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‘Furious 7’ Keeps Franchise Running on All-American Cylinders

The “Fast and Furious” franchise jumped the shark a long time ago. Now, it’s all a...

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NBC’s ‘Constantine’ Translates Occult Comic Book Series to TV

Just in time for Halloween, the NBC-TV gothic-action series Constantine arrived last week,...

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NBC Commits to Full Season of ‘Mysteries of Laura, CBS Affirms Four Series

NBC-TV has given a full-season order for new mystery series The Mysteries of Laura. After...

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Quality Improvement, Steady Ratings Boost NBC’s ‘Mysteries of Laura’

There's good news for those who watched and liked NBC's attempt at a USA Network-style m...

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‘Rockford Files’ Remake Shelved

NBC has stopped work on its proposed private-eye series The Rockford Files—as we had sug...

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Jack Bauer Is Dead. . . .

... at least on Fox come May after the conclusion of it's eighth "day," otherwise known ...

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NBC’s ‘Community’ an Exemplary Sitcom

In addition to its well-publicized, disastr0us experiment with moving Jay Leno to primetim...

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New ‘Rockford Files’ Lead Actor Announced

NBC has announced that Dermot Mulroney will star as the title character of the upcoming Ro...

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Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ Return: Controversially, No Surprises

If you want to identify the most controversial person in television, forget about Glenn ...

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It’s Official: Leno Back to 11:30, Competition Could Be Strengthened Across Board

In a move that bodes well to strengthen TV programming overall in both primetime and late ...

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NBC May Pull Plug on Disastrous Leno-O’Brien Experiment

Press reports and even jokes on last night's Jay Leno Show point to the likelihood that NB...

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O’Brien Plays It Safe, Smart in ‘Tonight Show’ Debut

    Conan O'Brien played it safe in his debut as host of NBC's Tonight...

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‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns—But on DirecTV Only

 The excellent TV drama series Friday Night Lights returns to the air tonight at 9 ED...

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‘Friday Night Lights’ Returns—But on DirecTV Only

 The excellent TV drama series Friday Night Lights returns to the air tonight at 9 ED...

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‘Heroes’ Returns

The first episodes of season three of the NBC series Heroes premiered last night.I'll anal...

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Fallon to Host NBC’s ‘Late Night’

Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon reportedly will take over Conan O'Brien's spot as ho...

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NBC Goes Green

Everything's Gone Green, as the New Order song has it. As you may know, NBC TV has gone gr...

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Actor Fired After Homosexual Furor Is Putting Career Back in Order

Actor Isaiah Washington, fired from ABC TV program Gray's Anatomy, one of the top-rated sh...

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ION Network to Be Sold—Potential Cultural Asset Wasted

One of the most woefully underutilized cultural assets of the past few years has been the ...

mysteries
An Intellectual Intuitive TV Detective

NBC-TV premiered an interesting and innovative new detective series last night. Jeff Goldb...