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Happy Thanksgiving – Enjoy Some Turkey & TV

By Jamie Paton on Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving y’all. I’ve got a lot of things to be thankful for this year – and no, those things are not TV related (I do have a life outside of the box), but in the spirit of this blog – here’s some entertainment for your turkey filled day.

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The 2012 Halloween Episode Rundown

By Jamie Paton on Thursday, October 18, 2012

Trick or Treat! Halloween is almost here, which of course means it’s time for your favorite characters to get all dressed up for this season’s Halloween episodes. To help plan out your fall-holiday viewing, here’s a rundown of upcoming Halloween specials: ABC Family’s annual 13 Nights of Halloween kicks off this Friday, October 19th. Special …

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A Preview Of New Fall TV Series

By Jamie Paton on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The fall TV season is quickly approaching but if you are like me, it can’t come soon enough. Summer series are winding down leaving giant gaps in my prime time schedule, but thankfully NBC and FOX are offering some pilot episodes early! Nothing on tonight? Head on over to Hulu.com to sample some of this …

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NBC Schedule Drops Community, What Now?

By Jamie Paton on Sunday, November 27, 2011

NBC’s been on the receiving end of a lot of questions and criticism for their upcoming mid-season TV schedule; however, this time it’s not because of some new show that looks terrible. Instead, all of the flak is coming from what’s not there – it seems that Community didn’t quite make the grade this time …

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NBC Adds To Season 3 of Parenthood

By Jamie Paton on Saturday, October 1, 2011

NBC just extended Parenthood‘s season three to 18 episodes. While that’s not a typical 22-episode order, the addition of two episodes just three weeks into the current TV season is certainly a showing of good faith. Parenthood is loosely based off the 1989 movie of the same name starring Steve Martin, but the series was reconceived …

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Mid-Mid-Season Replacements

By Jamie Paton on Thursday, March 31, 2011

Here we go again; for cable channels April is just another month during their year-round programming, but for broadcast networks April is a last ditch effort to launch new shows when others have failed. Here are four shows that are either returning or premiering that may end up taking some more of your free time. …

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Parks & Recreation: “You had me at meat tornado.”

By Jamie Paton on Sunday, January 30, 2011

Fair warning – this is pretty much going to be a Parks & Recreation love fest, so read on if you either like the show too or are willing to put up with my stream of consciousness / constant praise. Hell, Parks & Recreation makes me almost wish I worked for the local government, although …

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Community: “Christmas…it can mean whatever we want.”

By Jamie Paton on Friday, December 24, 2010

“You do, of course, have a constitutional right to lend this season the significance of your choosing in any of our designated holiday zones.” Last year Community celebrated a few holidays throughout their first season, including Christmas / Hanukkah. But in terms of holiday-centric episodes nothing quite compares to their most recent installment, “Abed’s Uncontrollable …

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Scrubs: “You know I’m hearing it now, it is kind of annoying when I talk.”

By Jamie Paton on Sunday, February 21, 2010

Scrubs has been really funny this season, even more so, when JD is not present. I just wanted to put that statement out there, before I get any further along, since this is where I am headed with this entry. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti JD and when I initially read that Scrubs …