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LONDON (AP) — British actor Frank Thornton — best known as Captain Peacock in the long-running television comedy “Are You Being Served?” — has died at age 92, his agent […]

The Sportsman Channel says it’s deeply saddened by the shooting death in northwestern Montana of one of its TV hosts who traveled the world in search of big game and […]

Bonnie Franklin, the TV and stage actress who starred in One Day at a Time, TV’s first sitcom built around a divorced-woman protagonist, died last Friday. The Norman Lear sitcom ran for nine seasons from 1975 to 1984. One Day at a Time didn’t get quite the recognition or canonical status of other Lear shows like All in the Family, Maude or Good Times. But what it was grappling with was just as real and distinctive: Franklin’s Ann Romano, who learned to assert and take care of herself later in life, was trying to give her daughters a stronger, more confident start than she had. Bringing dramatic weight to a comedy role, Franklin made Ann a life force while always conveying how much work it was to be her.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom “One Day […]

In the 1950s, the film actor moved into television, starring in series such as Tales of Wells Fargo (1957-62), Iron Horse (1966) and Death Valley Days (1968-70). Robertson continued to work in TV in the 1970s, and in the 1980s he landed roles in the popular night-time soap operas Dallas and Dynasty.

The Milwaukee native worked in the Ford White House and represented the interests of cable TV in Washington before joining the Association of Independent Television Stations (later the Association of Local Television Stations) in 1983 and eventually became its president. He was 69.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Actor Lou Myers, best known for his role as ornery restaurant owner Mr. Gaines on the television series “A Different World,” has died. Tonia McDonald of […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pat Derby, a former Hollywood trainer for Flipper, Lassie and other performing animals who later devoted her life to protecting them after seeing widespread abuse, has […]

Jeff Raker, news director at Gray’s CBS affiliate in Dothan, Ala., collapsed while at work Friday morning and later that day was pronounced dead.

BOSTON (AP) — The co-creator of the cartoon “Underdog,” the mild-mannered shoeshine boy who turned into a caped superhero to rescue his girlfriend, Sweet Polly Purebred, has died. William Watts […]