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Seth, Oscar, and Antiquity: The Fine (and Endangered) Art of Making Mockery
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Ryan Murphy To Honor TV Legend At Emmys
- NEW YORK — "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy didn't hesitate when given a chance to pay tribute to his American idol, legendary TV producer Norman Lear, at the 40th In...
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DVDs: Not Crazy About Mad Men, The Very Cool Peter Gunn, Goofy Carol Burnett And More
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NBC's "The New Normal" is the Season's Boldest New Comedy
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Which US Remakes Of UK Shows Got It Right?
- Television history is littered with failed US adaptations of UK shows. Between "Skins" and "Coupling," "The IT Crowd," "Fawlty Towers," "Life on Mars," "Free Agents" and...
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Celebrate Norman Lear's 90 Years In 90 Seconds
- TV pioneer Norman Lear celebrated his 90th birthday at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC on Thursday night, and now we can all celebrate his legacy with a viral video....
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Remembering Sherman Hemsley's Best TV Moments
- Sherman Hemsley, the star of "The Jeffersons," has died at age 74. TMZ reports that the actor passed away at his home in El Paso, Texas, but the cause of death still un...
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Veteran Sitcom Director John Rich Dead At 86
- John Rich, a veteran TV director with ties to many classic sitcoms, has died at the age of 86. Rich won three Emmys over the course of his career, two for his directori...
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'All in the Family': 12 Memorable Moments
- Would 'All in the Family' make it today? Today, Jan. 12, marks the 40th anniversary of the CBS show's debut, and it's hard to say if the comedy would've been as influ...
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Triple Threat Friday: Conversations with BoDeans, Bleu and The Chapin Sisters
- A Conversation with BoDeans' Kurt Neumann Mike Ragogna: So, you have a new album, Mr. Sad Clown, that just came out of 429 Records, right? Kurt Neumann: Yeah, we had abo...
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``All in the Family'' is touted as the series that brought reality to prime-time TV entertainment. The lead character, Archie Bunker, is a loudmouthed, uneducated bigot who believes in every stereotype he has ever heard. His wife, Edith, is sweet but not the sharpest knife in the drawer. They and their daughter, Gloria, and her husband, Mike, all live in a working-class home. Unfortunately for Archie, he can't avoid the people he disdains: His son-in-law -- whom Archie calls ``Meathead'' -- is an unemployed student and of Polish descent; the Jeffersons next door are black; Edith's cousin Maude is a feminist; and, later, his partners in a local tavern are Jewish.