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Slideshow: TV's black child stars - where are they now?
8:20 AM on 03/16/2010
SLIDESHOW - What are some of our favorite pint-size television stars up to now?...
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McNabb, T.O. teaming up again - for TV show
1:54 PM on 03/09/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Donovan McNabb will be throwing passes to Terrell Owens again...
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'No place like home': The cast of '227' reunites
6:41 PM on 03/04/2010
VIDEO - Twenty years after '227' went off the air, the cast reunites to talk to theGrio about the state of African-Americans on television...
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Slideshow: The 20 best black sitcoms of all time
4:24 PM on 03/02/2010
Since television's inception, African-Americans have been woefully underrepresented. But some shows have been able to break through and find a loyal black audience...
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How to find 15 minutes of fame in reality TV
8:03 AM on 02/22/2010
OPINON - The method is simple: Find either an overly aggressive black woman and a lazy black man, give them a script and audiences will eat it up...
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'Lost' star Harold Perrineau finds killer 'CSI: NY' role
1:14 PM on 02/18/2010
It looks like late Lost castaway Harold Perrineau is about to shoot another harrowing death scene -- only this time on CSI: NY...
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Gary Coleman blows up, storms off 'The Insider'
3:37 PM on 02/17/2010
Things started getting tense when attorney Lisa Bloom, a guest panelist on the show, asked Gary whether he has an abusive relationship with his wife...
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Leno bandleader Kevin Eubanks may call it quits
8:48 AM on 02/17/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Jay Leno's longtime bandleader, Kevin Eubanks, may not play very long once the Leno troupe returns to "The Tonight Show."...
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'Soul Train' 40 years later: Appealing to Americans on both sides of the track
12:15 PM on 02/05/2010
OPINION - 'Soul Train' was a beacon, beaming raw, uncut, unapologetic black style and swagger into homes around the country...
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Fantasia's fight to get back on track
10:42 AM on 01/25/2010
VIDEO - Former 'American Idol' Fantasia talks exclusively with theGrio about her recent career stumbles and plans for a successful comeback.
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Stars unite to help Haiti in telethon
10:24 AM on 01/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Wyclef Jean showcased the resilient spirit of a nation in the midst of catastrophe...
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Rihanna to perform 'Stranded' on Haiti telethon
1:54 PM on 01/22/2010
OSLO (AP) -- Rihanna says she will perform a new song called "Stranded" with rapper Jay-Z and U2's The Edge and Bono at Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon in London...
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'Sesame Street' star Alaina Reed-Amini dead at 63
9:03 AM on 12/22/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alaina Reed-Amini, the Broadway star and TV actress best known for her long-running roles on "Sesame Street" and "227," has died. She was 63...
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The 'Oprah Effect' felt across the World
11:48 AM on 11/24/2009
LONDON (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg...
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Parents of well-known Chicago television host found dead
2:00 PM on 10/21/2009
VIDEO -- The parents of Chicago television host, Garrard McClendon, are the victims of a horrendous crime...
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'Housewives' cast member's ex-fiance dies in fight
3:30 PM on 10/03/2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The former fiance of a cast member from "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" died Friday night after a fight outside an Atlanta strip club...
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'Brothers' has potential, but may not go the distance
8:55 AM on 10/02/2009
OPINION - The "Brothers" writers have exceptional talent to call upon, yet, in football parlance, they are afraid to stretch the field and allow the actors to run.
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Mother-in-law humor is no joke for L.A. comedian
1:50 PM on 08/25/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Take my mother-in-law -- please," isn't a joke you're likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist.
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Ed McMahon dies at 86
7:45 AM on 06/23/2009
LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86. McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded...
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Jail inmates unable to watch TV
1:33 PM on 06/18/2009
KRISTA KLAUS TV for thousands of Hillsborough County jail inmates went blank Friday, but it wasn't because of bad behavior. Inmates were left in the dark after last week's digital television conversion because the 150 TVs at the Orient Road and Falkenburg Road jails are not wired for cable television....
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Rape on the rise in aftermath of Haiti quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - With no lighting and no security, they are menacing places after sunset...
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