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What to Watch & What to Not: TV Shows Mid-Season Review
If the end of summer vacation means the beginning of many new things (a new school year, new fashion trends, and, of course, brand-new TV shows), then the end of winter break gives just enough time for me to promptly forget everything that happened in T...more
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Mad Men gets more male writers
Robin Veith
Remember when everyone was heralding Mad Men as the second coming for women writers and I didn’t buy it for one minute? I’m not saying the show doesn’t write great female characters. It does. It just doesn’t employ many women ...more
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Sexism Watch: Golden Globe Edition
To the anonymous stylist who said this about Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and her dress:
“You don’t put a big girl in a big dress. That’s rule number one.”
FUCK YOU!
This woman is perfectly shaped! There is nothing big about her!
I hate y...more
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Awards Watch: A Mixed Bag of a Weekend
Kathryn Bigelow at the Broadcast Film Critics Awards
My weekend started out with a second viewing of The Hurt Locker. I had seen it so long ago and I needed a refresher on it as the awards season gets into high gear. It was actually better the seco...more
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Which reality show stars to follow and which ones to forget
Why are reality TV shows so addicting? For starters, they claim to be completely unscripted, which means every scenario that is filmed on screen is the product of actual events taking place. A catfight on America’s Next Top Model really does involve hai...more
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The Late Night Dick Wars
I don’t watch late night TV. The best I do is Tivo John Stewart and watch him when I get a chance. I don’t watch because I don’t stay up late, but more than that, I don’t watch because the shows don’t interest me. One of the big reason why...more
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Interview with Regina King of Southland
If NBC hadn’t been such a bone headed network last year in wanting to put Jay Leno in the 10pm slot (we know how that worked out) virtually eliminating all the cutting edge dramas. One show that got caught up in the disaster was Southland created by A...more
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What Happened to Oxygen?
Or I guess the better question is why did Oxygen never happen?
When Oxygen was born in 1998 I was psyched. The founders were stellar: Geraldine Laybourne, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach as well as Oprah. What could be better?
Well I have t...more
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NBC to air Skating & Gymnastics Show Jan. 10
The Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular was filmed and presented live at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center back in October and the show will be broadcast on NBC, Sunday, Jan. 10 from 4-6 p.m. (check local listings).
Olympic champion Nastia Liukin ce...more
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The Jazz Baroness airs on HBO2 tommorow night
I recently saw this very interesting documentary by Hannah Rothschild, The Jazz Baroness, about her great aunt Nica who spent over 28 years as Thelonious Monk’s best friend. I was kind of surprised by the story because, of course, I had heard of Monk,...more
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Feminist Flashback: A look back at Murphy Brown
The Early Show on CBS hosted the cast of Murphy Brown for a reunion. God, I loved that show. Can we please get another show like this? Pretty please. Maybe we can convince Diane Sawyer to create a new show. I promise to get everyone I know to watch ...more
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Christine Lahti on Law & Order SVU
I have been watching Law & Order SVU since its inception. Since Jay Leno began screwing up TV as we know it SVU has suffered since it is now on at 9pm on Wednesdays up against many strong shows. I’ve been tivoing it when it repeats on Saturday night...more
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Pilot Watch – CW
There are so many shows that get developed each year, some make it to the pilot stage and very few make it to series.
This year I’m going to keep track and see the progress. I’ve created a pilot watch section and will list by studio shows by and ab...more
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Emmy-winning writer Kater Gordon departs Mad Men
Something’s fishy over at Sterling Cooper.
It’s not too often that a newly minted Emmy winner leaves the show that earned her an Emmy, but that’s what seems to have happened to Kater Gordon. Nikki Finke reported on Deadline Hollywood yesterday th...more
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Women and the Emmys
Dearbhla Walsh
Here’s a list of the women (and shows about women) that won at the Emmys.
Comedy Series: “30 Rock,” NBC.
Actress, Drama Series: Glenn Close, “Damages,” FX Networks.
Actress, Comedy Series: Toni Collette, “United States of Ta...more
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