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‘Jeopardy!’ returns with new setup and new role for Jennings

LOS ANGELES – “Jeopardy!” is returning for its 37th season, with greater social distance between Alex Trebek and the contestants, and a new role for all-time great contestant Ken Jennings. ...

DATE: Sep 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

New episodes of Disney+ hit ‘Mandalorian’ coming in October

LOS ANGELES – Not even a pandemic and television production shutdown can keep Baby Yoda down. A new season of “The Mandalorian” will arrive next month. An announcement on the Star...

DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin to ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Like all cool cats and kittens, Carole Baskin is going to “Dancing With the Stars.” The reality TV star who became a pop culture sensation with Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King” i...

DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Marge Simpson uses her voice to call out Trump adviser

LOS ANGELES – Marge Simpson has advice for a lawyer with the Trump campaign: Do not name call. In a clip posted Friday by Fox’s animated series “The Simpsons,” matriarch Marge chi...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Wanted: Actors, extras for television pilot

Show to be filmed in Montezuma County

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Ren, Stimpy to make TV comeback in new Comedy Central show

LOS ANGELES – The brazen humor of “The Ren & Stimpy Show” will be revisited in a new Comedy Central version of the animated series. The original program that was a hit for Nickelo...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Who’s the Boss?’ gets reboot with Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano

LOS ANGELES – A brand new life is ahead for the vintage sitcom “Who’s the Boss?” and its devoted fans. Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano are set to reprise their father-daughter roles ...

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Regis Philbin, television personality and host, dies at 88

NEW YORK – Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Farmington resident and ‘The Voice’ winner to hold virtual concert

In-person show with Chevel Shepherd was postponed

DATE: Jul 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Jimmy Fallon, ‘Tonight’ show return to studio, sans audience

NEW YORK – The studio is largely empty, but Jimmy Fallon is out of his home and back to the “Tonight” show stage. The NBC late-night host returned to NBC’s Rockefeller Center head...

DATE: Jul 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Naya Rivera, who rose to fame on ‘Glee,’ dies at 33

NEW YORK – Naya Rivera, a singer and actor who played a gay cheerleader on the hit TV musical comedy “Glee,” was found dead Monday in a Southern California lake. She was 33. River...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment