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Friday
Frances McDormand plays Olive Kitteridge in the four-hour HBO miniseries adapted from Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of short stories. Jojo Whilden/HBO hide caption
Like Olive Kitteridge, Actress Frances McDormand Was Tired Of Supporting Roles
Richard Jenkins plays Henry, Olive's husband. JoJo Whilden/Courtesy of HBO hide caption
In The Life Of 'Olive Kitteridge,' It's The Little Things That Add Up
Popobawa promo. Phoebe Boswell for NPR hide caption
A new digital platform called Simpsons World features all 25 years of episodes. FX says it is trying to cater to both old-fashioned TV fans and people who watch shows on other devices. FOX hide caption
Thursday
Jeffrey Tambor plays Maura in the new Amazon series Transparent. Jill Soloway says she cast Tambor in the role because everyone knows Tambor as a "dad figure." Courtesy of Amazon hide caption
Funny, Dirty, Sad: The 'Holy Trinity' For 'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway
Tyler Ritter (center) stars in CBS's The McCarthys with, clockwise from top left, Jack McGee, Laurie Metcalf, Jimmy Dunn, Joey McIntyre and Kelen Coleman. Monty Brinton/CBS hide caption
Wednesday
Winner of masquerade contest at a Halloween party in 1939 in Missouri. Arthur Rothstein/Library of Congress hide caption
Tuesday
Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, which will air its final season next year. Poehler says, "It's a privilege in television to be able to have a proper goodbye." Colleen Hayes/NBC hide caption
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the early days â with the original Aunt Viv, too! AP hide caption
Monday
This photo provided by Julie Strassman shows her sister, actress Marcia Strassman. The actress, who played Gabe Kaplan's wife, Julie, on the 1970's sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, has died at age 66. Randi St. Nicholas/AP hide caption
Friday
June "Mama June" Shannon jokes with daughter Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, star of TLC's unscripted series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Evelyn FitzGerald, 2 months old, is in a Princess Leia — of Star Wars renown — costume made from recycled clothes by her mother Shenandoah Brettell of El Segundo, Calif. "I made the wig out of yarn and the belt out of felt," says Shenandoah, who listens to NPR member station KPCC. Shenandoah Brettell hide caption
