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ABC remembers television and movie wizard Garry Marshall in a two-hour special airing Tuesday night. “The Happy Days of Garry Marshall” (8-10 p.m.) pays tribute to the mastermind behind classic TV shows “Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley” and “Mork & Mindy” and the director of popular movies including “Pretty Woman,” “A League of Their Own” …
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Raven-Symoné is among the celebrities featured in Fox’s new series “Celebrity Watch Party.” The reality show (8 p.m. Thursday) gives viewers a peek behind the scenes as celebrities watch TV and react to topical shows. It’s based on “Celebrity Gogglebox,” a UK series with the same premise. “This is during quarantine,” Raven-Symoné, 34, tells The …
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Dish Network logged its worst-ever quarterly loss of subscribers amid the coronavirus crisis, shedding 413,000 total pay-TV customers in the first quarter of the year. The satellite TV giant closed the first quarter with 11.3 million pay-TV subscribers, down 6 percent over last year. That included a sequential decline of about 132,000 satellite subs to …
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Unscripted shows from TV channels like Food Network, TLC and HGTV helped Discovery beat Wall Street’s profit expectations despite a slight revenue dip fueled by the coronavirus. The broadcasting giant said its portfolio of TV brands lost 6 percent of its total subscribers from the first quarter of 2019. Among its biggest channels, including Discovery, …
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Americans stuck at home staring at fading furniture and wondering what to cook for dinner have been a boon for television networks like HGTV and the Food Network. The Food Network’s overall ratings in April were up 25 percent over the same month last year, while HGTV was up 22 percent, the Nielsen company said. …
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“Blue Bloods” costumer Trenena “Trina” Patterson is accusing the show’s top costume designer, Michael Woll, of race discrimination and unlawful termination in an explosive lawsuit she filed against him and ViacomCBS in March. The suit claims Woll asked a co-worker, “Why would you hire that little black girl? She looks like a hot ghetto mess” …
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Author Neil Gaiman and wife Amanda Palmer seem to have split. Musician Palmer, 44, and “Good Omens” co-creator Gaiman, 59, recently confirmed conflicting versions of the separation on their respective social media channels. “Since people are getting confused and asking and my phone and inbox is blowing up with ‘where‘s Neil?’ a few times a …
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Sam Lloyd, best known for playing the iconic hangdog lawyer Ted Buckland on “Scrubs,” has died, TMZ is reporting. He was 56. Lloyd was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in January 2019 after suffering headaches in the wake of the birth of his first child, Weston, with wife Vanessa. Doctors determined that the tumor …
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EXCLUSIVE: The challenges of restarting production on high-end TV and film drama in the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic have been laid bare in two separate documents circulating among industry creatives. A discussion document, drawn up by the assistant directors’ branch at union Bectu, as well as a risk assessment briefing from health and safety …
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Sarah Wayne Callies might star on TV’s “Council of Dads” — but her kids aren’t impressed.. “Do my kids think I’m a cool mom? I think the answer is — hell no,” the 42-year-old former “The Walking Dead” star tells The Post. “Council of Dads” is an NBC drama following a family of five who …
ABC remembers television and movie wizard Garry Marshall in a two-hour special airing Tuesday night. “The Happy Days of Garry Marshall” (8-10 p.m.) pays tribute to the mastermind behind classic TV shows “Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley” and “Mork & Mindy” and the director of popular movies including “Pretty Woman,” “A League of Their Own” …
