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08.31.2009 5:00 am

7 shows that should be on your radar this week (Aug. 31-Sept. 4)

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Pujols is a hit with Shaq.

Pujols is a hit with Shaq.

A holiday week at the tail-end of summer isn’t peak time for thrilling TV viewing. But here are at least seven shows to contemplate putting on your calendar. Make that eight — “Mad Men” won’t…

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08.27.2009 2:55 pm

Hasselhoff will sing in ‘Talent’ semifinale

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Possibly answering once and for all the question of whether “America’s Got Talent,” judge David Hasselhoff will sing during next week’s semifinal. NBC, describing Hasselhoff as the show’s “own celebrity judge and international entertainer,” says he’ll perform “Feeling Good” on Wednesday’s…

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06.22.2009 12:32 am

7 shows that should be on your radar this week (June 22-28)

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James Purefoy is "The Philanthropist"

James Purefoy is "The Philanthropist."

I’m taking the day off Monday, but always thinking of you, I’ve left behind a somewhat more cryptic than usual “seven shows” list for the week. 

‘America’s Got Talent,’ 8 p.m. Tuesday on NBC

Nick Cannon takes over…

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01.22.2009 3:46 pm

‘America’s Got Talent’ opens auditions

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Sikeston native and St. Louis resident Neal E. Boyd won “America’s Got Talent” last time out. Can we go two in a row? Auditions are coming “to a city near you,” NBC promises, although the city nearest us is Chicago.…

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10.01.2008 9:40 pm

Has Neal E. Boyd got ‘Talent’? Oh, yeah!

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Congratulations, Neal E. Boyd! After an agonizing hour of filler and manufactured suspense Wednesday night, our guy Neal was announced as the $1 million winner of “America’s Got Talent.”

It came down to him and Eli Mattson, with just one-half of 1…

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09.19.2008 10:27 am

‘Got Talent’ update: Neal E. Boyd in the finals

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The talent rose to the top — finally — on Thursday night’s “America’s Got Talent,” the last elimination before the Oct. 1 finale. Producers enjoyed the sight gag of pairing tiny little Kaitlyn Maher with great, big Neal E. Boyd to reveal…

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09.10.2008 9:31 am

‘Got Talent’ update: Neal E. Boyd tugs heartstrings

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You couldn’t make this stuff up. Neal E. Boyd’s beloved mother couldn’t afford a plane ticket to Los Angeles, so the town of Sikeston bought her one, and she was in the audience to see him perform Tuesday night. He sang…

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08.26.2008 10:20 pm

Update: Neal E. Boyd’s ‘Got Talent’

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nealeboyd_opt.jpgAfter a long break for the Olympics, “America’s Got Talent” returned Tuesday, and singer Neal E. Boyd — St. Louis by way of Sikeston — was the last of 10 semifinalists to perform. The judges thought the wait was worth…

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08.07.2008 10:14 pm

‘America’s Got Talent’: hallelujah, Neal Boyd!

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After two nights of manufactured suspense, opera-singing insurance salesman Neal E. Boyd – he grew up in Sikeston and is now a St. Louis resident  — advanced to the Top 40 and the live LA shows on “America’s Got Talent.” But he…

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06.18.2008 1:13 pm

True or false: ‘America’s Got Talent’

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Here’s a confession: I can’t watch every single thing on TV. I’d like to, of course, but there are only so many hours in the day, and some of them are taken up with writing stuff and, well, life. So…

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