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Is Jon Stewart Funny in France?new
Each day my daughter is faced with the challenging job of translating Comedy Central's The Daily Show into French, rendering hip American cultural references, Yiddishisms, bleeped-out expletives, and quirky American slang into something a French audience will understand and find funny.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jaime O'Neill |
07-21-2009 |
TV
How Could Anyone Think 'Gossip Girl' is Good TV?new
It might make sense if a bunch of rich high school kids had exciting adventures and did really cool things, but on Gossip Girl rich high schoolers are just as boring and pathetic as regular high schoolers. That's probably true in real life, but that's not why we watch TV.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel McQuade |
11-17-2008 |
TV
The New '90210' Sucks Hardnew
No matter how scandalous the plot gets and regardless of how many former cast members return, 90210 can never live up to the drama that zip code saw 18 years ago when Brandon and Brenda Walsh moved to California.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Erica Palan |
10-27-2008 |
TV
9021-Uh-Ohnew
The new, or re–imagined, or re–hashed, or re–vaginally–juvinated or whatever 90210 premiered this week on the CW, and it’s no secret it was lacking.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
09-08-2008 |
TV
Why Aren't There More Musical TV Shows?new
Like RENT or Carousel or Pippin or Moulin Rouge or whatever, but in televised episodic form.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
07-28-2008 |
TV
'Unhitched' is Alternately Slick & Soulless and Sloppy & Hammynew
This would be the most repulsive Fox sitcom since The War at Home if not for healthy competition from Back to You and 'Til Death.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
04-07-2008 |
TV
Not So Pleasurable 'Pleasure for Sale'new
Take HBO's softcore Cathouse, suck out all the fun and frivolity, throw in a bunch of traumatic sexual baggage and you have Pleasure for Sale, the six-part documentary series on the Sundance Channel.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
02-11-2008 |
TV
Just Forget About 'T3'new
Whether or not you attribute its pilot’s big ratings to the current dearth of scripted shows, The Sarah Connor Chronicles mostly deserves its early success.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
02-04-2008 |
TV
The Nostalgia of 'American Gladiators'new
Viewing American Gladiators as a parody of over-the-top American sports coverage makes an already fun show even better.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel McQuade |
01-22-2008 |
TV
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Sci Fi Channel Boldy Goes to Oznew
An endlessly twisted riff on The Wizard of Oz, Tin Man takes L. Frank Baum;s classic story and puts it through a modern space-age blender.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Patrick Hildebrandt |
12-04-2007 |
TV
'30 Rock' Fills the Gap Left By 'Arrested Development'new
Tina Fey's 30 Rock has gladly filled the huge, gaping void that too-brilliant-to-last show left behind.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
11-05-2007 |
TV
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A Man's Castle is His Cavenew
DIY Network's Man Caves encourages men not only to have their own tricked-out rooms, but to acquire them in the manliest way possible -- by building with their own two hands.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Alli Katz |
11-05-2007 |
TV
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'Wired Science' Wowsnew
Chris Hardwick of Singled Out fame is not a scientist, a journalist or even legitimately nerdy, which is why he's such an odd choice for host of PBS' new newsmagazine-style show from the folks at Wired magazine.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Alli Katz |
10-22-2007 |
TV
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Wake Up to AMC's Sleeper Hit 'Man Men'new
The Sopranos writer/exec producer Matthew Weiner creates a knockout series set in booze-soaked ad agency in 1960s.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Doug Wallen |
08-27-2007 |
TV
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'The Closer': Relaxed and Entertainingnew
The show works as well as it does because there's nothing edgy, pushy or groundbreaking about it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
08-06-2007 |
TV
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