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Attention, TV watchers, advertisers and Hollywood: NBC is determined to prove to you that it is once again dedicated to Quality Television. And it’s going to prove it to you by benching its best comedy. (Its best show, period, excepting Friday Night Lights, which half belongs to DirecTV.) Parks …
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Spoilers for last night’s Breaking Bad coming up after the jump:
Last night’s episode of Breaking Bad was anchored by three remarkable monologues, by Walt, Jesse and Skyler. Each was styled as a confession of sorts: one true, one containing a lie, and one false, but revealing an uncomfortable truth in the process.
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It’s upfronts week in New York, which means I’m going to spend a lot of the next few days going from one network fall-schedule presentation to the next, and posting here as time and actual-interesting-things-to-write-about permit. Many of the new shows have been announced or leaked last week, but there’s still the possibility of news or …
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It’s official. NBC released a statement saying that Law & Order is finished after 20 years—merely tying and not breaking Gunsmoke’s run as longest-running drama. But Law & Order: SVU is returning, and NBC has picked up the spinoff, Law & Order: L.A., a.k.a. LOLA. (Seriously.) And woe to the NBC employee who notes that Dick Wolf already …
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Good news, Chuck fans! You don’t need to eat a Subway sandwich to save your show! Good news, V fans! You don’t need to eat whatever disgusting alien food product you would have had to have eaten to save your show!
At the rate news is leaking out, officially and un-, about next fall’s schedules, next week’s upfront announcements will be …
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Note: Not doing a Thursday-night-review gallery this week. This is not necessarily a permanent change; I just haven’t watched each show yet and am not sure when I’ll catch up.
“The Master Plan” gave us the Parks and Rec debut of Rob Lowe and of Adam Scott from Party Down. If you’re a Party Down …
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Yeah, so I flew to Hawaii to visit the Lost finale being shot. I know. I have a really lousy life. And I saw a pretty spoilery scene, which I can’t tell you much about. And I did some interviews with the cast members and producers, which I can tell you about. Then I wrote a cover-length story for TIME. Then I cut it about in half, …
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Chung-chung! Is that a body? Reports came in from several news outlets late this afternoon that NBC is canceling the original series of Law & Order after 20 seasons. TV Guide and Deadline.com have said it’s a done deal, and the New York Times’ Brian Stelter tweeted confirmation from a former producer.
[Update: Don’t consider L&O dead, …
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The big-network upfront schedule presentations are coming up next week, but the pickups of new series, official and reported, are starting to, well, pick up.
Fox has reportedly settled on a couple of dramas and three comedies, the latter including Running Wilde, created by Mitch Hurwitz and starring Will Arnett (and costarring Keri …
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After May 23, Lost will be no more. And judging by the fan reactions to the “Across the Sea” and the waning days of season 6 generally, we’re seeing a lot of restlessness among the fans about how and whether Lost is answering questions, and whether it’s staying true to its vision and characters as it goes off the air.
I don’t want to …
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I’ve been hearing for a while now from fans of Cougar Town that the show has become much better than you would have thought, initially, from seeing the title. Or watching the show. Alan Sepinwall, who’s been a big advocate of the show, recently interviewed Bill Lawrence about the show and the possibility of changing its ill-advised …
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Spoilers for last night’s American Idol elimination after the jump:
The prestigious Cannes Film Festival was founded in 1946. TIME’s Richard Corliss reflects on its most noteworthy premieres.
