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Yeah, so I flew to Hawaii to visit the Lost finale being shot. I know. I have a really lousy life. And I saw a pretty spoilery scene, which I can’t tell you much about. And I did some interviews with the cast members and producers, which I can tell you about. Then I wrote a cover-length story for TIME. Then I cut it about in half, …
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Chung-chung! Is that a body? Reports came in from several news outlets late this afternoon that NBC is canceling the original series of Law & Order after 20 seasons. TV Guide and Deadline.com have said it’s a done deal, and the New York Times’ Brian Stelter tweeted confirmation from a former producer.
[Update: Don’t consider L&O dead, …
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The big-network upfront schedule presentations are coming up next week, but the pickups of new series, official and reported, are starting to, well, pick up.
Fox has reportedly settled on a couple of dramas and three comedies, the latter including Running Wilde, created by Mitch Hurwitz and starring Will Arnett (and costarring Keri …
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After May 23, Lost will be no more. And judging by the fan reactions to the “Across the Sea” and the waning days of season 6 generally, we’re seeing a lot of restlessness among the fans about how and whether Lost is answering questions, and whether it’s staying true to its vision and characters as it goes off the air.
I don’t want to …
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I’ve been hearing for a while now from fans of Cougar Town that the show has become much better than you would have thought, initially, from seeing the title. Or watching the show. Alan Sepinwall, who’s been a big advocate of the show, recently interviewed Bill Lawrence about the show and the possibility of changing its ill-advised …
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Spoilers for last night’s American Idol elimination after the jump:
The prestigious Cannes Film Festival was founded in 1946. TIME’s Richard Corliss reflects on its most noteworthy premieres.
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WARNING: Spoilers for last night’s Glee lie ahead.
Maybe it’s just that I badly needed a palate-cleanser after a long night of Lost-induced brain-twisting and sleep-denying, but “Laryngitis” was the first episode of Glee since the season break that I found myself enjoying (mostly) without reservation. Because I’m still a bit …
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, tell your brother not to sit too close to that brightly glowing TV set, and enjoy a nice episode of Lost together.
Last night, Jamie Foxx made a return appearance to American idol to coach the four remaining singers in — the music of the movies! The songs of the silver screen! Les chansons du cinema! Who was a box-office smash? Who went over like Ishtar? Click on the pix to find out:
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…you might as well, too. Tonight, Jamie Foxx mentors the remaining Idols in Music from the Movies, apparently because he was in Ray. Last year he mentored the Idols in Music of The Rat Pack, apparently because he was in Ray. Next year, he’ll mentor contestants in–what?–Music from The Blues Brothers? Ray Charles was in that!
As Roger …
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A bit of a largish print deadline this morning, so blogging’s going to be light. But the first thing I’m going to do when I have time, right after all the other first things I’m going to do, is get caught up on the final season of 24 so I can be there for Jack Bauer’s sendoff. It’s not like the …
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As of this writing, the search string “how i met your mother ted douche” returns over 100,000 hits on Google. I’m not sure if I should be surprised that it doesn’t get fewer or more, but I have notice that descriptive and his name used together with increasing regularly on this and other TV sites. So to hear Ted say it to himself last …
