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Boardwalk Empire Watch: Do It Yourself
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, head down to the basement of the synagogue, fire up the DVR and watch last night’s season finale of Boardwalk Empire.
I didn’t receive an advance screener of the season two finale of …
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Boardwalk Empire Watch: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, wait for that noisy train to finish passing by, then watch last night’s Boardwalk Empire.
“Let’s just say your life is pretty Jacobean all by itself,” Jimmy Darmody’s Princeton …
House Watch: The Fall Finale Edition
This week’s House M.D. wrapped the first half of Season 8. The episode, “Perils of Paranoia,” more fully developed the new Team characters, Adams and Park, who finally seemed like real people last night. More below, but first a …
Walking Dead Recap: Pretty Much Dead Already
The opening scene of the Walking Dead pilot last season was one of the best TV openers in recent memory, on par with the premiere of HBO’s Deadwood way back in 2004, which was arguably the best TV opener of all time. Our first …
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Boardwalk Empire Watch: Unjust Deserts
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, stop pricing out autographed Ty Cobb baseballs in eBay and watch last night’s Boardwalk Empire.
God does not take bribes. This moral certainty at least we learned in last night’s …
Dancing with the Stars, Season 13: And the Winner Is…
We have a champion! Dancing with the Stars picked a new winner last night. After weeks of winnowing the herd, only three “stars” remained. But much like Highlander, there can be only one.
House Watch: The Double-Your-Pleasure Edition
Not one but two patients this week on House M.D. And House climbs into the back of a police cruiser once again. More below, but first a spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen “Dead and Buried,” snap up your Akubra hat and watch …
Dancing with the Stars: Season Thirteen’s Final Performances
Last night on Dancing with the Stars, the three finalists pulled out all the stops to impress America in the hopes of winning the coveted Mirror Ball trophy. Ricki Lake, Rob Kardashian and J.R. Martinez each performed two dances, …
Walking Dead Recap: The Peacemaker
Viewers of The Walking Dead, whether they’ve seen one episode or ten, know that Rick Grimes is the man in charge of the show’s little band of zombie apocalypse survivors. Rick makes pretty much all of the big decision and never …
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Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Body of an American
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, gather all your friends around the wireless and watch last night’s Boardwalk Empire.
Over a season and a half of Boardwalk Empire, I’ve seen men have their throats slashed and get …
‘Dancing with the Stars’, Week 9 Results: No More Hope
Last night on Dancing with the Stars was the end of the semis. Next week, someone will bring home the Mirror Ball Trophy. So, who’s going to the finals?
The verdict: Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy samba’d into the sunset. …
House Watch: The Clowning Around Edition
This week House treats a precocious 16-year-old boy who wants to be a clown, which is fitting because House is nothing if not a clown with advanced skills. More below, but first a spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen this week’s …