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Television with Pity?

The leading website of indie TV criticism just got a little less indie. Television Without Pity, home of endless fan discussions and nearly endless, snarky TV-show recaps, is being purchased by Bravo cable network. As Tim Gunn is wont to say, this worries me. After all, Bravo is home to some of TWoP’s richest targets, [...]

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MTV Too; Or, Gwen Stefani Wants You to Feel the Burn, Old Man

My post this morning about MTV reality shows yielded some comments on the age-old theme: remember when MTV used to play videos? The short answer, of course, is that if you can answer yes to that question, you are really too old to be watching MTV. The longer answer to that question is that MTV [...]