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Commentary: TV To Be Thankful For
With the entire country in turmoil over—take your pick—health care, the economy, two ongoing wars and Sarah Palin-mania, Thanksgivin... More
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Commentary: Suggestions For Aaron Sorkin’s TV Return
That he hasn’t been part of a successful television show since the mid-90s didn’t really diminish the outpouring of joy that spread ... More
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Commentary: TV Controversies - Protesting The Protests!
Not to go all ‘Seinfeld’ on you, but when did saying someone used the f-word start meaning the “f-word” and not the “f-word?... More
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Commentary: Should ‘30 Rock’ Change For Ratings Success?
It would be nice if acclaim and success went hand-in-hand, but unfortunately they don’t. We live in a world where ‘Transformers: Rev... More
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Commentary: Speculations On The ‘Mad Men’ Finale
If you plopped Anna and her alien minions from ‘V’ down in front of a computer and showed them the amount of blog space devoted to ... More
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Commentary: How Low Can TV Go?
A funny thing about the lowest common denominator: it keeps getting lower. So when Glenn Beck compares the Democratic efforts for health... More
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Commentary: Is ‘Grey’s’ On The Mend?
For much of the past few seasons, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ has been a series whose viewers fit neatly into two categories: those who loved... More
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Commentary: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Talent Rich, Laughs Poor
Ah, the end of October. The time for trick or treating (try to stifle the giggle when someone asks who you’re supposed to be after you s... More
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Commentary: 4 Steps to Fix Jay Leno
Sometimes you have to wonder: if entertainment writers didn’t have NBC to kick around, what would they actually write about? The netwo... More
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Commentary: Why Obama Should Rise Above The Fox News Fray
Watching ‘Mad Men’ obsessively has taught me that in an advertising campaign, you never cede the higher ground to the competition—... More
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Commentary: A Wish List Of ‘30 Rock’ Guest Stars
When ‘30 Rock’ premiered back in the fall of 2006, it seemed destined to become the next ‘Arrested Development:’ the type of cul... More
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Commentary: The Case For ‘Degrassi’
Spending five hours on a Saturday afternoon binge-watching ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’ might not be your idea of a good time, bu... More
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Commentary: Commitment, It’s So Hot Right Now
As if you needed further proof that times have changed: tonight’s sure-to-be tear jerking edition of ‘The Office’—y’know, the ... More
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Commentary: In Late Night TV, Getting Personal Matters
Remember when late night television was nothing more than a place for warmed over political jokes and sixth grade-level sexual innuendo?... More
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Commentary: Do Stars Make Sitcoms, Or Do Sitcoms Make Stars?
Here’s a classic chicken versus egg debate for the first day of October, one to ponder as you sit down to write that monthly rent chec... More
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Commentary: What ‘Melrose Place’ Needs In Order To Succeed
Here’s one thing I know about ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street,’ starring Hollywood’s go-to guy for creepy losers, Jackie Earle Haley,... More
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NCIS: Los Angeles: What’s All The Buzz About?
It takes about five minutes to get fully immersed into the pilot of ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’—premiering tonight at 9 p.m., following th... More
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Deciphering TV’s Thursday Night Logjam
If looking at the upcoming recordings list on your DVR before shuffling off to work this morning made you feel a bit claustrophobic, you... More
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Commentary: Meet the New Jay; Same as the Old Jay
(Editor's Note: Christopher Rosen, familiar to readers of the New York Observer, brings his take on the world of TV to Fancast, starting... More








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