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Jose Garces Will Be on Sprout

Next week Iron Chef Jose Garces will be on an episode of The Sunny Side Up—a program on Sprout. The channel is celebrating Food Week […]

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Why Do People Get So Psyched for Shark Week?

It’s here! Finally! The moment we’ve all been waiting for! No, it’s not the end of the national debt crisis or the arrival of the […]

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Hiring Elizabeth Smart Not a Smart Move for ABC

ABC News last week hired child-kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart as a special contributor to “Good Morning America,” focusing on missing-person cases. According to ABC, Smart’s […]

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TV Lawyers Are Guilty in Casey Anthony Trial

The American justice system worked exactly the way it is supposed to in Florida this week whether you like it or not. I know many […]

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Glenn Beck Isn’t Going Anywhere

Watching “Network” last night on TCM got me thinking about Glenn Beck. Paddy Chayefsky’s brilliant 1976 film stars Peter Finch as Howard Beale, network anchor-turned-raging […]

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Flyers and Rangers to Star in HBO’s 24/7

The Flyers (and Phillies?) will play host when the Rangers come to play the NHL Winter Classic game at Citizens Bank Park in January, and […]

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Harvard Study: TV Will Kill You

A new Harvard study says that watching two to three hours of TV a day can make you sick and shorten your lifespan. Two to […]

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The Best (And Worst) In TV

Well, another TV season has come and gone. There were some welcome additions (Raising Hope) and some long overdue goodbyes (Outsourced). Some great improvements (Cougar […]

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Glee Live! In Concert In Philly: Screaming Girls! Confetti Cannons! Fireworks!

Tickets? Check. Earplugs? Check. Warblers jacket? Foam finger? Homemade, pink and cheetah print, Darren Criss 4Ever sign? Check. Check. Double check. Last night, the Glee […]

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Will We Really Miss Oprah That Much?

I hadn’t really thought hard about Oprah’s departure from the afternoon television scene until a radio personality (actually—a male radio personality) waxed poetic about it […]

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Oprah Fans: Calm Down!

I am sorry that Oprah Winfrey’s last show is tomorrow. Unlike legions of others, however, I do not see it as the end of civilization […]

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Why Don Lemon Came Out

CNN weekend anchor Don Lemon, who came out to the world yesterday via the New York Times, was in the closet and miserable when he […]

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Tina Fey: Wish List BFF

In case you were wondering, I did not wake up at 4:45 a.m. to watch the Royal Wedding. I did not buy Kate and William […]

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An Open Letter to HRH Prince William of Wales

Your Royal Highness: The thrill is gone. When your mum and dad married in 1981, I was among the 750 million watching it live on […]

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Why Doesn’t Bravo Want Us?

Last week, Main Line socialites were abuzz over what seemed like an inevitable casting call for, yes, a “Real Housewives of the Main Line”. (“Blue […]