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Broadcast Muse | Television
Gawk at ‘Awkward’
Not being a teenager, I did not tune in to “Awkward,” the show about cool but socially awkward teens, during its first season on MTV. But there’s so much buzz about the ...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Babyish Mommies
Single mom (and Sarah Palin daughter) Bristol has a new reality show (above, “Life’s a Tripp,” Lifetime, Tuesdays, 10 p.m.). So does mom-to-be Snooki of “Jersey Shore"...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
‘Arthur’s’ Admirers
Hey! What a wonderful kind of day it will be tomorrow. PBS KIDS GO! airs a new episode of its animated sitcom “Arthur,” with Joan Rivers giving voice to Francine’s grand...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Fangs Are _____ !
"True Blood’s" Season 5 opener airs Sunday (9 p.m., HBO). It’s full of shocking twists!! Accordingly, exec producer Alan Ball asks that TV critics “not reveal any plot s...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Them and Thicke
On ABC’s singing competition “Duets,” the stars personally pick contestants, DUET WITH THEM, then pass judgment. The premiere aired last Thursday; episode No. 2 is tonig...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
A Fantastic Flop
“L.A. Complex” is a made-in-Canada show about young Canadians trying to make it in Hollywood. The series came to the CW in April and set a record … for least-watched pre...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Thumbs Down
In April, two African American men sued ABC for rejecting them as potential suitors on the “The Bachelorette.” “I never even had a chance,” one claims, charging that t...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Vampire Camp
Like the waves that crash upon the cliffs of Collinwood, ancestral home of vampire Barnabas Collins, I have been hitting my head against the wall trying to figure out why some...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
The Genius of Julia
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the funniest woman on TV, and she is pretty funny in her new sitcom: “Veep” (HBO, Sundays, 10 p.m.). As the vapid U.S. vice president (above), she l...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Funnoyingness
“Girls” is the most funnoying show on TV. The HBO series (Sundays, 10:30 p.m.) follows four self-absorbed women as they chase their dreams in Manhattan. Let’s consider t...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Eden’s Whirl
I wasn’t planning to watch “Eden’s World” (Logo, Mondays, 10 p.m.) but People magazine’s website made me. It asked, “Eden’s World: Will You Watch?” So h...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Tragic ‘Magic’
We love to imitate the characters on retro TV programs. (See: Banana Republic’s “Mad Men” collection.) And now there’s a new retro show to inspire us: “Magic City”...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
A ‘B’ or Not a ‘B’?
Next Wednesday at 9:30 p.m., ABC launches its new sitcom, “Don’t Trust the B… in Apt 23.” In episode one, Chloe, the titular “B” (Krysten Ritter, left) has sex wit...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
‘Game’ On
The world is divided into two groups of TV viewers. Those who watch “Game of Thrones” and those who are all like, “Huh, what? Is that some kind of cheesy castles-and-dra...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Gingrich vs. ‘GCB’
As Newt Gingrich’s presidential run falters, he’s turned to TV criticism. Everybody thinks they’re a critic! Gingrich targeted the spoofy soap “GCB,” based on the bo...







