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11.19.2009 6:15 pm

‘Chuck’ returns Jan. 10, NBC says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Subway all around! After originally disappointing “Chuck” fans by saying the cult-favorite spy dramedy wouldn’t be back on the schedule until March, NBC now says the return date is Jan. 10. That’s a Sunday, and “Chuck” will kick off with…

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11.19.2009 3:53 pm

‘Lost’ returns Feb. 2!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ABC will turn the night of Feb. 2 over to “Lost,” with a recap special at 7 p.m. and the two-hour Season 6 premiere from 8-10 p.m. The regular time slot for “Lost” will be 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Season 6…

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11.18.2009 1:59 pm

Aaron Sorkin plotting return to TV

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Can I just say, “Yay!!!”? My beloved Aaron Sorkin, creator of “Sports Night,” “The West Wing” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” says that as soon as his movie “The Social Network,” about the origins of Facebook, wraps…

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11.18.2009 10:48 am

John Oliver of ‘Daily Show’ will host own series

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The very funny John Oliver will introduce other funny people as host of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show,” premiering at 10 p.m. Jan. 8 on Comedy Central.

“It’s the most worthwhile way you could spend an hour each week that…

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11.18.2009 10:38 am

‘Earl’ turns Elvis impersonator for TNT

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“My Name Is Earl” star Jason Lee plays “a Memphis police officer who lives with his mother and moonlights as an Elvis impersonator” in “Delta Blues,” a series in development for TNT. George Clooney (via his Smokehouse Pictures, with Grant…

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11.16.2009 10:27 pm

‘Three Rivers,’ ‘Cold Case’ trade time slots Sunday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Three Rivers” — or, as I think of it, “the show I have to record to make sure I don’t miss the end of ‘The Amazing Race’” — will flip-flop slots with “Cold Case” next Sunday, with “CC” at 8…

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11.16.2009 10:01 pm

CW turns a week over to ‘Vampire Diaries’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The CW (Channel 11) has scheduled a catch-up marathon of its freshman hit “The Vampire Diaries” for Dec. 14-18, with two episodes airing each night Monday-Friday. I was unimpressed by the “VD” pilot, and so was the teenage “Twilight” fan I…

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11.12.2009 1:42 pm

John King in, Lou Dobbs out at CNN

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hours after Lou Dobbs confirmed during Wednesday night’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” that it was his last appearance on CNN, the cable network announced that John King will host a one-hour show in the 6 p.m. time slot beginning in January.…

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11.11.2009 5:55 pm

Joss Whedon confirms: ‘Dollhouse’ canceled

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fox will drop “Dollhouse” at the end of its 13-episode run, creator Joss Whedon confirms on his official website. He writes:

I don’t have a lot to say. I’m extremely proud of the people I’ve worked with: my star, my staff,…

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11.11.2009 5:44 pm

ABC cancels ‘Hank’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As predicted, the axe has finally fallen on the Kelsey Grammer sitcom “Hank.” Repeats of “Modern Family” will replace “Hank” at 7 p.m. Wednesdays as of next week, at least for two weeks. (All ABC programming is preempted tonight by…

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