Ted Cox
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Starr vehicleMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - TV should never look hard. It should be easy, especially interview shows, which are supposed to mimic an actual conversation. And no one has ever made it look easier tha...
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All-sports stations dig out from a long Chicago winterMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - On the surface, it looked like a winter of discontent for the local all-sports stations when quarterly Arbitron ratings were released this week. WSCR 670-AM remained st...
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A few blind spots amid 'a thousand points of light'Apr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Like the man himself, PBS' "American Experience" profile of George H.W. Bush is good and decent, but with some astounding blind spots. Airing at 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesda...
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CW's 'Farmer Wants a Wife' is a prime wasteApr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Are you ready for another load of reality-TV manure? And I mean for real this time, not as any mere metaphor. Just don't blame the writers' strike for "Farmer Wants a Wi...
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As draft day nears, Bears become only game in townApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - With the Cubs and White Sox both in first place, we interrupt the baseball season for the following important announcement: Chicago is a Bears town, and don't you forget...
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Stoopid and stoopiderApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - It all began with "The Simpsons," of course, but the golden age of TV animation really proclaimed itself on Aug. 11, 1991, when "Rugrats," "Doug" and "Ren & Stimpy" debu...
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'Ugly Betty' tries to alter look to suit family hourApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - "Ugly Betty" has always been a major-network variation on the Spanish-language telenovela, equal parts soap opera and saucy satire. Yet when it returns today from the hi...
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Save these showsApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The writers' strike has proved to be a lifeline for drowning TV shows. Because the strike ran into so-called development season in the industry, the networks weren't abl...
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WGN-TV special on Cubs strays on bases, but scoresApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - It takes a critic to find fault with "Cubs Forever: Celebrating 60 Years of WGN-TV and the Chicago Cubs," but such is my calling in my life, so let me get a couple thing...
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It's how he played the gameApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Roberto Clemente gets the "American Experience" treatment next week, and there's no doubt he's a deserving subject for one of the rare sports profiles to grace the PBS s...