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Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ends its brilliant seventh season at 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, paying off an ongoing story about a "Seinfeld" reunion show. The clever comic device has allowed David to stage a "Seinfeld" reunion while simultaneously making fun of the concept.  Full story »

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra holiday concert, The Fantastic Mr. Fox; Super CD Monday and downtown Cleveland's Winterfest are part of this week's Pop 10 roundup.  Full story »

Friday's "Monk" begins a two-part caper that ends the series. Full story »

Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey formally announced to viewers that her show will end in 2011. She made the announcement at the end of Friday's episode.  Full story »

Winfrey plans to announce the final date for her show during a live broadcast on Friday, Harpo Productions Inc. said, bringing an end to what has been television's top-rated talk show for more than two decades, airing in 145 countries worldwide and watched by an estimated 42 million viewers a week in the U.S. alone. Full story »

You might say our national nightmare is over. Or is it just a TV series? In any case, TLC's reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" will end its spectacular but stormy run Monday at 9 p.m. EST.  Full story »

NBC has scheduled next year's Emmy Awards for August, instead of September when they're usually aired. The network says the decision to slot the TV awards show for Sunday, Aug. 29, was made early to get a head start on planning.  Full story »

A new "Dancing" champ will be crowned next week. Singer Mya, reality star Kelly Osbourne and entertainer Donny Osmond will be vying for the show's coveted mirrorball trophy.  Full story »

Somewhere in the universe of TV viewers, there's got to be a person who actually likes those pop-up, on-screen promotions. Someone who thinks, "Thank you, network people, for those useful, informative announcements that block what I'm watching to tell me what I'm watching, or tell me what I could be watching next, which will then be blocked by reminders of what I could be watching after that." Full story »

Mya is tops among semifinalists on "Dancing with the Stars." The singer topped the judges' leaderboard on Monday with 87 points out of a possible 90 for the three dances she performed with her professional partner, Dmitry Chaplin.  Full story »

A move to Thursdays brings in low ratings as acclaimed science-fiction series sees better-quality episodes. Full story »

College football's greatest rivalry -- between Ohio State and Michigan -- really hasn't been much of a rivalry lately. Which made us think of a few differences between the schools before Saturday's game. Full story »

We have the stats for what Cleveland will be watching tonight.  Full story »

Cable TV operator Comcast Corp. is expected to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal, perhaps as early as next week, bringing the network of Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Milton Berle and Tom Brokaw under the corporate control of the company that owns the Golf Channel and E! Entertainment Television. Full story »