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Our 2008 TV Year in Review (Part II)

Things this TV addict will never get over: STYLISTA? Seriously? Okay, kids, you know the song by heard: “For this they cancelled JACK AND BOBBY, EVERWOOD and VERONICA MARS?” Best scene stealer: THE BIG BANG THEORY’s Jim Parsons somehow turns every single movement alter ego Sheldon makes into comedy gold. Here’s hoping he takes home [...]

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Our 2008 TV Year in Review (Part I)

Favorite supporting character: Forget frienemies Blair and Serena. GOSSIP GIRL’s best duo is, without doubt, Blair and her maid, Dorota. Most successful homeless guy: Okay, we know Alton Brown – host of The Food Network’s IRON CHEF AMERICA as well as numerous other programs – isn’t actually homeless, but geez… could someone buy the guy [...]

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CBS Gets its End of Season Report Card

CBS, the network that has yet to meet a procedural it couldn’t turn into a ratings smash continued to play to their strength by adding three new ones to their just announced Fall schedule. Joining THE MENTALIST (which is moving to Thursday at 10PM), CRIMINAL MINDS, COLD CASE and their 37 CSI spin-offs is the [...]

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FOX Gets its End of Season Report Card

FOX Good Moves: Alongside the edge-of-your-seat excitement that was TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, the resurgent HOUSE and that little reality singing competition known as AMERICAN IDOL, FOX ended off the season as the number one network in the coveted 18-49 demographic. Oh, and did we mention we’re still reeling from BONES’ big reveal! Bad [...]

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The CW Gets its End of Season Report Card

CW Good Moves: This season, the success of the CW boiled down to four hours. On Monday, GOSSIP GIRL actually lived up to the hype while ONE TREE HILL’s five year fast forward brought this TV Addict back into the fold. On Thursday, SMALLVILLE and SUPERNATURAL continued to deliver with two of their strongest seasons [...]

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NBC Gets its End of Year Report Card

NBC Good Moves: Quirky newcomers CHUCK and LIFE were given another shot to find a fan-base thanks to second season pick ups, THE OFFICE and 30 ROCK continued to live up to the marketing mantra ‘Comedy Night Done Right,’ while FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS successfully managed to shake off its rocky start by ending off its [...]

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ABC Gets its End of Year Report Card

ABC Good Moves: By agreeing to a specific 48 episode end date, ABC gave LOSTerminds Lindeloff and Cuse the finality they needed to deliver the best season of LOST to date. The alphabet network also scores points for showing surprising patience [and good taste] by renewing freshman fan favorites PUSHING DAISIES, DIRTY SEXY MONEY and [...]

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Our 2007-08 Season in Review

Look, we love TV. Really, we do. But seasons like the one which just wrapped up leave us wondering if maybe we should rethink our stance on reading. (It is, we hear, fundamental!) Fortunately, even on the darkest of nights (better known as the evening CBS aired SECRET TALENTS OF THE STARS), we know in [...]

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2007 Top 10 TV Shows

Like everyone else on the planet, I feel the need to prepare for 2008 by taking one last look at the year gone by. And since I know your deepest, darkest, desire is to take a glimpse into my personal thoughts as to what shows rocked in 2007, here they are (in no particular order). [...]

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The TV Addict’s Favorite TV Moments of 2007

All week long theTVaddict.com has been posting some of your favorite moments from the year that was in television. Now it’s my turn. The following, in no particular order, are 10 of the TV Addict’s favorite moments from 2007 — complete with links to YouTube. Seriously, what did we do before YouTube? HOW I MET [...]

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