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JPDVD: Futurama Back on TV! Kinda!

TWENTIETH-CENTURY FOX Nearly five years after its cancellation by Fox, Futurama returns today with the release of Bender’s Big Score, a straight-to-DVD movie. Although intended to ultimately be sliced and diced into half-hour episodes for rerun by Comedy Central (which acquired the reruns of the series), it actually hangs together well as a full-length feature, [...]

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Celebrity-Addicted Network Networks with Celebrity Addicts

You know what the problem with network press releases is? Not being able to hear the authors laughing maniacally to themselves as they type. But it’s easy enough to imagine when you look at VH1′s announcement for Celebrity Rehab, debuting Jan. 10, a reality show hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky (Loveline), which is exactly what [...]

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Heroes Watch: Adam and Evil

SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, secure your viruses and watch last night’s Heroes. “When you’ve been around as long as I have, patterns become clear. Constant war, famine, disregard for the environment…” Wow. At NBC, green really is universal. So at last we have a motivation of sorts for Adam. A plausible one, [...]

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The Morning After: Chuck Upped!

NBC Photo: Paul Drinkwater A little good news to jump-start your discussion of last night’s TV: Chuck has been picked up for nine more episodes this season by NBC, as has Life. If, you know, anyone ever actually writes new episodes of TV again. Did last night’s leave you wanting more?