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All Posts Tagged: ‘nbc’

Posted 7/22/08

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Apropos of Nothing

‘Office’ Spinoff Really a Non-Spinoff, But Now There's Another Spinoff

Tags: amy poehler, ben silverman, greg daniels, nbc, the office, the office non-spinoff, the office spinoff

Posted 7/21/08

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The Take

Jimmy Fallon to Launch Late-Night Talk Show Online

Tags: conan o'brien, jimmy fallon, late night with jimmy fallon, nbc, tv

Posted 7/18/08

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Apropos of Nothing

If the ‘Office’ Spinoff Isn’t an ‘Office’ Spinoff, Then What the Hell Is It?

Tags: amy poehler, aziz ansari, nbc, steve carell, the office, the office spinoff, tv

Posted 7/17/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Jay Leno ‘Definitely Done’ With NBC, Even If They Buy Him a Pony

Tags: jay leno, nbc, tonight show

Posted 7/11/08

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The Take

Will Leitch on the ‘Office’ Webisodes Launch

Tags: kevin's loan, nbc, the office, tv, video, wga strike

Posted 7/ 7/08

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Apropos of Nothing

NBC to Buy the Weather Channel; Ben Silverman to Control Weather

Tags: ben silverman, nbc, the weather channel, tv

Posted 7/ 3/08

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The Take

Psychiatrists Accuse Ben Silverman of Stealing Babies

Tags: baby borrowers, ben silverman, kids, nbc, tv

Posted 6/26/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Steve Carell Signs Up for Three More Years at ‘The Office,’ Buying Three More Years of Our Goodwill

Tags: nbc, ricky gervais, steve carell, the office

Posted 6/26/08

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Tube Junkie

Authors of Competing Mandatory-Sex Memoirs Must Be Pretty Sick of Each Other by Now

Tags: 365 nights, annie brown, books, brad muller, charla muller, douglas brown, just do it, nbc, today show, tv

Posted 6/25/08

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The Take

Can ‘Baby Borrowers’ Undo the ‘Juno’ Effect?

Tags: baby borrowers, jason bateman, juno, movies, nbc, tv

Posted 6/23/08

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The Industry

Christian Bale: Man in Tights?

Tags: alfre woodard, christian bale, christian slater, dreamworks, ehren kruger, home schooled, jennifer egan, mike arnold, movies, my own worst enemy, nbc, nottingham, ridley scott, rogue pictures, stunted manchild, sub pop, the keep, the shins, vanessa redgrave, william hurt

Posted 6/20/08

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The List

Unscripted Apocalypse: The Twenty Worst Reality Shows of Summer

Tags: abc, baby borrowers, brooke hogan knows best, cbs, celebrity family feud, comedy central, dance machine, date my ex, dave attell, family foreman, fox, from g's to gents, glam god with vivica a. fox, greatest american dog, high school musical: get in the picture, hurl, i love money, i survived a japanese game show, jingles, mtv, nbc, pam: girl on the loose, super sweet 16: exiled, the gong show, the singing office, tlc, tv, wanna bet, wipeout

Posted 6/10/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Reality TV Becoming More Dangerous for Celebrities and the Marginally Famous

Tags: celebrity circus, chris rock, christopher knight, david carr, i survived a japanese game show, janet evans, nbc, reality tv, stacey dash, tv, wipeout

Posted 6/ 6/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Despite All Logic, TV Will Still Feature Paid Advertising

Tags: abc, cbs, cw, fox, lede, nbc, tv

Posted 5/29/08

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Beef

Ben Silverman Doesn't Have Time for All These Stupid Meetings

Tags: ari emanuel, ben silverman, nbc, tv

Posted 5/ 1/08

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Countdown

Which Character Will Be Spun Off From ‘The Office’?

Tags: amy ryan, nbc, the office, the office spinoff, tv

Posted 4/25/08

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Backlash to the Backlash

We're Not Yet Committed to Hating ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,’ Necessarily

Tags: conan o'brien, jimmy fallon, late night with conan o'brien, nbc, tv

Posted 4/22/08

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The Take

‘30 Rock’ Switches Time Slots; Is It in Trouble, or a Hit?

Tags: 30 rock, nbc, the office, tv

Posted 4/18/08

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Apropos of Nothing

‘30 Rock’ Kicks ‘Studio 60’ One Last Time

Tags: 30 rock, eli wallach, nbc, studio 60, tim conway, tina fey, tv

Posted 4/14/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Relax: Ben Silverman Knows What's Best for Your Children

Tags: 30 rock, ben silverman, milf island, milfs, nbc, the office

Posted 4/11/08

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Apropos of Nothing

What's Next From the King of Dangerous-Job Reality Television?

Tags: america's toughest jobs, nbc, reality tv, shark taggers, thom beers, tv

Posted 4/11/08

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Tube Junkie

So, How Long Before Ben Silverman Green-lights ‘MILF Island’?

Tags: 30 rock, ben silverman, lede, milf island, milfs, nbc, tv

Posted 4/10/08

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The Take

‘The Office’ vs. ‘30 Rock’: Comedy Goes Back to Work

Tags: 30 rock, nbc, the office, tina fey, tv

Posted 4/ 9/08

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Agenda

‘The Office’ Comes Back, Five Looong Months Later

Tags: agenda, nbc, the office, tv

Posted 4/ 3/08

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The Industry

NBC Spending Even More Time at ‘The Office’

Tags: ben silverman, big eyes, chris o'donnell, elvis costello, friday night lights, ken bruen, london boulevard, max payne, nbc, spectacle, sundance channel, the office, thomas haden church, william monahan

Posted 3/31/08

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The Industry

Ian McShane About to Go Biblical

Tags: amy lippman, cadillac records, chris keyser, diane keaton, gabrielle union, ian mcshane, kings, mos def, nbc, nickelodeon, one big happy, paramount, peter jackson, robert iscove, spectacular!, steve martin, steven spielberg, thomas sangster, tintin, victoria justice

Posted 3/26/08

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The Industry

Shekhar Kapur to Direct Anthony Minghella's New York Movie

Tags: andrew lloyd webber, anthony minghella, bob newhart, elizabeth banks, family feud: celebrity edition, hallmark channel, herb's murders, josh brolin, julie benz, nbc, new york i love you, oliver stone, saw v, shekhar kapur, the phantom of the opera 2, tim rice, w

Posted 3/25/08

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Apropos of Nothing

‘Scrubs’ Moving to ABC?

Tags: abc, nbc, scrubs, tv

Posted 3/12/08

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Tube Junkie

NBC and News Corp. Battle YouTube With ‘Airwolf,’ ‘Fantasy Island’

Tags: 30 rock, airwolf, arrested development, fantasy island, hulu, movies, nbc, news corp, tv

Posted 3/ 7/08

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The Early-Evening News

Even Justin Timberlake Wants to Be Ben Silverman

Tags: beck, ben silverman, danger mouse, justin timberlake, nbc, nine inch nails, radiohead, the wb

Posted 3/ 3/08

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The Take

Why Is the ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast So Funny Everywhere Except ‘Saturday Night Live’?

Tags: lorne michaels, nbc, saturday night live, tv, video

Posted 2/27/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Jay Leno Is About to Get Paid

Tags: cbs, conan o'brien, fox, jay leno, nbc, predicting the future, sony, tonight show, tv

Posted 2/21/08

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The Early-Evening News

Amanda Bynes Is the Thinking Kid's Michel Gondry

Tags: 2012, amanda bynes, be kind rewind, cavemen, cbs, friday night lights, michael jackson, michel gondry, movies, nbc, roland emmerich, sony, splitsville, thriller, video, we are old

Posted 2/21/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Please, Dick Wolf, Find a Way for Jesse L. Martin to Sing in His Final ‘Law & Order’

Tags: boyz ii men, dick wolf, jesse l. martin, law and order, nbc, tv

Posted 2/21/08

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Apropos of Nothing

All Those Broken Lightbulbs May Have Paid Off — ‘Friday Night Lights’ Possibly Saved!

Tags: abc, ben silverman, best week ever, cavemen, friday night lights, nbc

Posted 2/19/08

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Apropos of Nothing

‘Knight Rider’ Delivers Huge Ratings Despite Badness

Tags: knight rider, nbc, tv

Posted 2/15/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Ben Silverman Can Buy and Sell You

Tags: ben silverman, nbc, reveille, tv

Posted 2/15/08

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Apropos of Nothing

NBC Rewards Carson Daly's Bravery With Staff and Budget Cuts

Tags: carson daly, laaaaaaaame, nbc, writers strike

Posted 2/14/08

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Apropos of Nothing

A Comprehensive List of the Ways Jay Leno's First Post-Writers'-Strike Monologue Differed From His Last Writerless Monologue

Tags: jay leno, nbc, tonight show, tv, writers strike

Posted 2/13/08

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Apropos of Nothing

Recorded for Posterity: Jay Leno's Final Writerless Monologue

Tags: jay leno, nbc, the tonight show, tv, writers strike

Posted 2/ 7/08

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The Industry

Corporate Shenanigans Force Out Will Arnett as Voice of KITT

Tags: anne archer, body of war, bright eyes, brittany murphy, charlize theron, cormac mccarthy, dimension, eddie izzard, eddie vedder, ghosts of girlfriends past, jennifer garner, knight rider, kodi smit-mcphee, lindsay lohan, matthew mcconaughey, michael douglas, nbc, neil young, phil donahue, poor things, robert forster, sire, the road, tom morello, union square theater, val kilmer, viggo mortensen, will arnett

Posted 2/ 6/08

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The Take

Revealed! The Complete Text of Ben Silverman's Rose d'Or Acceptance Speech

Tags: ben silverman, nbc, tv

Posted 2/ 5/08

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Tube Junkie

Conan vs. Colbert vs. Stewart: Late-Night Bloodbath

Tags: colbert report, comedy central, conan o'brien, daily show, jon stewart, late night with conan o'brien, lede, nbc, stephen colbert, tv, video

Posted 2/ 4/08

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Strike Zone

Even If the Strike Is Over, Don't Expect TV to Get Any Better, Warns NBC

Tags: america's favorite mom, american gladiators, laaaaaaaame, nbc, reality tv, tv, writers strike

Posted 1/23/08

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The Best Part

Ben Silverman Foresees the End of Ben Silverman

Tags: ben silverman, nbc, tv

Posted 1/23/08

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The Industry

The New Savior of Sundance Is … Steve Coogan?

Tags: a.c. grayling, all good things, andy fleming, blind melon, focus features, for my friends, grace, hamlet 2, kath and kim, kirsten dunst, lynn redgrave, mick gordon, molly shannon, nbc, ryan gosling, selma blair, steve coogan, sundance, travis warren

Posted 1/10/08

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Chat Room

Jeremy Sisto Is Happy to Be on ‘Law & Order’ Reruns in Perpetuity

Tags: jeremy sisto, law and order, lede, nbc, tv

Posted 1/ 8/08

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Apropos of Nothing

NBC Lands Another Writerless Victory With ‘American Gladiators’

Tags: american gladiators, ben silverman, hulk hogan, nbc, tv

Posted 1/ 8/08

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Strike Zone

Golden Globes Ceremony Canceled; NBC to Air Some Nonsense Instead

Tags: awards, golden globes, labor unrest, nbc, writers strike

Posted 1/ 7/08

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Overnights

‘American Gladiators’: Who Can Defeat the Mighty Toilet-Paper Saleswoman?

Tags: american gladiators, ben silverman, nbc, tv

Posted 1/ 4/08

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The Take

‘ER’: No One Suffers Like Jeanie Boulet

Tags: er, gloria reuben, nbc, tv

Posted 12/20/07

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Pop Culture's Bravest

Year in Review: Without Ben Silverman There Is No Television

Tags: ben silverman, lede, nbc, tv

Posted 12/12/07

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The Early-Evening News

Ike Turner Rides a Rocket 88 to Heaven or Wherever

Tags: ike turner, journeyman, knight rider, nbc, obits, sidney kimmel, where the wild things are, will arnett

Posted 12/11/07

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Apropos of Nothing

Ben Silverman Offering Refunds

Tags: ben silverman, nbc, tv

Posted 12/ 7/07

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Strike Zone

Carson Daly: Writers'-Strike Hero?

Tags: carson daly, cbs, nbc, writers strike

Posted 12/ 4/07

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Overnights

‘Heroes’: Quality Reporting Takes Two in the Chest

Tags: heroes, nbc, tv

Posted 12/ 4/07

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Strike Zone

Carson Daly Returns!

Tags: carson daly, labor unrest, last call with carson daly, nbc, tv, writers strike

Posted 12/ 3/07

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The Take

Ben Silverman Is About to Cash Out

Tags: american gladiators, ben silverman, nbc, reveille, sin tetas no hay paraiso, tv

Posted 12/ 3/07

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Strike Zone

Carson Daly Heroically Avoids Picketing Writer Who Leaped in Front of His SUV

Tags: carson daly, laaaaaaaame, labor unrest, nbc, nikki finke, tv, writers strike

Posted 11/30/07

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Strike Zone

Writers' Strike Gets Depressing Again

Tags: american gladiators, laaaaaaaame, lipstick jungle, my dad is better than your dad, nbc, the baby borrowers, writers strike

Posted 11/27/07

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Apropos of Nothing

NBC Orders New Episodes of ‘Chuck’ and ‘Life’ — Now If Only Someone Could Write Them

Tags: chuck, dirty sexy money, life, nbc, writers strike

Posted 11/19/07

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Strike Zone

NBC Buys Quarterlife, Bitsie Tulloch to Be Inescapable

Tags: bitsie tulloch, edward zwick, marshall herskovitz, nbc, quarterlife, tv

Posted 11/14/07

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Apropos of Nothing

Is NBC Trying to Turn ‘Heroes’ Fans Into Scabs?

Tags: heroes, laaaaaaaame, nbc, scabs, tv

Posted 11/ 9/07

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Strike Zone

Strike-News Roundup: Is This Thing Over Yet?

Tags: broadway, edward zwick, ellen degeneres, jay leno, labor unrest, nbc, quarter life, theater, tonight show, wga strike

Posted 11/ 9/07

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Apropos of Nothing

Strike Be Damned, Ben Silverman Vows to Entertain Us Himself

Tags: ben silverman, kevin reilly, nbc, steve macpherson, tv

Posted 11/ 6/07

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Overnights

‘Heroes’: Greg Grunberg Becomes a Man

Tags: heroes, nbc, tv

Posted 11/ 6/07

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The Industry

Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves Stop the World

Tags: 20th century fox, daniel radcliffe, decemberists, equus, er, famous wangs, jennifer connelly, john wells, keanu reeves, nbc, radiohead, richard griffiths, sheryl crow, the day the earth stood still

Posted 11/ 5/07

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The Take

‘Heroes’ Plans an Early Exit

Tags: heroes, nbc, new york times, tv, writers guild strike

Posted 11/ 2/07

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The Industry

Forest Whitaker Getting In On the American Gangster Business

Tags: a tale of love and darkness, david fincher, district 9, forest whitaker, justin bruening, knight rider, led zeppelin, leroy "nicky" barnes, marc levin, mr. untouchable, natalie portman, nbc, neill blomkamp, paramount, peter jackson, showtime, the killer

Posted 11/ 1/07

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The Take

NBC Cans ‘Heroes’ Spinoff Series

Tags: eli roth, heroes, heroes: origins, kevin smith, nbc, tv

Posted 10/31/07

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The Early-Evening News

Radiohead Done Bucking the System

Tags: bob saget, cavemen, heroes, in rainbows, larry mcmurtry, nbc, no country for old men, radiohead, the drowsy chaperone, xl recordings

Posted 10/30/07

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Backlash

Inside Ben Silverman's Decision to Spin Off a New Series From ‘The Office’

Tags: ben silverman, nbc, the office, tv

Posted 10/25/07

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The Take

Ben Silverman, Friend to the Environment

Tags: 30 rock, ben silverman, heroes, lede, nbc, tv

Posted 10/23/07

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Overnights

‘Heroes’: Veronica Mars Is on the Case!

Tags: heroes, kristen bell, lede, nbc, tv, veronica mars

Posted 10/18/07

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Backlash

Please, NBC, Stop the Hour-long ‘Office’ Madness!

Tags: nbc, the office, tv

Posted 10/17/07

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Beef

Do Not Cross Ben Silverman, For He Will Date Your Children

Tags: abc, barry sonnenfeld, ben silverman, fox, nbc, tv

Posted 10/16/07

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Beef

Reilly vs. Silverman vs. McPherson: The Battle of the Century Happens Today

Tags: abc, ben silverman, fox, kevin reilly, nbc, steve mcpherson, tv

Posted 10/ 8/07

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Apropos of Nothing

ABC President Stephen McPherson Is the Anti–Ben Silverman

Tags: abc, ben silverman, nbc, stephen mcpherson, tv

Posted 10/ 3/07

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Apropos of Nothing

NBC Revives ‘American Gladiators’ and Hulk Hogan; ABC Revives … ‘Cupid’?

Tags: abc, american gladiators, ben silverman, cupid, hulk hogan, jeremy piven, nbc, rob thomas the tv guy not the matchbox 20 guy, steve mcpherson, tv

Posted 10/ 2/07

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Overnights

‘Heroes’: The Evolutionary Cul-De-Sac

Tags: heroes, nbc, tv

Posted 10/ 1/07

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Countdown

Fall TV Deathwatch: ‘Cavemen’ Almost Extinct, ̵