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January 30, 2015 6:00 am

Predictably Unconventional ‘Backstrom’ Falls to Genre Cliches

The new FOX series Backstrom (Thursdays, 9 p.m. Eastern), which premiered last week and ...

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December 2, 2014 11:42 pm

Acclaimed Crime Drama ‘Foyle’s War’ Returns in February

Here's good news for mystery fans and others who appreciate intelligent TV dramas: Acorn...

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October 2, 2014 7:23 pm

ABC’s ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ Gets Away with Contemporary Cliches

In choosing programming, ABC-TV tends toward what its managers must think of as a rather ...

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September 22, 2014 5:56 pm

‘Mysteries of Laura’ Botches a Perfectly Good Formula

NBC is trying a fresh approach to drama in the new series The Mysteries of Laura (Wedne...

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September 20, 2014 8:32 pm

‘Longmire’ and Boomers’ Marketing Power—Are Both Underappreciated?

Do the TV networks have too little respect for the market power of older Americans? So s...

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March 12, 2014 3:01 pm

‘Mentalist’ Presents Tea Party Separatist Group in Positive Light

Sunday night's episode of the CBS-TV crime drama The Mentalist had a couple of interesti...