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The Closer Ends This Yearnew
The TNT crime drama The Closer ends after seven seasons. Farewell to a great show we hardly saw.
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The Daunting Struggles of Africa's Big Catsnew
Regrettably, the crisis that 'The Last Lions' is designed to raise awareness of -- the lion population is down from half a million to about 20,000 -- is underexplored. But the footage is never less than astounding.
The Craigslist Killer and Other Scary Worlds of Lifetime Televisionnew
The world of Lifetime movies is one where if your teen only get pregnant, she's getting off easy.
Tags: The Craigslist Killer
Boardwalk Empire is Martin Scorsese's very promising foray into televisionnew
Scorsese isn't the only reason to have confidence in this chronicle of Prohibition-era crime in Atlantic City.
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The Lack of Wit is a Weeds Killernew
When most of the fun is in the subplots, maybe it's time for the writers to come up with some real breakthrough for Nancy Botwin.
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Crescent City Rising: David Simon Takes on Post-Katrina New Orleansnew
How will critics, bloggers and discriminating fans judge Treme, coming from the creators of The Wire, which some of us consider the greatest TV drama of all time?
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The Year of Staying In: In Lean Times, TV is a Saving Gracenew
You've got to laugh to keep from crying, and in 2009, as bad news streamed constantly on the cable news channels, I valued sitcoms more than ever. Thank God there were comedies worthy of our time.
'The Prisoner' Should Make Us Feel Right at Homenew
Let's welcome back one of the granddaddies of the paranoid genre, The Prisoner, which has been revamped for AMC in an effort to keep us tuned in now that another season of Mad Men has passed. Verdict: Yes, we'll stay tuned.
'Mad Men': The Champagne of Showsnew
I want a black Cadillac with fins like a shark. I want a shot of Seagram's in the calm hour after a rough day. I want to take a long drag on a short Camel to soothe my T zone; there'll be no irritation, four out of five doctors agree.
The 'Extreme' Message of the Seasonnew
It's easy to be cynical about Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and it's harder to turn it into a model for volunteerism -- but we should.
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