Disney aims for a new classic and succeeds
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TV Tonight 2: One Last Alarm Sounds for Rescue Me
Together with Damages, one more landmark cable drama returns this evening: Rescue Me, in which Denis Leary and Peter Tolan have confronted the aftermath of 9/11 with black comedy and/or comedic drama since 2004. I have mixed feelings about the series: for a couple of seasons it was a searing, fearless examination of loss and …
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TV Tonight: Damages Comes Back, While Ted Danson Moves on to CSI
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Damages returns for a fourth season on DirecTV last night tonight. I’ve previewed some of the new season, guest-starring John Goodman as a defense contractor embroiled in scandal, but the show has become a little like legal 24 for me: lots of talent and strong performances, but it has …
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The X Factor Previews, Promises to Keep It Real
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During last night’s All-Star game—I believe the baseball team won—Fox ran its latest preview of fall singing contest The X Factor, which made a couple of things clear. First, from the amount of on-screen placement, it seems more as if this show should be called The X Pepsi …
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Netflixed Off: Will You Pay Netflix's New Price Hike?
You may have heard a sound yesterday, as if millions of voices cried out at once and examined their entertainment budgets. Netflix yesterday announced that it was splitting its base plan—$9.99 a month for unlimited streaming plus one DVD rental at a time—in two: $7.99 for one or the other, effectively hiking the price nearly six …