Ted Cox
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Christmas fruitcakes: 'Monk', 'Psych' deliver top-notch holiday specialsDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Two new TV Christmas gifts arrive today, courtesy of the USA Network. Both are fruitcakes; one just happens to be a little more fresh and the other a little more stale. ...
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Miley Cyrus comes to the Allstate Arena straddling two identitiesDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Fittingly, I'm of two minds on "Hannah Montana." If I can't agree that it consists of "The Best of Both Worlds," I do have to admit that - in the age of Britney Spears, ...
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'Bad Girls' try to best 'Victoria's' bra-baring beautiesDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Naughty is nice, at least on TV today. "The Bad Girls Club" returns for its second season of rhymes-with-witch-slapping reality at 9 p.m. on Oxygen. Yet I don't know if ...
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Sports fans to pay ransom for games held hostageNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - All right, everyone, before Comcast basic-cable subscribers and other unfortunates who missed the Packers-Cowboys game get all anxious about next week's Bears-Redskins t...
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'Closer' holiday episode a bittersweet gift to show's fansNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Remember that bitter childhood feeling when you get what you wanted for Christmas, but it turns out to be somehow disappointing? A cheap knockoff product or maybe a doll...
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FCC tries to pull a fast one with new rules on media ownershipNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Don't look now, but the Federal Communications Commission is once again trying to ram through changes in media-ownership rules before anyone notices. And this time one o...
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Shrek special serves up Christmas for the Dr. Phil eraNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - The Christmas TV special endures, in part because it serves the needs of each new generation. And just as "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" became a meditation on individ...
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Underachieving 'Notes from the Underbelly' returnsNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In what has to be one of the most unlikely comebacks of the year, ABC's "Notes From the Underbelly" returns at 8:30 p.m. Monday on WLS Channel 7. This couples comedy abo...
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The martini: Don't mess with perfectionNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Don't talk to me about saketinis or appletinis or anything else -ini that doesn't involve gin. I don't even recognize vodka martinis. Served in its distinctive glass -- ...
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Geoffrey Baer turns his attention to the Chicago dining maniaNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Clear a place on your lap for a moment -- not for a plate, silly, but for the newspaper. Let's not just eat food today; let's write and read about it as well. Trust me, ...