Television
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HBO's Louis documentary misfires with betrayal themeFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a story endemic to the fight game: Boxer rises to the top and makes millions, only to squander it all, then suffer a long and very public decline. HBO tells it aga...
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'Buffalo Bill' glories in fact and fictionFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend," a character famously says in John Ford's Western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." PBS' redoubtable "American Experie...
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TV shows discovering it's hard to find unusual contestantsFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - It's one thing to find someone who wants to be a millionaire. It's another to find someone who will strap herself into a polygraph machine and tell 23 million home viewe...
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Martha buys Emeril's empire
Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is bringing in a new celebrity: popular TV chef Emeril Lagasse. The New York-based media and merchandising company found...
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In reality, 'Top Model' looks pretty goodFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Well, you can't blame the writers' strike for "America's Next Top Model." Tyra Banks' enduring strut-and-pose competition returns for its 10th installment at 7 p.m. Wed...
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Reality catching up with our made-for-TV presidentsFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The August 2007 issue of Esquire featured a cocksure John Edwards next to the cover line: Can a white man still be elected president? At the time -- months before he dro...
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CSN Chicago makes good use of Presidents DayFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Monday is Presidents Day, but Comcast SportsNet Chicago is turning it into another sort of memorial holiday. Harry Caray died 10 years ago Monday, a few days after suffe...
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Slice & diceFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - If anyone can understand the notion of being sliced up a little bit to protect the public, it should be "Dexter." The fine Showtime series about a vigilante serial kille...
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New DVDs this weekFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - These DVDs were released this week "Gone Baby Gone" Ben Affleck makes his directorial debut with this excellent mystery. Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and Amy...
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Cue the tears! 'American Idol' trims the competition to 24 semifinalistsFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The tears flowed on "American Idol" Wednesday night as the show trimmed the competition to 24 semifinalists. They were mostly happy tears for the 12 guys and...