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Our 2011 Oscar Telecast Review in a Nutshell: Four Hours of Our Life We’ll Never Get Back!

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In summing up our reaction to last night’s 83rd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS, we’re not being facetious when we ask, “For the love of all things holy is it over yet?” we’re actually asking! Seriously. To give you an idea as to just how painful last night’s OSCAR telecast was — for the first time ever [...]

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The Backlot: Special Charlie Sheen Edition

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The Nielsen Conundrum: Why An Entire Nation of TV Addicts Are Being Held Hostage By 16,000 Viewers

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If you are a television viewer today, you probably have scratched your head in bewilderment at how television ratings are determined.  Simply put, there are an estimated 16,000 viewers that have Nielsen black boxes, and those 16,000 people are determining what the rest of us are allowed to watch on television.   Essentially, if you [...]

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We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Program With What is Guaranteed to be the Most Shocking News Your Will Read all Day

After unceremoniously ending their 3 season run with a mere 1.8 million viewers during the 2008-09 season on the CW, THE GAME, which BET picked up and relaunched amidst much fan-fare last night, bowed to a whooping 7.7 million viewers.

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Breaking News: Children, No Longer Our Future…

Or at least that’s our gut reaction to the inexplicable news courtesy of Entertainment Weekly that has last night’s third season premiere of JERSEY SHORE netting MTV an astounding 8.4 million viewers (4.2 in the 18-49 demo), making it the network’s most-watched series telecast of all time.

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Blogger Beat Down: TVGuide.com’s Year End Wrap Up Fail

The subject of this week’s ‘Blogger Beat Down’ are… various TVGuide.com staffers, who may-or-may-not have gone a wee bit overboard on the eggnog while compiling their annual year end wrap up this holiday season.

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On behalf of Everyone North of the 49th Parallel, theTVaddict.com Would Like to Publicly Apologize for the Following…

Or as we say up here in Canada, “We’re Sor • ee.”

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Piper Perabo, Really?! Plus Other Reactions to the 2011 Golden Globe Nominations

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When it comes to summing up our reaction to this morning’s 68th Annual Golden Globe Nominations, we’ve got six words for The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, inspired by the evening’s host Ricky Gervais, “We are not having a laugh!”

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The Most Depressing Tweet You Will Read All Day!

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Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Unwelcome Bits of TV Related News

DirecTV is no longer in the business of saving shows Bad news FRINGE fans, DirecTV — the satellite provider that made an unbelievably fantastic name for itself by extending the life of such TV Addict favorites like FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and DAMAGES — will no longer be in the business of doing so. “In the [...]

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