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    TV Legend Mary Tyler Moore Dies at 80

    Mary Tyler Moore, who “made it after all” in two classic sitcoms, “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died in a Connecticut hospital today. “Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, […]

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    Grant Tinker, Former NBC Exec and MTM Founder, Dies at 90

    Grant Tinker, who combined the rare combination of quality and patience to program NBC in primetime, died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 90. Born Jan. 11, 1926 in Stamford, Connecticut, Tinker married actress Mary Tyler Moore in 1962, and in 1969 they formed the television production company MTM Enterprises. While creating […]

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    Sundance TV Announces Classic TV Weekday Programming Block

    SundanceTV will feature sitcoms “MASH,” “All in the Family,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Andy Griffith Show” a daily seven hour (6 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET) programming block featuring one show on each day. To kick off the new programming block, SundanceTV will air a 48-hour marathon of […]

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    Peter Scolari Replaces Peter MacNichol on Emmy Ballot

    Peter Scolari of HBO’s “Girls” is now the fifth Emmy nominee in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He replaces Peter MacNichol of HBO’s “Veep,” who the TV Academy learned appeared in more than half of the shows episodes this past season, making him ineligible. The other nominated actors in the […]

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