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Burn Notice Theft of a multimil- It’s Always
It’s Always
South Park
South Park
Scrubs (In
Scrubs (In
Paid Program
Family Feud Å Family Feud Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent Burn Notice Michael joins a
“Eosphoros” (In Stereo) Å
criminal organization. Å
lion-dollar brooch. Å
Sunny
Sunny
“Freak Strike” “Jewbilee”
Stereo) Å
Stereo) Å
The King of
The King of
Seinfeld “The Seinfeld “The Family Guy (In Family Guy (In Family Guy (In The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Conan Steve Carell; Ronda
Sullivan & Son The Ofﬁce
Conan
TBS % P Queens Å
Queens Å
Pilot, Part I”
Pilot, Part II”
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Theory Å
Theory Å
Theory Å
Rousey; Ziggy Marley. (N)
“Cafe Disco”
CBS6 News (N) CBS6 News (N) CBS Evening Two and a Half Big Brother Competing in the Criminal Minds Investigating an CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS6 News (N) Late Show With David Letter- The Late Late Show With Craig
WRGB & &
News/Pelley Men
veto competition. (N) Å
apparent mass suicide.
“Freaks & Geeks”
man (In Stereo) Å
Ferguson Å
The Simpsons Family Guy (In The Big Bang The Big Bang So You Think You Can Dance “Second Live Performance; Second Fox23 News at Fox23 News at Fox23 News at EverybodyThat ’70s
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Theory Å
Theory Å
Elimination” The remaining ﬁnalists perform. Å
10 Å
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Raymond
Show Å
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Hill Å
News 10 at
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Wheel of
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Jimmy Kimmel Live Bryan
Date ComeJeopardy! Å The Middle Å Suburgatory Modern Family Modern Fam- Final Witness “What the Boy
WTEN * * 6:00 (N) Å
News
Fortune Å
Saw” A doctor goes missing.
Eleven (N)
(N) Å
Cranston; Larry King. Å
dian
Å (DVS)
(In Stereo)
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BBC World
PBS NewsHour (N) (In Stereo) Antiques
History of Science The secret The War “A World Without War” The war with Japan. (In Stereo)
Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å Tavis Smiley Nightly Busi- NOVA Å (DVS)
WMHT + $ News Å
Roadshow
of life. (In Stereo) Å
(PA) Å (DVS)
ness Report
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News Channel NBC Nightly Entertainment The Olympic XXX Summer Olympics: Track and Field, Diving, Beach Volleyball. From London. Track and ﬁeld:
Go On (N) (In News Channel XXX Summer Olympics: Track XXX Summer
WNYT ` ` 13 Live at 6
News (N)
Tonight (N)
Zone
women’s 200m ﬁnal; diving; beach volleyball. (N) (In Stereo) Å
Stereo) Å
13 Live at 11 and Field, Cycling. (N) Å
Olympics
Capitol Hill Hearings
Capitol Hill
CSPN . ∑ (5:00) U.S. House of Representatives
Two and a Half The Ofﬁce
How I Met Your How I Met Your Supernatural Sam ends up in a Supernatural Sam and Dean
CW15 News at The Ofﬁce “Two 30 Rock “Luda- 30 Rock (In
’Til Death (In Everybody
Excused (In
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“Halloween”
Mother
Mother
mental hospital. Å
battle a Japanese creature.
Ten (N)
Weeks”
christmas”
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Hates Chris
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Leverage Eliot goes undercover Leverage The team inﬁltrates a Cold Case “World’s End” A
Cold Case The team searches Cold Case “Boy Crazy” A
Leverage The team follows
Leverage “The Nigerian Job”
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WYPX 4 % as Santa Claus. Å
research lab. Å
woman vanishes in 1938.
for a serial killer. Å
teenager’s death. Å
Moreau to San Lorenzo. Å
Stolen airplane designs. Å
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Skin Solutions by Dr. Graf
Style Report With Diana
Joan Boyce Footwear
Joan Boyce Jewelry Collect Sam Edelman Shoes
Forsaken Fragrance
Forsaken
HSN 5 / Pet Solutions
Quacker Factory
Computer Shop
In the Kitchen with David
Discover Diamonique
Electronics Today
Style
QVC 6 , KitchenAid Cookware.
TWC Weather Scan Weather reports.
TWC Weather Scan Weather reports.
TWC 7 A TWC Weather Scan Weather reports.
MLB Baseball: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Å
Baseball Tonight (N) Å
SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å
SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å
SportsCenter
ESPN 8 9 SportsCenter (N) (Live) Å
Soccer: World Challenge: Real Madrid vs. AC Milan. (N) (Live)
NFL Kickoff (N) Å
Film Room
NFL Yearbook Baseball Tonight (N) Å
NASCAR Now
ESPN2 9 : Little League Baseball
The Game 365 Saratoga in 30 Bull Riding
The Dan Patrick Show
Boomer & Carton in 60
Cycling
MSGPL : 4 UFC Insider
Dallas “No Good Deed” Å
Dallas “Family Business”
Dallas “Revelations” Å
The Mentalist Å
Dallas “Revelations” Å
The Great Escape Å
CSI: NY Å
TNT ; 2 Dallas “Collateral Damage”
NCIS Petty ofﬁcer is murdered. NCIS “Sandblast” Å
NCIS “Grace Period” Å
NCIS “Endgame” Å
Suits “Sucker Punch”
Royal Pains Å (DVS)
Rough
USA < > NCIS Political assassination.
Movie: ››› “Geronimo: An American Legend” (1993) Wes Studi. Å
Movie: ››› “Thunderheart” (1992, Mystery) Val Kilmer. ‘R’ Å
Breaking Bad
AMC = B (5:00) Movie: ››‡ “Hidalgo” (2004) Viggo Mortensen. Å
Movie: ››‡ “Two Weeks Notice” (2002) Premiere. Å
Movie: ›‡ “The Ugly Truth” (2009) Katherine Heigl. Å
Movie: ››‡ “Two Weeks Notice” (2002) Å
LIFE > ; Movie: ›› “The Nanny Diaries” (2007) Scarlett Johansson.
Two/Half Men Two/Half Men Movie: ›‡ “The Waterboy” (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler.
Movie: ›‡ “The Waterboy” (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler.
Movie: ›‡ “Dude, Where’s My Car?” (2000)
FX
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NinjaGo
Level Up
King of Hill
King of Hill
American Dad American Dad Family Guy
Family Guy
Chicken
Squidbillies
Metalocalypse
TOON @ O Regular Show Wrld, Gumball Advent. Time Johnny Test
Victorious
Figure It Out Splatalot (N) Victorious
Victorious
Hollywood Heights (N) Å
George Lopez George Lopez Friends Å
Friends Å
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Friends Å
George Lopez
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Jessie Å
A.N.T. Farm
My Babysitter Shake It Up! Good-Charlie Good-Charlie Shake it Up! A.N.T. Farm
My Babysitter Suite/Deck
DISN B C Phineas, Ferb Good-Charlie ›› “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue”
Baby Daddy Melissa
Melissa
Melissa
Baby Daddy Movie: ››› “Mean Girls” (2004, Comedy) Lindsay Lohan.
The 700 Club Å
Fresh Prince Fresh Prince Paid Program
FAM C 0 Baby Daddy
Tosh.0 Å
Colbert Report Daily Show
South Park
South Park
Futurama
Futurama
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South Park
Daily Show
Colbert Report Futurama (N) South Park
Daily Show
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Fast N’ Loud (In Stereo) Å
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Fast N’ Loud
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A&E F Y Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Barter Kings Barter Kings Barter Kings Barter Kings Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Cajun Pawn
Cajun Pawn
Cajun Pawn
Cajun Pawn
Picked Off (N) Å
Restoration
Restoration
Cajun Pawn
Cajun Pawn
Cajun Pawn
HIST G H Modern Marvels “Wheat”
Toddlers & Tiaras Å
Toddlers & Tiaras Å
Toddlers & Tiaras (N) Å
Here Comes Here Comes Toddlers & Tiaras Å
Here Comes Here Comes Toddler-Tiara
TLC H E Toddlers & Tiaras Å
Hunters
Hunters Int’l Hunters
Income Prop. Kitchen Cous Property Brothers (N) Å
Hunters
Hunters Int’l Property Brothers Å
Property Brothers Å
Hunters
HGTV I I Hunters
Restaurant: Impossible
Restaurant: Impossible
Restaurant: Impossible (N)
Chopped
Restaurant: Impossible
Restaurant
FOOD J S Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Restaurant: Impossible
Man v. Food Man v. Food Man v. Food Man v. Food Sandwich
Sandwich
Bggg Bttls
Bggg Bttls
Man v. Food Man v. Food Sandwich
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Bggg Bttls
TRAV K R Bizarre Foods/Zimmern
106 & Park: BET’s Top 10 Live (N) Å
Movie: ››‡ “Why Did I Get Married?” (2007) Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson. Å
Movie: ››› “The Brothers” (2001) Morris Chestnut. Å
The Wendy Williams Show
The Brothers
BET M
Anderson Cooper 360 (N)
Piers Morgan Tonight (N)
Anderson Cooper 360 Å
Erin Burnett OutFront
Piers Morgan Tonight
Cooper 360
CNN N ? (4:00) The Situation Room (N) Erin Burnett OutFront (N)
Jane Velez-Mitchell (N)
Nancy Grace (N)
Dr. Drew (N)
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Showbiz Tonight
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O @ (5:00) Evening Express
American Greed Fugitives
American Greed Fugitives
American Greed
Mad Money
American Greed Fugitives
Amer. Greed
CNBC P F (5:00) XXX Summer Olympics: Boxing. (N)
Hardball With Chris Matthews The Ed Show (N)
The Rachel Maddow Show (N) The Last Word
The Ed Show
The Rachel Maddow Show
Last Word
MNBC Q D PoliticsNation (N)
Cops Å
Pawn
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Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Operate-Repo Bait Car
Bait Car
Pawn
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TRUTV R Z Cops Å
Gator Boys (In Stereo) Å
Gator Boys (In Stereo) Å
Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Off the Hook Off the Hook Gator Boys (In Stereo) Å
Call-Wildman Call-Wildman Off the Hook
A-P
S T Dirty Jobs “Ostrich Farmer”
Tonight From Washington
Capital News Today
CSP2 T ∏ (5:00) U.S. Senate Coverage
Paranormal Witness
Haunted Collector
Haunted Collector (N)
Paranormal Witness (N)
Haunted Collector
Paranormal Witness
Lost Girl
SYFY U L Paranormal Witness
Yes, Dear
Reba Å
Reba Å
Reba Å
Reba Å
Movie: ››› “Smokey and the Bandit” (1977) (In Stereo)
Movie: ›› “Smokey and the Bandit II” (1980) Burt Reynolds. (In Stereo) Å
CMTV V Q Yes, Dear
Auction
Auction
Auction
Auction
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Auction
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Auction
Auction
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SPIKE W J Auction
Hollywood Exes (In Stereo)
Hollywood Exes (N) (In Stereo) Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
Mama Drama “Jay’s Secret”
Hollywood Exes (In Stereo)
Mama Drama
VH1 X G Movie: ››› “New Jack City” (1991) Ice-T (In Stereo) Å
True Life (In Stereo)
True Life (In Stereo)
True Life (In Stereo)
The Real World Trey is angry. WakeBrothers The Real World Å
WakeBrothers Snooki
MTV Y = ’70s Show
Movie: ›››‡ “Pal Joey” (1957, Musical) Rita Hayworth. Å
Movie: ››‡ “Down to Earth” (1947) Rita Hayworth.
Movie: ›››‡ “Gilda” (1946) Rita Hayworth.
TCM Z W Movie: ››› “The Strawberry Blonde” (1941) James Cagney.
Top Chef Masters Å
Million Dollar LA
Million Dollar LA
Top Chef Masters (N) Å
Happens
Top Chef Masters Å
Million Dollar LA
BRAV [ V Top Chef Masters Å
Kardashian
Kardashian
The Soup (N) The Soup
Chelsea Lat
E! News
Chelsea Lat
The Soup
E!
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Casa, Risa
Noticiero Univ. Un Refugio para el Amor (N) Por Ella Soy Eva (N) (SS)
Abismo de Pasión (N) (SS)
La Que No Podía Amar (N)
Impacto Extra Noticiero Uni Hasta-Dinero Nos Separe
Mar de Amor
UNI
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M*A*S*H
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Home Imp.
Home Imp.
Raymond
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The Soul Man The Exes (N) Retired at 35 King
King
King
The Soul Man
TVL Ø N M*A*S*H
Movie: ››‡ “The Cutting Edge” (1992) D.B. Sweeney. Å
Movie: ›‡ “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” (2009) Å
Movie: ››‡ “The Cutting Edge” (1992) Å
LMN ∞ (161) Movie: “James Patterson’s Sundays at Tiffany’s” (2010) Å
Charmed (In Stereo) Å
Bridezillas “Ashanti & Liza”
Bridezillas Brittany’s alter ego. Bridezillas Å
Bridezillas Å
Bridezillas Where Are Th.
Ghost Whisp.
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± (140) Charmed (In Stereo) Å
Yankees BP Pregame
MLB Baseball: New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers. From Comerica Park in Detroit. (N) Å
New York Yankees Postgame Yankees Deck MLB Baseball: New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers. Å
YES ≥
Live From the PGA Championship (N) (Live)
Live From the PGA Championship
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19th Hole
GOLF µ (121) 19th Hole (N) (Live)
FOX Report/Shepard Smith
The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å
Hannity (N)
Greta Van Susteren
The O’Reilly Factor Å
Hannity
Record
FXN ∂ X Special Report
Boxing Å
Boxing
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Boxing Å
Stories of...
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Long Way Down Å
White Shadow Å
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MLB Baseball
CLSC ∑ (131) (5:00) MLB Baseball Å
The Young and the Restless General Hospital Å
General Hospital Å
The Young and the Restless Mirror/Mirror Mirror/Mirror General Hospital Å
All Children
SOAP ∏ (118) Veronica Mars Å
Boomer & Carton in 60
10 to One (N) MSG Celebrity MSG Celebrity
10 to One
MSG Celebrity MSG Celebrity
50 Greatest Moments at MSG Boomer
MSG π 3 MSG Celebrity 10 to One
Drugs, Inc. “Ketamine”
Drugs, Inc. “Meth”
Drain the Great Lakes
America’s Lost Treasures (N) America’s Lost Treasures
Drain the Great Lakes
Drugs, Inc.
NGEO º (120) America’s Lost Treasures
EWTN Live
Super Saints Holy Rosary Saints Alive Catholicism Faith
Women of
Daily Mass: Our Lady
EWTN Live
EWTN æ 5 Savoring-Faith Catholic Way Daily Mass: Our Lady
HUB (125) (101) R.L. Stine’s
Batman Bey. Batman
Batman
Dan Vs. Å
Dan Vs. Å
The Aquabats! The Aquabats! Wonder Years Wonder Years Laverne
Batman Å
Transformers GI Joe
Batman
BBC (159) (109) Star Trek: Next Generation
Top Gear Å
Top Gear Actress Fay Ripley.
Movie: ›››‡ “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) Dev Patel. Premiere. Å
Movie: ›››‡ “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) Dev Patel. Å
SCI (225) (102) How It’s Made How It’s Made Will We Become Extinct?
Matters: Twisted but True
How the Universe Works (N) Through Wormhole-Freeman Matters: Twisted but True
How the Universe Works (N) Wormhole
Bad Girls Club: Mexico Å
Bad Girls Club: Mexico Å
I’m Having Their Baby Å
Movie: ›‡ “Catwoman” (2004) Halle Berry. (In Stereo) Å
Guess Who
OXYGEN (345) U Movie: ›‡ “Catwoman” (2004) Halle Berry. (In Stereo) Å
FSC (660) (125) Soccer
FA Classic
Premier
Soccer: Manchester United vs. Barcelona.
Fox Soccer Report (N) Å
Soccer: Manchester United vs. Barcelona.
Soccer Report
NBCS (685) (126) XXX Summer Olympics
Movie: “Any Given Sunday” (1999) A football coach copes with crises on and off the ﬁeld.
Heads-Up Poker
Poker After Dark Å
Darts
HBO (701) (201) (5:00) Movie: “Contagion”
Hard Knocks: Training Camp Movie: ››‡ “Love & Other Drugs” (2010) Jake Gyllenhaal.
True Blood (In Stereo) Å
Hard Knocks: Training Camp Movie: ››› “Contagion” (2011) Å
HBO2 (702) (202) Movie: ››› “Girl With a Pearl Earring” (2003) (In Stereo) Å
“About Face: Supermodels”
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The Newsroom “5/1” Å
Movie: ››› “Game Change” (2012) Å
MAX (725) (270) Movie: ›› “50 First Dates” (2004) Å
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Movie: ›››‡ “Die Hard” (1988, Action) Bruce Willis. ‘R’ Å
Femme
Movie: “X-Men: First Class”
SHOW (741) (221) Movie: “The Bang Bang Club” (2010) Ryan Phillippe. Å
Movie: ››‡ “Unraveled” (2011) Å
All Access (N) The Franchise Weeds Å
The Franchise Episodes
Movie: ›››› “Five Fingers” (2006) Å
SHW2 (742) (222) Movie: “Nobel Son” (2007) Alan Rickman. (In Stereo)
Movie: ››‡ “Powder” (1995) Mary Steenburgen. (In Stereo)
Movie: ›‡ “Filth and Wisdom” (2008)
Polyamory Mr. Big Brother After Dark (N) Å
TMC (761) (231) Movie: ›› “Beyond Borders” (2003, Drama) Angelina Jolie. (In Stereo)
Movie: “Fubar: Balls to the Wall” (2010) Å
Movie: “No. 1 Cheerleader Camp” (2010) Å
Movie: “All American Orgy” (2009, Comedy) (In Stereo) Å
STRZ (771) (241) (5:05) Movie: “Multiplicity”
Movie: ›‡ “The Smurfs” (2011, Comedy) Hank Azaria. ‘PG’
Movie: ››‡ “Cars 2” (2011) Voices of Owen Wilson. Å
Movie: ›› “View From the Top” (2003) Å
“Rachel Getting Married”
STZE (772) (243) (5:30) “The Roommate” (2011) Movie: ›‡ “Zookeeper” (2011) Kevin James. (In Stereo) Å
Movie: ›››‡ “The Social Network” (2010) (In Stereo) Å
Movie: ››› “Scream” (1996) Neve Campbell. (In Stereo) Å
Magic City
ENC (781) (248) Movie: ››‡ “Takers” (2010, Action) Matt Dillon. ‘PG-13’ Å
Movie: ››› “Home Alone” (1990) Å
Movie: ››› “13 Going on 30” (2004) Jennifer Garner. Å
Movie: ›› “Just Cause” (1995, Drama) ‘R’
Amrcn Hist. X
ELOVE (782) (250) (5:40) “Love’s Labour’s Lost”
Movie: ›› “How to Deal” (2003) Mandy Moore. (In Stereo)
Movie: ›› “Worth Winning” (1989) (In Stereo)
Movie: ››› “Waiting to Exhale” (1995) Whitney Houston. (In Stereo) Å
Movie: Nadine
EWEST (783) (252) Gunsmoke “Kioga” Å
Bonanza “Shining in Spain”
Movie: ››‡ “Sabata” (1970, Western) Lee Van Cleef. Å
Movie: › “Adios Sabata” (1971) Yul Brynner.
Movie: ›‡ “The Return of Sabata” (1972) Lee Van Cleef. Å
ESUSP (785) (254) Movie: ››› “To Die For” (1995) Nicole Kidman. (In Stereo)
Movie: ››› “Marnie” (1964, Suspense) Tippi Hedren. Å
Alfred Hitchcock Hour Å
Diagnosis Murder Å
Movie: ››› “True Lies” (1994, Action) Å
WNYA
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‘Chorus Line’ composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68
NEW YORK (AP) — Marvin
Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. “I
heard sounds that other children
didn’t hear,” he wrote in his autobiography.
He turned that skill into writing
and arranging compulsively
memorable songs that the world
was unable to stop humming —
from the mournful “The Way We
Were” to the jaunty theme from
“The Sting.”
Prolific and seeming without
boundaries, Hamlisch, who died
at 68 after a short illness, composed music for film heroes from
James Bond and Woody Allen,
for powerful singers such as Liza
Minnelli and Aretha Franklin,
and high-kicking dancers of the
Tony-winning “A Chorus Line.”
To borrow one of his song titles,
nobody did it better.
“He was a true musical genius,
but above all that,
he was a beautiful
human being. I
will truly miss
him,” said Barbra
Streisand, who
first met the composer in 1963 and
sang his “The
Way We Were” to
HAMLISCH
a Grammy win in
1974. “It was his brilliantly quick
mind, his generosity, and delicious
sense of humor that made him a
delight to be around.”
Hamlisch collapsed and died
Monday in Los Angeles after a
brief illness, his publicist Ken
Sunshine said, citing the family.
Other details were not released.
The New York-born Hamlisch
composed more than 40 film
scores, including “Sophie’s
Choice,” ‘’Ordinary People,”
‘’The Way We Were” and “Take
the Money and Run.” His latest
work
came
for
Steven
Soderbergh’s “The Informant!”
Hamlisch became one of the most
decorated artists in history, winning
three Oscars, four Emmys, four
Grammys, a Tony, a Pulitzer and
three Golden Globes.
He arranged many of Minnelli’s
albums, including “Judy Garland
& Liza Minnelli ‘Live’ at the
London Palladium.” Minnelli on
Tuesday called Hamlisch “one of
the funniest people I knew. I will
miss his talent, our laughter &
friendship, but mostly I will miss
Marvin.”
“I have lost my first lifelong best
friend, and sadly we have lost a
splendid, splendid talent.”
Actress-singer Lucie Arnaz, the
daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi
Arnaz who performed with
Hamlisch for years, said: “There is
some kind of gorgeous music in the
heavens tonight.”
Hamlisch was perhaps best
known for adapting composer Scott
Joplin on “The Sting.” In the mid’70s, it seemed everybody with a
piano had the sheet music to “The
Entertainer,” the movie’s theme
song. To this day, it’s blasted by ice
cream trucks.
“My heart is broken. He made
me feel so special. I love him so
much,” said actress and singer
Idina Menzel, who often performed with Hamlisch and called
him “a second father.”
Hamlisch received both a Tony
and the Pulitzer for “A Chorus
Line” — the second longest-running American show in Broadway
history — and wrote the music for
“The Goodbye Girl” and “Sweet
Smell of Success.” He was scheduled to fly to Nashville, Tenn., this
week to see a new musical production of his musical “The Nutty
Professor,” directed by Jerry Lewis.
Hamlisch even reached into the
pop world, writing the No. 1 R&B
hit “Break It to Me Gently” with
Carole Bayer Sager for Franklin.
He co-wrote “One Song” sung by
Tevin Campbell and produced by
Quincy Jones, and “I Don’t Do
Duets” sung by Patti LaBelle and
Gladys Knight.
“He was classic and one of a
kind,” Franklin said Tuesday after
learning of his death, calling him
one of the “all-time great” arrangers
and producers. “Who will ever forget ‘The Way We Were’?”
He didn’t rest on that laurel, writing everything from the title song
for the TV series “Brooklyn
Bridge” to the stunning score of
the movie “The Swimmer” to the
symphonic suite “Anatomy of
Peace.” He also wrote the original
theme song for ABC’s “Good
Morning America.”