Family’ star David Cassidy hospitalized

NEW YORK – “Partridge Family” star David Cassidy has been hospitalized in Florida. His representative tells The Associated Press on Saturday that Cassidy is “now conscious” and “s...

DATE: Nov 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Disney Channel is making history with its first gay coming-out story

Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack” is making history with the network’s first story line about a gay character coming out. The comedic drama from “Lizzie McGuire” creator Terri Minsky f...

DATE: Oct 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment