Ted Cox
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Nerd alertSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Blessed be the nerds, for they shall inherit prime time -- if not the rest of the media. The fall TV season formally begins on Monday, and right away one of the top tren...
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Silly subplots muck up coming-of-age drama 'December Boys'Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - • "December Boys" doesn't cater to Daniel Radcliffe's star status as you might expect. Longtime TV and movie director Ron Hardy keeps the story an ensemble project, with...
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Can Tirico's show find local in national?Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - I've written it before, and I'll write it again: All sports, like all politics, is local. So it seemed a recipe for disaster earlier this week when Mike Tirico said on a...
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Burns zeros in on WWII, but part of bigger picture gets lostSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - World War II is a subject so vast and calamitous, it's almost impossible to grasp for someone who didn't live through it. Filmmaker Ken Burns admits that, calling it "so...
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Can Tirico's show find local in national?Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - I've written it before, and I'll write it again: All sports, like all politics, is local. So it seemed a recipe for disaster earlier this week when Mike Tirico said on a...
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Unnecessary twists, unlikely teen turns and unknown kid realitySep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The demise of the sitcom has been greatly exaggerated, but rumors of its revival aren't exactly accurate, either. Sitcom pros Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton are toge...
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Emmys: Predictably unpredictableSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The 59th annual prime-time Emmy Awards left no ambiguity about the end of "The Sopranos" Sunday, naming it outstanding drama of the season for its final installment on H...
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Emmys at the crossroadsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORTIES The Emmy Awards never quite manage to get it all the way right. They can honor Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the low-rated rookie se...
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Wilco just perfect at Millenium Park concertSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Wilco long ago proved it could rock, but on more recent albums Jeff Tweedy has tended toward precision over abandon and subtle shadings over pounding power chords. The b...
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Chaos swamps intriguing premise in Fox's new 'K-Ville'Sep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Few things could be harder right now than being a cop in the Big Easy -- except maybe for making a cop show in the Big Easy. The Fox series "K-Ville" debuts at 8 p.m. Mo...