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The new season: best of the best

Final versions of pilots are rolling in, and with the official launch of the season a week away, the number of questions I've gotten about what shows are

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 10 Sep 2006

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Here come the weekend

No new column today, as I'm getting hard-core into watching final versions of pilots and, in some cases, second episodes. (For "The Class," which took a

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 8 Sep 2006

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Make 'em laugh?

My favorite passage from today's other column, which deals with Fox's new comedies, "'Til Death" and "Happy Hour": Early in the

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 7 Sep 2006

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18 good years

From the first of today's two columns, re: "The Simpsons": SO I'M sitting with Al Jean, longtime "Simpsons" showrunner and a writer

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 7 Sep 2006

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Rock Star: Clear skies?

"Rock Star" elimination spoilers, post-haste... Well, nertz. It's not exactly a secret who I've been pulling for, and I had resigned myself to her

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 6 Sep 2006

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Rock Star: The originals

Spoilers for the best "Rock Star" episode of the season after this... Dilana, "Behind Blue Eyes" & "Supersoul": Hard to tell how much of

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 5 Sep 2006

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The running man

Spoilers for "House" and "Standoff" in a jiffy... "Tell Cuddy I want Ketamine..." Ever since the good doc said those words in the finale,

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 5 Sep 2006

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Quick "Wire" question

How many people here, if any, are going to be watching each episode a week early via HBO On-Demand? (The season premiere is already available there.) I had planned, like

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 5 Sep 2006

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A (be)labored point

Why does it always feel like, at the end of a three-day weekend, you need an extra day off just to recover? (Or, in my case, to clean.) But back

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 5 Sep 2006

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The man, they myth, the shotgun

As they did in the build-up to the "Deadwood" premiere, Matt and his sidekicks at The House Next Door are devoting an entire week to "The Wire.

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 4 Sep 2006

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Will they or won't... oh, wait a minute

On Fox's "Standoff," which debuts tomorrow night: I'M ALL IN FAVOR of TV shows that dispense with the tired-to-the-point-of-comatose "will they or won&

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 4 Sep 2006

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In 'Justice'

Another night, another new show: I weighed in on "Justice" a couple of days ago, but I'm curious if anyone bothered to watch and what they

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 31 Aug 2006