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Why the mostly forgotten Route 66 was one of TV’s most ambitious shows
By Emily St. James March 18, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Sundance and A&E repopulate undercrowded Monday with Top Of The Lake and Bates Motel
By Emily St. James March 18, 2013 | 5:00am
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“What a nightmare!”: 21 TV episodes that do dream sequences right
By John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Oliver Sava, David Sims, Emily St. James, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski March 18, 2013 | 5:00am
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The deadline for Girls’ second season approaches
By Erik Adams March 17, 2013 | 5:00am
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A pair of funny new TV shows, last year’s best doc, and 2 more can’t-miss entertainments
By Nathan Rabin, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Kyle Ryan, Scott Tobias March 15, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Young Justice ends its run in a pitched battle against hideous monsters—aliens, not executives
By Emily St. James March 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Going beyond “Washington” with the online cartoons of Brad Neely
By Erik Adams March 14, 2013 | 5:00pm
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How Dollhouse toyed with the idea of how people and institutions are formed
By Noel Murray March 14, 2013 | 5:00pm
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What we talk about when we talk about Girls
By Emily St. James March 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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No, this is The Office episode that was the pilot for The Farm
By Erik Adams March 14, 2013 | 5:00am
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10 episodes that show why MacGyver was more than a punchline
By Zack Handlen March 13, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Daria’s musical episode comes off like a dare—but does it hit the right notes?
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman, Genevieve Koski March 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Survivor promises an evening of sabotage (not the Beastie Boys song, sadly)
By Emily St. James March 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Hide the kiddies, at least temporarily: 11 famous children’s entertainers with adult sidelines
By Genevieve Koski, Tasha Robinson, Nathan Rabin, Noah Cruickshank March 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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An AT&T spot uses cute kids to sell multitasking, but fails to sell AT&T
By Noel Murray March 12, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Enjoy (or anti-enjoy) Smash coverage while you still can
By Erik Adams March 12, 2013 | 5:00am
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Check out more blatantly telegraphed twists on The Following
By Emily St. James March 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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American Dad decides there’s never a bad time for a James Bond spoof
By Erik Adams March 10, 2013 | 6:00am
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Grimm returns for no apparent reason, because NBC has no idea how to do anything
By Emily St. James March 8, 2013 | 6:00am
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The prayers of dozens are answered as Gilmore Girls comes to TV Club Classic
By Erik Adams March 7, 2013 | 6:00am
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The Neighbors is funnier than it has any right to be
By Emily St. James March 6, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Frasier forgets the words in one of the funniest sitcom episodes of the 1990s
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman, Genevieve Koski March 6, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The Americans continues to prove it's a must-see with another great episode
By Emily St. James March 6, 2013 | 6:00am
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The big twist at the end of The Joe Schmo’s third season is that there was a third season of The Joe Schmo Show
By Erik Adams March 5, 2013 | 6:00am
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Why every great TV show needs a Xander Harris
By Ryan McGee March 5, 2013 | 6:00am
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A confusing Samsung Galaxy spot offers a peek at the doofuses behind the ads
By Noel Murray March 5, 2013 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: March 1-3, 2013
By AV Club Staff March 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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Will Donald Trump’s real-life idiocy sink The Celebrity Apprentice?
By Joshua Alston March 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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Switched At Birth performs an episode entirely in sign language
By Emily St. James March 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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Out of a tailspin: 16 great shows that recovered from bum seasons
By Cory Casciato, Scott Tobias, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, David Sims, Noel Murray, Emily St. James March 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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Don’t just stand there and do nothing while the powers that be threaten to destroy Enlightened
By Erik Adams March 3, 2013 | 6:00am
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The power goes out as another season of Portlandia winds down
By Emily St. James March 1, 2013 | 6:00am
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Mae Whitman on TMNT, blending into Arrested Development, and acting with Coach Taylor
By Erik Adams March 1, 2013 | 6:00am
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The Common Cult chronicles growing pains, Lovecraft-style
By Erik Adams February 28, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Sure, Community has changed… but it’s aging like any other sitcom
By Joel Keller February 28, 2013 | 6:00am
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Legit prepares you to welcome Andy Dick back into your living room—and your heart
By Erik Adams February 28, 2013 | 6:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with Boston's Finest
By Amelie Gillette February 27, 2013 | 6:00pm
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10 episodes that made The Larry Sanders Show one of the best comedies of the ’90s
By Kyle Ryan February 27, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Another season of Top Chef ends with those wacky chefs trying to get on top
By Emily St. James February 27, 2013 | 6:00am
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No accounting for The Taste: The taming of Anthony Bourdain
By Noel Murray February 27, 2013 | 6:00am
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DirectTV’s ad campaign wants to make you hate cable as much as it does
By Noel Murray February 26, 2013 | 6:00am
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CBS hopes Golden Boy will strike, er, some sort of precious metal
By Erik Adams February 26, 2013 | 6:00am
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Say goodbye to Bunheads, then wait to find out if you will get more of it
By Emily St. James February 25, 2013 | 6:00am
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Enlightened is TV’s best show right now—and it needs more viewers
By Emily St. James February 25, 2013 | 6:00am
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The A.V. Club’s Oscar coverage is a dream come true—there are so many people to thank…
By Erik Adams February 24, 2013 | 6:00am
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The Walking Dead is TV’s biggest show by at least one metric
By Erik Adams February 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Our Twilight Zone reviews return in the most ironic way possible! (Okay, they just return)
By Emily St. James February 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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Daniel Knauf tells us his plan for the end of Carnivàle
By Emily St. James February 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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Fictional foods we want to try
By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Scott Von Doviak, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Sarah Collins, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski February 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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Pre-Star Wars, Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman were beacons for young nerds
By Noel Murray February 21, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Daniel Knauf opens up about Carnivàle’s long, weird journey (1 of 2)
By Emily St. James February 21, 2013 | 6:00am
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Realizing there’s only so much February sweeps left, Parks And Recreation throws another surprise wedding
By Erik Adams February 21, 2013 | 6:00am
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Linda Cardellini on Freaks And Geeks, ER, and homewrecking
By Claire Zulkey February 21, 2013 | 6:00am
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Suburgatory offers you all the T-ball you need to get through this dark, baseball-less time
By Emily St. James February 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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Neil Flynn on The Middle, switching from drama to comedy, and his many Cop #1 roles
By Will Harris February 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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“I forget who I am—who am I?”: 23-plus alter egos of sitcom characters
By Nathan Rabin, Josh Modell, Erik Adams, Noel Murray, Emily St. James, Genevieve Koski February 20, 2013 | 6:00am
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You don’t know what you got ’til it’s Go On
By Erik Adams February 19, 2013 | 6:00am
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Second Opinions Week continues with not-your-usual How I Met Your Mother reviewer
By Emily St. James February 18, 2013 | 6:00am
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Why shows like The Following cheapen violence and diminish its power
By Emily St. James February 18, 2013 | 6:00am
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Tom Hanks vs. the Fonz: 35-plus Oscar nominees in weird TV guest spots
By Noah Cruickshank, Carrie Raisler, Molly Eichel, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, David Sims, Robert David Sullivan, Emily St. James, Alasdair Wilkins, Farihah Zaman, Dennis Perkins February 18, 2013 | 6:00am
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Assuming you didn’t pirate it months ago, here’s your chance to see how the third season of Downton Abbey ends
By Erik Adams February 17, 2013 | 6:00am
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In a different timeline, Community’s doing much better
By Erik Adams February 15, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Anthony Edwards on Zero Hour, ER, and being Top Gun’s “Mr. Lefty Liberal Peace Lover”
By Will Harris February 15, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Why Scandal beats House Of Cards at its own game
By Ryan McGee February 15, 2013 | 6:00am
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Watch Gravity Falls while you can, for it will surely leave you all over again
By Emily St. James February 15, 2013 | 6:00am
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Will you accept Burning Love’s hose?
By Erik Adams February 14, 2013 | 7:30pm
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The debut of Zero Hour confirms prophecies about The Season of The Cape
By Erik Adams February 14, 2013 | 6:00am
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How Person Of Interest captures the national post-post-9/11 mood
By Phil Dyess-Nugent February 14, 2013 | 6:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with The Jenny McCarthy Show
By Amelie Gillette February 13, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Does the experience of watching voice actors change animation?
By Molly Eichel February 13, 2013 | 6:00am
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10 episodes that take viewers into the depths of The Twilight Zone
By Noel Murray February 13, 2013 | 6:00am
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TNT makes Wednesday that much more complicated by adding Southland to it
By Emily St. James February 13, 2013 | 6:00am
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The state of Justified is strong, give or take a foot
By Erik Adams February 12, 2013 | 6:48am
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DuckTales invented a new animated wonderland—that quickly disappeared
By Emily St. James February 11, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: February 8-10, 2013
By AV Club Staff February 11, 2013 | 6:00am
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Regular Show had to move an hour-and-a-half earlier to become the top pick
By Emily St. James February 11, 2013 | 6:00am
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The Office shows the pitfalls of fake reality becoming “real”
By Myles McNutt February 11, 2013 | 6:00am
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When the Grammys face off with The Walking Dead, who will win—and what will be left of them?
By Erik Adams February 10, 2013 | 6:00am
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Elementary beholds the awesome power of a popular sporting event
By Erik Adams February 8, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The great HBO show you’re not watching and 4 more can’t-miss entertainments
By Sean O'Neal, Josh Modell, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson, Scott Tobias February 8, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Could Netflix’s programming strategy kill the golden age of TV?
By Emily St. James February 8, 2013 | 6:00am
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This Saturday night (live), NBC aims to make you a Belieber
By Emily St. James February 8, 2013 | 6:00am
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Community returns—unless it doesn’t
By Erik Adams February 7, 2013 | 6:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with Top Chef: The Cruise
By Amelie Gillette February 6, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Tonight's Supernatural features Hitler somehow, so we're naturally recommending it
By Emily St. James February 6, 2013 | 6:00am
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Eco-Friendly Case File #33: The Goode Family
By Nathan Rabin February 6, 2013 | 6:00am
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Raising Hope’s Lucas Neff on starting stand-up and how his show apes The Simpsons
By Erik Adams February 5, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Smash returns, belting the words it knows every TV fan wants to hear: “TWO-HOUR PREMIÈRE!”
By Erik Adams February 5, 2013 | 6:00am
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Patrick Warburton on Rules Of Engagement, Seinfeld, and why Family Guy upsets his parents
By Erik Adams February 4, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The good, the bad, and the Go Daddy: Super Bowl commercials 2013
By Noel Murray, Scott Tobias February 4, 2013 | 5:00pm
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New Girl’s kiss was thrilling, but it kills another “friendship ’ship”
By Emily St. James February 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: February 1-3, 2013
By AV Club Staff February 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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If you know what's good for you, you'll watch Switched At Birth
By Emily St. James February 4, 2013 | 6:00am
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Put Elementary in, coach! (And other sports metaphors!)
By Erik Adams February 3, 2013 | 6:00am
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Once upon a midnight dreary, The Following made all other shows look weak and weary
By Erik Adams February 1, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The Neighbors’ Dan Fogelman on turning a critical flop into “an unstoppable beast”
By Will Harris February 1, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Community’s return, a murder doc, and this week’s 3 other can’t-miss entertainments
By Nathan Rabin, Josh Modell, Erik Adams, Kyle Ryan, Marah Eakin February 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Pop culture too extensive to start
By Nathan Rabin, Cory Casciato, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Scott Tobias, Joel Keller, Sarah Collins, Noel Murray, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson February 1, 2013 | 6:00am
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Is Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood the greatest television show ever made?
By Emily St. James February 1, 2013 | 6:00am
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Watch all of House Of Cards in one sitting, then blink in terror at the sun
By Emily St. James February 1, 2013 | 6:00am
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The Lizzie Bennet Diaries finds a new way to present a 200-year old story
By Erik Adams January 31, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The appeal of The Avengers’ stylish, lascivious vision of Britishness
By Noel Murray January 31, 2013 | 6:00pm
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How 30 Rock’s well-plotted final season echoes The Mary Tyler Moore Show
By Emily St. James January 31, 2013 | 6:00am
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The 30 Rock finale is tonight? Blergh!
By Erik Adams January 31, 2013 | 6:00am
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Jeremy Irons on Shakespeare, The Simpsons, and enjoyable inconsistencies
By Will Harris January 31, 2013 | 6:00am
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10 episodes that make the argument for SCTV as one of TV’s all-time greats
By Phil Dyess-Nugent January 30, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Super Bowl commercials
By Amelie Gillette January 30, 2013 | 6:00pm
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In Soviet Russia, FX's The Americans watches you
By Emily St. James January 30, 2013 | 6:00am
