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  The Playlist 

  The Playlist's Picks: Best TV Shows Of The 2011/2012 Season

  While the summer is an excuse for the movie studios to roll out their biggest offerings, television executives are much more afraid of warm weather, leaving the television dial mostly as a wasteland of repeats and reality shows. As such, the TV season essentially gets underway in September, and runs...

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  Indiewire 

  Watch: A Preview of Louis C.K.'s Commentary From the 'Louie' Season Two DVD

  While Louis C.K.'s brilliant (you know it's true) half-hour sorta-comedy "Louie" doesn't return for its third season on FX until June 28th, season two of the series comes out on DVD next week on June 19th. Below is a preview of the comedian's commentary track running o...

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  The Playlist 

  Watch: New Teaser For Season 3 Of 'Louie' Pays Tribute To Woody Allen's 'Manhattan'

  If cable has proven to be a boon to dramatic storytelling, that is no less true for comedies as well. Shows like "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" or the unjustly cancelled "Bored To Death" deliver the kind of irreverance and wit you're just not going to see on network broadcasting. HBO's newly un...

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  Indiewire 

  New 'Louie' Ad Salutes 'Manhattan'

  Is Louis C.K.'s FX comedy "Louie" in the tradition of Woody Allen? So suggests the ad below, which offers a nod to the opening of "Manhattan" before planting a newspaper in the comedian's face. But I don't know that even at its softest, anyone would suggest "...

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  Indiewire 

  5 Shows in Which Actors Play Worse Versions of Themselves

  Plenty of television shows have their stars, often comedians, playing fictionalized versions of themselves -- it's the simplest way to translate a stand-up act or other public persona to a scripted situation, from "The Jack Benny Show" to "The Cosby Show" to "Everybody L...

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