TV talent shows approach finals
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Tabby makes an exit from X-Factor while Aled Jones is voted out in the semi-finals of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Executives are hoping a new surfing contest format will help bring television viewers.
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Scalpels and damaged doctors at 10 paces: an interesting duel of medical shows is emerging for the second half of the television season.
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Stars of the Eurovision Song Contest from the last 50 years are to compete to be named all-time greats.
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"American Gladiators" competitions include jousting, above, wrestling, climbing, and swimming. (NBC) Is "American Gladiators" the unexpected hit of the 2007-08 television season? It's far too early to say anything definitive, but Sunday's two-hour premiere of the NBC reality competition "delivered the highest ratings among adults 18 to 49 of any new show this season on any network," [...].
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NBC, desperate for a summer hit,  launched its much-ballyhooed &quot;America&#039;s Got Talent&quot; contest to  promising numbers on Wednesday night, with more than 12 million  viewers tuning in to the Regis Philbin-hosted show.
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NBC came away with an  overwhelming victory in Tuesday&#39;s primetime thanks to another  winning performance by &quot;America&#39;s Got Talent.&quot;
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It can be a case of too many cooks in the kitchen, but the frequent practice of writing television by committee has some advantages, according to a group of Emmy-nominated writers.
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As Fox&#39;s &quot;The Next Great Champ&quot; prepared to debut Tuesday, the boxing reality show and rival NBC series &quot;The Contender&quot; faced the prospect of having their
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The BBC World Service launches a competition to find the world's best young music act.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "American Idol" is poised to set ratings records when Fox's talent show returns to the airwaves with a four-hour season premiere on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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By Leigh Coleman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 16--Stephanie Beck Williams of Biloxi may be headed for stardom as one of the final contenders for the Country Music Television Music City Madness national talent search.
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NBC is putting a new  twist on the reality singing-competition genre with &quot;Clash of  the Choirs,&quot; in which five celebrity singers go back to their  hometowns to assemble an amateur choir of everyday people.
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NEW YORK  - NBC came away with an overwhelming victory in Tuesday's primetime thanks to another winning performance by "America's Got Talent."
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Yes, American Idol will air three times this week. But is that really enough?
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Some television networks are racing to develop eye-catching score boxes. Fox, for example, now has fire coming out of its baseball scores.
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Itâs never easy to declare the winner of a TV debate. But the contest in Coral Gables, Fla., on Thursday scored some striking successes all the same.