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Josh Lasser is a freelance entertainment reporter/critic. His work has appeared in print, online, and perhaps one day in book form.
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Contemplating Christmas: A Look at ABC Family’s "25 Days of Christmas" for 2008
I come here and I tell you a lot of bad things. I talk about what's wrong on a ton of different TV shows. I tell you just a couple of days before it happens for real that Pushing Daisies… Read More ›
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Pushing for Pushing Daisies
Sigh. There are some shows that I don't mind seeing go away – shows that have run their course, shows that never should have had a course, that sort of thing. Unfortunately, all too often I see shows on the… Read More ›
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The Berenstain Bears Celebrate Christmas… Or Not
When is a Christmas DVD not a Christmas DVD? When it's The Berenstain Bears: Christmas Tree DVD. Released at the end of October, The Berenstain Bears: Christmas Tree contains five Berenstain Bears episodes, only one of which actually deals directly… Read More ›
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Contemplating Quantum of Solace
James Bond. If you've been a consistent reader of these pages you'll know that I lie somewhere between “big fan of” and “massively obsessed with” the suave secret agent. With that in mind, let's talk Quantum of Solace. Now, this… Read More ›
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Still Puzzling Over The Amazing Race
Seriously, I don't know what to do. I simply don't. Should I stop watching The Amazing Race? I like the show, usually, but I don't quite know how much more stupidity I can put up with this season. I don't. … Read More ›
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A Few Thoughts on Mark Greene’s Return to ER
Yesterday I questioned whether or not I should bother with Mark Greene's return to ER. I bothered, but still don't know if I should have. The episode both caused fond reminisces and broke my heart. It didn't break my heart… Read More ›
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Should Mark Greene’s Return to the ER Cause Mine as Well?
I'm on the fence, well and truly on the fence. Anthony Edwards returns to ER this evening. Yes, Mark Green died years ago, but why should that stop the once venerable drama from bringing back one of its original stars? … Read More ›
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House and Cuddy – Right or Wrong?
Having watched tons of House episodes over the past few months (I think I'm nearly caught up with all the episodes prior to the current season), last night's episode had a sort of inevitability about it. The question of whether… Read More ›
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Monday Night and a Look at the Changing Televisual Landscape
As I sit here rooting around in my desk, desperately searching for my license to kill (one must be prepared for this Friday), I find myself again amazed at the sheer quantity of television I consume on Monday nights. Last… Read More ›
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Literacy and The Amazing Race
Every year on The Amazing Race you find one team to hate. You have to, it's kind of a rule of watching the show. By the second or third episode there is always one team that stands out as the… Read More ›
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Some Thoughts on Why the Owners on Kitchen Nightmares Don’t Get It
Let me ask you, pseudo-seriously, what makes people think they can just buy and run a restaurant? Do people honestly just kind of look around, realize that there's a restaurant to be bought, and decide “sure, that'll be a good… Read More ›
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Law & Order a Little Too Close to the Headlines?
Law & Order began its 8 millionth season last night, and remains a great crime procedural. I wasn't entirely sure that I liked the final second of the episode, the cutesy moment at the end of a Jack McCoy press… Read More ›
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TV Technology on Election Night
Last night was one of those interesting nights of television. Oh, I'm not talking in the political sense, I mean far more in the actual viewing. Fine, it was certainly interesting in a political sense, no matter which side of… Read More ›
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How I Met Your Mother Balances Humor and Drama
The main storyline on How I Met Your Mother thus far this season has revolved around Ted getting married to Stella and the question of whether Stella is in fact the titular mother. It was revealed two weeks ago (and… Read More ›
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Searching Out Network TV on the Web
In preparing for a recent trip, I checked my TiVos very carefully, wanting to make sure that they both setup to tag team record shows. There was a complicated algorithm involved to guarantee that I maximized the number of shows… Read More ›
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Taking Another Trip to Casino Royale
On November 14 the latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, will make its way into theaters. It features Daniel Craig as the licenced to kill double-O agent, Craig's second outing in the role. Craig first slipped on the tuxedo… Read More ›
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Male Bonding on My Own Worst Enemy and Boston Legal
I am, I fear, in for some disappointment again this television season. I sat there last night watching My Own Worst Enemy and marveling at just how much fun the show is. I woke up this morning to see the… Read More ›
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The Amazing Race Amazes Me to no End
I am, for some reason, simply baffled watching The Amazing Race this year. I shouldn't be. I know that I shouldn't be, but I am. Last night's elimination was no big surprise, Ty and Aja were behind from the word… Read More ›
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SNL Brings the Political Funny
The world is a truly fascinating place. We all come from different walks of life, have different points of view, see the world very differently, but we can all agree to sit down in front of the nice warm glow… Read More ›
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Knight Rider’s Half-Naked, Car Chase, Explosion Attitude
Okay, yes I watch it every week, and no I'm never going to like it, so you can look forward to more of these columns, but my goodness, did you watch Knight Rider last night? I just don't understand the… Read More ›
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