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CBS renews full daytime lineup; 3 more years for ‘Restless’

LOS ANGELES – The drama will keep churning on daytime TV’s “The Young and the Restless” through at least 2020. CBS said it has renewed the soap opera for three more seasons. “The ...

Stephen Furst, Flounder in ‘Animal House,’ dies at 63

LOS ANGELES – Stephen Furst, who played naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie “Animal House,” has died of complications from diabetes, his family said Saturday. Furst was 63. ...

Worried about your favorite TV show?

The recent cancellations of series such as WGN’s “Underground,” Netflix’s “Sense8” and “The Get Down,” as well as network series including “American Crime” led me to ponder last week whether...

Reza Aslan becomes second CNN personality dumped after attacking Trump

For the second time in just over a week, a CNN personality has been cast off the network after a vulgar attack on President Donald Trump. At the end of May, Kathy Griffin’s contra...

Adam West learned to embrace Batman role he couldn’t shake

LOS ANGELES – Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck wore Batman’s cape in a stream of Hollywood blockbusters, there was Adam West. West...

‘Batman’ star Adam West dead at 88

LOS ANGELES – Adam West, whose straight-faced portrayal of Batman in a 1960s TV series lifted the tight-clad Caped Crusader into the national consciousness, has died at age 88, his family sa...

Poignant moments are overshadowed by filler in new season of ‘Orange Is the New Black’

“You’ve got time,” Regina Spektor croons in the theme song that precedes each episode of “Orange Is the New Black.” For the inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary, that’s not a comforting statem...

Director: Stacy Keach had a heart attack during Chicago play

CHICAGO – Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls says actor Stacy Keach suffered a heart attack during the opening night of a play at the venue in Chicago. Goodman officia...

Deaf singer wows crowd, judges on ‘America’s Got Talent’

LOS ANGELES – A deaf singer is moving on to the semifinals of “America’s Got Talent” after delivering a performance judge Simon Cowell calls “one of the most amazing things” he’s ever seen o...

Skip the first episode of ‘I’m Dying Up Here’

Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Here” is a fictional drama about the Sunset Strip stand-up comedy scene in 1973, and it’s full of revelations that it (wrongly) assumes to be fresh news to a cable a...

Bill Maher's use of racial slur on HBO show draws criticism

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Maher is facing criticism for his use of a racial slur during a discussion with a Republican senator on his HBO talk show Friday night. Maher was speakin...

CNN sacks Kathy Griffin over Trump video as backlash builds

NEW YORK – Kathy Griffin has lost a decade-long gig ringing in the new year for CNN as a backlash builds over her video displaying a likeness of President Donald Trump’s severed head. ...