Tv Club 10

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  TV Club 10 What made The Middle one of the best family comedies in years

  These 10 episodes show how the series grew from underdog to one of TV’s best comedies.

  May 22, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club 10 Tracing The Office’s rise from midseason also-ran to nine-season behemoth

  Rather than withering in the original Office’s shadow, the American remake survived by turning on the bright lights.

  May 8, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes of Mission Impossible that are formulaic television at its most refined

  Marvel at the talent and intellect of accomplished professionals who knew how to conceive and execute a plan.

  April 24, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show how Cheers stayed great for 11 seasons 

  The show splits essentially into the Diane years and the Rebecca years.

  April 10, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show the best of Mad Men’s many facets

  The series eschews novel-like construction in favor of being a collection of short stories.

  March 27, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show why MacGyver was more than a punchline

  It wasn’t a great show, but in the right episodes, it’s still a lot of fun.

  March 13, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that made The Larry Sanders Show one of the best comedies of the ’90s

  Garry Shandling’s landmark late-night satire is still funny 15 years later.

  February 27, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that take viewers into the depths of The Twilight Zone

  Rod Serling’s classic anthology series offers horror, sci-fi, and political subtext.

  February 13, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that make the argument for SCTV as one of TV’s all-time greats

  The sketch-comedy series mocked pop-culture detritus and bad TV, but it also had intense feeling for it.

  January 30, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show how 30 Rock tweaked the sitcom formula

  Tina Fey’s brainchild is as much about the relationship between Liz and Jack as it is the relationship between Liz and her show.

  January 23, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show the heart and soul behind Roseanne’s cynical exterior

  One of TV’s finest working-class sitcoms was built on a foundation of love and labor… until it wasn’t.

  January 16, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show the appeal Hey Arnold! held for kids and parents

  The series was a bittersweet, nostalgic look at growing up, packed with character development and feeling.

  January 9, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show how Cougar Town evolved from smarm to heart

  The series moves to TBS for its fourth season later this month.

  January 2, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 entry points to Rankin/Bass’ enchanted holiday world

  The production house was responsible for more than just Rudolph and Frosty.

  December 19, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show how Buffy The Vampire Slayer blew up genre TV

  Joss Whedon’s classic teen genre mash-up unexpectedly became one of the most influential dramas ever made.

  December 12, 2012 | 12:30pm -

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  TV Club 10 How Fraggle Rock taught kids about society and community in 10 episodes

  The Jim Henson-produced show had silly laughs for kids and sophisticated messages for adults.

  December 5, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club 10 Summarize The Simpsons in 10 episodes? That’s unpossible! (But we try anyway)

  Can TV’s longest-running scripted primetime series be distilled down to five hours?

  November 28, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  TV Club 10 Enjoy the sensual delights of cooking with 10 episodes of Julia Child’s The French Chef

  TV’s most famous cooking show embraced the unglamorous, human side of haute cuisine.

  November 21, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that show off Leave It To Beaver’s quiet innovation

  Leave It To Beaver’s depiction of the ’50s was less sanitized than its reputation suggests.

  November 14, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  TV Club 10 Babylon 5 redefined TV science fiction, so why isn’t it better known?

  These 10 episodes sum up a ’90s genre cornerstone. 

  November 7, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  TV Club 10 How Dark Shadows brought the supernatural to television drama

  These 10 episodes display how the series’ influence is evident even today.

  October 31, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  TV Club 10 How The Cosby Show spoke to race and class in ’80s America

  These 10 episodes show the series’ revolutionary treatment of black families in the United States.

  October 24, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  TV Club 10 Check out the many moods of The Sopranos in 10 episodes

  The series changed television forever, and these episodes show how.

  October 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  TV Club 10 How Red Dwarf blends sitcom with sci-fi in just 10 smegging episodes

  The strangely indestructible comedy first aired in 1988 and just began its 10th season.

  October 10, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 Experience The Vampire Diaries’ twisting plot and many thrills in 10 episodes

  Get caught up in time for next week’s fourth-season première. 

  October 3, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 key (and mindbending) episodes of Fringe

  A guide to the smartest science-fiction show (on Earth-1).

  September 26, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 Distilling 4 decades of Saturday Night Live down to just 10 episodes

  Saturday Night Live has no fundamental agenda beyond being a funny, timely, and popular showcase for comedic talent.

  September 19, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 Examining The Dick Van Dyke Show’s sophisticated comedy in just 10 episodes 

  The series that offered a marked contrast to the “gimmick” sitcoms of the ’60s. 

  September 12, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  TV Club 10 10 episodes that find the ’60s Batman at its campy best 

  The Batman television series walked the line between delightful camp and absolute mess.

  September 5, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  TV Club 10 10 classic episodes of M*A*S*H 

  Hawkeye, Hot Lips, and the gang show how unconventional, honest, challenging, and hilarious a sitcom set in the Korean War could be.

  August 29, 2012 | 11:00am -