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Ron Swanson: TV’s greatest libertarian character ever? (Commentary)

Since I’m venturing into politics with this post (which will eventually be about television), I’ll admit my bias up front: I’ll be voting for the Libertarian Party

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I should like ‘Community.’ But I don’t quite get it. Sorry (TV commentary)

I made it only a few seconds into the first episode of “2 Broke Girls,” one of the most critically acclaimed shows of the fall. It wasn’t

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First episode impressions: ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Season 7 (TV review)

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (9 p.m. Central Thursdays) is getting so crazy that even the FX network seems jittery about it, running so many “mature

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Fond farewell: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)

I’m not married and I know that if I ever lived in Texas I’d die from the heat, yet I always respected “Friday Night Lights,” TV’s best

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All 20 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 9 (2001-02), ranked

Although the common perception is that “The X-Files” went out with a whimper in Season 9 (2001-02, Fox), I actually found this to be a

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First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)

“Friday Night Lights” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on NBC) continues to do the little things well: In the fifth-season premiere, Landry goes through his own version

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All 21 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 8 (2000-01), ranked

I blazed through my rewatching of “The X-Files” eighth season (2000-01, Fox), which plays like a page-turner of a novel and yet covers a ton of ground, from

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All 22 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 7 (1999-2000), ranked

I remembered “The X-Files” Season 7 (1999-2000, Fox) as being a tired, going-through-the-motions year where David Duchovny wanted it all to end. I wasn’t exactly

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All 22 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 6 (1998-99), ranked

The cool thing about rewatching DVDs of classic shows years later is having my perceptions changed. In my head, I thought Season 6 of “The

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All 20 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 5 (1997-98), ranked

“The X-Files” fifth season (1997-98, Fox) is one big appetizer for the main course — “X-Files: Fight the Future,” which would hit movie theaters in

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