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NBC says ‘Downton Abbey’ movie production to start in 2018

SINGAPORE – A “Downton Abbey” movie is in the works, with production likely to begin in 2018, an NBCUniversal executive said. Michael Edelstein, president at NBCUniversal Internat...

ABC revives ‘The Gong Show,’ but does it still work?

Does “The Gong Show” belong in 2017? ABC, which has a lazy habit of exhuming old game shows, brings “The Gong Show” back essentially unaltered – it’s a dank and shticky amateur ta...

This ’80s female wrestling league was dangerous, sexist

LOS ANGELES – The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling have endured kicks to the head, knees to the groin, body-slams, insults, rivalries, ridicule and spangly neon unitards. On Friday, they face wh...

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...