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DOGTV Is Television for Stay-at-Home Dogs — No Joke

All hail the canine couch potato. Thanks to DOGTV, a satellite channel that launched Aug. 1 on Direct TV, a new breed will soon be […]

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WATCH: 1979 Commercial For KYW 3 News

Not sure whether it’s the Incredible Hulk lookalike, the lightning-engulfed City Hall, or just the general vibe of this commercial, but it really does scream […]

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Sooo….Nickelodeon’s “GAK” Was Named After the Philly Slang Word for Heroin

Remember GAK? “GAK is great stuff!” “GAK is stretchy!” GAK is also smack! Marc Summers, the host of the Nickelodeon show that created GAK, Double Dare, […]

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Jeopardy! Misspeller a Sore Loser?

It was Kid’s Week on Jeopardy! last week. Thomas Hurley, an eighth grader from Connecticut came in second place after misspelling the word “emancipation” during […]

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5 Reasons You Should Be Watching Orange Is The New Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nryWkAaWjKg The best television show right now isn’t on TV. Orange Is The New Black kind of snuck up on me when it debuted on […]

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Always Sunny Actor Gets Mindy Project Gig

E! Online reports: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator, producer and star Glenn Howerton is set to guest star on the upcoming second season of The Mindy […]

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Sam Katz Meets Kickstarter Goal, Will Finish Emmy-Nominated Doc on Philly History

With three days to go, onetime mayoral candidate Sam Katz has met his Kickstarter goal of raising $53,000 to continue making his documentary series, Philadelphia: […]

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Five Shows I Want to Watch This Fall

It’s August. Some of the summer’s hottest days are still ahead of us. But the end of the month brings Labor Day, which means fall, […]

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WATCH: The Roots Play With Blues Brother Dan Akroyd

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Muslim Who Wrote Jesus Book Gets Last Laugh; Fox News Interview Sends Sales Skyrocketing

If you’ve spent anytime on Facebook at all the last few days, you’ve probably seen a Buzzfeed link called “Is This The Most Embarrassing Interview […]

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Eight Shows Criminally Absent from Netflix

When the actor Dennis Farina died this week, it bugged me to no end that multiple obituaries mentioned him most prominently for his short-lived work […]

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Parks and Rec’s Ron Swanson Is the Best Character on Television

It’s been a week since the Emmy nominations were announced and I’m still upset. While most focused on Netflix getting nominations for House of Cards […]

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Always Sunny Gets Game of Thrones Treatment

We already knew that Game of Thrones writers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss would be creating an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia this […]

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Always Sunny’s Charlie Day Talks Battling Monsters in Pacific Rim

Technically, Charlie Day isn’t a Philadelphian—he just plays one on TV. But that’s close enough for us to follow his career in the movies, where […]

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Emmy Nominees Announced; Netflix Makes Awards History

The Emmy nominations are out. AP reports: The Netflix series “House of Cards” is making Emmy history. The political intrigue saga received a best drama […]