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Morning Static: Matthew Weiner, Keith Olbermann, Ethane Hawke & More!

• RIP: Jack LaLanne. • THE CLOSER… may stay open for business. • The future of sitcom development: Make it funny, make it work, make it quickly. • Your Olbermageddon Update, Split came after years of tension. • TV 101: The truth about TV ratings, online viewing and sci-fi shows. • Matthew Weiner, mad about [...]

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On TV Tonight: Sunday January 23, 2011

NET 8PM 8:30PM 9PM 9:30PM 10PM 10:30PM ABC Extreme Makeover:Home Edition DesperateHousewives (R) Brothers& Sisters (R) CBS AFC Championship: Jets at Steelers Hawaii Five-0 HBO Big Love FOX The Simpsons Bob’s Burgers Family Guy (R) Cleveland Show NBC Sex and the City (Movie) SHO Californication Episodes Shameless

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Your TV Tech Fix: Full Steam Ahead for 3D in 2011

It’s hard to believe it’s been a month since my last entry, and you have my sincerest apologies for the long wait. You see, for a tech writer the holiday season is both the best and worst time of the year. The Christmas holiday leads to New Years, and before we can even settle in [...]

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Weekend Static: Keith Olbermann, Regis Philbin, NBC & More!

• The final COUNTDOWN, Keith Olbermann parts was with MSNBC. • Rumor Patrol! Regis Philbin reportedly quit LIVE over pay cut. • Pilot Watch: WONDER WOMAN finds a home at NBC. • Don’t stop believing… FOX’s rivals aren’t desperate to develop their own version of GLEE. • DirecTV votes down THE KENNEDYS, producers struggle to [...]

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Your Ultimate Guide to the Best of the Web: Cooking Shows

At dinnertime, the Web is a great place to hunt down an interesting recipe or find an old one you’ve forgotten. But it also has a wealth of web videos designed to teach you how to make exquisite meals, learn new cooking skills, or just look at delicious food for a while. These videos will [...]

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TV Ratings: Friday January 21, 2011 (FRINGE Opens Solid)

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Medium 7.48 1.5/5 NBC Minute to Win It (R) 4.42 1.1/4 ABC Supernanny 4.42 1.1/4 FOX Kitchen Nightmares 4.17 1.8/9 CW Smallville (R) 1.5 0.6/2 9PM CBS CSI: NY (R) 7.10 1.1/4 NBC Dateline NBC 5.98 1.4/4 ABC Primetime: What Would You Do? [...]

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On TV Tonight: Friday January 21, 2011

  NET 8PM 8:30PM 9PM 9:30PM 10PM 10:30PM       ABC Supernanny Primetime: What Would You Do? 20/20      CBS Medium CSI: NY (R) CSI: NY (R) CW Smallville (R) Supernatural (R)      FOX Kitchen Nightmares Fringe      NBC Minute to Win It (R) Dateline NBC      MISC Ricky Gervais Show [...]

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Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Slightly Spoilerific Reasons Why You’re Not Going to Want to Miss Monday’s Killer CASTLE

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The Opening While it probably won’t come as much of a shock that an episode of CASTLE kicks off with a character death, what might is the victim’s somewhat surprising connection to both Beckett — and more importantly for the sake of an episode that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat [...]

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Laugh Break: 30 ROCK Sums Up NBC Programming Strategy in One Simple Pie Chart

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PRETTY Nabs… Holy Crap, That’s Valene Ewing!

The web’s funniest series just got funnier — seriously: Kiddie beauty pageant parody PRETTY has scored KNOTS LANDING drama queen Joan Van Ark to appear in its second season finale, premiering Monday at prettytheseries.com.   Who the erstwhile Valene Ewing will be playing for now remains a mystery. “We’ve kept her identity under wraps for [...]

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