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Television
'Brooklyn Nine-Nine': The newest workplace comedy
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Kai Ryssdal
Sep 16, 2013
Workplace comedies have had a good run in the last few years. Now, two of the minds behind "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" team up for a new cop show -- that's a far cry from "Law & Order."
Favorite show cancelled before it got a chance to breathe? Wasn't always that way.
Sep 13, 2013
Today, networks can spend millions on a series and still cancel it after two or three episodes. But that wasn't always the case.
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross talk success and failure
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Kai Ryssdal
Sep 10, 2013
The actors from "Breaking Bad" and "Arrested Development" discuss their new book on failure and success in the entertainment industry.
What's a TV appearance worth?
Sep 9, 2013
President Obama's effort to convince America to take action on Syria involves six TV appearances today and a primetime address tomorrow. What's that kind of exposure worth?
The business of Oprah's couch
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Chau Tu
Aug 19, 2013
Oprah Winfrey may not have her network daytime TV show anymore, but she's still boosting her cable network with her big interviews.
Random House gets in show business
by
Queena Kim
Aug 19, 2013
TV food shows are big, and cookbooks by show hosts like Emeril Lagasse do really well. Penguin Random House is trying to reverse that equation.
Family finance with 'The Simpsons'
Aug 16, 2013
What can one of America's favorite sitcoms teach us about family and money?
For public good, not for profit.
Xbox gets into show business
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Molly Wood
Aug 15, 2013
We can now add Microsoft to the list of companies trying to woo users by producing original TV shows.
Watch two shows on the same TV? You can with Samsung's OLED TV
by
Molly Wood
Aug 14, 2013
The electronics giant introduces a new curved screen model that allows viewers to watch two different programs on the same television at once.
[Be]hind [Br]eaking [Ba]d: [Mo]re Than a Sho[W]
Aug 9, 2013
As AMC"s TV show "Breaking Bad" begins its final season this weekend, show producers know the product is about more than what's on your TV screen.