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There was plenty of TV last week that I’m not going to get around to catching up on, but the midseason return of Fringe, “Peter,” was probably my favorite episode since “There’s More Than One of Everything,” and it deserves at least a quick notice. (Spoilers ahead.)
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I’m back from staycation, and big thanks to Steven James Snyder for going above and beyond the call with a wide-ranging series of guest posts last week, on top of his work at Techland. But party’s over now, kids—it’s back to your regularly scheduled half-assed mediocrity with yours truly. Here’s some of what I missed in …
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Someday, after I wash out of journalism, I am going to go into the lawnmower business. I am going to invent a really awesome, beautifully sculpted lawnmower. I will convince the press that my lawnmower will save their imperiled business model. Then I can sit back, relax, and watch news outlets fall over themselves to liveblog the day my …
It’s been a fun week, interjecting on Jim’s behalf, but I do believe our fearless hero is returning in just a couple days, so my brief tenure has come to an end. Party’s over, and I’ll make my way to the exit.
But if you’ll permit me a final, random post, I’d love to toss three items at you, as suggestions for archive …
Back on Tuesday night, I had a surprising revelation.
Around 6 p.m. I rushed in the rain to a screening of Clash of the Titans, ready to get a face full of the Kraken (you can read my full take on the film over at Techland). But on the subway ride home – after a film that was probably about 30 minutes too long, and easily 15 minutes …
Love her or hate her, we saw a side of Sarah Palin last night that must have caught observers at every end of the spectrum by surprise.
That would be her boring side.
And while some of us thought that America was going through tough times – what with towering unemployment, bank bailouts and a tidal wave of foreclosures – it turns …
Well here’s a couple things I didn’t see coming: Sarah Palin, primetime TV host…and a tacky little public relations feud between Fox News and LL Cool J, playing out via twitter.
Sarah Palin’s new TV series Real American Stories premiers tonight at 10 p.m. on the Fox News Channel, and as recently as Tuesday, the network was …
I’m not entirely sure what it was that sent me into hysterics, but there was a distinct moment last night, probably right around 10:45 p.m., when Comedy Central finally wore me down. Bludgeoning my imagination with a blend of twisted satire and outlandish vulgarity, I completely lost it, laughing harder than I have in quite some …
For a character known as Ugly Betty, it’s been a pretty beautiful ride for actress America Ferrera.
The 25-year-old came to fame (and won a couple awards) for playing Betty Suarez on the hit ABC comedy series that’s been running strong since 2006. But now the show is drawing to a close – the last episode airs April 14 – and …
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David Mills, an Emmy-winning writer and producer who worked on acclaimed shows including NYPD Blue, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Corner and The Wire, died yesterday at age 48, of a brain aneurysm. His death comes less than two weeks before his newest series—Treme, co-created by his longtime colleague and friend David …
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, sit down in the room with the big projection screen you used to use for subliminal-messaging experiments and watch last night’s Lost.
It was “soul and R&B night” on Idol last night, which brought Usher on to mentor — and to spend several minutes selling his new album with Ryan Seacrest. Did he work some of that Justin Bieber magic with the final ten?
Read Last Week’s Review of the American Idol Final 11 »
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After Fox’s 24 announced its final season TIME took a look at other television series that overstayed their welcome.
