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Paula's Best Dishes: Host Paula Deen cooks up a deep-fried Christmas ham in this episode (7 and 11 p.m. Food).
Ghost Whisperer: Melinda ( Jennifer Love Hewitt) investigates the decade-old disappearance of a young girl (8 p.m. CBS).
Bill Moyers...Tags: Celine Dion, Basketball, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tim Curry, NBC
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TODAY'S PICKS
FINDING BILLY ELLIOT (8 p.m., WNET/13) - Documentary chronicles the nationwide search to cast the leads in the new Broadway musical - one of which eventually was won by Wantagh's Trent Kowalik. SHREK THE HALLS (8 p.m., ABC/7) - In this special, the...Tags: Tom Sizemore, Diseases, William Shatner, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Alzheimer's Disease
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NEW ON DVD: Paul's bash and a 'Munster' mash
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special Content: Bizarrely of its time and yet strangely perennial, this vintage hour headed by the campy, catty comic ("Bewitched's" Uncle Arthur) is about as gonzo gay as 1976 TV could get without saying so. Lynde discos it...Tags: Halloween, Amazon.com Inc., Movies, Florence Henderson, Television
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L.A. councilman wants to ban elephants at zoo
Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas announced Tuesday that he would ask the City Council to outlaw the keeping of elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo and instead establish a city sanctuary for pachyderms. For the Los Angeles Zoo, a city agency, that's...
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New "Match Game" Panelists Set
The TV ZoneWhat would Dumb Dora think? TBS previously announced it will be reviving the great game show "The Match Game" and today they've announced the panelists who will slide into Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers' chairs. They include Sarah...... -
Take 5: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
As the GOP prepares to gather in the Twin Cities, we can't help but think of the greatest TV show that was set in that locale. Here are five things you may not have known about "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Gavin MacLeod first auditioned for the part of...Tags: Dick van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Republican Party, Television
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Margaret Cho Gives TV Another Try, This Time With Reality Series
An outspoken, sometimes shocking comedian with docile parents and a colorful inner circle, with bumps along her stand-up career? It could be "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," but this time it's a new VH1 show about Margaret Cho. The Korean American...Tags: National Football League, NBC, Family, Kathy Griffin, Will Ferrell
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Estelle Getty, 84; 'Golden Girls' actress brought humor, depth to mother roles
Special to The TimesEstelle Getty, whose acting career bloomed late in life with her Emmy-winning performance as Sophia Petrillo, the wisecracking mother of Bea Arthur's character on the popular NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," died Tuesday. She was 84. Getty, who also won...Tags: Music Theater, NBC, Manhattan (New York City), Sylvester Stallone, Lower East Side
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Actress Estelle Getty dies at 84
Well before the world knew her as the feisty octogenarian Sophia on "The Golden Girls," Estelle Getty was a glass salesman's daughter on the Lower East Side.
Getty, who died yesterday at age 84, spent 40 years of her career struggling for success,...Tags: Los Angeles, Estelle Getty, Bea Arthur, Illnesses, Mental Illness
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'Golden Girls' Star Estelle Getty Dies
Zap2It.comEstelle Getty, the diminutive actress who won an Emmy for her portrayal of sassy Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84. Getty passed away at 5:35 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22 in her home in Los Angeles surrounded by her family and...Tags: Los Angeles, Celebrity, Harvey Fierstein, Sylvester Stallone, Bea Arthur
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Estelle Getty, 'Golden Girls'
Estelle Getty, who played Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," died at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. She was 84. Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica. "She was loved...Tags: NBC, Harvey Fierstein, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Tyler Moore, Bea Arthur
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Sarah Silverman Is ____ for 'Match Game'
Zap2It.comTBS is looking to revive the bawdy "Match Game" and has recruited the likes of Sarah Silverman and Rashida Jones to help. The cable network tape a pilot for a possible revival of the show, which enjoyed a long run in the 1960s and '70s, this week. In...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service
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