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A scene from <i>Downton Abbey</i>

The worst sin in Downton Abbey

Television |  With the long-awaited season three of PBS’s sleeper hit Downton Abbey now in full swing, many who have not yet succumbed to DA fever are wondering what they have…

Britton (left) and Panettiere
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Nashville

Television |  Now in its second season, ABC’s romantic comedy Nashville (Wednesdays, 10 p.m. Eastern) may not be burning up the charts, but it is turning heads. In many ways…

Mark Burnett and Roma Downey

Scripture-inspired television

Television |  Following a trend emerging in big-screen productions, television producer Mark Burnett (creator of hits like Survivor and The Apprentice ) and his wife, actress…

Al Gore

The liberal-Islamist alliance

Media |  Fox News' Bret Baier last night said the sale of Al Gore's failed Current TV network to Al Jazeera showed that “opposites do attract—at least in TV.”

Former Vice President Al Gore, chairman and co-founder of Current TV.

Al Jazeera launches American cable network incursion

Television |  The Pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera will soon infiltrate the homes of almost 40 million Americans following its purchase on Wednesday of Al Gore’s…

LAW AND ORDER: Sheriff Lamb (Quaid, right) and Savino (Chiklis).
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Winning hand

Television |  CBS hits the jackpot with its new drama about the early days of Vegas

Surrender the Secret
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Surrender the Secret

Television |  Vanessa, a wife and mother of four, seems guarded and nervous as she sits in the driver’s seat, her eyes focused ahead as she merges into traffic. The…

Angus T. Jones

Two and a Half Men star apologizes for remarks

Television |  Angus T. Jones, the 19-year-old star of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men , apologized yesterday after drawing headlines and media ire by calling his show…

Witness
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Witness

Television |  Over the last decade, television audiences have grown used to cable channels using their original programming to showcase ever-more explicit levels of sex,

Lena Dunham

Tiny votes

Politics |  By now, practically every American with a political bone in his or her body has seen or heard of the Obama campaign ad featuring Lena Dunham (if you…

Call the Midwife
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Call the Midwife

Television |  U.S. viewers who love Downton Abbey might be surprised to learn that another BBC series, Call the Midwife , eclipsed it last spring in the U.K. and is now on PBS.

A scene from the new CBS series <i>Partners</i>

New season brings an increase in homosexual characters to TV

Television |  The number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted network television progams will be at its highest-ever level ever during the upcoming season, according…

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