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ABC: Ladies, Bingo and Blackberries

The cast of Ugly Betty does a song and dance for advertisers. / ABC NBC, which is tanking in the ratings, had a screen at its upfront with trying-too-hard-to-impress demographic statistics. ABC, which has a few top ten shows, has Jimmy Kimmel’s Upfront Fun Facts, “Percentage of people pretending to text people on your Blackberries [...]

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Sopranoswatch: I Get It. (Albeit a Couple Days Late.)

Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers! Go away! Spoilers! HBO Um, yeah, so that was a rather big Sopranos for me to miss, wasn’t it? There’s been a lot of comment that this final set of Sopranos episodes have been “making Tony unlikeable.” The fact is, David Chase has never liked Tony a bit, in the way that [...]

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NBC Pilot Trailers: They're New to You!

See them online here. Don’t thank me. Seriously, don’t.

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ABC Does the Dozens

So easy, even a caveman could program it! / GALE ADLER–ABC Twelve, count them twelve, new shows are coming from ABC next season, including seven dramas, four comedies and one reality show from Oprah Winfrey. You’d think they’d throw in a jelly donut there and make it a baker’s dozen, but times are tight. Part [...]