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Daze of Their Lives

When you think about it, it’s surprising that there aren’t more reality shows about hedonistic, wild senior citizens. There’s an undercurrent of sadness, after all, to seeing young people drink their lives away and make questionable romantic choices on Jersey Shore or The Hills. They have entire long lives ahead of them to screw up. …

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The Morning After: Slap Happy

To all those of you who watched Happy Town on ABC last night and hated it, I apologize for not having warned you away. I watched the screeners ABC made available and thought it was almost unwatchable: a clumsy, exposition-heavy compilation of horror and mystery-show clichés overlaid with a few Lynch-for-Dummies sinister-small-town …

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Modern Family Watch: Give the Drummer Some!

“My dad’s not like your dad. There’s nothing deep and dark inside. His hard candy shell is only hiding more candy.”

Because Jay is a central character on Modern Family, we’ve seen a lot of what makes Claire and Mitchell Claire and Mitchell. We haven’t had the same opportunity with Phil, so it was good to see Fred Willard as his dad …