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Life … Rated

On NBC’s new dramedy This Is Us (which we reviewed this week), parents Rebecca and Jack are going through a difficult spot. They’re trying to

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Graceful Extremism

I have a good friend who’s raising his four kids without a TV in the home. We all had dinner a while back and I

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MTV’s 2016 VMAs: Nothing to See Here

The Monday morning after MTV’s Video Music Awards has often been a cultural watercooler moment in a culture that has fewer and fewer of those

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The Olympics: Like Real Life, Only Better

Bad things happen. Even at the Olympics. Looking at this year’s games in Rio, you can point to any number of mistakes, accidents and bone-headed

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Born to Be Influenced by Media

I reviewed A&E’s Born This Way this week (the review will be posted later today). It’s a reality show that focuses on several young adults

TV

Television’s House of Horrors

Summertime TV has always been like that proverbial tree in a forest: If a show’s on but nobody watches it, does it make a sound?

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