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REALITY TV STAR HAS PASSED AT AGE 80

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"Dakota" Fred Hurt, a fan favorite on Discovery’s "Gold Rush,"
has died.

Hurt’s family confirmed on his social media page Wednesday,
the
"Gold Rush" star lost his battle with brain cancer.

  

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WATTERS TAPED TO SUCCEED OUSTED HOST

Fox News taps Jesse Watters to succeed ousted host Tucker Carlson in key primetime hour

Fox News announced Monday, Jesse Watters (above),
a show host who rose from production assistant to one
of the conservative cable network’s biggest stars, will
take over the 8 p.m. programming time slot vacated by
Tucker Carlson (shown below).   

 Tucker Carlson Juxtaposes Migrants With Piles of Garbage As Advertisers Flee – Rolling Stone

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THE WEATHER CHANNEL ON EARLY CABLE

Selection of vintage weather instruments including barometer, thermometers, lightening rod bulb and
Weather scanner complete with gauges was used by some cablecasters. The scanning mirror reflects readings on
gauges and card announcements to camera above. Music
was sometimes also transmitted on this same channel.

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FOUNDER OF TV NETWORK TO STEP DOWN

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From left: Terry Meeuwsen, Pat Robertson and Gordon P. Robertson

(Fox News) – Pat Robertson, the iconic televangelist who founded
the
Christian Broadcasting Network, is stepping down as the daily
host of the long-running flagship program “The 700 Club.”

“Today’s show will be my final as host of The 700 Club,” the 91-
year-old Robertson said on the 60th anniversary of the network,
“My replacement will be my very capable son, Gordon, who will
take over as full-time host of the program.”

Beginning in October, Robertson will be appearing on “The 700
Club” on a monthly basis to answer viewer emails.

According to CBN News, Robertson will continue to make other
on-air appearances but will also be teaching at Regent University,
the Christian institution he founded in 1977.

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TV SHOW RERUNS ARE JUST AS FUNNY NOW

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The Carol Burnett Show is a variety/sketch comedy television
show starring
Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence,
and
Lyle Waggoner. In 1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway
became a regular after Waggoner left the series.

The show originally ran on CBS-TV from September 11, 1967,
to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and with nine episodes
in the fall of 1991. 
 
The series won 25 primetime Emmy Awards. In 2013, TV Guide
ranked The Carol Burnett Show number 17 on its list of the 60
Greatest Shows of All Time, and in 2007 it was included on the
list of Time‘s 100 Best TV Shows of All Time.

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                             How Carol Burnett Does Her Legendary ‘Tarzan’ Yell

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Carol will be 88 April 26.

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