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Brett Somers Dies at 83

Brett Somers has died. She follows Charles Nelson Reilly, who passed away in May; I looked back on Match Game then, and Somers (who debuted on the show doing a guest stint with husband Jack Klugman) was an indispensible, combative part of it. (If I had based my top 100 TV list solely on my [...]

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K-Ville: Taking the (Big) Easy Way Out

Robert Sebree/FOX There are things you want to do and things you have to do. I want to review K-Ville for the show it could have been–a cop drama that portrays post-Katrina New Orleans by showing the struggle to maintain order. I have to review it for what it actually is: an unimpressive police procedural [...]

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You Bleeped Me! You Really Bleeped Me!

The most memorable moment of last night’s Emmy awards was from an acceptance speech we didn’t hear. Or part of one, anyway. Having won best drama actress, Sally Field launched into a passionate, flustered speech about playing a mother and dedicating her performance to mothers in wartime. “If mothers ruled the world,” she said, “there [...]