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Forum Communications chosen over N.D. NBC Network for NDHSAA television contract

March 22, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

FARGO – The North Dakota High School Activities Association will enter into negotiations with Forum Communications for the rights to televise North Dakota high school athletics, a move that had its contested moments Friday at the NDHSAA Board of Directors meeting. Continue Reading

NBC’s Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria

December 18, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BEIRUT NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said Tuesday he and members of his network crew escaped unharmed after five days of captivity in Syria, where more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen dragged them from their car, killed one of their rebel escorts and subjected them to mock executions. Continue Reading

NBC correspondent escapes Syria kidnapping

December 18, 2012 in The Daily Republic

BEIRUT (AP) NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said he and his television crew were kidnapped for five days by pro-regime gunmen who subjected them to mock executions and kept them bound and blindfolded. They escaped during a firefight between their captors and rebels and reached Turkey on Tuesday.
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Justin Kirk leaves ‘Weeds’ to monkey around in ‘Animal Practice’

August 11, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The role couldn’t be more different from Andy Botwin, the hedonistic tag-along he plays on Showtime’s “Weeds,” which wraps up its eighth and final season this summer. That’s just fine with Kirk. Continue Reading

NBC draws ire for not streaming Olympics ceremony

July 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Even before NBC signed on for its coverage of the Summer Olympics in London on Friday, it drew a storm online for its decision not to stream the opening ceremony digitally. Despite the grumbling, it’s a decision that may pay off for the network. Continue Reading

Ann Curry out as Today host at NBC

June 28, 2012 in West Central Tribune

NEW YORK A tearful Ann Curry said goodbye after one year as co-host of NBC’s “Today” show Thursday, saying “this is not as I expected to ever leave this couch after 15 years.”
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‘Today’ host Ann Curry takes hit, counts tomorrows

June 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

This morning, Ann Curry got thumped by a “Today” TV camera. Continue Reading

Twitter sensation Kelly Oxford hooks Hollywood

June 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Oxford, a suburban housewife and mother of three, is a Twitter superstar, with more than 350,000 fans. Oscar winners, late-night talk show hosts, even film critic Roger Ebert follow her on the social media service, eager to read wry observations about daily life and celebrity culture. Continue Reading

Comedy is king again on network television

May 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The resurgence of situation comedies is the clearest trend to emerge from TV’s helter-skelter week of fall schedule announcements that just concluded. ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will have 30 half-hour comedies on the air at the beginning of next season 32 by November compared to 17 at the opening of a new season five years ago. Continue Reading

‘30 Rock’ goes live — Take 2

April 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Live episode airs tonight, marks second show in front of audience
It went live for a night in October 2010 with an episode performed during the show’s normal time slot, then re-staged for West Coast viewers. Continue Reading