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TV Review: American Masters “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night”

TV Review: American Masters “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night”

Scott Malchus May 14, 2012 5

PBS premieres a fascinating look at the life of television icon, Johnny Carson

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TV Review: “Veep”

TV Review: “Veep”

Brian Boone April 23, 2012 2

Politics hasn't really been covered in movies or TV like this before. Perhaps that's because Veep was created and co-written by Armando Iannucci of the satirical British series "The Thick Of It" and the

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Game of Thrones: Season 2 Premiere

Game of Thrones: Season 2 Premiere

Michael Sarko April 2, 2012 2

It's great that the adaptation is so faithful to the source material, but Seven help us, it's all so damn confusing

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Mad Men Season 5 Premiere

Mad Men Season 5 Premiere

Michael Sarko March 26, 2012 0

“I don’t really care about work. I care about you.” That, you incredibly patient fans of Mad Men, is not the only lie Don Draper tells over the course of the first two episodes

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TV Review: “Bent”

TV Review: “Bent”

Scott Malchus March 22, 2012 3

"Bent" is great and worthy of the other fine comedies on

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The Office (and Community): Get the Girl

The Office (and Community): Get the Girl

Michael Sarko March 16, 2012 3

Two relatively interesting things happened on NBC this week. The Office finally closed out its Florida arc by dragging most of the subplot’s principal characters back to Scranton and Community returned after a long, nervous hiatus.

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The Office Florida Excursion: Last Day in Florida

The Office Florida Excursion: Last Day in Florida

Michael Sarko March 9, 2012 3

I may step on some critics’ toes for this statement, but I believe film will always be at least a little more respectable than television. It’s not because film attracts an inherently higher caliber

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The Office Florida Excursion: Test The Store

The Office Florida Excursion: Test The Store

Michael Sarko March 2, 2012 4

In the climactic scene of this week’s intriguing but ultimately problematic episode of The Office, the show provided an apt metaphor for why exactly it’s failing today more often than it’s succeeding. Jim, stepping

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The Office Florida Excursion: After Hours

The Office Florida Excursion: After Hours

Michael Sarko February 24, 2012 2

Last week I griped about two early problems with The Office‘s Florida plot arc. I worried that, by dividing the action over so many locations, the show would stretch itself too thin to sustain

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The Office Florida Excursion: Tallahassee

The Office Florida Excursion: Tallahassee

Michael Sarko February 17, 2012 5

As The Office enters the meat of its bold vacation to Florida in a clear bid to rejuvenate its wayward eighth season, the energy is there but the format is strained. “Tallahassee” is the fastest,

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