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Is There an Epidemic of Nudity on Prime-Time TV?
A study by the Parents Television Council says that blurred or pixilated nudity is increasingly being shown on prime-time TV
Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies
The Office — which ends its nine-season run this week — is a great example of a TV genre that makes us both squirm and laugh
10 Questions for Ty Burrell
Ty Burrell, who’s known for his comic antics as the mortifyingly uncool dad Phil Dunphy on Modern Family, would have quite liked to be an action hero. In this week’s 10 Questions, he explains that he doesn’t quite fit the superhero mold . “I don’t have the constitution to deliver lines in the way a leading man in an action film can do …
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TCA 2012: ABC Has No News on Modern Family, But Bristol Palin for DWTS
As TV critics waited for ABC’s Friday executive presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour, the big question was if the contentious Modern Family salary battle would be resolved in time for ABC chief Paul Lee …
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The Morning After: I’ll Be There for You
Spoilers for last night’s Modern Family below:
An unexpected thought occurred to me after watching last night’s Modern Family: Is it the 2012 equivalent to Friends?
It’s not the likeliest comparison: Friends was a hangout …
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Modern Family Watch: What the Bleep Was the Big Deal?
I hadn’t planned on reviewing last night’s Modern Family, and probably wouldn’t have after watching it, if not for the advance, sight-unseen controversy over something toddler Lily said in the episode. Or rather, didn’t …
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Up All Night, Modern Family and TV’s Feminism for Men
In last night’s Up All Night, stay-at-home dad Chris (Will Arnett) and wife Reagan (Christina Applegate) are looking for a part-time babysitter so Chris can get some time to himself. One of his first requirements: “I don’t want a …
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The Morning After: Up Another Night
Amid the crush of new fall-TV reviews, the premieres of returning shows tend to get shortchanged, and here at Tuned In I’m no exception, so I’ll give you this Morning After post to talk about what you thought of, for instance, last night’s double shot debut of Modern Family. (I will say this: if the premiere of Revenge that followed it …
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Emmys 2011: Getting It Mostly Right — the Awards, at Least
When someone asks, “What did you think of the Emmys?” — let’s pretend this is a question that comes up in daily conversation — it can mean two things: the Emmy Awards, and the Emmycast itself. The broadcast this year was not …
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Emmy Nominations 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Surprises
The Emmy Awards are a big ocean liner that turns very slowly, and this year’s nominations, announced this morning, were no exception: a lot of familiar faces and a few new (or old but underrecognized) entries. So there were a slew of nominations for Mad Men, Modern Family and [Insert Name of HBO’s Big Movie/Miniseries of the Year …
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Modern Family Watch: The Year in Review
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Spoilers for last night’s Modern Family season finale below:
I wrote last week that the previous episode of Modern Family, “See You Next Fall,” played like it was intended as a season finale, ending with a valedictorian speech, bringing the family together for a life transition and putting a …
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Modern Family Watch: The Graduate
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Spoilers for last night’s Modern Family below:
Little time for a big writeup because of (1) upfronts and (2) everything else upfronts have kept me from doing. But let’s take a moment to give credit to a nicely themed and executed Modern Family, which embodied some of the series’ best …