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TV Couch: Niles in Limerance
TV Couch: Pop psych ‘diagnoses’ of which mental disorders TV or reality TV characters suffer from A staple of a good sitcom is a nice, full- season or full- series coat of unrequited love. Fans become...
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TV Couch: Ray Romano, Child of Adjustment Disorder
TV Couch: Pop psych ‘diagnoses’ of which mental disorders TV or reality TV characters suffer from An actual case of adjustment disorder, in which a person has an extremely difficult time coming to...
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Carol Burnett Shows 'em How it's Done
She might now be known to Glee (Tuesdays, 8:00 ET, Fox, DISH 76) fans as Sue Sylvester’s mom (turns out she was actually born, and not, like, hatched from a pod), but Carol Burnett was a living legend...
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TV Snowflakes: Laverne and Shirley in the Army
Each is unique, and never to be repeated. We review obscure gems of TV shows that aired for one season (at most) before getting canceled. Here’s one from the Department of You May Have Been High During...
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Words From Our Sponsors
In they heyday of radio and the early live days of television, commercials were often integrated right into the script or read by the hosts, even the occasional star who stepped out of his or her role...
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No News– Please?
I’m serving a writing residency right now in the upper Michigan woods–no TV, no McDonald’s, no newspaper. Other than the noticeable lack of such Dollar Menu stars as the Sausage Biscuit, it’s...
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Oh Say, Can You See That Tipping Point?
There’s a reason why, when I began typing Christina Aguilera’s name into Google, the suggested search result sent me not to her full name, but “Christina Aguilera National Anthem.” It takes some doing...
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Lady GaGa Scrambles For Chatter
…Yeah, okay, Lady GaGa. We get it. YOU’RE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. Really, though, when a pop star can break into the crawler feeds on all major networks without having landed in rehab first, that takes...
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TV Snowflakes: The Pat Sajak Show
Each is unique, and never to be repeated. We review obscure gems of TV shows that aired for one season (at most) before getting canceled. Most of us wouldn’t recognize–or, indeed, accept–Wheel of...
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Free Online TV!
One small step for your laptop, one giant leap for the internet-television mindmeld. Right now Dish Network is preparing to debut TV Everywhere, its online TV streaming service, and our readers can...
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