Ted Cox
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New singing casino drama 'Viva Laughlin' goes bustOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Far be it from me to discourage groundbreaking television, but sometimes there's a reason certain ground isn't broken. "Viva Laughlin" debuts at 9 p.m. today on CBS' WBB...
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'Frontline' hammering the same nail -- Dick CheneyOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The PBS investigative series "Frontline" returns for a new season at 9 p.m. Tuesday on WTTW Channel 11, but if it were a network drama it would be accused of recycling t...
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'Today Show' heads to Chicago MondayOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Remotely interesting: NBC's "Today Show" comes to Chicago Monday morning to air from WMAQ Channel 5's studios at 401 N. Michigan Ave. Matt Lauer interviews Judge Joa...
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New Cubs history gets caught in presentOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Pity the bar owners of Wrigleyville who just saw a fortune go out the window with the Cubs' collapse, but save any pity for Glenn Stout. Stout was sitting pretty as auth...
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Beyond good and evilOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Sometimes a pilot episode can be so good it leaves a series no place to go, while other times a debut is so full of holes the writers and actors can actually have fun fi...
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'Gathering' miniseries stirs up a cauldron of troubleOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The Halloween season gets rolling on TV this weekend in the most unlikely place. Lifetime has made a name for itself with women-in-jeopardy programs. Yet it inverts tha...
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Sarah Silverman reams out sitcom conventionsOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Sarah Silverman has a dog named Doug. Somehow I find that funny in itself. Yet that's much of the charm of "The Sarah Silverman Program," that everything in it is just a...
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Santo opens great divide with readersOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Most Cubs fans might love Ron Santo, but nothing sets readers off -- both pro and con -- more than expressing the same thought in print. So after my gushing appraisal la...
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TBS doesn't have its bases coveredOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - TBS has offered baseball fans a mixed bag in its first stab at postseason coverage, and the series between the Cubs and Diamondbacks has been a perfect illustration. Whi...
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TBS doesn't quite have its bases coveredOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - TBS has offered baseball fans a mixed bag in its first stab at postseason coverage, and the series between the Cubs and Diamondbacks has been a perfect illustration. Whi...