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NBC has generated headlines over the past year with its attempt to remake ’70s private-eye show The Rockford Files. Somebody should let them know they can stop trying now.
FX has not remade The Rockford Files with its sly-humored new P.I. drama Terriers, debuting tonight, but it has pursued what is probably a better idea: creating a …
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Brief spoilers for the season three premiere of Sons of Anarchy after the jump:
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The outstanding season 2 of Sons of Anarchy ended in a blaze of action: the SAMCRO motorcycle gang got revenge (of sorts) for the rape of matriarch Gemma (Katey Sagal) by the minions of a white-power group; Gemma herself went on the lam after being set up for murder; and protagonist Jax (Charlie Hunnam) was dealt another blow in the …
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David Westin, who has managed ABC News for nearly 14 years, is announcing his resignation, pending ABC’s naming a replacement. The resignation comes with the usual statement about pursuing other opportunities, and the specific causes of the move are arguable: The Daily Beast pegs Westin’s departure as the handiwork of Disney head Bob …
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, buy a ticket to the closed-circuit screening at your local theater and watch last night’s Mad Men.
It was structured around one historic fight, and featured a few others—some verbal, …
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Spoilers for last night’s Rubicon coming up:
In many stories, the dramatic function of lie detectors—like the ostensible actual function of lie detectors—is to eliminate ambiguity: to cut through the murk and differing possibilities and find black and white answers. Black or white, pass or fail.
In some stories, however, they …
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One of the worst-kept secrets in TV finally became official today: Kara DioGuardi and Fox announced that the judge will follow Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres in leaving American Idol’s judging panel for next season.
“I felt like I won the lottery when I joined ‘American Idol’ two years ago, but I feel like now is the best time to …
TIME looks at films that revel in over-the-top mayhem. (Warning: The following trailers and summaries deal with sometimes disturbing violence.)
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Brief spoilers for this week’s Top Chef coming up:
The finals of this season of Top Chef will take place in Singapore, a fantastic choice: a vibrant food city—or, um, so I gather from food TV and magazines—with a colorful culture that melds a numbers of Asian cuisines. And I wish they …
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Since Project Runway debuted, it has been rightly praised as the model (so to speak) of a high-quality competition reality show: entertaining, smart about its subject and visually crisp. Then, for season eight, Lifetime decided that if an hour of Project Runway was this good, 90 minutes would be 50% better.
Instead, the superfluous …
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Here’s some good news: Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, a (1) entertaining reality show that (2) treated its subjects intelligently, seriously and respectfully yet (3) actually got pretty decent ratings, has been picked up for a second season. While the show didn’t set the Nielsens on fire last …
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Yesterday HBO announced that Hung, its dark comedy about a suburban Michigan gigolo and his pimp, will get a third season. I’m pleased and surprised. I don’t think the show has lived up to its potential, but when it’s on—and the past couple of episodes have been strong—it’s an insightful look at people trying to hold on to their …
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James Lee, a 43-year-old man with a long history of grudges against Discovery’s networks and their programming, was shot and killed by police yesterday after he entered Discovery Communications headquarters with a gun and explosives and took hostages. None of the hostages were harmed.
Lee left behind a manifesto that collected a …
