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BREAKING: MSNBC Fires Imus

Upside for MSNBC: People are forced to write headlines with MSNBC in them. CBS Radio, meanwhile–which has a larger financial stake in the show–released a statement that they’re sticking to a two-week suspension for now. Meanwhile, they “will continue to speak with all concerned parties.” (Mmmmyeah: the concerned parties who keep their financial statements.) There [...]

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American Idol Discuss-o-Matic

My Idol review is up; you know what you must do. My predix for the bottom three: Phil, Haley, not Sanjaya, which leaves room for one of the front-runners to get the traditional “shocking” bottom three scare… I’m going to roll the dice and say LaKisha but Melinda is not outside the realm of possibility. [...]

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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts. Can Lose?

NBC/Bill Records Friday Night Lights on NBC has had the dubious pleasure of being a show whose story parallels its existence as a TV show: a highly regarded, big-hearted, setback-plagued underdog fighting every week against the prospect of elimination and hoping some Hail Mary will save it. (Despite some encouraging hints, there’s been no word [...]