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Ina Garten was ready for the luck

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 13: Ina Garten signs cookbooks during Food Network's 25th Birthday Party Celebration at the 11th annual New York City Wine & Food Festival in 2018 in New York City. Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Food Network hide caption

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Ina Garten was ready for the luck

Thirteen bestselling cookbooks, a thriving food business in the Hamptons that she sold decades ago, and now her memoir "Be Ready When the Luck Happens" has hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list.

Ina Garten was ready for the luck

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Tom Turkey pictured in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in November 2023.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, pictured in November 2023, has been a fixture of the holiday since 1924, minus a few years during World War II. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images hide caption

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How to watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a tradition 100 years in the making

Macy's is promising its largest Thanksgiving Day parade yet, exactly 100 years after the tradition first started. Here's a look at what to expect and how to watch.

'A Man on the Inside' is the cozy mystery we need

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

'A Man on the Inside' is the cozy mystery we need

The charming Netflix sitcom A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson as a lonely widower who's hired by a private investigator to live undercover in a senior living facility. His mission is to find out who stole a precious item from one of the residents. Created by Michael Schur (The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), the series is also a tender and poignant depiction of loss, aging, and finding community.

'A Man on the Inside' is the cozy mystery we need

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Chuck Woolery hosts a special premiere of the "$250,000 Game Show Spectacular” at the Las Vegas Hilton on Oct. 13, 2007, in Las Vegas.

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Obituaries

Chuck Woolery, game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83

The affable, smooth-talking game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble" later became a right-wing podcaster.

The "Bad Sisters" are back, and they're better than ever.

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The "Bad Sisters" are back, and they're better than ever.

The Apple TV series "Bad Sisters" debuted two years ago. There were laughs. There was murder. And that could've been it for the Garvey sisters, because the show wasn't originally intended to have a second season.

The "Bad Sisters" are back, and they're better than ever.

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A Man on the Inside. Ted Danson as Charles in episode 101 of A Man on the Inside. Cr. Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix © 2024

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How do you solve a crime at a retirement home? Get 'A Man on the Inside'

Michael Schur wrote for the The Office and created The Good Place. His new show for Netflix features Ted Danson as a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community.

How do you solve a crime at a retirement home? Get 'A Man on the Inside'

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Jake Paul steps on the scale during a weigh-in ahead of his heavyweight bout against Mike Tyson on Nov. 14 in Irving, Texas.

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Technology

The Tyson-Paul fight had tech issues. Can streaming handle more major live events?

Netflix says more than 100 million people watched the fight last week, but many reported problems with the stream. What caused it? And why does streaming major live events pose such a challenge?

Is video streaming infrastructure up to par?

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Prue Leith is a judge on the British television baking competition The Great British Baking Show and the author of the cookbook, Life's Too Short To Stuff a Mushroom.

Chef and TV host Prue Leith shares tasty and easy-to-make recipes in her new cookbook, Life's Too Short to Stuff A Mushroom — along with dozens of cooking hacks from her 65-year culinary career. Ant Duncan/Carnival Publishing hide caption

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Life Kit

8 kitchen hacks from 'Baking Show' judge Prue Leith: No points docked for using 'em!

In her new cookbook, "Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom," chef and TV host Prue Leith reveals clever cooking tricks and shortcuts from her 65-year culinary career.

Clever kitchen hacks from 'Bake Off' judge Prue Leith

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Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who finds himself embroiled in a mystery in Interior Chinatown.

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Jimmy O. Yang takes 'Interior Chinatown' tagline 'Break out of your role' to heart

An Asian American waiter named Willis gets embroiled in a mystery after witnessing a crime in Charles Yu's National Book Award-winning novel. Jimmy O. Yang stars in the new Hulu adaptation.

Jimmy O. Yang

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After 'Felicity' and a stint as a spy, Keri Russell embraces her role as a 'Diplomat'

Russell played a Soviet spy in The Americans. She stars as a foreign service officer who becomes the U.S. ambassador in London in the Netflix series The Diplomat. Originally broadcast April 17, 2023.

After 'Felicity' and a stint as a spy, Keri Russell embraces her role as a 'Diplomat'

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Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross.

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Even a heroic detective like 'Cross' can't save this Prime Video adaptation

Aldis Hodge stars as the latest on-screen version of James Patterson's sharp police detective.

Even a heroic detective like ‘Cross’ can’t save this Prime Video adaptation

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'Say Nothing' is a valiant effort at adapting a complex history

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

'Say Nothing' is a valiant effort at adapting a complex history

One night in Belfast in 1972, a mother of ten was abducted from her home in front of her children and never seen again. But the new FX series Say Nothing isn't just true crime – it's part of a more complex history. Because this particular woman was kidnapped and killed by members of the Irish Republican Army during the period known as the Troubles. And decades later, one of the women involved in her disappearance still grapples with her memories and whether to tell the truth about what happened.

'Say Nothing' is a valiant effort at adapting a complex history

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Mormon Moms: Unpacking a national obsession

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Mormon Moms: Unpacking a national obsession

From Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to your favorite homemaking TikTok influencers, the women of the Church of Latter Day Saints have been gaining mass audiences via social media for over a decade. This week, Brittany is joined by Jana Riess, senior columnist at Religious News Service and author of The Next Mormons: How Millennials are Changing the LDS Church, to discuss how Mormon culture provides some of TikTok's most powerful influencers with heavenly tools for success.

Mormon Moms: Unpacking a national obsession

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Connie Chung

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Connie Chung

Connie Chung is a TV legend. She is an Emmy-winning newscaster and interviewer, and the first Asian American to host a major network news show. She chronicles her life and career in her new book Connie: A Memoir. Connie joins Bullseye to talk all about her memoir, what she misses the most about reporting the news, and the wonder of the modern standing desk.

Connie Chung

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Finn Little as Carter and Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler.

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Culture

How 'Yellowstone' writes off Kevin Costner's towering patriarch

So far, Yellowstone has scored sky-high viewership as a western soap opera. Costner's departure just adds to the drama.

Yellowstone returns

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