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USA Network's Monk leaves television tonight with a curious legacy; shuttering one of TV's most original characters trapped inside the most hackneyed show ever.

Because USA has an abundance of outstanding original programming, I want to say that it's ok that Monk is coming to an end.

Dear David Inman: I know the friendship between football players Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers was depicted in the movie Brian's Song .

Actor and comedian Jerry Van Dyke has joined august names like Bill Clinton and Johnny Cash on the Arkansas Walk of Fame in Hot Springs - but Van Dyke's plaque of honor is a little more silly.

The actor, perhaps best known for his long run on the series "Coach" and "The District," wants us to know that the areas that bother him the most in Washington "involve lobbyists and special interest groups and the education of our children.

I'm new to politics. For years I have avoided being an adult, and immersing myself in serious world affairs seemed like it would be the nail in the coffin for my childhood.

Our review of The Donna Reed Show: The Complete First Season , published November 27th, 2008, is also available.

TV producer Norman Lear is 87. Actor Jerry Van Dyke is 78. Singer Bobbie Gentry is 65.

Gangly American character comedian, younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, in whose shadow he has generally dwelt.

NBC just officially announced that " Mercy, " a drama about nurses, will debut at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

Although Lanford Wilson's 1980 Pulitzer-winning romantic comedy "Talley's Folly" has a quite predictable ending - with a much more unexpected middle however - the Saint Michael's Playhouse production is so intimately engaging that where it is going becomes all but irrelevant.

READ STORY STORY PHOTOS Unrequited: Winchester's Jason Epperson calls 'go' on first feature film By Rachel Parsons She had to wait around all day, but 10-year-old DeAngela Keller and her 11-year-old cousin, Laken True, finally caught sight of Michael Welch.

A friend tells me that his WVU-alumnus son and his son's pals refer to head coach Bill Stewart as "Luther," after actor Jerry Van Dyke's hilarious portrayal of an assistant ... by Tim McGhee 352 reads Opinion A friend tells me that his WVU-alumnus son and his son's pals refer to head coach Bill Stewart as "Luther," after actor Jerry Van Dyke's ...

Here's the one thing: The government's irresponsible spending is already turning us into slaves, so you might as well literally lock us all in chains.