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Revolution and Last Resort Bring Tea Party Politics to TV

The Republican Party is having a lousy week. When its presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, isn’t getting in trouble for saying something unwise, he’s spending his […]

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Steve Sabol, NFL Films President, Dead at 69

Moorestown native and Haverford School graduate Steve Sabol, president of NFL films, has died of brain cancer at the age of 69. Sabol won over […]

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Saturday Night Live Opens With More Chris Christie Fat Jokes

The 38th season of Saturday Night Live premiered over the weekend. Seth MacFarlane—of Family Guy fame—hosted and Frank Ocean was the musical guest. Unsurprisingly, the […]

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You Will Find Nothing but Worry and Pain in Fantasy Football

In his excellent profile of Eagles general manager Howie Roseman in this month’s Philly Mag, Richard Rys devoted a paragraph describing the football executive’s workday […]

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Rocky IV Was Highest-Rated Program on NBCSN Last Week

For the week of September 3rd-9th, the newly branded NBCSN’s highest-rated program was its broadcast of Rocky IV on Wednesday night. Only 179,000 people tuned […]

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VIDEO: That Time Questlove and Dave Chappelle Went to Prince’s After Party

In an animated video a la The Ricky Gervais Show, Grantland has offered up visual interpretations of the B.S. Report (a podcast). This video includes […]

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Ellen is Back

Ellen DeGeneres kicks off season 10 of her popular daytime talk show this week with Pink.

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Mo Rocca Cooks With Grandma

Mo Rocca gets cooking in My Grandmother’s Ravioli, a new series starting next month on the Cooking Channel.

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Katie Couric’s Daytime Talk Debut Was Basically a Weight Watchers Infomercial

Apostles of Weight Watchers no doubt were thrilled with the debut of Katie Couric’s syndicated talk show. The rest of us, not so much.

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WMCN Adds Dawn Stensland, Other Local News Personalities

Former Fox 29 anchor Dawn Stensland is set to host her own show on WMCN. Stensland—who has been off air since ’09—will be featured on […]

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Q&A: Hunter Valentine’s Laura Petracca

Hunter Valentine’s drummer Laura Petracca talks about The Real L Word and the band’s new album as they get ready to play a show at ICandy in Philadelphia.

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Do TV News Viewers Want Jim Gardner or Boobs?

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Kacie McDonnell, perhaps you’ve seen her ads for Fiat of Maple Shade on television. She’s the curvy […]

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Best and Worst New TV Shows

For many, the idea of adding another series to our DVR program list is exhausting. (Hell, I still have 12 Grimms, 10 Fringe, a season […]

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Always Sunny Returns in October

Dennis, Dee, Mac, Charlie and the whole gang from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are finally returning to your television this fall. FX announced on […]

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Donovan McNabb About to Start Disappointing TV Career

After more than a decade of driving Philadelphia fans to distraction by not quite getting over the hump, Super Bowl-wise, quarterback Donovan McNabb is apparently […]