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Oprah power

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Moving to cable, the daytime diva lifts the Maryland-based Discovery Channel into a new league

The news that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is going to end after 25 years so that its host can devote herself to a new cable channel set off reverberations in TV and financial circles late last week. But nowhere was the effect felt more keenly than in Silver Spring, where the Maryland-based Discovery Communications was vaulted into a new realm of prominence and prestige as the future home of The Oprah Winfrey Network. "In one swoop, this jumps Discovery and, by extension, cable up to another league," says Douglas Gomery, media economist at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift big winners at AMAs

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:34:00 -0500

Jackson wins 4, but Swift wins 5, named artist of the year at AMAs

Hero pilot jokes about marital boost in NBC show

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0500

Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special.

TV retailer QVC joins 'Black Friday' frenzy

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:00 -0500

Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching -- instead of mall-hopping -- on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.

Marv Albert denies altercation with rapper 50 Cent

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:41:00 -0500

Marv Albert said Saturday he was never involved in an altercation with 50 Cent, denying Internet reports of a fight on " Jimmy Kimmel Live."

Mary Beth Marsden leaving WMAR

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:54:00 -0500

'Survivor: Samoa': What's next?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:03:12 -0500

Final season of 'Lost' to begin Feb. 2

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:42:00 -0500

ABC says the final season of "Lost" will begin in February with a night devoted to the drama.

Happy 50th birthday, Rocky and Bullwinkle

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:51:59 -0500

'Remote Control' game show host Ken Ober dies at 52

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:45:00 -0500

Ken Ober, who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" and helped produce the shows "Mind of Mencia" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," has died. He was 52.