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TV Roundtable A new form of reality TV emerges from the sands of Laguna Beach

A show really about nothing?

August 16, 2012 | 1:00pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “The Trip Back”

In the first-season finale, Jerri learns about the mortal dangers of marijuana.

August 6, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : The 2012 Summer Olympics August 2, 2012

Gabby Douglas sails to victory in the women's all-around gymnastics final, and all anyone will talk about is her smile.

August 3, 2012 | 3:50am -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “Jerri Is Only Skin Deep”

After making a run at homecoming queen, Jerri learns that inner beauty is far less important great rear-end.

July 30, 2012 | 2:00pm -
Inventory Best band ever, briefly!: 17 musical acts beloved by TV characters for just one episode

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July 30, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Roundtable Friday Night Lights', "I Think We Should Have Sex"

The TV Roundtable team takes on a sensitive installment of Friday Night Lights.

July 26, 2012 | 1:00pm -
TV Club : Frontline “Alaska Gold”

In this excellent report from Frontline, a proposed Alaskan copper mine poses an uncertain threat to the state's salmon industry.

July 24, 2012 | 11:10pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “To Be Young, Gifted, And Blank”

Jerri discovers she's a violin prodigy, but her newfound genius turns out to be more of a blessing than a curse.

July 23, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Roundtable The Big Valley, “Lost Treasure”

A ’60s-era TV Western examines identity and family on a 19th-century California ranch.

July 19, 2012 | 1:00pm -
TV Club : Inside Men “Episode 4”

Inside Men comes to a bizarrely abrupt, unsatisfying conclusion.

July 18, 2012 | 10:30pm -
TV Club : Frontline “Fast Times At West Philly High”

Think of this Frontline as the PBS answer to all those Oscar-baiting stories of inspirational inner-city teachers.

July 17, 2012 | 11:15pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “Feather In The Storm”

Under pressure to slim down for the debate team, Jerri develops a nasty case of anorexia.

July 16, 2012 | 2:00pm -
Inventory Mumblecore: 20 memorably inarticulate movie performances

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July 16, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Roundtable The Wonder Years—“Nemesis”

When Becky Slater came between Kevin Arnold and “Miss Priss.”

July 12, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Inside Men “Episode 3”

On Inside Men, Chris decides he wants out, but John ain't havin' it.

July 12, 2012 | 7:31am -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “Let Freedom Ring”

When racist graffiti appears in the hallway at Flatpoint, Jerri’s new love interest comes under scrutiny.

July 9, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “Bogie Nights”

Jerri learns the hard way that befriending new people can lead to having sex with your children.

July 2, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Roundtable The Cosby Show—“The Infantry Has Landed (And They’ve Fallen Off The Roof)”

This ahead-of-its-time season-seven episode dealt with menstruation and womanhood without taking the very-special-episode route.

June 28, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Inside Men “Episode 2”

John emerges as the group leader in an episode of Inside Men that focuses on character motivation.

June 28, 2012 | 9:05am -
TV Club : Frontline “Dollars And Dentists”

Frontline investigates the growing crisis of dental care in the United States.

June 26, 2012 | 9:00pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “Who Wants Cake?”

This week, Jerri faces a difficult decision: Snitch on a classmate suspected of being “retarded,” or give up her chance to go to Good Time Island.

June 25, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Roundtable The Mary Tyler Moore Show—“Mary’s Delinquent”

The show drafts some young adult ringers into its workplace family.

June 21, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Inside Men “Inside Men”

This engrossing heist drama, anchored by a terrific lead performance, has shades of Breaking Bad.

June 20, 2012 | 6:05pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “Dreams On The Rocks”

In another all-time great episode, Jerri’s budding acting career conjures up painful memories for Sara, who turns to the bottle to cope.

June 18, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Roundtable The Andy Griffith Show —“Opie The Birdman”

Death and responsibility come to Mayberry.

June 14, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “A Burden’s Burden”

Jerri plays house with Tammi Littlenut.

June 11, 2012 | 4:35pm -
TV Club : Veep “Tears”

In Veep's season finale, Selina hits rock bottom and then bounces back—briefly.

June 10, 2012 | 9:30pm -
TV Roundtable Boy Meets World — “Who’s Afraid Of Cory Wolf?”

Boy cries werewolf.

June 7, 2012 | 2:20pm -
TV Club : Strangers With Candy “Old Habits, New Beginnings”

Welcome to Strangers With Candy, one of the most twisted and aggressively weird comedies ever to grace America’s television screens.

June 4, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Veep “Full Disclosure”

Selina's unexpected pregnancy gets out into the open.

June 3, 2012 | 9:40pm -

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