CBS Broadcast of Kennedy Center Honors Draws 8 Million Viewers

Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy was honored in prime time Wednesday as the Dec. 2 Kennedy Center Honors gala, held in the White House's East Room, was broadcast on CBS. The influential guitarist and Chicago

CBS led in adults 18-49 (1.5 rating) and total viewers (8.3 million) on Wednesday night, thanks to a strong encore of Criminal Minds (1.7 adults) and the 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors.

Part of the fun of the annual Kennedy Center Honors telecast is the strange bedfellows nature of the high and pop culture recipients, all of whom are recognized for lifetime achievement in the performing arts. That is certainly the case with this year

Thursday TV Highlights: 'The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors'. Comments. 1. "The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors". Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman, left, with President and Mrs. Obama, is among those feted at "The 35th Annual Kennedy Center

If you grew up with TV in the 1950s and '60s, the golden age of variety shows hosted by such stars as Judy Garland and Danny Kaye, you can appreciate "Kennedy Center Honors" as the last, great variety show on television. And it seems fitting that it is

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Cincinnati stuns Duke late in Belk Bowl for 48-34 win

Close Button. Courtesy: GoDuke.com. Check Out the Belk Bowl Auction. Thursday 12/27/2012 - Duke Sports Information. Print · Send this article to a friend · Email · Subscribe to our Rss feed · RSS. Related Links. DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University will make

Brendon Kay wasn't sure if he'd get another shot. When he did, he made the most of it. Duke running back Josh Snead fumbled at the Cincinnati five-yard line with 1 minute 20 seconds left and Kay threw an 83-yard touchdown pass to tight end Travis Kelce

For the second straight season, Cincinnati finished the year as one of multiple teams tied for the Big East lead, and just like last season the Bearcats found themselves on the wrong end of the conference tie-breakers. It's the fourth time in five

Duke vs. Cincinnati When: 6:30 p.m.. Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte Line: Cincinnati by 9. TV/Radio: ESPN2, WDNC-620 AM, WKIX-102.9 FM. Bowl preview central: ***Duke accepts Belk Bowl bid · ***There was

What Baylor and UCLA lack in truly elite overall play, they make up for with fun and aggression. What more would you want from a bowl game?

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Former President George HW Bush, 88, getting excellent treatment: Chief of staff

Former President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush point from their seats on day two of the Republican National Convention on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and is in "guarded condition," family spokesman Jim McGrath said Wednesday. "The President is alert

Former President George H.W. Bush was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital Sunday, a spokesman announced Wednesday. There aren't a lot of details, but the former president, who is 88, originally went to Methodist Hospital on Nov.

By MICHAEL GRACZYK, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush's family sought privacy and provided no new details Thursday about his medical condition, a day after his spokesman said

former President George H.W. Bush. ___. "With the passing of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, America lost a great patriot and a great soldier. Norm served his country with courage and distinction for over 35 years. The highlight of his career was the

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New Android malware uses Google Play icon to trick users, conduct DDoS ...

A new Android threat uses a Google Play icon to trick users into believing it is legitimate. It can be used to conduct DDoS attacks and send spam.

A tablet specific version of popular vBulletin forums app, Tapatalk, hits the Google Play Store in public beta, with the finished article expected to become available in late January.

If you just picked up a new Android device for the holidays, or you're looking for some good new apps, then you may want to head to the Google Play store. Google has now listed their “best apps of 2012″, and there's some good titles to be found

A new Android threat uses a Google Play icon to trick users into believing it is legitimate. It can be used to conduct DDoS attacks and send spam.

Google's recently launched scan-and-match feature for Google Play has drawn early criticism from users who say the tool is weeding out explicit lyrics. The new Google Play Music Manager feature, which scans your online music library and stores Google

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Jack Klugman's secret, lifesaving legacy

Jack Klugman, star of the much-beloved sitcom 'The Odd Couple', has died, his attorney told KTRK. He was 90.

Jack Klugman, the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV's The Odd Couple and the crime-fighting coroner in Quincy, M.E., died Monday, a son said. He was

At a time when horse racing desperately seeks to attract high-profile owners from the entertainment industry, the game lost one of its most dedicated members with the death of actor Jack Klugman at age 90. Just like in his acting career, Klugman's ride

One thing you may not know about the late "Quincy" star Jack Klugman: he advocated for the development of treatments for rare diseases. "The problem was that many terrible diseases didn't afflict enough people to entice

Jack Klugman, who has died at 90, was a TV-star anomaly -- not conventionally handsome, with the jagged voice and hangdog demeanor of a character actor, and a performer who was as comfortable being part of an

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Fandango sets single-day ticket sales record on Christmas

Hi, Is there anyway that I can install fandango on my PRE2 unlocked Europe. I know its for US only but I'm currently in the US and would have great.

The Comcast-owned company adds former Disney executives Adam Rockmore and Dana Henry Benson to its ranks.

After nine years in development, ScummVM offshoot ResidualVM is finally ready for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Grim Fandango is one of the most beloved games of the 1990s, but 14-year-old software makes it nearly impossible to play on modern

The Comcast-owned company adds former Disney executives Adam Rockmore and Dana Henry Benson to its ranks.

Fans of the classic LucasArts adventure game Grim Fandango can celebrate as a new utility, ResidualVM, makes the game compatible with Windows 7 and 8. The game was originally released on Windows 98. ResidualVM

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2012: a year of electrifying weather photos in the Washington, DC area

Trading was choppy, with investors trimming losses midday Thursday on a bullish weather forecast. In the end, the January natural gas contract, which expired Thursday, came in at $3.354 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile

Trading was choppy, with investors trimming losses midday Thursday on a bullish weather forecast. In the end, the January natural gas contract, which expired Thursday, came in at $3.354 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile

Trading was choppy, with investors trimming losses midday Thursday on a bullish weather forecast. In the end, the January natural gas contract, which expired Thursday, came in at $3.354 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile

Vivid lightning displays, paltry snowfall, a Derecho, and Superstorm Sandy highlight the photos of 2012. (Ian Livingston and Kevin Ambrose). Looking back on 2012, there was not much snow to photograph in Washington but the thunderstorms this past year

The winter weather that brought snow and ice to North Texas has also brought delays to travelers at DFW International Airport.

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