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| Television Review | '24: Redemption': Saving the World in Less Than a Day |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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Kiefer Sutherland is back as Jack Bauer in “24: Redemption” on Sunday on Fox, but the title is a bit misleading.
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| Arts, Briefly: Bloom Is Off ‘Daisies,’ as ABC Shuffles Its Schedule |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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ABC has performed an extreme makeover on its prime-time schedule.
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| Arts, Briefly: United States Appeals Wardrobe Ruling |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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The United States government has appealed a federal court’s finding that CBS was not liable for Janet Jackson’s 2004 wardrobe malfunction to the Supreme Court.
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| Arts, Briefly: A CBS Sweep on Thursday |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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CBS remained No. 1 in the ratings on Thursday, its fourth consecutive victory on that night during the sweeps period.
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| Television Review | 'A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All': Unwrap the Presents, Unleash the Parody |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Stephen Colbert is delightful, a few of the song parodies are clever, but over all, the show is too long and more than a little strained, much like the holiday specials it mocks.
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| CW Says It Is Retaking Control of Its Sunday TV Lineup |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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he CW network has canceled its low-rated Sunday lineup and ended a $15 million deal with Media Rights Capital, the company that produced the shows.
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| Ailes Agrees to Remain at Fox News 5 More Years |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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The News Corporation announced Thursday that Roger Ailes, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News, had signed a new five-year contract with the company.
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| Arts, Briefly: CBS Wins the Night |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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“Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” led CBS to another victory in the ratings on Wednesday, according to Nielsen’s estimates.
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| Arts, Briefly: Footnotes |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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Laura Linney has been named the host of “Masterpiece Classic,” a spinoff of the PBS series “Masterpiece Theater,” which was divided into three different shows in 2007.
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| TV Decoder: Roger Ailes Renews Contract |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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The mastermind of the Fox News Channel has renewed his contract with the News Corporation, the company announced Thursday.
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| For ‘60 Minutes,’ a Jump in Ratings |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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“60 Minutes” on CBS has been the most-watched program in the nation the last two weeks — including the full episode on Sunday devoted to Steve Kroft’s interview with Barack and Michelle Obama.
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| A Sendup of the Season, Some Sincerity Required |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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To a television world long bereft of the annual holiday cheer spread by a Como or a Crosby comes an unlikely new Christmas champion: Colbert.
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| What Happy People Don’t Do |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.
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| Legal Tangles of ‘Project Runway’ Keep It Frozen on the Catwalk |
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
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Producers have already shot segments for the series’s sixth season, but those new episodes are unlikely to be seen for several months, according to people involved in the case.
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| Totally Over: Last Squeals for ‘TRL’ |
(Tue, 18 Nov 2008)
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The afternoon video show, which ended Sunday after being an MTV flagship for 10 years, was just a little too 20th-century to survive the YouTube age.
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| Training a Gimlet Eye on the News Media and Finding Them Wanting |
(Tue, 18 Nov 2008)
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“The IFC Media Project,” a six-part series that has its premiere on the Independent Film Channel on Tuesday, calls itself a “user’s guide to how the news gets made.”
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| Arts, Briefly: Football Draws Viewers |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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The Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins were a winning matchup on Sunday, lifting NBC to No. 1 in the night’s ratings and easily leading the evening among adults 18 to 49.
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| Arts, Briefly: Katt Williams Seeks Medical Care |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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The comedian Katt Williams is “incredibly fatigued” and has sought medical attention and canceled a performance in Las Vegas.
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| Arts, Briefly: Lipstick Jungle Lives |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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Reports of the demise of “Lipstick Jungle” may have been premature.
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| Arts, Briefly: New Morning Host Becomes Eclectic |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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KCRW, a Santa Monica, Calif., public radio station, has named Jason Bentley as its new music director and host of its influential show “Morning Becomes Eclectic.”
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| No Mystery: Ratings Heat Up for ‘NCIS’ |
(Tue, 18 Nov 2008)
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“NCIS,” a six-year-old series on CBS that lands on few magazine covers and enjoys almost no love from critics, is suddenly the hottest show on the air.
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| Wallace Shawn on ‘Gossip Girl’? It’s Not Inconceivable |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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The protean Wallace Shawn, an actor, playwright and emissary from the New York intelligentsia, has a recurring role on the prime-time CW soap opera.
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| Yes, They All Do Think They Can Dance |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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“So You Think You Can Dance” is gearing up for its fifth season, and roughly 900 hopefuls answered an open casting call in Brooklyn on Thursday.
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| television: Making Beautiful Music on ‘Ugly Betty’ |
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
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For Val Emmich, landing a role on a hit TV show has also meant a chance to promote his new CD.
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| Drugs and Sex (and Politics and Motherhood) |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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Annabeth Gish of Showtime’s “Brotherhood” talks about a career still unfurling.
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| Video Game Review | Gears of War 2: In a Complex Gaming Age, Faith in the Simple Virtues of Mayhem |
(Sat, 15 Nov 2008)
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At the thrill-ride level, Gears of War 2, for the Xbox 360, is one of the most satisfying games of the year. But it suffers by taking itself far too seriously.
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| Election’s Over, So What’s Next for the Cable News Channels? |
(Sat, 15 Nov 2008)
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For all the news media outlets that set viewership records in recent months, the looming question after Senator Barack Obama’s election is: What happens now?
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| Television Review | 'Filth': Mary’s War Against Potty Mouths on TV |
(Sat, 15 Nov 2008)
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In “Filth,” a “Masterpiece Contemporary” presentation on PBS stations, a middle-aged Englishwoman creates the Clean Up TV campaign and fights for what she sees as common decency.
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| Television Review | 'In the Footsteps of Marco Polo' | 'Expedition Week': A Bold Journey, Based on a Brash Idea |
(Sat, 15 Nov 2008)
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“In the Footsteps of Marco Polo” on public television documents the coolest vacation idea ever minus the numbing slickness of National Geographic’s “Expedition Week,” which still manages to intrigue.
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| Arts, Briefly: Guitar Hero Sales Aren’t Topping Charts |
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
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Sales results for Guitar Hero: World Tour did not rock as hard as earlier versions.
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| Arts, Briefly: CBS Wins Thursday |
(Sat, 15 Nov 2008)
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For the sixth consecutive week CBS averaged the most television viewers on Thursday, according to Nielsen’s estimates.
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| Arts, Briefly: Silverman Book Deal |
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
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Sarah Silverman is closing out 2008 with a book deal.
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| Television Review | 'Ricky Gervais: Out of England': He’s Out for Laughs, and No One Is Safe |
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
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Onstage, Ricky Gervais blends the slimy self-delusion of David Brent, his character on the original version of “The Office,” with the aggrieved hostility he perfected in “Extras” on HBO.
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| Television Review | 'The Meow Mix Think Like a Cat Game Show': Do You Trust Your Cat to Win You a Million? |
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
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“The Meow Mix Think Like a Cat Game Show” on Game Show Network is a lame attempt to use game-show trappings to disguise what is nothing more than a lengthy cat food commercial.
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| Arts, Briefly: Bell Tolls for Two Series |
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
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Fox has announced that it is pulling the plug on its sketch comedy series “Mad TV.”
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| Arts, Briefly: Country Rules the Night |
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008)
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ABC’s broadcast of the 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards attracted an average of 15.9 million viewers on Wednesday, lifting the network to No. 1 in the night’s ratings.
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| A Senior Fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence |
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008)
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The claim of credit for the Sarah Palin-Africa anecdote is just the latest ruse by Martin Eisenstadt, who turns out to be a very elaborate hoax that has been going on for months.
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| A Bit of a Nasty Giggle Puts the BBC Under Fire |
(Wed, 12 Nov 2008)
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Shock-jock behavior leads to apologies and resignations at the BBC.
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| Arts, Briefly: Big Win for CBS, Even Bigger for ‘NCIS’ |
(Thu, 13 Nov 2008)
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On Tuesday CBS’s crime drama “NCIS” delivered the largest audience in the series’s six seasons.
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| Arts, Briefly: Two Women Join ‘SNL’ |
(Thu, 13 Nov 2008)
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Two new female cast members, Michaela Watkins and Abby Elliott, will join the show on Saturday as featured players.
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| Arts, Briefly: ‘Morning Joe’ Now With Seven-Second Delay |
(Thu, 13 Nov 2008)
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Over the years Joe Scarborough’s penchant for speaking his mind has won him a Republican seat in the House of Representatives and a hosting job on MSNBC.
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| The TV Watch: Rehashing ’08 and Rehearsing, Perhaps, for ’12 |
(Wed, 12 Nov 2008)
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In her many appearances this week, Sarah Palin is on a speed date with history, upending protocol as she goes.
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| On ‘Tonight,’ McCain Declines to Lay Blame |
(Wed, 12 Nov 2008)
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Aside from wryly indicting his own personality, John McCain declined to speculate on why he lost, and he defended his running mate, Sarah Palin.
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| Television Review | 'Top Chef': Trying to Stand the Heat in a Pressure Cooker |
(Tue, 18 Nov 2008)
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The “Top Chef” kitchen exquisitely mirrors a certain kind of creative workplace where the obsessively gifted flounder in the face of the coolly confident.
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| For ‘The Magic Garden,’ It’s Spring All Over Again |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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“The Magic Garden,” a cheerful, low-budget children’s show from the 1970s and early ’80s, was recently released on DVD, providing its creators and fans the opportunity to reflect on its charms.
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| Television Review | 'Cha$e': In Real-Life Video Game, Contestants Are Fish in a Barrel |
(Tue, 11 Nov 2008)
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“Cha$e,” a Sci Fi Channel series, releases 10 contestants into an area of Los Angeles with the goal of avoiding a team of hunters who affect a “Matrix” black-suit-and-sunglasses look.
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| Arts, Briefly: New Deal for Keith Olbermann |
(Tue, 11 Nov 2008)
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Keith Olbermann, the anchor of “Countdown” on MSNBC, has extended his contract through the next presidential election season.
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| Arts, Briefly: NBC Fine-Tunes Its Crime Shows |
(Tue, 11 Nov 2008)
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NBC continues to shore up its newly reorganized Wednesday-night lineup, which is centered on crime dramas.
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| Arts, Briefly: Football Games Score |
(Tue, 11 Nov 2008)
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Football delivered winning ratings for both NBC and CBS on Sunday.
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| Now Screening | Hollywood Webisodes |
(Thu, 13 Nov 2008)
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Internet videos, the phenomenon that started with “virals” like “the Numa Numa Dance” and skits like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s “The Landlord” on FunnyorDie.com, are suddenly being taken seriously by Hollywood. Where Barry Diller and Terry Semel pioneered the road to online for TV and movie executives, dozens are now following. A deluge of short-form, made-for-the-Internet video Webisodes is upon us. But which, if any, are worth watching?
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| Flagging ‘Heroes’ Attempts Self-Rescue |
(Mon, 10 Nov 2008)
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With ratings for the television series down 20 percent from those of a year ago, NBC took action last week, firing two co-executive producers.
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| Video Game Review | Fallout 3: Mad at Washington? What if It Were Gone? |
(Mon, 10 Nov 2008)
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Washington is a ruin in Fallout 3 from Bethesda Softworks, one of the most ambitious single-player role-playing games in recent years.
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| Television: Out From Under All That Big Hair |
(Sun, 09 Nov 2008)
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On “Sons of Anarchy,” Katey Sagal asks Peggy Bundy to step aside.
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| DVD: The Show That Turned the Mockery Into the Message |
(Sun, 09 Nov 2008)
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“Mystery Science Theater 3000” may have been the first television show in which the commentary was more important than what was being commented on.
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| Water Mill: An Otherworldly Opera That Speaks Klingon |
(Sat, 08 Nov 2008)
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Star Trek fans rejoice: a Klingon Opera is being developed and selections will soon beam down at the Watermill Center.
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| The TV Watch: Donning the Presidential Mantle to Brave a Storm of Questions on the Economy |
(Sat, 08 Nov 2008)
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Barack Obama’s first press conference as president-elect was a deftly diplomatic performance, with no mistakes and few improvisations, and that is hardly surprising.
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| Culture: A Genial Explorer of Literary Worlds |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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The critic John Leonard, who died Wednesday at 69, brought to his work a combination of open-mindedness and skepticism and the willingness to be enthralled and enraged, inflamed and entertained.
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| Before Obama, There Was Bill Cosby |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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An idea seems to be gaining traction that improbably has Bill Cosby and Karl Rove in agreement: “The Cosby Show” succeeded in changing racial attitudes enough to make an Obama candidacy possible.
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| Television in Review |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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Popular in Australia, “Summer Heights High,” which is being given a high-profile run on HBO beginning Sunday night, may not resonate with American viewers.
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| Arts, Briefly: Co-Host Is Fired From Wendy Williams Radio Show |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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Wendy Williams announced on Thursday’s broadcast that her longtime co-host, Charlamagne Tha God, had been fired, along with much of the show’s production staff.
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| Arts, Briefly: Despite Arrest, the Show Goes On |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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Days after fending off Internet rumors that he had died, the comedian Katt Williams nearly saw the demise of his Carnegie Hall debut when he was arrested the night before the show.
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| Arts, Briefly: ‘CSI’ Flexes Muscle |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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The crime drama “CSI” delivered the largest television audience Thursday night as 18.1 million viewers tuned in, lifting CBS to No. 1 in the night’s ratings.
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| Music Review | Florence Henderson: Pondering if Carol Brady Ever Had Any Work Done |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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A remarkably youthful Florence Henderson reviews her life, from her impoverished childhood in Kentucky to fame and fortune.
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| Can We Laugh? Yes, We Can |
(Fri, 07 Nov 2008)
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A post-election question for comics: What’s funny, and what’s fair game, about a President Barack Obama?
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| Television Review | 'Whale Wars': Hunting the People Who Hunt the Whales |
(Mon, 10 Nov 2008)
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“Whale Wars,” which has its premiere Friday on Animal Planet, follows a band of self-appointed warriors as they try to thwart Japanese whalers in the waters off Antarctica.
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| Arts, Briefly: The Rest Is Cylons: Auction Helps Bid 'Galactica' Farewell |
(Thu, 06 Nov 2008)
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The studio that produces “Battlestar Galactica” will offer fans an opportunity to purchase memorabilia at a two-day auction in January.
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| Arts, Briefly: That Democratic Institution, 'American Idol', Returns |
(Thu, 06 Nov 2008)
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The eighth season of “American Idol,” the Fox reality series, will have its premiere over two nights on Jan. 13 and 14.
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| John Leonard, 69, Cultural Critic, Dies |
(Sat, 08 Nov 2008)
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Mr. Leonard, an influential, visible cultural critic, was known for the breadth of his knowledge, the depth of his inquiries and the lavish passion of his prose.
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| Black TV Is Wearing Its Politics on Its Sleeve |
(Thu, 06 Nov 2008)
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BET, cable’s most prominent channel that features programs for black viewers, celebrated Barack Obama’s presidential victory by dropping its regular schedule.
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| Television | The Week Ahead |
(Fri, 04 Jan 2008)
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