Ted Cox
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Steppenwolf brings a sort of clarity to Murakami's 'Kafka on the Shore'Sep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - No doubt about it: When a play or movie is based on a book, the new work should be able to stand on its own, whether or not it attempts to be faithful to the original te...
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Prime time's 'Daisies' blooms anew on ABCSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - ABC's beautiful, whimsical "Pushing Daisies" returns this week with the feel of something that has been brought back to life, which is appropriate because it's about a p...
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North, Jiggetts heading to Comcast SportsNet ChicagoSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The Monsters are being put back together - in a new, two-dimensional form. Comcast SportsNet Chicago announced Monday that Mike North and Dan Jiggetts, who teamed for ei...
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Prime-time cartoons just ain't what they used to beSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The golden age of TV animation is over, and for proof just turn on the television Sunday night. First Fox returns its "Animation Domination" lineup of four cartoon comed...
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Nothing but A's, B's for our baseball announcersSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Being still bullish on the White Sox, I have to insist, why shouldn't the best baseball summer ever in Chicago produce the highest grades ever for our baseball announcer...
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Jonesing for some Beijing-style TV?Sep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - While biding time for wrestling to move over, MyNetworkTV airs the "2008 Tour of Gymnastic Superstars" at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, on WPWR Channel 50. All the Beijing me...
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'Ugly Betty' still looking good, but 'Grey's Anatomy' ailingSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The conundrum of TV drama - or any drama, for that matter, on stage or screen - is it attempts to be realistic, but in real life people strive to be content and happy, y...
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CBS returns to tried and true for fallSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Having enjoyed its wicked, simmering summer with "Swingtown" and "Flashpoint," CBS returns to normalcy with the new TV season this week, and there's something comforting...
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Cable's able to pull off drama sweep at 60th EmmysSep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The prime-time Emmys looked back on history in the 60th annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday night, but the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences acknowledged th...
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Cable barbarians at the Emmy gateSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The major broadcast networks have been battling for years to fight off upstart cable channels, but never before like this, not in this precious arena, not for what claim...