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Only four new shows premiered this week in two different decades, probably because the networks were loading up their schedules with specials and reruns for the week that generally includes Thanksgiving in the United States. Of the four shows, two ...
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The latest episode of Dickinson is called 'Sang From the Heart, Sire', from a lesser known but still evocative poem that seems to be another about love and hurt love: Sang from the Heart, Sire,  Dipped my Beak in it,  If the Tune ...
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Seriously? SERIOUSLY!? This week was an ACTUAL crossover with Bailey spending a few good scenes at Station 19 and they DIDN'T market it as a crossover? WHAT. THE. HELL. COME ON!!! (That was actually worth watching- and not just for ...
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Let's Talk About 'Kobayashi Maru':After a thousand years, Starfleet is still using Kobayashi Maru as a skill test? Burnham and Booker try to extend an olive branch of dilithium to a race of 'butterfly people' in a cool scene that has ...
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Let's Talk About 'Welcome to Rivervale': Jughead, always the unseen narrator, now assumes the duties of on-screen host welcoming us to Rivervale, a slightly alternate universe version of Riverdale. Toni and Fangs' baby is suffering from a case of colic, so Dr ...
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November is a good time for new movie releases because studios are looking at prestige pictures, at least in the modern era when they're also looking at 'Oscar bait' films. But earlier in the century, there are films that may ...
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As We're Here continues its second season, the Queens roll into Watertown, South Dakota, and for the first time since th series began I genuinely feared for the safety of everyone involved, particularly the residents of town participating in the ...
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As networks are dead in the middle of the November Sweeps period, broadcasters focus more on stunt programming for series already on the air, or they load up their schedules with specials to draw in more viewers so they can ...
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There’s a classic sort of TV episode type called a 'bottle episode' (Community had the best version of this) where everyone is in the same place the whole episode to save on location costs. The trick is to maximize the ...
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It's interesting that Irving Berlin's White Christmas is considered a 'classic' musical because the show did not have its first stage appearance until 2000. Of course it is a classic because it's based on the 1954 film of the same ...
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The latest episode of Dickinson is called 'This is my letter to the World': This is my letter to the World  That never wrote to Me— The simple News that Nature told— With tender MajestyHer Message is committed To Hands ...
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Once again -- NOT a crossover!!! Not really. What they achieved with the anxiety and the build-up with Bailey could absolutely have been experienced as a stand-alone event. (It actually weakens the whole viewer experience watching Bailey go through what ...
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