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Just when I thought that damned red neck scarf is gone, the remaining chefs decided to wear them in honor of Mattin, the French chef who couldn't cook French food. All of the chefs seemed a bit bitter that Mattin went home last week and felt that Robin should have
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Disco? Seriously? I don't know why people keep reminding us that the Disco Era existed - can't we just erase it from our collective memories? Apparently not, since "American Idol" has decided to dedicate an entire night to it. The show jumped immediately into Lil Rounds performance of Chaka Khan's "I'm
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Ah, Hollywood week: The end of the seemingly nonstop horrible auditions; the real beginning of the "American Idol" season (well, at least in my humble opinion). But, last night's episode was not quite as exciting as I wanted it to be. Sure, there were the normal standout performances, pathetic tears
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Last night's episode of "30 Rock" was like a light shining down from the comedy Gods in heaven: No distracting guest stars (sorry Oprah, Martin, and Aniston), the right amount of Tracy Morgan (too much upsets the balance of the whole show, both in the show's show and in reality...God
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My Wednesday night line-up is packed: I DVR six shows in three time slots, meaning there is no room for anything else. With that, I should almost be happy to hear that two of my hump day shows -- "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Pushing Daisies" -- have been cancelled. But
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I've tried so hard this season to forgive "Heroes" for all of its Season 2 missteps. I've tried to forget about the characters it wants to pretend never existed (the Irish girl, Caitlin, left in the future; Micah; Micah's cousin Monica; countless others). I've tried to ignore the ever-occurring plot
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"Housewives" follows a pretty clear formula, which is sometimes what makes it so good, and at the same time what sometimes makes it, well, formulaic. If we had a dramatic episode last week (which we did), then we know that this week will be more light and comedic (which it
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Any worries that I had about "Rock of Love: Charm School" losing some of its drama after Megan's departure was completely assuaged by last night's episode. You want drama? We got drama. Lacey, that crazy lady who I am convinced was either going to be a reality show starlet or
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Last night's "Top Chef" went several places the show has never gone before. As Padma put it, it was the first time the chefs were put up for a tasting test against an expert - an interesting idea, no doubt - but the dish? Hot dogs. Here's my problem with that:
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What do serial killers, white trash hos, and suburban housewives have in common? They're all on my favorite night of television -- Sunday -- in "Dexter," "Rock of Love: Charm School," and "Desperate Housewives." One problem: they're all on at 9 p.m. and my DVR only tapes two shows
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Cars flying into lakes, sex in limousines, lines like "Don't worry, it happens to everyone," and ex-cocaine addict sous chefs. It may sound like an episode of your daytime soap, but no, it was just last night's episode of Desperate Housewives. I want to be angry that a show that
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After a ridiculous four-week hiatus, "Desperate Housewives" finally returned last night. And it was good --- really good. First of all, they dropped the annoying storyline about Danielle's pregnancy (at least for now). In fact, Bree and her whole clan (Orson, Danielle, and Andrew) were completely gone. I know Marcia
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They gave me one episode of hope this season and then they ripped it away. After news was released recently that "Desperate Housewives" has been signed on until at least 2011, you'd think the show would be on top of its game. But no. What the heck is going on?
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There are two lessons to be learned from the two new episodes of NBC's Thursday night lineup that aired last night ("My Name is Earl" and "The Office" were repeats):1) To the makers of "Scrubs:" Editing together a long montage of clips from previous episodes does not qualify as a "new"
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Last night's episode of 30 Rock was one of true brilliance. So much so, that it is causing me to spout clichés....Oh, 30 Rock, how do I love thee? Let me count (some of) the ways:1) Alec Baldwin. The man is pure genius. His moments in last night's episode were
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So it turns out Orson is a good guy after all. Tonight's Desperate Housewives ended on a happy note for the first time in, well, forever. And the result? Serious unease. With no mystery left to solve in the show right now, there's not much to look forward to, so
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I feel like jumping off the couch and dancing a jig. "Desperate Housewives" is actually fun again. I cannot remember the last time an episode left me wanting more without feeling angry or tricked. Yes, it's still soap opera-ish and a wee bit over the top, but we'll work on
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I must admit that before "30 Rock" I was pretty ambivalent about Alec Baldwin. I always thought he was a good actor, but nothing extraordinary. But I was intrigued when I found he would be on Tina Fey's new show, because I always thought that the best thing he'd ever
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So I turned on ABC at 9 p.m. last night assuming that Desperate Housewives would be new, since it was a repeat last week. I found Old School playing instead! I was confused; could I be on the wrong channel? Did I only imagine it was 9 p.m.? What's going on
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NBC's Thursday night line-up is finally good again, in a way it hasn't been since it was called "Must See TV." And while last night was no exception for laughs, a few too many blows were thrown at women throughout the evening. Let me preface this by saying that there's
