8/09/11 10:00AM
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From 1995 to 1999, I was in Charlottesville, Virginia, attending graduate school and living in a furnished…
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8/02/11 10:00AM
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We have reached the penultimate installment of this set of recaps, considerations, analyses, and celebrations. I’m…
7/26/11 10:00AM
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The premise of this entire NewsRadio TV Club Classic endeavor is to figure out why this unassuming little sitcom…
7/19/11 10:00AM
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“Assistant” (season 5 episode 15, original airdate 2/16/99)
7/12/11 10:00AM
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Portrait of a television show in its twilight season. Wondering what legacy it will leave. Resentful of passing…
7/05/11 10:00AM
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“Stinkbutt” (season 5 episode 11, original airdate 1/5/99)
Okay, now I’m starting to see it. There is something sad…
6/28/11 10:00AM
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"Boston" (season 5 episode 9, original airdate 12/9/98)
6/21/11 10:00AM
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“The Lam” (season 5 episode 7, original airdate 11/11/98)
I have a theory about trilogies: The second installment is…
6/14/11 10:00AM
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“Flowers for Matthew” (season 5, episode 5; originally aired 10/28/98)
In which Matthew gets smart.
Workplace…
6/07/11 10:00AM
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“Lucky Burger” (season 5, episode 3; originally aired 10/14/98)
5/31/11 10:00AM
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So we’ve come to the beginning of the end. In between seasons four and five, Phil Hartman was killed. Tragedy and…
8/10/10 10:00AM
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So what is funny?
It’s the question we’ve been asking ever since this reconsideration of NewsRadio began three years…
8/03/10 10:00AM
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with Walt — at least with Walt as an idea. He’s just The New Guy, and The New Guy…
7/27/10 10:00AM
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A sitcom, like any other cultural institution, is a set of conventions. We sit in front of the TV with certain…
7/20/10 10:00AM
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It’s time to talk about Matthew. And that means it’s time to talk about Andy Dick. I’ve known this day would come…
7/13/10 10:00AM
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This week’s pair of episodes wraps up a lengthy story arc and returns to stand-alone episodes. Out in the real world…
7/06/10 10:00AM
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In nearly all sitcoms set in the workplace, the characters’ actual work tends to fade into the background as the…
6/29/10 10:00AM
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When Andrea Planbee made Lisa the news director, she also rearranged the "situation" part of this situation comedy.…
6/22/10 10:00AM
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Conventions sometimes frustrate me to the point of physical distress. I'm not opposed to conventionality, not in…
6/15/10 10:00AM
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If you like Dave Foley reacting to things, have I got two episodes for you. While both "French Diplomacy" and "Pure…