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Tag Archives: Television

American Dreams

NBC has started running back-to-back eps of its drama/nostalgiafest, American Dreams, so we were able to catch one of the early entries in this series Sunday. You probably already know the show’s premise even if you haven’t seen a single episode. Set around the time of JFK’s assassination (at one …

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Dead Vampires and Cool Middle-Aged Women

Aimee Mann and the Breeders will appear on two upcoming episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Aimee Mann will appear on the November 19 episode of UPN’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer, performing at the show’s hang-out nightclub, the Bronze, in the fictitious town of Sunnydale, California. For the episode, titled …

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Gandolfini Issues

And you thought he was acting all drunk and horny in The Sopranos: Locked in a nasty divorce battle, and in damage-control mode after a lurid tabloid story, James Gandolfini, a two-time Emmy winner for channeling Mob boss Tony Soprano’s conflicted soul on HBO’s The Sopranos, has gone public with …

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No Pity

A very lengthy profile of Television Without Pity (who have linked us in the past – thanks) in the NY Times mag, ignored by the industry no more: Sarah D. Bunting and Tara Ariano are obscure names in the high-stakes world of Hollywood TV production. They are anything but L.A. …

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Next Up: Country “Idol”

Followed by: Polka Idol. I lied, maybe. The USA Network wants to do for country music what Fox television’s “American Idol” did for pop. The cable network announced on Friday a nationwide search for the next great country music artist, with open auditions for “Nashville Star” kicking off in Nashville …

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Jackass Victim Sues

Insurance companies may be our salvation from reality shows, especially massively retarded dangerous shows: A woman has sued cable TV network MTV, its parent company Viacom Inc., and a cast member of its daredevil show “Jackass,” claiming she suffered injuries in a stunt performed while taping a program. In the …

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Music By Rapists

Cindy Chaffin is not the only person miffed about VH1’s Music Behind Bars, an immensely tasteless concept that ignores the feelings of crime victims and their families, adding insult to injury: Families of Pennsylvania crime victims are in an uproar over a new VH1 documentary series that spotlights prison music …

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Judges Return for Idol 2

The crew is back and talent auditions begin Monday: Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson will return for the second edition of Fox’s “American Idol,” joining fellow judge Simon Cowell, who had already reupped with the hit talent show. Fox also confirmed Thursday that the next version of “American Idol” will …

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Dell Dumping Dude?

You know you’ve reached a certain level of cultural penetraton when you are parodied on SNL. I vaguely remember a sketch from last Saturday’s show taking on Dell’s “Steven” character, their relentlessly cheerful and insistent pitchman. Well now the dude may be getting dumped: Dell Computer Corp.’s sales of personal …

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