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 Best TV Series of the '00s 

Joss Whedon, Judd Apatow, HBO prominently featured

Nov 13, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - From the standard (No. 16, Friday Night Lights) to the quirky (No. 29, Wonder Showzen), the long-running (No. 8, Lost) to the canceled-too-soon (No. 4, Freaks and Geeks), The Onion runs down the 30 best shows of the '00s:
  • No. 1, The Wire: This drama “unfolded like
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entertainment • television • Lost • The Office • The Sopranos • TV shows • Arrested Development • Judd Apatow • The Wire • TV series • Battlestar Galactica • The West Wing • Friday Night Lights • Undeclared • Wonder Showzen • Freaks and Geeks

 'Swap Wife' 
 Calls Heene 
 Mad Wiz 
 With Temper 

'My dad can really yell,' son told her

Oct 20, 09 2:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The "swapped wife" who lived with the Balloon Boy's family as part of a TV reality program described dad Richard Heene as a mad scientist with a short fuse. Sheree Silver said Heene screamed at her, and son Bradford said: "My dad can really yell, can't he?" Silver... More »

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crime • TV shows • Colorado • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • Wife Swap • balloon boy • Mayumi Heene

 8 Weekly 
 World News 
 Characters 
 That Could Hit TV 

DreamWorks developing TV show after tabloid signs with agency

Oct 13, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who needs Batman when you can have Bat Boy? The iconic Weekly World News creation is expected to arrive at a TV near you now that the tabloid has signed with CAA, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "You're seeing an embrace of the fringe," says More »

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entertainment • TV shows • Weekly World News • Bat Boy • TV series

TV REview

 Office Wedding Draws 
 Cheers, Tears, Few Jeers 

Jim and Pam's nuptials tug on critics' heartstrings

Oct 9, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim and Pam's wedding on The Office last night was a bit syrupy, but that's A-OK with most critics. And an ingenious twist made a YouTube gag bearable—even funny. Spoilers ahead:
  • "Dunder Mifflin's golden couple managed to pull it off," Tanner Stranksy writes for Entertainment Weekly,
... More »

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entertainment • NBC • The Office • wedding • TV shows • television review • television program

Jackson 5 Skit Sparks Outrage—It's in Blackface

Guest judge Harry Connick Jr. calls out Australian TV performers

Oct 8, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A popular Australian TV variety program is under fire internationally for a skit that depicted Michael Jackson in whiteface and the rest of the Jackson 5 in blackface. Guest judge Harry Connick Jr., was shocked. “We’ve spent so much time trying to not make black people look like... More »

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Australia • racism • TV shows • Michael Jackson • Jackson Five • blackface • television program • Harry Connick Jr. • variety show

TV preview

 This Fall's Top Guy Shows 


Aug 24, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fall is right around the corner, and with it, thankfully, comes new TV. Esquire runs down the top shows men should be looking forward to:
  • Modern Family: A mockumentary in which the guy who played Al Bundy plays the head of three different families.
... More »

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entertainment • television • TV shows • Michael Strahan • Arrested Development • tv premiere • Sarah Silverman Program • Ed O'Neill

(Newser) - Reality shows throw anyone who signs a waiver onto TV. Some have higher aspirations, but most rest solidly in "How low can they go?" territory. Annie Barrett of Entertainment Weekly looks at 35 of the most appalling reality TV shows.
  • Jail:  A new low from the
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Anna Nicole Smith • reality TV • Paris Hilton • OJ Simpson • TV shows • Nicole Richie • The Simple Life • Big Brother • primetime TV • Jerry Springer • Paula Abdul • live television • Cops

 Octomom's TV Show 
 May Not Air in US 

Producer unlikely to sell Suleman's show outside Britain

Jun 3, 09 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The exploits of Nadya Suleman and her 14 kids may never make it to your television. As Time reports, the Octomom's program is being helmed by Dutch production company Eyeworks, whose European wing specializes in programs that depict Americans at their worst; its biggest hit to date has been Half ... More »

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television • reality TV • TV shows • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Octomom

OPINION

ER Finale Did What Show Did Best: Critics

Show ends doing what it does best

Apr 3, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - ER capped 15 seasons last night with a finale that satisfied many critics happy with cameos by original cast members and the series’ trademark fast pace.
  • Alan Sepinwall, Star-Ledger: "The finale worked hard to bring as many elements from that pilot full circle as they could, while showing
... More »

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NBC • emergency room • TV shows • doctor • network television • network dramas • Noah Wyle • Eriq La Salle

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be onscreen again until 2010, but she’s filling her time with a gym, a PBS TV show, a website, and now a cookbook, the New York Daily News reports. The book, My Father’s Daughter, will stress the importance of families sharing the table. “... More »

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television • film • TV shows • website • Gwyneth Paltrow • cookbooks • actor • gym

 Barkin May 
 Get Revenge 
 on Ex Via 
 New Show 

Actress creates series based on her life and divorce

Jan 30, 09 4:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Ellen Barkin is producing and starring in an HBO pilot about a hot woman in her 50s "famous for her high-profile marriage, who divorces, and re-enters the singles market," the New York Post reports. Sound familiar? In 2006, Barkin's husband, billionaire Ron Perelman, surprised her with divorce papers... More »

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New York City • HBO • TV shows • Ellen Barkin • Ron Perelman • cougar

 Gossip Girl Spinoff Set for May 

New show will flash back to the '80s

Jan 15, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Gossip Girl fans, rejoice. After denying the rumors for months, the show’s producers now tell the Hollywood Reporter a spinoff is in the works. The new show will be set in the 1980s and tell the story Lily van der Woodsen—mom of Serena—and how fast times in... More »

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television • TV shows • TV series • spinoff • Gossip Girl • CW network

 ABC Cancels Daisies, Eli Stone 

ABC cancels three shows

Nov 21, 08 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - In a sweep of pre-holiday cuts, ABC has decided to pull the plug on Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, and Eli Stone after the current season, reports E! Online. Daisies executive producer Bryan Fuller says plans are in the works for a comic book and feature film to continue the... More »

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television • ABC • TV shows • TV ratings • TV series • cancellations • cancelled • Pushing Daisies • Dirty Sexy Money • Eli Stone

 Teen Pregnancy 
 Tied to Steamy TV 

Kids who watched most sex content twice as likely to face issue

Nov 3, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Teenagers who watch more sexual content on TV are far more likely to face pregnancy, a new study suggests. Of 700 teens interviewed over 3 years, those who watched the most sexual material—on shows such as Friends and Sex and the City—were about twice as likely to get... More »

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television • study • sex • TV shows • teen pregnancy

Economic Woes Mean Reprieve for Weak Series

Alternatives to underperforming TV shows may be worse

Oct 27, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The financial crisis and the lingering effects of last year’s writers’ strike are breathing life into TV shows that would already have worn out their welcome in years past, reports the Hollywood Reporter. In previous seasons, ratings dogs like NBC's Knight Rider and ABC's Private Practice likely would have... More »

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NBC • ABC • TV shows • Hollywood writers' strike • Knight Rider • financial crisis

opinion

 How to Make 
 Heroes 
 Super Again 


Oct 24, 08 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "zeitgeist-tapping, blockbuster event" that was Heroes has fallen in both ratings and creative zeal, Jeff Jensen writes in Entertainment Weekly. Here's his five-point plan to fix it:
  1. Hang up some tights: Telepathic policeman Matt Parkman, last seen wandering the African desert, must go. So too
... More »

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television • Heroes • TV shows • TV series

TV Lights Tone Down Former
NY DA Pirro

She's 'in a very good place' after bumpy ride in marriage, politics

Sep 29, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Becoming a TV judge seems, in her own words, to have “mellowed” Jeanine Pirro, who long added color to New York’s state political scene with a fiery stint as Westchester County’s district attorney, spiced with a brief Senate run opposite Hillary Clinton and a rocky marriage to... More »

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television • TV shows • district attorney • Jeanine Pirro

 PBS Draws Curtain
 on Mr. Rogers

Station makes room for newer shows with higher ratings

Sep 1, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today is not a beautiful day in Mister Rogers' neighborhood. The show has aired for the last time on most PBS stations, making way for newer programs with higher ratings, the Chicago Tribune reports. Loyal fans have created a website and Facebook group to try to save the reassuring... More »

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TV shows • PBS • TV ratings • nostalgia • Fred Rogers • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

OPINION

I Was Never In It to Win It: 'Accidental' Idol

Cook says he 'was never in it to win it'

Jun 15, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Cook almost didn't audition for American Idol—he was there to offer moral support to his younger brother. But goading from his family kicked off a whirlwind journey that took him from fledgling Midwest rocker to Billboard star. Cook tells Rolling Stone about his modest beginnings—and... More »

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music • reality TV • American Idol • Rolling Stone • pop culture • pop music • celebrity • TV shows • interview • David Cook

HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

iTunes will sell shows and movies, but they may be pricey

May 12, 08 6:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple and HBO are close to an agreement that would let iTunes sell episodes of HBO shows, Portfolio reports. Sources say HBO has cut a good deal—either by breaking iTunes' $1.99 video price ceiling or getting a bigger share of the same rate. But at least one HBO... More »

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Time Warner • cable TV • HBO • iTunes • Apple • digital downloads • TV shows

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