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With an electromagnetic pulse bang, ‘24’ is back among TV’s elite dramas (Commentary)

If it were a sports team rather than a TV show, no one would have predicted “24’s” resurgence. When a team struggles, there are generally two options:

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Have I mentioned that I love ‘Life Unexpected?’ (TV commentary)

I don’t get as emotionally involved in the cancellation of shows as I used to (“Angel” in 2004 was the last one that really hurt).

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‘Parenthood’ is hit-and-miss, but the hits are really good (TV review)

Jason Katims, whose resume includes “My So-Called Life,” “Roswell” and “Friday Night Lights,” is now on that short list of producers where you have to

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‘Turtles Forever’ is Laird’s love letter to longtime fans

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the first “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie, which isn’t the truest and best incarnation of the Turtles (that

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‘Buffy’ has comic edge, but ‘Angel’ is starting to catch up (Comic book commentary)

If someone picked up the latest issues of Dark Horse’s “Buffy” (Issue No. 32) and IDW’s “Angel”(Issue No. 30) as their introduction to post-TV events, they’d hardly recognize

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Paul Kemp makes impressive ‘Star Wars’ debut with ‘Crosscurrent’ (Book review)

Now that 5,000 years of “Star Wars” lore have been mapped out, from the earliest days of the Sith and Jedi to the generation after

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Early evidence points to Jacob being evil, Man in Black being good. Discuss (TV commentary)

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a nice chart comparing the “Lost” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays, ABC) characters’ lives in the Island World to their lives in the

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My new favorite show is an ‘Unexpected’ pleasure (TV commentary)

I’m not surprised that “Life Unexpected” (8 p.m. Central Mondays, The CW) is good — after all, the cast is incredible and exec producer Liz Tigelaar boasts

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‘Star Wars: Darth Bane – Dynasty of Evil’ shows that the Rule of Two makes no sense whatsoever (Book review)

Ki Adi-Mundi (in “The Phantom Menace”): “The Sith have been extinct for a millennium.” Yoda (later in the same movie): “Two there are always, a

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Are TV shows getting dumber or am I getting smarter? (Commentary)

Are TV shows getting dumber or am I getting smarter? I’m not talking about TV as a whole, because obviously it’s dumber than it was

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