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Spoilers for last night’s Rubicon coming up:
One of the things that’s enthralled me with Rubicon (and probably frustrated some people) is how it’s built suspense by withholding. Rather than give us one explosive action scene after another, it’s created tension by the suggestion of violence, the distant reports of threats, the …
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Stephen J. Cannell, creator or producer of dozens of TV series over several decades, is reported to have died at age 69. Cannell’s extensive list of achievements includes a number of well-known TV series, especially cop and crime shows, and likely The Rockford Files and The A-Team …
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Here’s why I don’t post here every time a former Arrested Development star says, “We’re really close to making the movie!”: I’ve heard it too many times to believe it until I see it. Fox’s Running Wilde, likewise, is not the second coming of Arrested Development. Nor was Mitch Hurwitz’s Sit Down, Shut Up. And IFC’s The Increasingly …
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Update: CNN announced this afternoon that Sanchez is “no longer with the company.”
CNN’s Rick Sanchez, a frequent target (like many anchors) of The Daily Show, went on comedian (and CNN contributor) Pete Dominick’s satellite radio show and said that Stewart was picking on him out of bigotry. And then he took it a little further. When …
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I don’t usually do group reviews of the Thursday comedies,* but today there’s a point to it. There’s been a lot of discussion this week on this blog and elsewhere about what the broadcast networks can and can’t do that cable can. But while most of what’s interesting in drama is getting done on cable, comedy is a different story. And …
Many Americans can’t be bothered to watch foreign films. The subtitles, you know. Luckily, Hollywood is always ready to jump in with an unnecessary remake. TIME picks the best of the bunch.
Long after you’ve become too old to enjoy after school cartoons, their theme songs continue to bounce around your brain. TIME chooses the most memorable animated tunes.
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As you may already know from having visited Google, it’s The Flintstones’ 50th anniversary. I watched Flintstones reruns—and various later spinoffs—as a kid, but I hadn’t revisited Bedrock until a couple of years ago, when the Tuned In Jrs. went through a brief Flintstones phase. …
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My post on Modern Family’s Big Gay Kiss Episode this morning reminded me of a discussion Jaime Weinman of MacLean’s and I had at his blog yesterday, in a post of his partly inspired by a post of mine on the death of Lone Star. Essentially, he makes the argument that big mainstream broadcast hits still exist and still matter–because …
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There is something in me that is just constitutionally unable to appreciate yet another cop procedural, even or especially when it’s another Law & Order. (I can appreciate why people loved the original, for instance—I just can’t feel it and am not interested in faking it.) So you won’t be surprised that I didn’t love last night’s …
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Although I knew it was coming, I actually missed the kiss between Mitchell and Cameron the first time I watched last night’s Modern Family. (I’m considering that a non-spoiler, seeing as how widely the smooch was reported and discussed in advance.) I looked down for a second, probably typing down some quote, and it was there and gone, …
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Greg Giraldo, whose sharp and searing standup was familiar to fans of Comedy Central and Last Comic Standing, died Wednesday from the effects of a prescription drug overdose. Giraldo, a former lawyer, brought an intelligent and combative style to Comedy Central’s roasts as well as the panel of …
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Great news everybody! I had a really productive work day! Bad news, everybody! That work day did not include getting around in time to last night’s Sons of Anarchy or The Good Wife. Or to posting today’s The Morning After discussion post in the, um, morning. But so as not to make this a total washout, I’m putting it up for your …
