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    5 Best Bets on TV This Week: '30 Rock' Says Goodbye, Keri Russell Says Hello (Again)

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Jan 28 10:00:11 EST 2013

    Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Downton Abbey," "Shameless," "Girls," Californication," "Enlightened" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week.

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    5 Best Bets on TV This Week: Kevin Bacon's Return to the Small Screen and the Finale of 'American Horror Story'

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Jan 21 08:31:29 EST 2013

    Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Downton Abbey," "Shameless," "Girls," Californication," "Enlightened" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other ...

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    'Brooklyn Castle,' 'The Waiting Room' Set to Air on PBS This Fall

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Jan 14 16:41:35 EST 2013

    PBS has for years now been providing a significant platform for independent films with series "POV" and "Independent Lens," which broadcast docs nationally to audiences who might not normally get a chance to find them given the current realities of theatrical releases these days....

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    5 Best Bets on TV This Week: Carrie Bradshaw as a Teen, Archer as an Amnesiac

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Jan 14 15:53:39 EST 2013

    Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Downton Abbey," "Shameless," "Girls," Californication," "Enlightened" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other ...

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    5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: Michael Mann's War Photographer Series and Recommended Election Night Viewing

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Nov 05 09:21:39 EST 2012

    Sure, Sunday is incredibly overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Homeland," "The Walking Dead," "Boardwalk Empire," "The Good Wife," "Treme" and "Dexter," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy...

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    Independent Lens Programmer Lois Vossen Talks About the PBS Doc Series' New Season, Its New Night and the Importance of Public Media

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Oct 29 16:10:26 EDT 2012

    PBS documentary series "Independent Lens" officially kicks off its 2012-2013 season tonight, October 29th, with "Love Free or Die," a film from director Macky Alston about Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in a Christian church, a man who wore a bullet-proof vest to...

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    5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: Ole Miss, Monty Python and The First Openly Gay Bishop

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Oct 29 10:23:26 EDT 2012

    Sure, Sunday is incredibly overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Homeland," "The Walking Dead," "Boardwalk Empire," "The Good Wife," "Treme" and "Dexter," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy...

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    20 Must-See Docs Making Their TV Premieres This October

    by Alison Willmore on Tue Oct 02 09:21:20 EDT 2012

    October is big month for television -- the broadcast networks continue to roll our their new fall shows and familiar returning ones while cable channels like HBO and Showtime are in full swing with series like "Boardwalk Empire," "Treme," "Dexter" and "Homeland.&qu...

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    PBS's Independent Lens Will Kick Off With 'Love Free or Die' When It Moves to Monday Nights in October

    by Alison Willmore on Tue Aug 14 14:00:18 EDT 2012

    PBS documentary series Independent Lens seriously suffered in its ratings when it was moved from Tuesday to Thursday nights this past season, getting stranded on the most competitive evening of the TV week and one traditionally left for local programming on individual stations.

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    5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: 'Vito,' Ab Fab and the Olympics

    by Alison Willmore on Mon Jul 23 14:36:04 EDT 2012

    Sure, Sunday is overcrowded with high-end TV like "True Blood," "The Newsroom," "Weeds," "Breaking Bad" and "Political Animals," but what to watch the rest of the time? Each Monday, we bring you this guide to five noteworthy highlights from...

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