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Kerry Washington arrives at the Academy of Television Art and Sciences' event with the cast and producers of "Scandal". (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

'Scandal' cast performs finale live for Academy

Forget the DVR. Not this time. Not after this long of a wait. Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates. But a crowd of approximately 700 ...

This publicity image released by NBC shows the cast of "The Office," from left, Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Vance, Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Halpert, Jake Lacy as Pete, Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, Ellie Kemper as Erin Hannon, right, in a scene from the series finale, airing Thursday, May 16, 2013 on NBC. (AP Photo/NBC, Chris Haston)

Paper wrap: 'The Office' ends its 8-year run

That's a wrap! Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. lives on, but "The Office" has closed shop. The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run. As expected, office manager Dwight wed tempestuous co-worker Angela, with whom he previously shared ...

This image provided by Christie’s Auction House shows a 1991 painting by artist John Currin entitled “Bea Arthur Naked". The painting was sold at auction by Christies in New York, for $1.9 million during their “Post War and Contemporary Art Sale, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. According to Christie's, the image was based on a photograph of the late television actress with her clothes on. (AP Photo/Christie’s Auction House)

Bea Arthur topless painting fetches $1.9M in NYC

A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled "Bea Arthur Naked." It sold at Christie's auction of postwar and contemporary art on Wednesday. It had been expected to bring in ...

FILE - In this June 27, 2010 file photo, "The Young and the Restless" star Jeanne Cooper arrives at the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Las Vegas. CBS says "The Young and the Restless" will broadcast a tribute to Jeanne Cooper, the veteran star of this daytime drama who died Wednesday May 8, 2013. It is scheduled to air May 28. Cooper, 84, played grande dame Katherine Chancellor. She joined the soap six months after its March 1973 debut, staking claim to the title of its longest-tenured cast member.  (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

'Y & R' to memorialize soap star Jeanne Cooper

CBS says "The Young and the Restless" will broadcast a tribute to Jeanne Cooper, the veteran star of the daytime drama who died earlier this week. It is scheduled to air May 28. The network says cast members, friends and family of the actress will gather next week to tape ...

Lucci, Trebek donate TV objects to Smithsonian

The Smithsonian Institution is adding relics from soap operas and game shows to its national entertainment collection to tell the story of daytime television. On Thursday, actress Susan Lucci from TV's "All My Children" and Alex Trebek from "Jeopardy!" visited the National Museum of American History to donate objects from ...

FILE - In this June 27, 2010 file photo, actress Jeanne Cooper arrives at the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Las Vegas. CBS says soap opera star Jeanne Cooper has died. She was 84.  Cooper played grande dame Katherine Chancellor on CBS' "The Young and the Restless" for nearly four decades. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84

Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84. Cooper died Wednesday morning in her sleep, her son the actor Corbin Bernsen wrote on Facebook. The family confirmed the death to ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 26:  The cast and producers of 'The Young & The Restless' pose at the 40th anniversary cake-cutting ceremony at CBS Televison City on March 26, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)

'The Young and the Restless' top Emmy nods

CBS' soap "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 23 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including three of the four competitors for best actor, while ABC rival "General Hospital" had 19 nominations. The 40th annual Daytime Emmy awards will be held June 16 in Beverly Hills, Calif., televised for ...

FILE - This Jan. 29, 2013 file photo shows actor Kevin Spacey at the premiere of Netflix's first original series, "House of Cards," in Washington. Spacey and Dana Brunetti will be honored with a Webby Special Achievement Award for their role in creating and producing the groundbreaking series. The ceremony will available to view in HD on Watch.WebbyAwards.com on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Invision/AP, File)

'House of Cards,' Frank Ocean top Webby Awards

Netflix's groundbreaking "House of Cards" may be the first digital series nominated for a best drama Emmy. But it will start with a Webby. The Webby Awards are honoring "House of Cards" producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti with a Webby special achievement award. The political thriller, for which Netflix ...

Honoree Barbra Streisand attends the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 40th Annual Chaplin Award Gala on Monday, April 22, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Streisand feted by Clinton, Minnelli and friends

"Ever since I can remember," Barbra Streisand told a crowd at Lincoln Center Monday night, "people have been calling me bossy and opinionated." She continued: "Maybe that's because I am. Three cheers for bossy women!" The crowd roared. Of course, the crowd — which included the singer's friends, Bill and ...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 11:  Sportscaster Al Michaels attends the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 22nd Annual Hall of Fame Induction Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 11, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

NBC's Michaels arrested for alleged DUI in Calif.

NBC Sports announcer Al Michaels was arrested over the weekend in Southern California on suspicion of drunken driving, authorities said Sunday. Michaels was pulled over at about 9:30 p.m. Friday after officers manning a DUI checkpoint witnessed him make an illegal U-turn, Santa Monica police Sgt. Richard Lewis said. Michaels, ...

This undated publicity image released by Sundance Channel shows David Wenham, left, and Elisabeth Moss in the Sundance Channel original miniseries "Top of the Lake". A TV miniseries and movie comeback will mean more Emmy Awards than expected at this year's ceremony. The TV academy's board of governors said it's reversing its 2012 decision to combine lead and supporting acting honors for such projects. In a statement, the board said that because of the "unanticipated resurgence" of TV miniseries and movies, it was reinstating the separate acting categories. The board was swayed by a rich field of potential contenders, including Elisabeth Moss and Holly Hunter in Sundance Channel's "Top of the Lake" and Ben Whishaw and Dominic West in BBC America's "The Hour." (AP Photo/Sundance Channel, Parisa Taghizadeh)

More Emmys: TV academy reverses awards plan

A TV miniseries and movie comeback will mean more Emmy Awards than expected at this year's ceremony. The TV academy's board of governors said it's reversing its 2012 decision to combine lead and supporting acting honors for such projects. In a statement, the board said that because of the "unanticipated ...

Sofia Vergara arrives at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Los Angeles.  (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Best of the 2012 Emmys Red Carpet

Televisions biggest stars arrived in style at the 2012 Emmy Awards. Take a look at the fashion hits and misses.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 23:  Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on September 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

2012 Emmys Awards show

See who took home the hardware on television's biggest night, the 2012 Emmy Awards.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - JULY 16: A general view of atmosphere during the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards nomination announcements held at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on July 16, 2009 in North Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Past Emmy moments

The gold statues are going to be handed out this week, and put many shows and actors into the history books. Take a look back at some of the past winners.

"Oh, you mean pharmaceutically? Hmm. Baby aspirin. Baby aspirin and maybe just like a small children's pool of sangria." — Amy Poehler, nominated for lead actress in a comedy for "Parks and Recreation."

Nominees offer prescriptions for Emmy-day nerves

Nicole Kidman, a first-time Emmy nominee for her lead role in the TV movie "Hemingway & Gellhorn," said she was raised on "The Brady Bunch" and "Bewitched." "Growing up in Australia, the miniseries was such a big, big thing. It was something that launched my career because I did miniseries in Australia," she said.

Emmy-nominated stars share their fave TV shows

In this image released by ABC, Sofia Vergara, left, and Julie Bowen are shown in a scene from the comedy series "Modern Family." Vergara and Bowen were both nominated for Emmy awards Thursday, July 19, 2012 for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series their roles on "Modern Family." The 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented Sept. 23 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and airing live on ABC. (AP Photo/ABC, Peter Stone)

Know your 2012 Emmy nominees

A look at the nominees in the major categories of the 2012 Emmy Awards.

'The Walking Dead' headed for Universal's Horror Nights

Caught in the middle of a high-intensity struggle for survival, you fight off hordes of flesh-hungry, growling “walkers,” or zombies. No place is safe as you make your way through a post-apocalyptic wasteland with horror at every turn. Will you survive? This fall, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood ...

7 most common gas-guzzling mistakes

Did you know that for every 5 mph you drive over 50 mph, you're paying an extra 26¢ per gallon for gas? It's easier than you think to avoid common mishaps like this—and save money at the pump. With the national average price of gas nearing $4 a gallon, drivers ...

Andy Griffith, US actor and comedian, in uniform in a publicity portrait issued for the US television series, 'The Andy Griffith Show', USA, circa 1965. The sitcom starred Griffith as 'Sheriff Andy Taylor'. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

TIMELINE: Andy Griffith

June 1, 1926: Born in Mount Airy, N.C., the only child of Geneva and Carl Lee Griffith, and named Andy Samuel Griffith 1941: Inspired to play the trombone after seeing Birth of the Blues at local movie theater May 30, 1944: Graduated from Mount Airy High School Summer 1944: Enrolled ...

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