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NBC put The Office out of its misery

I should say The Office…and the audience. We all know that The Office should have ended when Michael Scott left, and it seems NBC has finally figured that out themselves. This season, season 9, will be the final season of … Continue reading

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Two more cast in Game of Thrones Season 3

After last week’s casting of Mance Rayder, we thought perhaps there weren’t anymore characters left in season 3 who had not yet been cast. Ah, but how wrong we were. EW reports that two more characters have been cast, both … Continue reading

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Showtime’s Homeland Season 2 Trailer

From EW: As Dexter is trying to wrap up it’s very uneven series run, Showtime is lucky it has another massive hit on its hands with Homeland. Last year’s first season was one of the best new show’s on television. … Continue reading

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Game of Thrones’ Mance Rayder is…Julius Caesar?

Now this is one I wouldn’t have guessed, but I suppose it works. EW has just reported that Ciarán Hinds will be playing the role of Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall. A wildling raised by the Night’s Watch, he … Continue reading

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Jon Hamm on Bob’s Burgers. Be still my beating heart. (updated)

EW has the skinny on Jon Hamm’s role in this upcoming season of Bob’s Burgers: a talking toilet. The show’s creator Loren Bouchard told EW: “It’s a kind of E.T. homage, but instead of an alien, it’s this high-end talking electronic toilet that … Continue reading

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And now there’s a True Blood Cookbook. Of course.

So now this is a thing, is it? Cookbooks based on movies or TV shows seems to be all the rage – The Hunger Games has one, Game of Thrones has two, Mad Men has one, The Sopranos would obviously … Continue reading

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So You Think You Can Dance Returns Tonight

After a 2-week hiatus to avoid clashing with ratings quasi-juggernaut the “Olympics”, SYTYCD is back. With a tribute to … Mia Michaels? According to Entertainment Weekly tonight’s SYTYCD will be all about Ms. Michaels, the emotional contemporary dance choreographer, showcasing 7 of … Continue reading

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SNL Classics: Red Ships of Spain

For so so many tangible reasons and many that are intangible, this is one of my absolute favorite SNL sketches. It has all the necessary components: Will Ferrell, Chris Parnell, Alec Baldwin, and wonderful, terrible songs. But yet, I feel … Continue reading

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Adventure Time: My New Cartoon Obsession

Finding myself watching almost every single show on Adult Swim is one thing, but I didn’t really expect to find my newest animated obsession on the kid’s version of Cartoon Network. And yet, here I am. I had seen this … Continue reading

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Hulu+ Joins Apple TV. I Hold Back Tears of Joy.

Entertainment Weekly has just reported that Apple TV hold out, Hulu+, will now be available on said Apple TV. Though, really, it was Apple TV that was the hold out… Sure, I can watch Hulu+ on my computer, but this … Continue reading

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