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Missing The Actors Who Quit Downton? Here Are 3 Strange, Dark Gems To Watch...
‘Twas ever thus: seasons change, dogs molt and stars of phenomenally popular television shows junk their secure employment for “exciting new roles.” Downton Abbey, now in its fifth season (9pm Sundays...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 6 Recap: Runaway Train
Ring ring! Who is it? Why, it’s another week of Downton Abbey of course! Spoiler alert, dear friends! Onward! We begin with a telegram, for Lady Edith. Hughes looks on, concerned, and the telegram...
View ArticleJon Stewart To Leave ‘The Daily Show’ [Updated]
Remember when Jon Stewart left his Daily Show post to shoot his first film in Jordan and your life wasn’t the same, but you managed to survive (just barely)? Well, I’m going to need you to hold onto...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 7 Recap: Dog Days Are Over
Bienvenue à Downton, mes amis! Mais bien sûr, SPOILER ALERT! On y va! A train arrives. Or leaves. Or both if you want to get philosophical. Rosamund has come to deal with the immediate Edith Emergency,...
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Bethenny Frankel Dishes on Her Return to the Housewives, Cocktails, and More
Bethenny Frankel is not your average reality TV star. Arguably the most successful woman to come out of the Real Housewives franchise (just ask her Forbes cover), she started the show as the runner-up...
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Mad Men: Let’s Wildly Speculate about the First Photos from the Final Season!
Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC When AMC announced that they were splitting Mad Men‘s final season into two, my eyes hurt from rolling so hard. Stop trying to be Harry Potter, Don Draper! I thought. But...
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God Is Real: Jason Biggs Not Returning to ‘Orange Is The New Black’
There are so many good things about Orange Is The New Black. Jason Biggs’ character, Larry, is not one of them. He is spiteful, immature, and boring. And his storylines gobble up precious airtime that...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Episode 8 Recap: London Calling
We are here! The Penultimate Episode! Suddenly, I am feeling sad and pre-nostalgic for this season. Is this the end? Does all the talk of changing times and America and real estate mean we’re soon to...
View ArticleBeyond Spock: 10 Videos to Celebrate the Long and Prosperous Life of Leonard...
Some actors are so ingrained in our popular culture that it is difficult to imagine things carrying on without them. Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, is one of these...
View Article‘Downton Abbey’ Season 5 Finale Recap: All I Want for Christmas Is You
Hark! What sound is that? It’s the sound of another legendary Downton Abbey Christmas Special! Do I really have to remind you of the always-in-effect spoiler alert? There, I did it! On to the Abbey! A...
View ArticleEverything Bad That Happens in ‘Downton Abbey’ Is Lord Grantham’s Fault
The grandeur, the nuance, the amazing way nothing happens until the final scenes of an episode… In its glory days, I could spend hours describing the delight that is Downton Abbey. Yet anyone who’s...
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Couples TV: The Shows We Watch Together, The Shows We Watch Alone
When I met my wife, Kate, we both lived in Baltimore. She was born and raised there, and I’d moved down the coast from Vermont a few months before. I was running toward a job and away from a breakup....
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‘Daily Show’ Exits Keep Coming: Samantha Bee Getting Her Own Show on TBS
Remember when news broke that Jon Stewart was leaving The Daily Show? Remember how we all decided to pretend that isn’t really happening just so we can get out of bed in the morning? Well, that lie...
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8 of the Strongest Feminist Role Models from TV History
In second grade, I was once mistaken for a kindergartener because I was ”just so short and delicate.” As a girl who cut the lace off her socks, who ran just as fast as the boys, and who spent most of...
View ArticleOutraged By The Bachelorette’s New Twist? The Producers Are Banking On It
Certain things make me believe we’re already living in more of a dystopia than any fiction could ever dream up for us. The Bachelor is one of those things. Oh, how I thought I was done writing about...
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This Broad City Keyboard Just Made Your Texts Way More Exciting
Have you been overwhelmed by the time it takes to track down all the gif-able moments from each week’s Broad City to use in your texts? Are you scared of that span of time after this coming Wednesday...
View ArticleEmpire: How Far Can Shock Value Take The Show?
Have you had a taste of Cookie yet? If the answer is yes, then you know the gleeful delight that is Empire. If not, you’re missing out on one of the most entertaining and groundbreaking hours of...
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Post-9/11 TV: How Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, and The Wire Dealt with...
On September 11, 2001, a hole was torn in the fiction of eternal American promise, in the belief that, as a society, we’ve committed no sins. We’ve had 14 years to think about the reasons why it...
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“Clarissa Explains It All” Gets Sequel Novel You Didn’t Know You Wanted
If you had access to a television between 1991 and 1994, chances are Clarissa Explains It All shaped your ideas of what ‘cool’ was. From style (headbands, polka dot leggings, mismatched layers) to uses...
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‘Downton Abbey’ Is Officially Over. Here’s How It Should End
The rumors were true. Today, PBS announced that the next season of Downton Abbey will be its last. We’re accustomed to freaking out every time a show we loved at some point is cancelled, but ending...
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