“Friday Night Lights” season 5 starts winding down with the return of Tim Riggins, and tough choices for Coach Taylor.
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Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose reviews the return of the “At the Movies” brand to PBS television.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose’s own Dw. Dunphy offers an opinion on American Idol‘s tenth-season debut.
Emilia Rhodes
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ABC’s new drama “Off the Map” is beautiful to look at, but nothing beyond skin deep.
Emilia Rhodes
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FX’s new underdog sports drama, “Lights Out,” packs a punch.
Dw. Dunphy
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Last night Ricky Gervais took down Hollywood’s sacred cows and Popdose weighs in.
Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus reviews the 4th season of “Army Wives,” a true guilty pleasure, now on DVD.
Emilia Rhodes
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The Lions hit rock bottom in Season Five, Episode Nine of “Friday Night Lights.”
Emilia Rhodes
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Chaos abounds in the promising pilot for “Shameless,” the new dramedy on Showtime.
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose.com’s Dw. Dunphy goes past the “what” of reality TV to explore the “why.”
Scott Malchus
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Under the surface of his”I don’t give a shit” attitude, Hank Moody appears to have a real desire to become a better man and father. I suppose that’s why I enjoy spending time with him.
Emilia Rhodes
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Lies abound and a fan favorite returns in Season Five, Episode Eight of “Friday Night Lights.”
Scott Malchus
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By his controversial comic strip to Adult Swim, McGruder was able to expand on his vision of “The Boondocks “and create one of the best animation series of the 21st Century, albeit, one intended for mature audiences.
Scott Malchus
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NBC really blew it when they let this one go and kudos to TNT, which has established itself as a legitimate rival to the big four, for snatching the show up last winter and renewing it for a third season despite its struggle in the ratings. Time and again Southland grips your heart and then delivers a knockout blow that has you catching your breath by the hour’s end.
Scott Malchus
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With “Lost” leaving the airwaves, it seems that if you want to watch something other than a procedural, you’ll have to tune to AMC, FX or HBO. That’s not to say that there aren’t some great cop, lawyer or medical shows (“The Good Wife” immediately jumps to mind), but the TV landscape is wide open enough that stories about all walks of life should be able to survive.
Emilia Rhodes
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From gangsters to vampires, and cable dramas to network comedies, a list of the best in television in 2010.
Emilia Rhodes
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Jason Street is back and the Lions face off with the Panthers in Season Five, Episode Seven of “Friday Night Lights.”
Rob Smith
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It breaks Rob Smith’s achy breaky heart that he Can’t Say No to Billy Ray Cyrus’ Hallmark holiday movie, “Christmas in Canaan.”
Emilia Rhodes
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Vince and Julie face tough choices and consequences in season five, episode six of “Friday Night Lights.”
Scott Malchus
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By its third season, “Norm” wound up in the Friday night death slot and was cancelled when ratings took a nose dive. ABC blew it. “Norm” was a durable workplace comedy that featured MacDonald at his likable best.
Scott Malchus
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In watching “Men of a Certain Age,” I kept recalling Barry Levinson’s “Diner.” The tone and handling of the characters as real people and not just stock characters recalls the naturalistic story and direction of Levinson’s classic film.
Emilia Rhodes
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“Friday Night Lights,” Season Five, Episode Five is filled with humorous team bonding as the Lions face the Kingdom.
Scott Malchus
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“Temple Grandin” is the remarkable story of the title character, an autistic woman whose insight into the behavior of cattle revolutionized the way the animals are treated on ranches and slaughterhouses. This inspiring biopic stars Claire Danes as Temple, giving one of the best performances of her career.
Ken Shane
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The latest entry in the esteemed PBS series American Masters covers the post-Beatles years that John Lennon spent living in New York City.
Scott Malchus
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With his 50’s slicked back hair and a laid back, inviting charm, plus the ability to relate to any person who walks through the doors to The Shootist, the family run Colorado establishment that he runs, “Lock ‘n Load” creator/host Josh T. Ryan is a star.
Emilia Rhodes
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In “Friday Night Lights,” Season Five, Episode Four, there’s trouble on the homestead in East Dillon.
Scott Malchus
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Dear Mr./Ms. music supervisor who was probably born two years after Glory Daze is set: in the year 1986, no heterosexual male danced in front of his dorm room mirror listening to Duran Duran. And if he did (but I swear he didn’t) he wouldn’t have listened to ”Girls on Film,” which was released in 1981
Emilia Rhodes
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In “Friday Night Lights,” season five, episode three, Coach Taylor enforces standards and Vince struggles with his father’s homecoming.
Scott Malchus
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Men of a Certain Age isn’t intense and draining; it’s light on its feet and skillfully mixes the comedy and the drama to make for a great alternative to most of the procedurals on the broadcast networks or the dark dramas that appear on FX and AMC.
Dw. Dunphy
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So, what have we to talk about this week? The non-news that after scoring ridiculously high ratings, AMC has greenlit a second season of The Walking Dead? How about the…