'Mad Men' Finale: A Love Letter To Fans Filled With Mostly Happy Endings
From the beginnings of the Mad Men phenomenon, many of the show's fans wondered if superstar adman Don Draper was destined to write one of the iconic advertising catchphrases of the time.So it's a...
View ArticleLetterman Leaves Late-Night TV With A Near-Perfect Final Show
When the final episode came, after weeks of accolades and tributes to his genius, David Letterman made sure he punctured the emotion of the moment with a little old-fashioned, self-deprecating...
View ArticleGoddesses, Politics And Porn: When Public Access TV Ruled Seattle
Think back to a time before the Internet, before Netflix … a time when cable TV had a mere 57 channels. It was the 1980s and ’90s, the heyday of public access television, a wild and wooly experiment we...
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Tonight, after more than 16 years and 2,500 episodes, Jon Stewart is stepping down as host of “The Daily Show.”Stewart steered the show through four US presidential elections, 9/11 and the 2008...
View ArticleJon Stewart On His 'Daily Show' Run: 'It So Far Exceeded My Expectations'
Jon Stewart hosts his last episode of Comedy Central's The Daily Show on Thursday, wrapping up a 16-year run in which he turned the once-obscure fake news show into a cultural phenomenon.The Daily Show...
View ArticleIt's A Wrap: Jon Stewart's Last 'Daily Show'
After 16 years of honing a unique brand of political satire that has been much copied, but rarely equaled, Jon Stewart signed off for his final episode of The Daily Show with a list of guests who...
View ArticleFish & Wildlife Police Probe Reality TV Show; Apparent Poaching Not Real
Depictions of possible poaching caused Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Police to investigate and then clear the History Channel reality TV show "The Woodsmen."
View ArticleOn 'Colbert,' An Emotional Biden Still Doesn't Sound Like A Candidate
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View ArticleNorwegian Reality TV Show Brings Casting Call To Seattle
They came from Bellingham and Poulsbo and Ballard. They're as young as 19 and as old as 75.They're all at the ACT Theater in Seattle because they’re Norwegian Americans who want to be cast on the...
View ArticleFCC Offers Eye-Popping Initial Bids For Northwest TV Airwaves
The Federal Communications Commission is trying to consolidate broadcast TV spectrum in order to free up more bandwidth for wireless data transmission. The initial bids to buy back the airwaves used by...
View ArticleHow A UW Professor Helped Bring Autism To 'Sesame Street'
Jeannie Yandel talks to Dr. Wendy Stone is a professor of psychology and director of the READi lab at the University of Washington. Dr. Stone was a consultant for Sesame Street as they created their...
View ArticleRainn Wilson: Nerd King Of The Pacific Northwest
Rainn Wilson – Dwight Schrute on The Office– grew up in the Seattle area and attended the University of Washington. He spoke recently with KUOW Ross Reynolds about nerd-dom, the Baha'i faith and his...
View ArticleFrom Trembling Teacher To Seasoned Mentor: How Tim Gunn Made It Work
As part of a series calledMy Big Break, All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their...
View ArticleOregon Fines Cable TV Host For Operating As Unlicensed Contractor
A cable television host is in hot water with the state of Oregon. Pete Nelson of the Animal Planet show "Treehouse Masters" has been fined for operating without a contractor's license.
View ArticleOn TV, Women Who Have Abortions Are Younger, Whiter And Wealthier
Characters on television who consider or obtain abortions don't reflect the demographics of American women who choose them or their reasons for doing so, according to a recent analysis from researchers...
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