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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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I Want A New Chuck, One That Makes Me Feel Like I Feel When I’m With You
Reading about this fall's television lineup, one often finds a phrase akin to “the geeks shall inherit the earth.” With new shows like NBC's Chuck airing this fall, it's not hard to see this statement coming true. NBC, having achieved… Read More ›
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It’s Always Sunny Even When You Find a Dumpster Baby
There is something about FX’s comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia that is just plain wrong — in a good way. The show is produced by, and stars Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Glenn Howerton, as Mac, Charlie, and… Read More ›
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Seriously, What Exactly Are Their Damages?
It seems as though week after week I choose to criticize and complain about the same shows. I see absolutely no reason to break this trend. Can anyone out there watching Damages take a few minutes to explain some things… Read More ›
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Bionic Woman: Now 100% More British!
David Eick, who brought the reimagined and incredibly successful Battlestar Galactica to the SciFi network is bringing to SciFi’s corporate older sibling, NBC, another 1970s remake this fall, Bionic Woman. Airing on Wednesday nights at 9pm, Bionic Woman hopes to… Read More ›
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Personally I Don’t Need It, But A Lot Of Folks on TV Require Redemption
I wonder if I've ever had a more disparate night of television watching. It all started simply and logically enough, with the NY Giants being unable to provide any sort of defensive support to their offense's efforts. From there, it… Read More ›
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I Find No Flash In This Gordon
Every so often I sit down and watch something on television, like I did last night, and think to myself: “I should like this show, this sort of thing is right up my alley,” but I don't. And that is… Read More ›
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It’s Alive… Day
The perception of an event can be almost as important as the actual event itself. This may be most true during war and is certainly evident in HBO's new documentary Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq. The documentary, which comes… Read More ›
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Damages Works On Bunny Boiling
Before I begin, let me just remind everyone that we hurt most the ones we love… I watch Damages every week, and every week it just baffles me more and more. Last night, it was implied that Lila, the girl… Read More ›
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She’s Not Heavy, She’s Ugly Betty
Watching an entire television season (23 episodes) over the course of three days can be an interesting experience. Getting to see so many episodes in such a short time gives a different view of the season than watching the same… Read More ›
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My War, Your War, Foyle’s War: Set 4
For some reason that remains unclear to me, nobody does period drama on television like the British. Recently released to DVD, Foyle's War: Set 4 proves to be no exception. The series, which takes place during World War II, follows… Read More ›
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Eureka, I Have Found It!
Earlier this week, I wrote about an episode of Psych, explaining just how disappointed I was that a show that prides itself on details would have, to me, a glaring continuity error. I went on to argue about how “when… Read More ›
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A Suspect That Can Only Be Divided Evenly By Itself And One Is A…
Television is a medium that constantly finds itself surrounded by naysayers. There are always those who insist that it does nothing but pander to the lowest common denominator – that it does nothing but hit new lows on a regular… Read More ›
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Dirty Gems? No Worries, I’m a Gemsweeper
Lobstersoft’s new puzzle game, Gemsweeper, has all the makings of an addictive desktop game. The levels are small, the game can be saved at any point and there is just enough challenge to the game to be fun without being… Read More ›
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USA’s Psych Manages to Fool Itself
I am about to make Mary Ellen Santare very, very proud. I was watching Psych this week (a show I generally love), and noticed an error and a related continuity problem. Shawn Spencer, our resident pretend psychic, was trying to… Read More ›
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manstrokewoman Arrives on DVD
It seems as though for as long as television has been around, there have been sketch comedy shows on it. Some seem to last forever, while others are nothing more than a flash in the pan. Some sketch comedy is… Read More ›
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Now Streaming on a Computer Near You: K-Ville
For the past two days you have, hopefully, read my stories on K-Ville, FOX's new drama set in present day New Orleans and focusing on a couple of police officers played by Anthony Anderson and Cole Hauser. In essence, the… Read More ›
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There Is No Boat Involved With This Anchor, But She Is Up The Creek
“I really just want to be a news anchor.” So said Lauren Jones last week in a conference call about her new show that premieres tonight on FOX, Anchorwoman. Jones is a former WWE diva and used to be one… Read More ›
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How to Get to K-Ville
About a year ago, Peter Liguori, then President of Entertainment at FOX Broadcasting Company, called producer Jonathan Lisco with an idea. Lisco tells us that Liguori said to him, “I want to do a cop show and I know it… Read More ›
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Being The Guy at The End of The Red Carpet
Yes, I was the lonely guy at the end of the “Red Carpet” this weekend. The carpet was in fact off-red, but I was the guy at the end of it. The music from Republic, a New Orleans club, was… Read More ›
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I Got Your Law & Order Right Here
I'll be one of the first to admit it, I do not watch Law & Order, or any of its ancillary shows, like I used to. Even so, it is SVU of which I most keep track. Straying slightly from… Read More ›
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