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Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. dies at 92; oversaw growth of ratings firm
"If you can put a number on it," Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. said his father once told him, "then you know something." It was a lesson the younger Nielsen — who died Monday at age 92 — never forgot. His lifelong efforts remade his father's once-obscure Chicago market research firm into a sprawling, worldwide measurement giant with a brand name that, in the U.S. at least, became a household synonym for television ratings. Today — even after his company has undergone ownership changes, not to mention weathered near-continuous industry complaints of supposedly flawed methodology — TV executives still arise before dawn to check out the Nielsens,...
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Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. dies at 92; oversaw growth of ratings firm
"If you can put a number on it," Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. said his father once told him, "then you know something."
It was a lesson the younger Nielsen — who died Monday at age 92 — never forgot. His lifelong efforts remade his...
'The Muppets': Kermit the Frog commands Jason Segel's respect
In the world of amphibian celebrities, there's no bigger star than Kermit the Frog.
Yet back in January on the set of Disney's upcoming film "The Muppets" — the first big screen outing for Jim Henson's beloved menagerie since 1999's...
Leonard Stern dies at 88; TV writer, producer also co-created Mad Libs
Leonard Stern, an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and director whose career in television spanned "The Honeymooners," "Get Smart" and "McMillan & Wife" and whose additional career in publishing included co-creating...
PASSINGS: Peggy Rea, Tom Carnegie, Marie Lillo, Shearlean Duke
Peggy Rea
Character actress on 'The Waltons,' 'Dukes of Hazzard'
Peggy Rea, 89, a hearty character actress best known for her TV roles on "The Waltons," "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Grace Under Fire," died Feb....
Condo owned by Milton Berle on market
A condominium in West Hollywood owned by comic actor Milton Berle and his wife, Lorna, has come on the market at $695,000.
The Shoreham Towers condo has views of downtown L.A., Santa Monica and the ocean. The one-bedroom, 11/2-bathroom unit...
Conrad Bain dies at 89; played father on 'Diff'rent Strokes'
While portraying the white millionaire father on the hit TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," Conrad Bain was often asked whether he enjoyed working alongside such scene-stealing young co-stars as Gary Coleman, who precociously played one of his two...
May 11, 1941: We decided to poll a vote to decide which of the "funny men" are really funny. Bob Hope won the majority vote for originality. Milton Berle was classed as the fastest spieler with the best memory for ...
The American Cinematheque is ringing in the New Year with some wild and crazy comedy classics
Classic Hollywood: Marlo Thomas reminisces on a life of laughter
When Marlo Thomas was a teenager, she was always crazy about some boy.
"I couldn't wait to go out on dates," says the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning Thomas, who came to fame in 1966 as the struggling actress Ann Marie in the ABC sitcom...
Review: 'RuPaul's Drag Race' on Logo
RuPaul, the 6-foot-4 to 6-foot-7 (by his own varying accounts) African American drag queen who sashayed his way into mass consciousness in the 1990s with the club hit "Supermodel" and a VH1 talk show, is back on TV with “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” A...
Seth MacFarlane and friends. Credit: Fox ONE. Microsoft is trying a new spin on an old method to promote its new Windows 7 operating system this fall. Taking its inspiration from the old Texaco Star Theater -- television's first big hit, in the 1950s, with Mil
"ALICE IN WONDERLAND": 28 DAYS Are you ready for a trip down the rabbit hole? Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Disney are adding a strange new chapter to the Lewis Carroll classic with "Alice in Wonderland," a film that presents ...
Let’s go to the Ambassador and see where Milton Berle performed -- no wait, we let L.A. Unified tear it down. Feeding Fosdic In the event anyone is wondering what will happen to all those forms the census enumerators are collecting, this will introduce Fosdi
Click here to download TV listings for the week of July 4 - 10 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here LADY: The new special “The Last Lion of Liuwa†tracks a ...
Love hurts. That's what dozens of comedians and entertainers who have been "roasted" over the last 50 years by members of the Friars Club have learned. While the "roastees" know that the pointed humor directed at them is meant as ...
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