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Re Oprah

November 20, 2009

I keep looking at Oprah Winfrey's announcement that she is ending her syndicated talk show in 2011 and having two thoughts. First, that 2011 is still more than a year away, and her mind may change. Second, that even if she leaves daytime broadcast TV, I don't see her giving up a bully pulpit entirely, [...]

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Dancing With the Stars week 9

November 20, 2009
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Briefly Noted

November 20, 2009

I mentioned on FB and Twitter that I would be posting more thoughts here about "Precious," but it is unlikely I will post them before Friday, and probably not before later in the day.

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"Lost" Returns Feb. 2

November 19, 2009

The ABC announcement:
ABC announces the premiere of the sixth and final season of “Lost,” with a special all-night event on Tuesday, February 2. A recap special will kick off the night from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET, followed by the much anticipated two-hour premiere from 9:00-11:00 p.m.
The series will then air in its regular time period – [...]

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"Grey's Anatomy" Adds Webisodes

November 19, 2009

No big stars in them, but they might amuse. And they start online after tonight's "Grey's." Full announcement after the jump.

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Talking Television

November 19, 2009

Looking at new TV, old TV, movies, home-video releases, books, music and just plain weird things landing on my desk.

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Christmas Movie Rediscovered

November 19, 2009

TCM is making a big to-do over its airings and the DVD release of "Remember the Night," a Fred MacMurray-Barbara Stanwyck holiday film that has apparently been overlooked. From the network:
It’s going to be a very special holiday for movie fans this year as Turner Classic Movies (TCM) presents the rarely seen gem Remember the [...]

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"Friday Night Lights"

November 19, 2009

So I was watching the latest episode of "Friday Night Lights" on my little laptop, via the press feed from DirecTV, with less than perfect video and a big DirecTV logo on the screen much of the time. And I was so drawn into it and touched by it that I said I small thank-you [...]

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Thursday Notebook: "Glee," "Modern Family," More

November 19, 2009

After the jump, notes on last night's "Glee" and "Modern Family," Monday's "How I Met Your Mother" and on last week's "Parks and Recreation" and "30 Rock."
This week's mailbag is here.

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Wednesday Notebook

November 18, 2009

"Precious," the acclaimed movie, will add several theaters in Northeast Ohio on Friday, including Cedar Lee, Valley View, Regal Richmond and Regal Severance.
My latest vidcast is here. Notes on 50th anniversary of "Porgy & Bess" movie, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Offerman, the book "Dear Old Love," DVD of "My One and Only," Aqua Teen Hunger [...]

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"DWTS" Results!

November 17, 2009

I yelled happily when it was announced …

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"Limits" on DVD

November 17, 2009

"The Limits of Control," the latest film by Northeast Ohio's Jim Jarmusch, arrives on DVD today. After the jump, my review of the film when it appeared in theaters.

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MTV Gets "This Is It" TV Rights

November 17, 2009

It will begin airing it on various channels in 2011. The Michael Jackson movie, which I very much enjoyed, is still in theaters. The DVD and Blu-ray are being presold but without a fixed release date; reports have it hitting stores in early 2010, and the MTV release confirms that while noting the nets will [...]

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Sort of a DVD Cash for Clunkers?

November 17, 2009

Warner Home Video is offering a consumers a chance to upgrade their CDs to Blu-ray. Here's the announcement:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group today launched “DVD2Blu.com,” a site that allows consumers to upgrade the movies they already own on DVD to Blu-Ray Disc, the absolute best way to watch movies at home. Consumers can select from [...]

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Ken Ober, R.I.P.

November 16, 2009

The host of the classic game show "Remote Control" has died. Obit here. I was a pretty devoted fan of "Remote Control," the pop-culture quiz airing on MTV. (How devoted? Enough not only to be aware of Kari Wurher, but to argue that the show declined when she left.) The show had a smart-alecky quality [...]

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Monday Notebook & Viewing Catch-Up

November 16, 2009

Local folks should have noticed that WJW is carrying the Browns-Ravens game tonight (which makes me shudder just to think about). Fox's new episodes of "House" and "Lie to Me" have been moved to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. (I am double-checking on the exact start time, since "House" usually runs an extra [...]

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Sunday Notebook

November 15, 2009

A meditation on reinvention of previous pop culture, like "The Prisoner" and "Star Trek," is here.
The weekly DVD/BD column is here. Includes "The Exiles," "Farscape: The Complete Series" (which is not completely complete), "Margaret Cho: Beautiful," "Andy Barker, P.I."
Because "Star Trek" will be out on BD/DVD on Tuesday, and I have not yet gotten a [...]

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More Saturday Notes

November 14, 2009

My regular Saturday column seems to be taking the slow boat to online, so I have pasted in the text, with "Sue Thomas" DVD news and an authorial conflict over a new LeBron James book, after the jump.

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"The Prisoner" and Other Saturday Notes

November 14, 2009

After the jump, a sneak peek of my review of the new version of "The Prisoner," beginning Sunday night on AMC.
I will add links to a companion piece on the reinvention of old pop-culture concepts; Saturday's print Heldenfiles (with items involving Sue Thomas and LeBron James), and my usual Sunday DVD column, once they are [...]

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Thursday Notebook

November 12, 2009

Today is theoretically a day off for me since I have to work a Saturday shift. But you can go over to my shiny new Ohio.com page and find links to this week's mailbag and to a review of "Pirate Radio." A few more notes, including about "Glee" and "V," follow the jump.

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