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U.S. TV Viewers Can Now Watch Eurovision Song Contest's Live Finale

2:37pm May 13, 2016

by Andrew Jones

For the first time, the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest is being broadcast live on American television. The cable channel Logo will air Saturday's championship round live at 3 p.m. ET.

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Ukraine's Jamala performs the song "1944" during the semifinals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday.

Lightshows, Fire, Nudity, Glitter, Wolves: Welcome To Eurovision 2016

6:00am May 13, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The Grand Finals of Europe's famous annual song competition are Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast in the U.S. for the first time on Logo and LogoTV.com.

Gary Cole plays political consultant Kent Davidson on the HBO series Veep.

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Actor Gary Cole On 'Veep' And Why 'Office Space' Endures

2:59pm May 12, 2016

The actor, who plays a political consultant on Veep, tells Fresh Air he landed his first major TV role only after a number of other actors turned it down. "It was very, very fluke-ish," Cole says.

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Palling Around With Late-Night TV Host Seth Meyers

6:54am May 12, 2016

How do you make the news seem funny, without getting it totally wrong? David Greene spends a day hanging out with comedian Seth Meyers, host of the NBC show Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Name Of London's Mayor-Elect Isn't Lost On William Shatner

7:45am May 11, 2016

Sadiq Khan was recently elected the mayor of London. Among the well wishers: William Shatner of Star Trek fame. He tweeted, "Kaaaaahn!" Trekies will get the reference to Captain Kirk's nemesis.

Handler Says 'Chelsea' On Netflix Will Break Every TV Talk Show Rule

6:16am May 11, 2016

by Eric Deggans

Talks show host and comedian Chelsea Handler on Wednesday debuts her new show Chelsea on Netflix. The half-hour program will air three times a week and be available in 190 countries.

Star Trek fans dress as Klingons during the Destination Star Trek event at ExCel on Oct. 3, 2014, in London.

Is Klingon A Living Language? That's For (Human) Courts To Decide

3:19pm May 09, 2016

by Michel Martin

Does Star Trek — and Klingon — belong to the fans or to the studios? The answer has big implications for more people than just Trekkies.

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Julianna Margulies plays Alicia Florrick, and Makenzie Vega is her daughter, Grace, on the CBS series The Good Wife.

7 Years Later, 'Good Wife' Ends As It Began: With Betrayal And Uncertainty

3:05pm May 09, 2016

by David Bianculli

TV critic David Bianculli discusses the final episode of the CBS drama and the legacy of the show as a whole. "The Good Wife managed to be one of TV's best series for its entire run," he says.

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'Tom And Jerry' Blamed For Violence In The Middle East

7:27am May 09, 2016

The cartoon has been called out in America for racial stereotypes and smoking. And now, an Egyptian official says the cat-and-mouse cartoon is responsible for violence in the Middle East.

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Zarqa Nawaz's Little Mosque on the Prairie ran on the CBC from 2007 to 2012.

'Little Mosque' Creator Zarqa Nawaz On Mixing Comedy And Religion

8:44am May 07, 2016

by NPR Staff

The writer/filmmaker uses humor to help people understand Islam, but it took years for some mosque members to come around to her jokes. Nawaz's new memoir is called Laughing All The Way to the Mosque.

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