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JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight

Hidden Palms, on The CW. Because it’s Kevin Williamson, because Dawson’s Creek gave me such pleasure for its first few years, and because I have subsequently felt obligated to give a chance to Wasteland and Glory Days. Because even though I saw the first episode months ago and didn’t like it, and even though the [...]

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The End Nears for The Sopranos: Do You Keep HBO?

HBO: Craig Blankenhorn Here’s one thing I love about blogging. I post a question. You write stuff for me. My employer considers this “work,” and continues to issue me paychecks. To the extent that you buy our advertisers’ products or watch TV programming produced or delivered by Time Warner, you are literally paying to do [...]

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How You and I Lost Kevin Reilly His Job

Can Friday Night Lights survive the loss of its friend in the front office? NBC Photo: Bill Records NBC’s entertainment president Kevin Reilly–the man who programmed Heroes and pushed to keep 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights on the air–is leaving his job. (Technically, but only technically, he quit.) Replacing him, sort of, is Ben [...]