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I am pretty sure that, this year, it is illegal to write anything negative about Betty White, at penalty of being severely Disliked by Facebook. So let me say upfront—and honestly—that White is easily the best thing about TV Land’s new sitcom Hot in Cleveland.
It makes sense that White should cap off her yearlong hot streak—from …
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People who follow the news and politics closely come to a Presidential Oval Office speech with a list of expectations: policy aims, specific targets, forceful rhetoric, political positioning, expressions of leadership, definitions of problems, proposals of solutions, framing of issues and …
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MSNBC, which has for some time programmed its last hour of prime time with reruns of Countdown, has finally concluded its search for a 10 p.m. host—by hiring someone who has been on MSNBC approximately forever. (Sigh—sometimes it turns out The One has been right under your nose all along!) Lawrence O’Donnell, a former Democratic …
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This morning, Bravo announced a premiere date (August 5) and cast for The Real Housewives of D.C. And in the not-exactly-a-surprise of the day, the cast includes White House party crasher (though she contests the characterization) and media gadfly Michaele Salahi.
So if you have been wondering, America, if there is a sure route to fame …
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Test Pilot is a semiregular feature sharing my first impressions of the pilots for next fall’s shows. These aren’t reviews, since these pilots can be rewritten, recast and retooled before airing, and the shows that eventually get on the air can prove much better or worse. But, premature opinions are why God invented the Internet, so …
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After last night’s season finale of Breaking Bad, AMC aired a preview of its next drama series, the conspiracy thriller Rubicon, starring James Badge Dale, which begins in August. (Actually, though I didn’t catch the airing since I saw Breaking Bad on a screener, I believe AMC aired the full pilot. Update: They did, and you can watch …
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The first Game of Thrones teaser is out. It’s short; it …
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Spoilers for the season finale of Breaking Bad coming up:
The story of Breaking Bad has been the story of Walter White crossing thresholds. It’s been a journey with him down a descending corridor leading further into his …
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Spoilers for last night’s episode of Treme coming up:
“Unlike plot-driven entertainments, there is no closure in real life. Not really.” —Creighton Bernette
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Spoilers for tonight’s Friday Night Lights coming up:
Last week gave us some devastatingly emotional scenes in Friday Night Lights‘ “The Son,” a high-water mark for the season to this point, if not for the whole series. The followup, “Stay,” gave us a set of stories that were about aftermath: the aftermath of Matt’s father’s death, …
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The second season of HBO’s True Blood ended on a cliffhanger, as vampire Bill asked mortal-or-mostly-mortal (I think) Sookie (a.k.a. “Suh-key”) for her hand in marriage, then disappeared after she asked for a minute alone to think. The first three episodes of True Blood’s season 3 …
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In the print issue of TIME on newsstands today, I have a piece on the amazing third season of Breaking Bad, which wraps up Sunday night. [Update: Oh, it’s customary to link to the story, isn’t it? Ahem.] I’ve been a broken record about this at the blog, but it’s really something that a show like this—which debuted as quite a good …
