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Live 'Sound of Music' woos TV viewers, disappoints critics US television network NBC's one-night live revival of the venerable Broadway musical "The Sound of Music" pulled a respectable 18.5 million viewers, but it failed to thrill the critics.

07 December 2013

Move over Dickens: TV series are new academic mainstay Television series, once considered too low-brow to be worthy of academic study, have become a mainstay of university curricula and frequent fodder for critical analysis.

05 December 2013

Sex, cops and undead push foreign success of French TV When a murdered boy and serial killer came back to life in French supernatural series "The Returned", hundreds of thousands of viewers in Britain tuned into what became a surprise Gallic hit.

25 October 2013

Hillary Clinton movie, TV miniseries scrapped An Oscar-winning filmmaker has dropped plans to make a documentary about Hillary Clinton, following protests by Republican rivals, and a planned TV miniseries about her has also been scrapped.

01 October 2013

Spielberg to make mini-series about Napoleon Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is to make a television mini-series about Napoleon, based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, he told a French broadcaster.

05 March 2013

Jackie Chan may be starring in Olympians Kazakhstan TV series Olympians will feature a story of three friends: Ilya, Sasha and Serik, who will become Olympic champions of Kazakhstan.

14 January 2013

Thriller 'Homeland' dethrones 'Mad Men' at Emmys Spy thriller "Homeland" won best TV drama at the Emmy awards Sunday, ending retro cult show "Mad Men" four-year unbroken run, while "Modern Family" was named best comedy for the third straight year.

24 September 2012

Newcomers aim to knock 'Mad Men' off Emmys throne Cult retro series "Mad Men" and comedy hit "Modern Family" are Emmys favorites again this weekend -- but a bunch of newcomers could yet produce surprises at US television's annual awards show.

21 September 2012

VIDEO: Trailer of Kazakhstan "Rescuers" released Producers of the 12-series "Rescuers" staring American actor Lane Davies have presented a trailer of the first episodes.

25 May 2012

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