television
The stakes are high in third season of “The Americans”
March 4, 2015In the latest episode we learn about the deadly craft of spying as it plays out in these damaged souls' lives. Targets, assets, friends, lovers, rivals.
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Jon Stewart’s exit as a phony newsman is a loss to real news
February 11, 2015As a champion of enlightened phoniness in TV journalism, Stewart has proven himself to be one-of-a-kind, a fake who's unrivaled as the real deal.
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Today in labor history: “What’s My Line?” debuts
February 2, 2015Sixty-five years ago, at 8 pm Eastern time on February 2, 1950, the game show What's My Line? debuted on CBS-TV.
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Everything old is old again: A word on remakes and sequels
January 28, 2015There's no shortage of creativity out there. It's simply a matter of whether it's being repressed. And it is - in the interest of profit. Another effect of capitalism.
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Which Rob Lowe is the real creep?
November 3, 2014It takes a special kind of hubris for a celebrity to hold up his real self for us to admire while making a fool out of lost souls and deadbeats.
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