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10 YouTube Original Channels You Should Be Watching
Over the last year, Google has quietly been building itself a series of channels for its long-standing TV brand. The idea is simple: Google TV will be app-based and supported by original programming that mirrors a traditional television channel structure, but with YouTube as its platform. By funding...
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Daria's Descendants: 5 Characters Who Owe Their Existence to MTV's Sardonic Animated Heroine
It's been a decade since the Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn animated series went off the air, but the impact of its eponymous heroine and her deadpan journey through life in the suburbs is still felt.
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Can 'Smash' Get Past Being the Show We Love to Hate-Watch?
Despite all the great television made in 2012, there was only one show that demanded to be watched live: "Smash."
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How the Growing Availability of International TV Shows Online Could Provide U.S. Programming With Tough Competition
As the internet becomes an increasingly viable channel for watching TV -- and, for many young people, their primary source -- the barriers that would otherwise block certain types of programming from viewers are becoming increasingly irrelevant.
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7 Things We Learned About the New Season of 'Portlandia' From Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein: 'There have to be stakes'
“Portlandia,” IFC’s Emmy-nominated sketch comedy series, is nearing the start of its third season, set to premiere on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 10pm. With a league of extraordinary guest stars slated to appear in the new season (including Chloë Sevigny and a returning Ky...
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The 10 Best Television Episodes of 2012
A person can only watch so much television in a year, though thanks to DVRs, Hulu, Netlix and a crazy proliferation of quality series to keep up with, that amount can be considerable and a little terrifying. Still, any list of the best of the year in TV is, like a film best-of list, going to be limi...
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5 Best Bets on TV This Week: Mel Brooks Talks Comedy, Dawson Dances and 'Portlandia' Celebrates the Season
Sure, Sunday is incredibly overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Homeland," "The Good Wife," "Dexter" 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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In Light Of Last Night's Steamy 'Scandal' Sex Scenes, Revisiting TV's 1st Interracial Kiss Between A White Man & A Black Woman
In light of last night's steamy episode of Scandal, as we saw Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope and Tony Goldwyn as Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant heated up our TV screens with one or two scenes that made some of us wonder how they got past network TV censors, and also because it'...
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Before 'Django Unchained' There Was 'The Outcasts'
So with all the attention on Tarantino's Django Unchained (which I confess I've seen already and absoluely love - but I'll get to that soon in due time) one should keep in mind that the basic premise of a black and white team of bounty hunters isn't new at all. In fact there was a TV...
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How 'Sons of Anarchy' Returned to Its Roots in Season Five
"J'ai Obtenu Cette," last night’s propulsive season finale of "Sons of Anarchy," was a good indicator of why the fifth year of the FX motorcycle gang drama has been the show’s best since its first.
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