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Tag: Television (41-50 of 1706)
Dec 14
2012
11:23 AM ET
'Downton Abbey' cast performs exclusive 'Breaking Bad' scenes on 'Colbert Report': VIDEO
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Last night on The Colbert Report, the host, fed up with the power of Michelle Obama to have already secured the upcoming season of Downton Abbey, exacted a kind of revenge of the polity. He got Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan’s permission to have the cast of Downton Abbey enact scenes from the upcoming season of Bad. READ FULL STORY »
Dec 10
2012
12:52 AM ET
'Homeland' review: Death versus romance? 'It wasn't even close'
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In a way, what this week’s Homeland was about was one of the most simple things imaginable for a complex piece of television: Allowing a love story to unfold. Which is a storytelling goal that will, I’m pretty sure, annoy nearly as many viewers as it pleases.
SPOILER ALERT: DON’T READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS WEEK’S HOMELAND. READ FULL STORY »
Dec 10
2012
12:19 AM ET
'The Amazing Race' finale review: When the wrong team wins
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Quick reaction to the season finale of The Amazing Race on Sunday night: Dang!
SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE AMAZING RACE. READ FULL STORY »
Dec 6
2012
11:24 AM ET
My Top 10 TV shows of 2012. Well, almost all 10 -- VIDEO
Below, my picks for some of the best TV shows of 2012, in handy video form.
Anyone who reads this blog regularly can probably predict a few picks. I’ll tell you in advance that I stuck to a list comprised of regularly scheduled series, no arch stunt-picks, like the Presidential election coverage or some wheezy old anti-Here Comes Honey Boo Boo rant. Upbeat, that’s my motto! READ FULL STORY »
Dec 5
2012
11:01 PM ET
'Nashville' midseason finale review: Narrowly avoiding 'Glee'-fulness, will the series find its way in the future?
Image Credit: Jon Lemay/ABC Nashville
Warning: Spoilers ahead for this week’s Nashville. READ FULL STORY »
Dec 4
2012
11:59 PM ET
'Sons of Anarchy' season finale review: Bite your tongue!
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The gentlefolk of Sons of Anarchy have long had difficulties with domestic and business relationships. It’s as though riding massive motorcycles, letting one’s hair become unkempt, and constantly being arrested were impediments to leading the sort of quiet, nurturing lives so many of the show’s central characters ardently desire. These difficulties played out rather dramatically during the Tuesday night season finale.
SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS WEEK’S SONS OF ANARCHY. READ FULL STORY »
Dec 3
2012
02:45 PM ET
The 'Homeland' backlash: In defense of emotional truth
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Wow, the internet is illuminated today with largely poor reaction to last night’s episode of Homeland. My colleague Adam Vary has done an excellent job in his EW.com recap of summarizing both the episode and the potentially objectionable plot twists. On Twitter, I made a joke — “If only Homeland was as plausible as The Walking Dead” — that was interpreted as being a slap at Homeland, when what I was really kidding was the “Homeland has become unbelievable” reaction. So I should make the case at greater than Twitter length here. READ FULL STORY »
Dec 2
2012
10:32 PM ET
'Boardwalk Empire' season finale review: The blasting conclusion to an uneven season
Image Credit: Macall B. Polay/HBO Boardwalk Empire
SPOILER ALERT: DON’T READ THIS UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN THE SEASON FINALE OF BOARDWALK EMPIRE. READ FULL STORY »
Nov 25
2012
11:10 PM ET
'Liz and Dick' review: Lindsay Lohan did Elizabeth Taylor wrong
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Liz & Dick was a peculiar, drab, damp little TV-movie indeed, wasn’t it? The opening seconds flashed a “based on a true story” message across the screen. But the “story” – that is, the life that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton shared, chronicled here primarily during the 1960s, after meeting during the making of Cleopatra (1963) – was so much richer in reality than it was in this dinky, tin-eared production. Instead, the primary interest in watching Liz & Dick was to behold Lindsay Lohan trying, with varying, wobbly degrees of effort, to make her own career comeback.
In other words, when it came to Lohan “doing” Liz: She done her wrong. READ FULL STORY »
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