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‘24’ TV show could learn something from ‘24’ novels (Book commentary)

You know, when I watch “24,” I usually make fun of it, and I don’t get any satisfaction from doing that. But it’s different from other downhill-progressing

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Hilary Duff has the right stuff for ‘Gossip Girl’ (TV commentary)

Hilary Duff submitted a pilot episode that got turned down this season; that allowed “Gossip Girl”(8 p.m. Central Mondays on The CW) to cast her for

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‘Office’ vs. ‘Always Sunny’: What’s TV’s best sitcom? (Commentary)

Which sitcom would you take with you to a desert island: “The Office” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on NBC) or “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” (9 p.m. Central Thursdays

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Oh, how I love/hate ‘(500) Days of Summer’ (Movie review)

“(500) Days of Summer,” the would-be-romantic, too-sad-to-be-a-comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, starts with a narrated warning that this is not a love story. It’s

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How crucial is continuity in franchise storytelling? (Commentary)

I’m curious to hear from my readers on this one: How important is it to you that a franchise has continuity between each of its

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Get even better, ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ does (TV review)

Watching “The Clone Wars” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network), I wonder if the “Star Wars” prequels should’ve been animated all along. “Clone Wars” feels more

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I don’t have a favorite actor (If I had one, I guess it’d be Michael Cera) (Movie and TV commentary)

The other day someone asked me who my favorite actor is and I found out something interesting about myself: I don’t have one. Despite being

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Why do so many previews give away the whole movie? (Commentary)

Entertainment Weekly wondered why “Jennifer’s Body” had low box office returns, and suggested that people had their fill of the real Megan Fox through the media and

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‘Cleveland Show’ rocks, ‘Community’ doesn’t, and ‘Modern Family’ is nothing new (TV reviews)

There’s a nice scene in the pilot episode of “The Cleveland Show” (7:30 p.m. Central Sundays on Fox) where Peter, Quagmire, Joe and the “Family Guy” gang

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On TV, Friday is the new Tuesday. How did this happen? (Commentary)

It used to be that the best shows were front-loaded toward the start of the week. I fondly recall “Buffy” nights from my college years

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