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Old rules don’t mean much to broadcasters

This Nov. 10, 2012 file photo shows actor Denis Leary at "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Cure Parkinson's" Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research benefit  in New York. Leary wrote and produced the series "Sirens," one of the first original comedy series coming to USA Network.  (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — The most striking thing about the broadcast TV networks announcing their new fall schedules this past week was how little that actually meant.

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Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson

In this June 19, 2011, file photo, 2011 U.S. Open golf tournament champion Rory McIlroy holds his trophy with former winner Ken Venturi in Bethesda, Md. Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon, May 17, 2013. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Larry French, File)

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Peggy Nelson says her late husband’s face would “light up” whenever he got a call from or thought about Ken Venturi.

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Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst, dies

File-This June 20, 1964 file photo shows Ken Venturi making the final putt on the 18th green during the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The former U.S. Open champion has died just 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, says he died Friday May 17, 2013 in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection.  (AP Photo/File)

Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82.

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‘American Idol’ finale draws record low ratings

Host Ryan Seacrest, left, and finalists Candice Glover, center, and Kree Harrison speak on stage at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the “American Idol” finale plunged to a record low for the 12-year-old show.

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Tim McGraw recasts ACM’s TV special, airing Sunday

In this Jan. 15, 2013 file photo, Country singer and actor Tim McGraw poses for a portrait, in Nashville, Tenn.  "ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night," taped a day after the ACM Awards last month in Las Vegas, will air Sunday, May 19, at 9 p.m. EST on CBS. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP, file)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When the producers of the Academy of Country Music’s annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program’s format.

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