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24 is Back, But Are We Grasping for Something We’ll Never Get Again?
Photo: Fox By Victor Beigelman Jack is back. On May 5th, one of TV’s most beloved characters, Jack Bauer, will return to action in 24: Live Another Day, a 12 episode mini-series event following the...
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How the Death of a Bachelorette Contestant Is Dismantling the Fairy Tale of...
Eric Hill & Andi Dorfman. Photo: ABC I’m not sure whether to start with death or reality TV. Perhaps unsurprisingly, but still to unsettling effect, the two have recently become entwined. In the...
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Behind the Scenes at Antiques Roadshow: The Characters, the Stories and the...
Photo: PBS Out of the 30,000 who requested tickets to a recent taping of the PBS juggernaut, Antiques Roadshow, 6,000 were given. I was lucky enough to be among them. The scene at the Santa Clara...
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Teacher Meets World: The Collected Wisdom of Mr. Feeny
Photo: BrainTeezz By Maria Judnick It’s easy to list off the most memorable moments in TV history: “Who shot JR” on Dallas, M*A*S*H and Cheers’ final episodes, even Charles and Diana’s royal wedding....
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Lost In Translation: Some American TV Shows Don’t Quite Survive The Foreign...
Photo: CW and Wikipedia One of the things that makes the family on Modern Family so gosh darn modern is the inclusion of married gay couple Mitchell and Cameron and their daughter, Lily. That’s what...
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10 of the Strangest Finds on Netflix
By Robin Hardwick The way we watch movies and television has undergone a major change in recent years, thanks to Netflix. Older films not appreciated in their time get a chance at becoming cult...
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My So-Called Life Turns 20: Where Are They Now?
By Sara Netzley The most important Gen X pop culture dye job happened 20 years ago today. On Aug. 25, 1994, Angela Chase colored her mousy hair Crimson Glow in the pilot episode of ABC’s My So-Called...
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Friends Reunion Finally Happened! (Minus the Boys)
Last April Fools, I pranked readers by crying wolf on a Friends reunion. Some of my friends still hold that against me, so it’s my pleasure to announce that a real reunion happened last night on...
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6 Lessons ‘Saved by the Bell’ Taught Me (Without Meaning To)
A big thank you is due to whomever keeps green-lighting all these splendiferously kitsch telefilms on Lifetime. The MacArthur-worthy minds that brought you Anna Nicole, Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret...
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New to Doctor Who? 7 Reasons to Get Hooked
The Doctor in his various regenerations, from top left to right: William Hartnell (1963–66), Patrick Troughton (1966–69), Jon Pertwee (1970–74), Tom Baker (1974–81), Peter Davison (1981–84), Colin...
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5 Things Downton Abbey Taught Americans Who Had Terrible History Teachers
Photo: PBS By Hannah Simon Public school is a mixed bag. Some of the teachers are incredible. Others, not so much. When I graduated high school, I knew nothing about the history of the world, thanks to...
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Survivor: 14 Years of Problematic Depictions of Women
By Matthew Jent Venerable reality series Survivor returns this week for a 14th year and a 29th (!!!) season. Despite its longevity as top-rated show in a long-dominating genre, when I talk about my...
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Gilmore Girls On Netflix: 10 Best Episodes to Binge Watch
Photo: The CW When news broke that all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls were coming to Netflix, the internet freaked. The cult TV show, which was not sufficiently appreciated in its time (only one Emmy...
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What Makeover Shows Like Girlfriend Intervention Should Learn from What Not...
Girlfriend Intervention is a new makeover show airing on Lifetime, and it’s been the source of some controversy since it started airing this summer. Flavorwire called Girlfriend Intervention “a racist...
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Top Chef Alumni in the Bay Area
By Kimra McPherson The Bay Area’s strong food scene has always been a great feeder for Bravo’s cooking competition show Top Chef, and now a wave of contestants have returned to feed us. Three new...
View Article3 TV Shows That Helped Me Understand and Cope with Depression
By Kayti Burt Society likes to causally link television and depression, but that hasn’t always been my experience. Yes, when used as a way to neglect relationships and responsibilities, TV can be a...
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Why Degrassi Still Matters, 35 Years Later
By Erika Schmidt Empathy is hard to teach. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch tells his daughter that “you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” She...
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10 Shows Netflix Needs to Add ASAP
By Maria Judnick Before Netflix and all those other streaming video options, I was obsessed with TV shows on DVD. As soon as I’d hear that my favorite show had added another season to DVD, off I’d...
View Article5 European TV Dramas You Should Be Watching
By Kayti Burt We live in a golden age of television, and it’s not just happening in America. Thanks to the availability of international TV the Internet and an expansive list of speciality channels has...
View ArticleGilmore Girls and Dawson’s Creek Reunions Finally Happening at ATX TV Festival!
Recent months have been really kind to Gilmore Girls fans, as the 8,372 thinkpieces on the show’s arrival to Netflix can attest. But we’re a greedy bunch and marathoning the entire series only made us...
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