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Viacom and DirecTV Finally Reach Deal, Blackout Ends As Millions Get Their Channels Back — Dollars and Sense
Viacom and DirecTV have made up. The cable programmer and the satellite broadcaster reached a deal on Friday after a nine-day standstill over a fee hike which led to blackouts.
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TV Catch Phrases..How Many Do You Know?
Take a trip down television memory lane and earn kudos for correctly identifying these tricky, but familiar quotes from some of TVs most popular shows.
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Huggies Yanks Controversial Ad Campaign That Infuriated Fathers [VIDEOS]
Diaper maker Huggies, which recently launched an ad campaign that seemingly depicted fathers as less-than-capable parents, has pulled the television commercials and issued a mea culpa.
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Mister Rogers’
It would be very hard to find someone who had a television in their house growing up and didn’t spend a big chunk of their childhood basking in the warm glow of Mr. Rogers’ beatific smile. Today we celebrate the great man’s birthday (he would’ve been 84) with a few things you might not know about his historic children’s TV show.
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2012 Oscars – See All the Winners Here
The 2012 Oscars managed to include the expected and shocks all at the same time. Odds on favorite, ‘The Artist’, won five awards including Best Picture, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and Best Director for Michel Hazanivicius. But ‘Hugo’ gave it a run for its money, also bringing home five awards (though none in the major categories).
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Lou Dobbs Accuses ‘The Lorax’ of ‘Indoctrinating’ Our Children
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Why Are More and More Americans Deciding Against Owning a TV Set?
For pretty much an entire generation, televisions have been as ubiquitous as living room sofas — but that could be changing.
For the first time in 40 years, the number of households with TV sets has actually dropped, despite the fact that the number of US households in general has continued to grow.
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Study Shows TV Can Hinder the Development of Children Under 2
Pediatricians and development experts have strongly urged parents, once again, to limit the amount of television their young children watch.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released a recommendation to all parents of children under 2 years old Tuesday. It stressed that any time spent in front of a video screen provides no educational benefits for children under age 2 and can even delay development by leaving less time for important interaction and play.
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