Ted Cox
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Whimsical 'Daisies' gets the chopping blockNov 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Sorry to be a tryptophan buzz kill, but Your Friendly Neighborhood TV Critic doesn't have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Not after ABC all but canceled "Push...
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Tom Arnold dons a Santa suit for Hallmark Channel specialNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - The comforting thing about a holiday-chestnut TV special is a viewer knows exactly where it's going to go. Surprises are fine under the Christmas tree, but nobody tunes ...
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'Shrek', 'Grinch' to usher in holiday TV seasonNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - ABC figures that waiting until the stroke of December is long enough when it gets its holiday season going with the back-to-back specials "Shrek the Halls" and "How the ...
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John Williams will replace Spike O'Dell on WGNNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Opting for caution and continuity over risk, WGN 720-AM has named John Williams to replace the retiring Spike O'Dell as morning host, effective Dec. 15. Williams has bee...
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Naked Brothers movie 'Mojo' to debut SaturdayNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Nickelodeon's popular Naked Brothers Band produces a new hourlong movie, "Operation Mojo," debuting at 8 p.m. Saturday. Nat believes he's lost Rosalina to a French guy o...
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'24' returns with kinder, gentler Jack BauerNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The Fox action series "24" returns from an 18-month hiatus with a two-hour movie called "Redemption" at 7 p.m. Sunday on WFLD Channel 32, but it might better have been c...
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IFC's 'Media Project' is '60 Minutes' for the Obama eraNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The Independent Film Channel finds itself in the right place at the right time with the debut of "The IFC Media Project" at 7 p.m. today. Just as the election of Barack ...
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Latest 'Batman' reduces the Caped Crusader to mindless self-parodyNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Batman is a myth for all times and, it turns out, all media. Yet, let's be honest, some manifestations of the myth are better than others. Bob Kane's comic-book hero fir...
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ESPN.com's 'Mayne Street' proves to be less than a Web gemNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Kenny Mayne is no longer writing a book. He's now streaming his own show, "Mayne Street," in three- to five-minute increments on espn.com. A Web gem it's not. In fact, i...
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TV presidents led way for Obama - no, reallyNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama stands on the shoulders of giants. No, not Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois, silly, but David Palmer, Mackenzie ...