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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump found a new home for Miss USA on the little-known Reelz Channel after NBC dumped the pageant because of his comments on Mexican immigrants, but fewer than a million television viewers watched. That’s down sharply from the 5.6 million people who watched Miss USA on NBC in 2014, evidence […]

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Emmitt Smith has given Donald Trump the Heisman. The former Dallas Cowboys running back is the latest to flee from the Miss USA pageant in the wake of co-owner Trump’s comments regarding Mexican immigrants. “In light of Mr. Trump’s statements and the subsequent decisions made by NBC, I have decided not to participate as a […]

Donald Trump isn’t letting up from his statements on immigration, defending his disparaging comments in a Wednesday interview with CNN’s Don Lemon. The businessman has faced a…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Fallout from outspoken Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks about immigrants from Mexico continued to dog him Tuesday as a TV company backed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim said it was scrapping a project in development with him and Mexico announced it won’t be sending a contestant to the Miss Universe […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — NBC said Monday that it is ending its business relationship with mogul and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump because of comments he made about Mexican immigrants during the announcement of his campaign. The network said it would no longer air the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, which had been […]

This means that the "Miss USA Pageant," the "Miss Universe Pageant" and the "Celebrity Apprentice" are now out of a network home.

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NEW YORK (AP) — While Lester Holt’s ascension to full-time anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News” came as a result of Brian Williams’ stunning downfall, no one can say he hasn’t worked hard to take advantage of an opportunity. The California-born Holt becomes the first African-American to be sole anchor of a network evening newscast. Max […]

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Stephanie Mills will ease on down to NBC’s upcoming musical adaptation of The Wiz, itself an African American musical adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But she won’t be playing Dorothy in this version. Mills played Dorothy in the original Broadway production of The Wiz in 1975 and in a 1984 revival, but will portray […]

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Slide some oil to the Peacock…NBC has announced that its next live musical television event will be The Wiz to air Thursday, Dec. 3, reports Variety. The Wiz marks NBC’s third live musical production, after The Sound of Music Live! starring Carrie Underwood and Peter Pan Live! in which Brian Williams’ daughter Allison Williams played […]

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Ciara is starring on a NBC variety series this summer, “I Can Do That!” and Marlon Wayans is set to host six hour-long episodes, according to People. Singers Nicole Scherzinger and Joe Jonas, stand-up comedian Jeff Dye, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” actor Alan Ritchson and “Dancing with the Stars” pro Cheryl Burke are competing against […]

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NBC has ordered six hourlong episodes of “I Can Do That!” (working title), a comedy variety series hosted by Marlon Wayans, for premiere this summer, reports Deadline.com. Based on an Israeli format, the show will feature six celebrities, who each week in teams of two, will put on a show featuring everything from song and […]

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  Heart-throb Lance Gross, best known for his roles in NBC’s Crisis, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, and the film Our Family Wedding, is preparing…