SKOWHEGAN — International food icon, author and television personality Martha Stewart likes what she sees in Skowhegan. Stewart, who lives part of the year in Seal Harbor, recently invited Skowhegan’s Amber Lambke to her New York City studios to tape an upcoming show to be aired this fall. “In my role as a mill owner, […]
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Activist Nicole Maines to debut on TV as transgender superhero
BANGOR (AP) – An activist in Maine who won a lawsuit over using the girls’ bathroom at her school is making her TV debut as a transgender superhero. The Bangor Daily News reports 21-year-old Nicole Maines will appear on Season 4 of The CW’s series “Supergirl” on Sunday. The Orono native will play Nia Nal, also known […]
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Face Time: Going for the millions with Christopher Matthews
“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Christopher Matthews, that’s who. Since the game show first launched in the U.S. 19 years ago, the Lewiston man has been scheming to become a contestant. That’s nearly two decades of working the phones, studying trivia and traveling back and forth to New York. Matthews has gotten close. A […]
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TV used to unite Americans; now it divides them
ABC made the right decision when it canceled the sitcom “Roseanne” after the show’s eponymous star posted racist and other offensive tweets. Her hateful language has no place in our society. Yet the show’s removal is part of a larger trend of audience Balkanization that could have negative consequences. Television shows like “I Love Lucy” […]
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NBC’s Olympic tape delay has the internet pretty riled up
No, events at the Pyeongchang Olympics are not all televised live. And, yes, that means you sometimes will find a result before you see it on TV. Exhibit A: American Red Gerard won the United States’ first medal of the Games in the snowboard slopestyle, but NBC didn’t air it until about a half-hour later. […]
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Yarmouth chef to appear next month on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
The chef for a Yarmouth-based catering company will appear on a upcoming episode of the Food Network’s popular television show “Chopped.” Seth Hyman, a spokesman for the Food Network/Cooking Channel, confirmed on Tuesday that Christian Hayes, chef and owner of Dandelion Catering Co. in Yarmouth, will compete on the March 20 episode of Chopped, titled […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: TV or not TV, that is the question
Shopping Siren has always adored everything about cable, from the corded remote control tethered to her childhood TV to the green slime slopped across Nickelodeon shows. My love affair with “Doctor Who” happened because of cable. So, too, my enchantment with cooking battles and Lifetime movies, ancient aliens and decorating shows in which neighbors wreck — […]
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Is your favorite TV show canceled?
It’s that time of year again: This week kicked off the 2017 broadcast upfronts, in which NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS and CW officially announce their new fall schedules. An antiquated practice in the age of streaming and year-round premiere dates? Perhaps — but major advertising dollars are still up for grabs. Which shows will stay […]
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Amazon to stream 10 NFL Thursday Night Football games
The set of Thursday Night Football outside Arrowhead Stadium is seen before an NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders, in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Amazon has reached a deal with the NFL to stream “Thursday Night Football” games during the 2017 season, according to multiple people […]
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Bangor's WABI, oldest TV station in Maine, to be sold for $85M
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s oldest television station is expected to be sold to a Georgia media company for $85 million. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/2lTs74j ) reported Diversified Communications will divest itself of WABI in Bangor. Atlanta-based Gray Television Inc. would add the station to its portfolio of about 100 television stations that it owns […]