A Very Special Episode

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  A Very Special Episode All In The Family, “Gloria Discovers Women’s Lib”

  The hot topic is feminism, and nobody's got the right answers.

  December 2, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Northern Exposure, “Thanksgiving”

  It's not just a holiday in this small Alaska town. It's a thoughtful, funny, feast.

  November 18, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Muppet Show, “Steve Martin”

  How did two different ironic takes on show business combine to make something so sweet?

  November 4, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Outer Limits, “The Man Who Was Never Born”

  It's only fun until someone gets lasting psychic scars.

  October 21, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Homicide: Life On The Street, “A Doll’s Eyes”

  A dark show delivers one of its darkest hours.

  October 7, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  A Very Special Episode The Brady Bunch, “Dough Re Mi”

  Just nod and smile and sing along with the Brady family.

  September 23, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Arrested Development, "Good Grief"

  It’s hilarious, so long as you come prepared.

  September 9, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  A Very Special Episode M*A*S*H, "The Interview"

  War is hell, even on 1970s television. Just ask the characters living through it.

  August 26, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Wagon Train, “The Gus Morgan Story”

  Peter Falk in living color.

  August 12, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Larry Sanders Show, "Out Of The Loop"

  Before it became a motto, this show figured out what it meant to be HBO, not TV.

  July 29, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Sopranos, “Bust Out”

  The wheel in the sky keeps on turning. So do the ones down below. 

  July 15, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode It's the "A Very Special Episode" Fall Preview issue!

  July 14, 2010 | 9:42am -

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  A Very Special Episode Barney Miller, "Quarantine, Pts. 1 & 2"

  The coffee's awful and everyone's sweaty and testy. It's a great place to be.

  July 1, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Eerie, Indiana, "Reality Takes A Holiday"

  When TV goes meta, viewers have to decide for themselves whether they enjoy seeing all the puppet strings laid bare.

  June 17, 2010 | 12:30pm -

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  A Very Special Episode The Andy Griffith Show, “The Sermon For Today”

  A gentle lesson about hypocrisy captures the essence of one of the all-time great sitcoms.

  June 3, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000, “City Limits”

  MST3K was designed to create a cultish in-crowd. Here’s how it did it: by congratulating them on being part of that crowd.

  May 20, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  A Very Special Episode Twin Peaks, “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer”

  How David Lynch made television safe for weirdness.

  May 6, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Combat, “Survival”

  What Robert Altman brought to television, and what he learned from it.

  April 22, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Heat Vision And Jack, “Pilot”

  Jack Black, Ben Stiller, and Owen Wilson once teamed up for a series that never aired and never got to the pilot stage. Thus legends are born.

  April 8, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Simpsons, “22 Short Films About Springfield”

  An unusual Simpsons outing offers a primer on the fine, abused art of the pop-culture reference.

  March 25, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode The Honeymooners, “Better Living Through Television”

  Presenting the first installment in a new biweekly column exploring standout TV episodes that reflected their eras in particularly trenchant ways.

  March 11, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  A Very Special Episode Introducing "A Very Special Episode," a new column

  March 10, 2010 | 12:00pm -