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The Listener is Undateable ’cause he’s on The Night Shift with Derek? TV...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of May 25 1 Undateable Debut with back-to-back episodes: The premise in this sitcom from Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town) is that all of us go through stages...
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Maslany, McConaughey, Margulies earn nominations for 2014 TCA awards
Orange and True. That would be one way to describe the list of nominees for the 30th annual Television Critics Association Awards, which were announced Tuesday. Two new shows – Orange is the New Black...
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Murder, Liars, Suits; TV must-sees for the week
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of June 8 1 Murder in the First Debut: Taye Diggs and Canadian Kathleen Robertson star as detectives in this San Francisco-set series from Steven Bochco that...
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Three reasons soccer is scoring far more often on North American TV
There is a channel in Canada called Bite TV, and yes, wouldn’t it be appropriate if Luis Suarez were given his own show? Suarez, of course, is the Uruguayan soccer star who was booted out of the World...
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Ray Donovan feels The Strain of Dating Naked; must-sees for the week of July 13
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of July 13 1 The Strain Debut: Creator Guillermo del Toro admits he is obsessed with the biological element of vampires. Like, how would it actually work? Um,...
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McConaughey “True” winner at 30th annual TCA awards
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Matthew McConaughey’s aim was “True.” The critics say so. Both personally for his portrayal of Rust Cohle and collectively for his dark TV series True Detective, McConaughey...
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Liev and let die; Schreiber lets his actions do the talking in gritty drama...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – When Liev Schreiber talks about Ray Donovan – both the show and his title character – it’s an exercise in both reticence and eloquence. Schreiber’s responses sometimes can be...
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The Killing, The Quest, Sharknado 2 and Hell on Wheels; TV’s must-sees for...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of July 27: 1) The Killing Debut of fourth and final season: Sarah (Mireille Enos) made a really questionable decision at the end of season three. She always has...
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Jonah from Tonga finds Partners and Mistresses at The Knick; TV must-sees for...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of Aug. 3 1 The Knick Debut: Set at a New York hospital in 1900, Dr. John Thackery (Clive Owen) becomes chief surgeon but quickly is pressured by benefactors to...
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Go beneath the Sheen; Masters of Sex star urges fans to peek under the...
Masters of Sex and Mad Men have more in common than merely an era. Both series are filled with rich scenes in which the subtext is so thick, you could slice it with scissors. And I’m talking more...
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SPOILER ALERT: Finale details, as True Blood has been spilled for the last time
The series finale of True Blood turned into a sequel of sorts. So consider this a SPOILER ALERT if you don’t want to know what happened in the finale, which aired Sunday night on HBO and HBO Canada....
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Sons of Anarchy pay a visit to Z Nation on a Package Deal and it isn’t...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of Sept. 7 1 Boardwalk Empire Fifth and final season debut Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) recalls his roots as a poor kid in Atlantic City while simultaneously...
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Returning TV fall preview, with Canadian and American debut dates
Should Two and a Half Men be renamed Two Men and a Baby? Two and a Half Men raised eyebrows this summer when it was revealed that one of the main story lines for its 12th and final season will involve...
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New TV fall preview, with Canadian and American debut dates
The beginning of the fall TV season is like the beginning of any season in professional sports. Everyone feels like a winner during training camp. Optimism abounds. Then you start to play the games,...
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The Flash feels The Strain as a Million Dollar Critic of American Horror...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of Oct. 5 1 The Flash Debut Yup, more superheroes on TV. Barry Allen (Grant Gustin, pictured above) gains powers when lightning strikes him during a freak storm....
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Robin Williams, Iggy Azalea, Frozen, True Detective top 2014 Google Canada...
Sorrowful and soulful, cold and hot. Robin Williams, True Detective, Frozen and Iggy Azalea (pictured above) were the biggest trends in their respective showbiz categories based on the top Google...
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Archer and Agent Carter read The Book of Negroes and start an Empire with...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of Jan. 4 1 Marvel’s Agent Carter Debut Decades before the S.H.I.E.L.D. team, there was Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell). She pledged a similar oath, but as a...
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The Killing, The Quest, Sharknado 2 and Hell on Wheels; TV’s must-sees for...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of July 27: 1) The Killing Debut of fourth and final season: Sarah (Mireille Enos) made a really questionable decision at the end of season three. She always has...
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Jonah from Tonga finds Partners and Mistresses at The Knick; TV must-sees for...
Bill Harris’ TV must-sees for the week of Aug. 3 1 The Knick Debut: Set at a New York hospital in 1900, Dr. John Thackery (Clive Owen) becomes chief surgeon but quickly is pressured by benefactors to...
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Go beneath the Sheen; Masters of Sex star urges fans to peek under the...
Masters of Sex and Mad Men have more in common than merely an era. Both series are filled with rich scenes in which the subtext is so thick, you could slice it with scissors. And I’m talking more...
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