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Dr. Ian Smith returns to “The Doctors” — this time as the revamped show’s solo host for its 13th season premiering Monday (8 a.m.) on WLNY/Ch. 55. Smith, a physician and best-selling author, co-hosted “The Doctors” during its sixth season (2014-15) and has forged ahead with his TV and writing career; his newest book, “The …
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Marcus Smythe, an actor who played the romantic lead on three popular soaps in the 1970s and ’80s, died following a three-year battle with brain cancer on Aug. 20 at this home in La Crescenta, Calif. He was 70. His death was announced by his family. Smythe began his soap run in 1979, playing the …
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“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has overhauled its senior production team in the wake of accusations of racial insensitivity, sexual misconduct and other problems in the work environment at the long-running daytime talk show. The news was delivered to “Ellen” staffers Monday afternoon during a staff meeting in which DeGeneres spoke via a videoconference call. Three …
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She was the darling of daytime TV talk shows — using her deadpan wit and easy demeanor to tease the best out of A-list guests from Jennifer Aniston to Jamie Foxx. Then came a single tweet March 20 — and Ellen DeGeneres’ carefully crafted image as one of Hollywood’s nicest comedic powerhouses came crashing down. …
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Jerry Springer is back and taping new episodes of “Judge Jerry,” one of last season’s biggest daytime success stories. The syndicated show marked Springer’s debut as a TV judge a la “Judge Judy” et al. — and was quite a departure from the raucous “Jerry Springer Show” he hosted for 27 years. “We were mixing …
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The second round of winners for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were unveiled Sunday night as the ceremony handed out trophies honoring Children’s, Lifestyle, and Animation programming. The ceremony also paid tribute to Regin Philbin, who passed away this weekend, by sharing his acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award he received at the …
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It’s safe to say that Victoria Rowell is the franchise player for UMC, the streaming platform featuring urban-themed TV series and movies. Rowell, 61, has a handful of projects on UMC, the network formed in 2015 by BET founder Robert Johnson and owned by AMC. Her do-it-yourself series, “Trash vs. Treasure,” is going strong while …
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Rachael Ray says that producing live cooking segments for her daytime talk show during the pandemic, from her home in upstate New York, has worked better than she expected. “The only transition was to let people into this space,” says Ray, 51. “This is my home, and over the years Food Network and other media …
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Another talk show, whose production had been shut down over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is returning to television. “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will be back on Monday, April 6, with remotely produced new episodes filmed at DeGeneres’ home amid the health crisis. Also starting April 6, fellow nationally syndicated daytime talker “The Wendy Williams Show” …
Dr. Ian Smith returns to “The Doctors” — this time as the revamped show’s solo host for its 13th season premiering Monday (8 a.m.) on WLNY/Ch. 55. Smith, a physician and best-selling author, co-hosted “The Doctors” during its sixth season (2014-15) and has forged ahead with his TV and writing career; his newest book, “The …
