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In my upfronts post about ABC the other day, I talked about how the broadcast networks spend the week trying to distinguish themselves from each other, even though they are far more like each other than the much-more-specialized cable networks are. The CW is an exception. Its ratings are much more like cable (often below some cable …
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The official beginning of the 2010-11 TV season comes next week, and with it, a deluge of season and series premieres that I’m not going to come close to having time to cover single-handed. So I’ll be making liberal use of The Morning After posts, inviting you to share your, well, morning-after thoughts with the rest of us.
The CW, at …
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If I had watched the finale yet, I’d have a more appropriate caption here. / Giovanni Rufino/ THE CW
Between season-finale triage—I wanted to get How I Met Your Mother out of the way first—and a morning deadline, I haven’t yet watched the Gossip Girl finale. Those of you who have and are dying to discuss, feel free to drop your …
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One of Tuned In’s small pleasures of the 2007-08 season, The CW’s deliciously mean Gossip Girl, got an early lease on life for next season today, along with five other series. From the suits:
The network’s most popular series, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL will return with mega-star Tyra Banks for cycles 11 and 12. Returning dramas
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If my count is not mistaken, we saw our last episode of Gossip Girl until the strike is resolved last night, and it ended on a note of scandalized solidarity for Blair and Serena. I like in particular how Blair has evolved from the villain to a sympathetic, if not entirely redeemed, character. It’s always a risk …
