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So four mop-topped Liverpudlians walk into The Ed Sullivan Theater…
By Erik Adams February 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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What pop culture that you once loved became a chore?
By Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Erik Adams, Sonia Saraiya, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson February 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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The Olympics open on NBC’s second night of coverage, which hopefully makes sense to someone
By Emily St. James February 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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And now, the Olympics
By Sonia Saraiya February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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Jay Leno was good at being bad
By Matt Wild February 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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Another Top Chef season sinks forever beneath the waves... of sunny Hawaii!
By Emily St. James February 5, 2014 | 6:00am
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On a “very special” Roseanne, the most lethal substance is nostalgia
By Molly Eichel, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Ryan McGee February 5, 2014 | 6:00am
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Now you can call it Brooklyn Nine-Nine Thirty
By Erik Adams February 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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How is Nashville’s music chosen and written?
By Marah Eakin February 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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The politics, puppies, and penises of this year’s Super Bowl ads
By John Teti, Sonia Saraiya February 3, 2014 | 5:18pm
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She’s all coke-strong! Archer’s Pam steals the show
By Sonia Saraiya February 3, 2014 | 6:00am
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Webseries phenom The Lizzie Bennet Diaries made it to 100 entries (and beyond)
By Myles McNutt February 3, 2014 | 6:00am
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Be happy you’re not outside watching Super Bowl XLVIII
By Erik Adams February 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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Once again, it’s time for The X-Files’ final season (God help us all)
By Emily St. James January 31, 2014 | 10:30am
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What’s your all-time favorite Super Bowl commercial?
By Kevin McFarland, A.A. Dowd, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Oliver Sava, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago January 31, 2014 | 6:00am
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White Collar closes its fifth season with a treasure hunt
By Sonia Saraiya January 30, 2014 | 6:00am
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This week we’re barely putting up with The Puppy Bowl
By Amelie Gillette January 29, 2014 | 5:00pm
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A riveting ER gives Dr. Greene one bad day that just keeps getting worse
By Carrie Raisler, Zack Handlen, Emily St. James, Genevieve Koski January 29, 2014 | 5:00pm
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It wouldn’t be January without American Horror Story trying to half-assedly wrap up its season
By Emily St. James January 29, 2014 | 7:40am
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Addition by subtraction: Actors (or hosts) who improved a show by leaving
By Marah Eakin, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Mike Vago, Noah Cruickshank January 29, 2014 | 6:00am
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10 Taxi episodes that find heart and humor in a dead-end job
By Les Chappell January 29, 2014 | 6:00am
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Paul F. Tompkins and a bunch of puppets weigh in on the state of the State of the Union
By Erik Adams January 28, 2014 | 6:00am
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Joe Carroll wants you to watch The Following
By Sonia Saraiya January 27, 2014 | 6:00am
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My So-Called Life set the path all teen shows would follow
By Emily St. James January 27, 2014 | 6:00am
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We're live-chatting the Grammy Awards
By Marah Eakin January 27, 2014 | 12:00am
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LL Cool J continues a 56-year-old tradition of giving out tiny record players
By Erik Adams January 26, 2014 | 6:00am
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Viewer beware: Black Sails wants to pillage your Saturdays
By Caroline Framke January 24, 2014 | 6:10am
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When one sketch flopped, two words saved The State: “monkey torture”
By Erik Adams January 24, 2014 | 6:00am
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The guilty (and not-so-guilty) pleasures of Dateline NBC
By Matt Wild January 24, 2014 | 6:00am
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Greg Kinnear! On the TV!
By Sonia Saraiya January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
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Where to start when revisiting the bullshit-strewn career of Penn & Teller
By Matt Wild January 23, 2014 | 6:00am
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This week we’re barely putting up with The Bachelor
By Amelie Gillette January 22, 2014 | 5:00pm
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My favorite Sex And The City episode, my self
By Brandon Nowalk, Pilot Viruet, David Sims, Sonia Saraiya January 22, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Broad City is ready to overshare its high-octane absurdity
By Alasdair Wilkins January 22, 2014 | 8:00am
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Do the Bartman!: 13 novelty albums recorded by TV characters
By Annie Zaleski, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin January 22, 2014 | 6:00am
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Sherilyn Fenn talks David Lynch and how Twin Peaks should have ended
By Will Harris January 22, 2014 | 6:00am
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The Mindy Project prepares to wander TV wastelands by wandering genuine wasteland
By Erik Adams January 21, 2014 | 6:00am
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Alan Spencer finds the humor in mayhem and destruction
By Erik Adams January 21, 2014 | 6:00am
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It’s Elementary, Sherlock: How the CBS procedural surpassed the BBC drama
By Zack Handlen January 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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Sugar, spice, and everything nice: The Powerpuff Girls are back
By Sonia Saraiya January 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: January 17 - January 19
By AV Club Staff January 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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Get Smart invented the sitcom mythology
By Emily St. James January 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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“Wow, an award statue! Oh… it’s a Grammy”: 12 award-show disses
By Scott Von Doviak, Becca James, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser January 20, 2014 | 6:00am
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As foretold in ancient texts, Sherlock rises again
By Erik Adams January 19, 2014 | 6:00am
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Keith David on They Live, Mr. Rogers, and voice acting
By Will Harris January 17, 2014 | 4:00pm
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It’s time to hate-watch Lifetime’s Flowers In The Attic remake
By Caroline Siede January 17, 2014 | 6:00am
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Beau Bridges on the time he had to fart on Elizabeth Taylor in a Ustinov film
By Will Harris January 16, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Patton Oswalt walks us through his TV stand-up specials
By Emily St. James January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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Community executes a will
By Sonia Saraiya January 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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A favorite Sopranos episode visits the “Funhouse” in Tony’s head
By Molly Eichel, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Ryan McGee January 15, 2014 | 5:00pm
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This week we’re barely putting up with American Idol
By Amelie Gillette January 15, 2014 | 5:00pm
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On Wednesdays, we wear pastel: Suburgatory returns
By Caroline Framke January 15, 2014 | 7:30am
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Gilligan’s Island: A variation on 10 themes
By Brandon Nowalk January 15, 2014 | 6:00am
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Archer creator Adam Reed talks about blowing up his show’s premise
By Emily St. James January 14, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Toot toot! All aboard the Kroll Show cake train!
By Erik Adams January 14, 2014 | 6:00am
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Nick Kroll on his first date, Wayne’s World, and Fabrice Fabrice’s origin
By Marah Eakin January 14, 2014 | 6:00am
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Woodhouse, get the remote: Archer is back tonight
By Sonia Saraiya January 13, 2014 | 7:00am
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How the three besuited buffoons of Stella predicted the future of TV comedy
By Brandon Nowalk January 13, 2014 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: January 10 - January 12
By AV Club Staff January 13, 2014 | 6:00am
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Enjoy the Golden Globes with your pals Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and The A.V. Club
By Erik Adams January 12, 2014 | 6:00am
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How do high-definition, slow-motion cameras work?
By Noah Cruickshank January 10, 2014 | 6:00am
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Helix fever! Catch it! (Or don’t, because you’d probably die)
By Alasdair Wilkins January 10, 2014 | 6:00am
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What TV should others resolve to watch in 2014?
By Caroline Siede, Gwen Ihnat, Kate Knibbs, Eric Thurm, Myles McNutt, Zack Handlen, Genevieve Valentine, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Les Chappell, Dennis Perkins, Tasha Robinson January 10, 2014 | 6:00am
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Spoils Of Babylon: The greatest miniseries ever parodied
By Sonia Saraiya January 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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When The Mary Tyler Moore Show tried and failed to eulogize a clown
By Carrie Raisler, Zack Handlen, Emily St. James, Genevieve Koski January 8, 2014 | 5:00pm
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It’s time to ex-perience The Real World: Ex-Plosion
By Caroline Siede January 8, 2014 | 6:00am
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Where did all the inspiring TV politicians go?
By Jason Lynch January 8, 2014 | 6:00am
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Just like that, TV comes screaming back to life
By Erik Adams January 7, 2014 | 6:00am
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Hostages concludes its boring story with two more hours of it
By Sonia Saraiya January 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: January 3 - January 5
By AV Club Staff January 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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Maligned when not ignored, Undressed still made MTV history
By Ryan McGee January 6, 2014 | 6:00am
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All hope of a fresh start crushed by the return of Downton Abbey
By Erik Adams January 5, 2014 | 6:00am
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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a Star Wars episode of MythBusters, kid
By Erik Adams January 3, 2014 | 6:00am
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Against all odds, it’s a fifth season of Community
By Erik Adams January 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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Shh! A nation nurses its hangover
By Erik Adams January 1, 2014 | 3:15pm
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10 episodes that will help you talk NCIS with your mom
By Will Harris January 1, 2014 | 6:00am
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Celebrate the new year with the party animals of Regular Show (some of which are literally animals)
By Erik Adams December 31, 2013 | 6:00am
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Forget auld acquaintance—but not New Year’s celebrations from the Peanuts and Rankin/Bass gangs
By Erik Adams December 30, 2013 | 6:00am
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Dropping the ball: 8 pretenders to Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve throne
By Will Harris December 30, 2013 | 6:00am
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Getting On concludes a great season, then hopes for another one
By Emily St. James December 29, 2013 | 6:00am
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Nikita wraps up its run stranded in a TV wasteland
By Emily St. James December 27, 2013 | 6:00am
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Nothing is on, so let’s see what Ground Floor is up to, why not?
By Emily St. James December 26, 2013 | 6:00am
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This week we’re barely putting up with Duck Dynasty
By Amelie Gillette December 25, 2013 | 6:00am
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Doctor Who is coming to save you from your family
By Emily St. James December 25, 2013 | 6:00am
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Fox News made its very own Christmas special, just for you
By Emily St. James December 24, 2013 | 6:00am
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Our weakness is strong: thoughts on the year in TV
By Emily St. James December 23, 2013 | 6:00am
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Spend tonight playing games with your best friends: Hollywood celebrities!
By Emily St. James December 23, 2013 | 6:00am
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How A Christmas Story became the preeminent American Christmas movie
By Emily St. James December 23, 2013 | 6:00am
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Who is this mysterious Britney Jean?
By Erik Adams December 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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CBS tries to pretend it’s still airing I Love Lucy
By Emily St. James December 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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Enlightened was the best TV show of 2013
By Emily St. James December 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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25 other shows that made 2013 one of the best years in TV history
By Alasdair Wilkins, Kevin McFarland, Steve Heisler, Scott Von Doviak, Joshua Alston, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Genevieve Valentine, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Les Chappell, Emily St. James, Myles McNutt, Dennis Perkins December 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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The best shows that didn’t make our Top 40
By Alasdair Wilkins, Kevin McFarland, Josh Modell, Myles McNutt, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Pilot Viruet, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Les Chappell, David Sims, Dennis Perkins, Emily St. James December 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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Get your whites even whiter with White Collar
By Sonia Saraiya December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
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The many exciting conclusions of Breaking Bad, 2013’s second-best show
By Erik Adams December 19, 2013 | 6:00am
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Top Chef goes back to school with Questlove
By Alasdair Wilkins December 18, 2013 | 6:00am
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Bob’s Burgers’ Tina makes the series a must-watch and 2013’s third-best show
By Sonia Saraiya December 18, 2013 | 6:00am
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Screw the technocracy—we’re reviewing Black Mirror in the proper order
By Erik Adams December 17, 2013 | 6:00am
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Orange Is The New Black bet on its characters and won
By Kevin McFarland, Carrie Raisler, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Emily St. James, Myles McNutt December 17, 2013 | 6:00am
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Homeland’s Alex Gansa talks about the season finale’s big reveal
By Emily St. James December 16, 2013 | 10:29pm
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Showrunner Michelle Ashford talks Masters Of Sex
By Emily St. James December 16, 2013 | 5:00pm
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The Christmas Toy presents the darkest holiday of Jim Henson’s career
By Erik Adams December 16, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Mom falls in love with French Stewart, then takes a break for a while
By Sonia Saraiya December 16, 2013 | 7:50am
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Game Of Thrones’ brutal third season found time for connection and hope
By Zack Handlen December 16, 2013 | 6:00am
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Stannis Baratheon looks bored again: 11 criminally underutilized TV actors
By Les Chappell, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Rowan Kaiser, Mike Vago, Drew Toal December 16, 2013 | 6:00am
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Showtime finales keep terrorists and sex researchers from ruining your good, clean, family holiday
By Erik Adams December 15, 2013 | 6:00am
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Five imported series made us sit up and take notice
By Carrie Raisler, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Emily St. James, Brandon Nowalk, Sonia Saraiya December 13, 2013 | 6:00am
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We check in on The Neighbors, just in time for the holidays
By Caroline Siede December 13, 2013 | 6:00am