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The best TV episodes of 2016, from ‘Black Mirror’ to ‘SNL’

Late-night TV hosts have cast 2016 as a downright apocalyptic year, but for television, it was actually pretty great. Here are our picks for the best TV episodes of the year. “...

DATE: Dec 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Politics dominated pop culture – and vice versa

Our politics is often reflected in our popular culture, and vice versa – especially in an election year. That relationship seemed closer than ever in 2016, when a TV personality was elected ...

DATE: Dec 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

That time Alan Thicke told me his Leonardo DiCaprio stories from ‘Growing Pains’

I was sitting in a Panera in Nashville this past February when I received a phone call from a blocked number. I eyed it suspiciously. Earlier in the day, I had talked to “Growing Pains” star...

DATE: Dec 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Blake Crouch cracks Top 20 list on Amazon

Durango author Now, his most recent book, Dark Matter, was selected by the editors at Amazon as one of the Top 20 books in 2016 in the Mystery, Thriller and Suspense category alongside boo...

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

In Florence Henderson’s Carol Brady, a reassuring (and vanishing) sense of adulthood

Florence Henderson was 34 when she was cast as Carol Brady, an unmarried (presumably divorced; it’s still up for debate) mother of three little girls who met and married a widowed father of ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Fake Donald Trump returns to ‘SNL,’ and the real one is not happy

Alec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend in his first post-election appearance, portraying President-Elect Donald Trump as he grapples with his transition from candidate i...

DATE: Nov 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

TV-lover gifts abound: ‘Mad Men’ opus to Roku to Slanket

LOS ANGELES – The TV lovers in your life deserve holiday gifts that recognize their passion. There’s lots of ways to achieve that, with creative goods that lets fans flaunt their ...

DATE: Nov 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

How a fed-up group of ‘Good Girls’ beat the ‘Mad Men’-era sexists

NEW YORK – In the late 1960s, the researchers at Newsweek magazine were known as “the Dollies.” The Dollies were all women, and when they handed over the results of their work to ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Ben and Lauren’s ‘Bachelor’ spin-off is a nightmare, but not for the reason you think

Let’s state the obvious: Yes, producers had to amp up the drama when they inexplicably gave the sweet-but-very-dull couple Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell their own reality show. Titled “Ben...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Rolling Stone has come up with the 100 greatest TV shows of all time; my list was a little different

The Oct. 6 issue of Rolling Stone is out, with the magazine’s list of “The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time” on the cover. (No. 1? Hardly a spoiler alert needed – it’s HBO’s “The Sopranos.”...

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Amy Schumer will play Mr. Burns’ mom on ‘The Simpsons’ season premiere

Amy Schumer is slated to appear as the mother of prominent Springfield resident Mr. Burns on the season premiere of “The Simpsons,” which will air Sunday. The comedian will voice ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Emmy predictions: Who will win, who deserves it

Awards show on ABC tonight

DATE: Sep 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

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