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Broadcast Muse | Television
Home Diplomacy
I was surprised to learn that Hillary Clinton’s favorite show is HGTV’s “Love It or List It,” because the show’s premise is so fake. A husband and wife are unhappy w...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Slinging Arrows
Arrows are trending on TV. Crossbows fire regularly on “The Walking Dead” and “Revolution.” But really, the hot spot for TV arrows is the new CW series “Arrow,” ab...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
‘Houstons’ Problem
Un-congratulations to Lifetime TV. You’ve created the train wreck-iest reality show yet: “The Houstons: On Our Own” (Wednesdays, 9 p.m.). The show stars the daughter and...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Post-Election Buzz
Was Diane Sawyer tipsy when she slurred and winked her way through ABC's live coverage of the presidential election and started to say “President Barack O’rama”? That’...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
The ‘Sandy’ Show
TV is still the king of disasters. Sure, you could get Superstorm Sandy updates from a computer or smartphone, but there’s nothing like sitting in front of a television set ...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Song of ‘Nashville’
Critics say ABC’s “Nashville” (Wednesdays, 10 p.m.) is so entertaining that even if you don’t like country music, you’ll enjoy this drama about 40-something country ...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
The Jinx of Me
Nats fans, I must confess: The reason the team won Game 4 of its playoff series was me. I decided not to tune in on TV, lest I jinx my favorite team by watching. And it worked...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Earth, Unplugged
In my preview of fall TV, I put NBC’s “Revolution” on my list of shows to shun. The sci-fi drama (Mondays, 10 p.m.) is about life after Earth loses electricity and all f...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
First Ladies of TV
President Obama says his favorite TV show is “Homeland,” which must mean he admires spy Carrie Mathison, played by Claire Danes, left. Republican presidential nominee Mitt...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Can We Talk?
So many new daytime talk shows this fall! Can you match the persona/sound bite with the host/talk show? 1. Pithy questioner: “You were kind of spiraling out of control, were...
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Comedy | Television
Sketch Artists
If you haven’t seen the “Key & Peele” sketch about President Barack Obama’s anger translator, here’s a basic outline: The president says something diplomatic, th...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Bye, Bye, ‘Boo Boo’
Amid the hoopla over new shows, let us pause to bid adieu to summer’s breakout hit: “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” (TLC; season finale 10 p.m. Wed.). “Honey Boo Boo” is ...
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Television
Beholding Patterns
The glut of channels clogging the airwaves seems impossibly diverse. So we ran the fall TV lineup through a sophisticated neural network (our addled brains) to find clumps of ...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
New Semi-Normal
Viewers in Utah aren’t able to watch NBC’s “The New Normal” (9:30 p.m., Tuesdays), about a gay couple (Andrew Rannells, above left, and Justin Bartha, right) who despe...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Unsung ‘Hospital’
I can’t believe it took me four years to find out about “Childrens Hospital.” I recently heard series creator Rob Corddry talk about it on “The Daily Show,” tuned in...







