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tv 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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music Love on the dole: 18 songs about being on government assistance
By Nathan Rabin, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Marah Eakin February 25, 2013 | 6:00am
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tv Enlightened: “No Doubt”
By Brandon Nowalk February 25, 2013 | 3:00am
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tv Shameless: “Cascading Failures”
By Joshua Alston February 25, 2013 | 3:00am
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tv The Walking Dead: “I Ain't A Judas”
By Zack Handlen February 25, 2013 | 3:00am
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tv Girls: “Video Games”
By Emily St. James February 25, 2013 | 2:30am
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tv The Simpsons (Classic): “Homer And Apu”
By Nathan Rabin February 24, 2013 | 8:00pm
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tv The 85th Annual Academy Awards
By Scott Tobias February 24, 2013 | 6:00pm
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tv 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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tv Young Justice: “The Hunt”
By Oliver Sava February 23, 2013 | 7:50pm
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tv The Twilight Zone: “Two”/“The Arrival”
By Zack Handlen February 23, 2013 | 6:00pm
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tv Spartacus: “Decimation”
By Ryan McGee February 23, 2013 | 3:00am
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aux Oscar anticipation reaches a zenith this week on The A.V. Club
By David Anthony, Andrea Battleground February 23, 2013 | 12:00am
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aux Nate Silver makes his Oscar predictions using the scientific formula of paying attention for the past few months
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 11:29pm
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aux Get Involved, Internet: Help make Cannibal Ox's long-awaited follow-up to The Cold Vein a reality
By Nathan Rabin February 22, 2013 | 10:10pm
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aux James Van Der Beek finds work after Don't Trust The B---- as a gynecologist tending to ladies' ------s
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 9:41pm
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aux R.I.P. Cleotha Staples, founding member of The Staple Singers
By Marah Eakin February 22, 2013 | 9:10pm
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film Dark Skies
By Scott Tobias February 22, 2013 | 9:10pm
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aux Ashton Kutcher made a reality show about young and old people living together, and you see where this is going
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 8:38pm
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aux Trent Reznor's How To Destroy Angels announces spring tour dates
By Marah Eakin February 22, 2013 | 7:50pm
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aux Mira Sorvino to get TV-married to Jim Gaffigan on CBS
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 7:34pm
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music A song about a machine gun and other oddities from the strange world of Very Small Records
By Kyle Ryan February 22, 2013 | 7:30pm
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aux Join us for an Academy Awards liveblog on Sunday
By Scott Tobias February 22, 2013 | 6:55pm
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aux Noted black leader Ted Nugent launches "Black Power" tour, to empower black people
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 6:49pm
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film How Oscar’s Best Picture nominees rub viewers’ noses in America’s dark past
By Emily St. James February 22, 2013 | 6:20pm
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tv 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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aux Watch Lance Bass, Susan Boyle, and The Village People degrade themselves for faux-mayonnaise
By Marah Eakin February 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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film A bloody good crime film, a stellar horror comic, and 3 more can’t-miss entertainments
By Sean O'Neal, Emily St. James, Scott Tobias, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski February 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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music Finally, an album of Danish versions of old country songs
By Kyle Ryan February 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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aux Young heroes get a big push in Nova and Vibe
By Oliver Sava February 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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tv House Of Cards: “Chapter 4”
By Ryan McGee February 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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aux Adam Sandler hoping to take his next movie vacation with Drew Barrymore
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 5:46pm
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aux Classic Hollywood horror films make for killer dresses in this psycho fashion show
By Genevieve Koski February 22, 2013 | 5:40pm
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aux Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z announce the humbly titled "Legends Of The Summer" stadium tour
By Marah Eakin February 22, 2013 | 5:20pm
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aux James Marsden joins the Anchorman sequel, presumably as Cyclops
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 4:54pm
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aux Megan Fox sets aside her problems with Michael Bay for the greater good of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
By Sean O'Neal February 22, 2013 | 4:32pm
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tv The Vampire Diaries: “Stand By Me”
By Rowan Kaiser February 22, 2013 | 11:30am
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tv Suits: “War”
By Kevin McFarland February 22, 2013 | 9:35am
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tv Project Runway: “A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock N Roll”
By Sonia Saraiya February 22, 2013 | 8:00am
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tv Portlandia: “No-Fo-O-Fo-Bridge”
By Dennis Perkins February 22, 2013 | 7:25am
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tv 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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tv Daniel Knauf tells us his plan for the end of Carnivàle
By Emily St. James February 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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film The Friends Of Eddie Coyle gives a late-career Robert Mitchum an extra set of knuckles
By Scott Tobias February 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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tv 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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aux Podcasters decamp to SF Sketchfest while Eddie Pepitone makes the rounds
By Genevieve Koski, Dan Telfer, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Maggie Serota, Steven Moore, Scott Tobias, Dan Fitchette, David Anthony, Austin Bernhardt, Oliver Sava, Scott Gordon, Colin Griffith, Matt Kodner, Claire Zulkey, D.X. Ferris February 22, 2013 | 6:00am
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tv Person Of Interest: “Relevance”
By Phil Dyess-Nugent February 22, 2013 | 5:30am
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tv Elementary: “Possibility Two”
By Myles McNutt February 22, 2013 | 5:15am
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tv Parks And Recreation: “Leslie And Ben”/“Correspondents’ Lunch”
By Steve Heisler February 22, 2013 | 4:20am
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tv Legit: “Family”
By Steve Heisler February 22, 2013 | 4:00am
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tv Archer: “Once Bitten”
By Zack Handlen February 22, 2013 | 3:30am
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tv The Big Bang Theory: “The Monster Isolation”
By Emily St. James February 22, 2013 | 3:10am
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tv Community: “Conventions Of Space And Time”
By Erik Adams February 22, 2013 | 1:30am
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aux FX renews The Americans, continuing the Cold War for at least another year
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2013 | 10:27pm
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aux Watch John Vanderslice riff with David Wain, Michael Ian Black, and Michael Showalter
By Marah Eakin February 21, 2013 | 10:15pm
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aux Law & Order: SVU - "Funny Valentine"
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2013 | 9:39pm
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aux Listen to an uncanny mashup of "Under The Sea" and "Ms. New Booty"
By Marah Eakin February 21, 2013 | 9:35pm
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aux Ted Leo and Aimee Mann team up, form a band together
By Marah Eakin February 21, 2013 | 8:50pm
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aux Justin Timberlake to just hang out at NBC for a week
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2013 | 8:36pm
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aux Watch John Hodgman shop willy-nilly at Amoeba Records
By Marah Eakin February 21, 2013 | 8:30pm
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aux After four agonizing months, Foo Fighters call off their hiatus
By Marah Eakin February 21, 2013 | 8:00pm
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aux Nielsen agrees that some people watch TV on things besides TVs, and maybe they should do something about that
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2013 | 7:52pm
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music “Pumped Up Kicks” sneaks eviscerating darkness into a danceable package
By Nathan Rabin February 21, 2013 | 7:30pm
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aux Yo La Tengo announces spring North American tour
By Marah Eakin February 21, 2013 | 7:20pm
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aux Steve Zahn to play another unstable know-it-all in Kyle Killen's next show
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2013 | 7:12pm
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aux Watch Fred Armisen cover TLC with help from members of Les Savy Fav and Yo La Tengo
By Noah Cruickshank February 21, 2013 | 6:45pm
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tv 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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aux Shia LaBeouf apologizes for LaBeef with Alec Baldwin by copying-and-pasting old Esquire article
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2013 | 5:44pm
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aux Almost a quarter of Alanis Morissette fans have had threesomes and more things The A.V. Club found out using a weird new website
By Marah Eakin February 21, 2013 | 4:35pm
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aux Will Arnett attempts escape to CBS sitcom, despite still being trapped within Up All Night's mangled body
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2013 | 4:12pm
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tv Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: “Rules Of Engagement”/“Hard Time”
By Zack Handlen February 21, 2013 | 4:00pm
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games Depression Quest (PC/Mac/Linux)
By Carli Velocci February 21, 2013 | 3:30pm
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tv Modern Family: “Bad Hair Day”
By Emily St. James February 21, 2013 | 11:00am
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tv Southland: “Heat”
By Kevin McFarland February 21, 2013 | 6:30am
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tv Supernatural: “Man’s Best Friend With Benefits”
By Phil Dyess-Nugent February 21, 2013 | 6:15am
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tv Top Chef: “Finale, Part 1”
By Emily Withrow February 21, 2013 | 6:15am
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film Snitch
By Nathan Rabin February 21, 2013 | 6:04am
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film Bless Me, Ultima
By Noel Murray February 21, 2013 | 6:03am
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film Inescapable
By Sam Adams February 21, 2013 | 6:02am
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film Red Flag
By Scott Tobias February 21, 2013 | 6:01am
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film Rubberneck
By Scott Tobias February 21, 2013 | 6:00am
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tv 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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tv 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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film A corporate whistleblower’s daily life lends dimension to the fact-based Silkwood
By Mike D'Angelo February 21, 2013 | 6:00am
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tv Linda Cardellini on Freaks And Geeks, ER, and homewrecking
By Claire Zulkey February 21, 2013 | 6:00am
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tv The Middle: “Winners And Losers”
By Alasdair Wilkins February 21, 2013 | 5:10am
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tv Suburgatory: “T-Ball And Sympathy”
By Claire Zulkey February 21, 2013 | 4:00am
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tv Kroll Show: “Dine & Dash”
By David Sims February 21, 2013 | 4:00am
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tv The Americans: “In Control”
By Libby Hill, Emily St. James February 21, 2013 | 4:00am
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tv Arrow: “Dodger”
By Phil Dyess-Nugent February 21, 2013 | 3:40am
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tv Workaholics: “High Art”
By Kevin McFarland February 21, 2013 | 3:30am
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tv Survivor: “Honey Badger”
By Carrie Raisler February 21, 2013 | 3:13am
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aux R.I.P. Richard Briers, British actor of The Good Life
By Christopher Bahn February 20, 2013 | 11:50pm
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aux R.I.P. Kevin Ayers, founding member of Soft Machine
By Marah Eakin February 20, 2013 | 11:45pm
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aux Patton Oswalt will be on Parks And Recreation
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 10:39pm
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aux FX developing a show set in the world of Hollywood stuntmen who don't chase fugitives in a cool pickup truck
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 10:04pm
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aux Shia LaBeouf also has creative differences with Broadway now
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 9:29pm
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aux Ben Affleck made a movie called “I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her On A Meathook And Now I Have A Three-Picture Deal At Disney,” and you can watch it
By Noah Cruickshank February 20, 2013 | 9:20pm
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aux Conan O'Brien to host White House Correspondents dinner, so maybe consider going this year
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 8:05pm
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music OBN III’s make garage-punk that’s best heard in a vacuum
By Erik Adams February 20, 2013 | 7:30pm
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aux M.I.A. claims the Grammys stole her ideas, art direction for Bob Marley tribute
By Marah Eakin February 20, 2013 | 7:30pm
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aux Today in Star Wars rumors: Mark Hamill says no one is officially signed to Star Wars yet, if you can believe Mark Hamill
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 7:17pm
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aux Mandy Moore trying again with another comedy pilot, bless her
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 6:12pm
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film This week we're barely putting up with The Academy Awards
By Amelie Gillette February 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
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film Jeffrey Combs on Re-Animator’s endurance, playing H.P. Lovecraft, and more
By Nathan Rabin February 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
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tv Slings And Arrows: “A Mirror Up To Nature”
By Emily St. James February 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
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aux CBS remaking Second Sight as a Jason Lee detective show
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 5:34pm
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aux Never mind, there will still be plenty of meat at that Morrissey show
By Sean O'Neal February 20, 2013 | 4:56pm
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aux Billy Corgan stumps for custom furniture, pro-wrestling in suitably insane local commercial
By Erik Adams February 20, 2013 | 4:36pm
