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The Second Coming Pushing Daisies debuts tonight on ABC. You may have heard of it. I reviewed it in our fall arts preview, so you’ll have to excuse me for not doing so a second time here.
I am very curious to see how this show does in the ratings. It’ll be a test of whether unrestrained, constant critical advance …
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You know the drill. Second week impressions of Reaper or Cane? Did ABC’s single-camera comedies elicit a single laugh? (I’ll try to post a review of Cavemen later.) Have you ditched any of your old Tuesday-night appointments to make room for new ones? At least one inquiring mind wants to know.
On Tuesday afternoon, Jeff Israely, the Rome bureau chief of Time, spoke with Francesco Rutelli, the Italian Culture Minister. Rutelli has spent the last year or so slashing and burning his way through the collections of major American museums, demanding — and getting — the return of antiquities that he said had been exported …
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David Oyelowo (As You Like It), as the missing woman’s husband. HBO photo: Nick Brigg
HBO’s miniseries Five Days is another victim of my new-season triage, but I’m going to try to keep up with it as it goes (Tuesdays, consecutive weeks though Oct. 30). Don’t consider this a review, therefore, but from what I’ve watched so far, it looks …
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Matt Frei, international anchor of mystery. Sean McCormick / BBC Worldwide
The title of BBC World News America needs a comma between “News” and “America.” As in: This is what world news looks like, America. Do you remember it?
I exaggerate slightly, but last night’s inaugural newscast on BBC America was relatively light on the …
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Greg Grunberg as Matt Parkman; Adrian Pasdar as Grizzly Adams. NBC Photo: Trae Patton
The great advantage of Heroes story-arc structure–setting up a new storyline, e.g., Save the Cheerleader, every half-season or so–is that it allows the show to reinvent itself with a new Big Bad every few months. The disadvantage is that the show has …
As Banned Books Week begins, TIME looks at 10 works considered too sexy, profane or anti-religious by school systems across the U.S.
Randolph College, the Lynchburg, Va. school that’s been thinking about selling off some of its art collection to raise money for its depleted general endowment, has gone beyond the thinking stage. The New York Times reports this morning that the college has consigned four works to Christie’s for its Nov. 29 auction. Those include Men …
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Last week, ABC debuted Big Shots, a show about the relationship problems of a group of heterosexual alpha males. Tonight, it debuts Carpoolers, a sitcom about the relationship problems of a group of heterosexual beta males.
You’re better off with the betas. True to its name, the show is about four white-collar guys …
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Premiere Week II continues. Your thoughts on the Aliens in America debut, the Everybody Hates Chris season premiere, or any other matters televisual welcome. No comment too big, no comment too small!
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First it was Hugh Laurie, then it was Damien Lewis–now Brits are even impersonating American newscasters! BBC America launches BBC World News America tonight, at 7 p.m. E.T. Watch your back, Jim Lehrer!
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SPOILER ALERT: Do not read this post until you have tested how easily a paper towel dispenser rips off a wall.
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If you’re still watching TMYLM–statistically you’re not but I’ll keep posting, like the Omega Man talking to himself–you’ll notice that there’s less and less sex in every episode of My So-Called Sex Show. …
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Friday Night Lights goes back to school this Friday. NBC Photo: Bill Records
Aaron Barnhart and I do not call each other up and plan what to write about any given day, what to wear (he’s better dressed than I am) or anything else. But the same morning that I used my Aliens in America review to confess that I never felt the Summer of …
