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That’s What the Money’s For!; or, What Is Going On At AMC?
A little extra Mad Men? Fine. More zombies and lawyers? OK. But it’s starting to seem like the cable phenomenon’s cupboards are bare.
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Dads and Brooklyn Nine-Nine: From Worst to Best In One Hour
One is an appealing, confident police comedy. The other is just a crime.
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TV Tonight: Sleepy Hollow
The straight-up-bonkers pilot of this new series script-doctors Washington Irving for today’s steroid era of supernatural storytelling.
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Breaking Bad Watch: Take Good Care of My Baby
An excruciating, terrific episode cranks up the intensity, but also shows that this drama really is about family. Even if Heisenberg has a funny way of showing it.
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Joss Whedon Talks SHIELD, Superheroes, and Secrets: “I Guess I’m Just Not Very Good At Reality”
The TV producer turned blockbuster director (turned TV producer again) on the Avengers spinoff, Agent Coulson’s return, and what it means for little guys to live in a world of gods and Hulks.
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Better Call Saul: The Case For and Against the Breaking Bad Spinoff
Nuanced and well-reasoned arguments for both sides of this debate
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Trigger Warning: Sons of Anarchy Out-Shocks Itself Again
The season premiere’s horrific ending could be exploitative or dramatically fruitful–depending on the consequences.
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The New Crossfire Parties Like It’s 2003
The return of CNN’s punditry face-off managed to be both snide and stilted at the same time.
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Breaking Bad Watch: Here Comes the Cavalry
The pulse-pounding “To’hajiilee” seemed to set up a certain kind of ending, but Breaking Bad is not ready to give Walt–or freaked-out viewers–the answers so easily.
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Jon Stewart Returns To a Ship-Shape Daily Show, and a Full Agenda
It’s good to have him back, but this summer proved–thanks to Stewart, his cast, and his writers–that the biggest star of The Daily Show is The Daily Show itself.
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Crossfire Is Returning Early, Just in Time to Oversimplify Syria
The classic CNN argutainment show was based on the idea that every debate has two sides. But Syria, its reason for returning early, is proof that that assumption is wrong.
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Breaking Bad Watch: You Gotta Keep the Devil Way Down in the Hole
As Jesse tries to turn on “Mr. White,” Breaking Bad reveals itself as a horrifying, sustained depiction of the psychology of abuse.
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RIP David Frost: The TV Host Who Captured a President
David Frost, who died of a heart attack on Aug. 31, was an on-camera natural who gave President Richard Nixon an unofficial public trial