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Matthew Gilbert Intervention
I yield to no man in my admiration of Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert, whose reviews I have disagreed with exactly once – when he called the British version of “Life on Mars” protagonist...
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BBC’s ‘The Hour’ Is/Is Not Worth The Time
Split decision in the local dailies today over the BBC series The Hour, which returns for its second season on BBC America tonight. First up, the Boston Globe’s Matthew Gilbert, whose opinions the...
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Why God Made TV Critics
Two of the hardworking staff’s favorite television critics have very different takes on the sixth season premiere of AMC’s Mad Men. The Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz: Don Draper’s Inferno...
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Co. Town (‘Ray Donovan’ Edition)
Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan premieres this Sunday, and the Times-Industrial Complex renders a split decision on the crime drama. Start with the mothership. Here’s New York Times critic Alessandra...
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The ‘Ray Donovan’ Rumpus? It Ends Tonight!
As the hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider noted earlier, the Times-Industrial Complex rendered a split decision on Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan. New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley found...
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Local Dailies Trash The Vineyard
Well, actually, The Vineyard. That’s the new unreality show that debuts tonight on ABC Family. Here’s what the cable channel says about it . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
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‘Breaking Boston’ Breaks Bad in Boston Globe, Better in NYT
Breaking news: The Boston Globe’s redoubtable Matthew Gilbert seems to be back on the TV beat after a brief fling with his Bookish column. And just in time to render judgment on the new A&E series...
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When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Drudge Up’ Edition)
From our That’s Just Sad desk Every now and again the headscratching staff chronicles the mangled phrases of the differently clichéd among us and, man, they are legion. So here’s another roll call,...
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