TV shows

If your house is like mine, NCIS on CBS is on your TV every Tuesday night, and that show always ends up in the top 10 most watched programs. Today, David McCallum, also known as "Ducky", Dr. Donald Mallard, the inquisitive NCIS chief medical examiner, is celebrating his 79th birthday.

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If you experience a guilty pleasure watching people engage in slapfests, tear each others clothes off and bare their most intimate secrets--among other things--you'll be pleased to hear that both "The Jerry Springer Show" and "Maury" have been renewed through 2016. "The Steve Wilkos Show", a Springer spin off, has also been renewed . According to The New York Times NBC-Universal, syndicator of the shows, has great confidence in tabloid style TV.

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It's a competitive environment that has gotten even more competitive since the days of of a mere 3 networks and--like life itself--there are winners and losers. I'm talking about TV programming and the losers, those shows that are being cancelled, were announced over the weekend. There are few surprises but, just in case, check the list from WebPro.com to see if any of your favorites won't be back.

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This week, May 13-19, is National Police Week, a time to honor the men and women of law enforcement who put their lives on the line every day so that we may remain safe. President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation in 1962 design

Genealogy or the search for our roots has become a popular pastime for millions of people and that interest is what sparked the idea for the NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are". Reba McEntire joins a group of celebrities including Marisa Tomei and Martin Sheen in a search for their beginnings on the March 2nd episode. Take a sneak peak at what you'll see.

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It's a sign of our times I suppose but I was still surprised to read that a Draper, Utah school board rejected the nickname "Cougars" for their soon to open high school. The reason? They feared it would be offensive to middle-aged women, especially single or divorced middle-aged women who have been tagged "cougars" by the media for their supposed interest in younger men.

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If you're a baby boomer, or just like those TV Land reruns, you may want to know the the TV version of "Batman" debuted on ABC-TV on this day back in 1966. Adam West and Burt Ward donned cape and cowl to become the "Dynamic Duo" every week.

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