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Review: 'Bad Teacher' pleasantly softens as a CBS sitcom
Based on the 2011 Cameron Diaz film of the same name, "Bad Teacher" is something of a novelty on CBS, a single-camera comedy in a sea of old-fashioned multicamera, feel-the-hilarity sitcoms like "The Big Bang Theory," "Two Broke Girls" and "Mike & Molly." ("The Crazy Ones," whose time slot "Bad Teacher" will occupy, cracked that mold this season but did not break it.) Nevertheless, and for all the studied outrageousness of its model, it tells a now-familiar, deceptively sweet tale of the unruly force that brings its own kind of order and relief. And if it's a more conventional formulation than the film's, it's...
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'Bad Teacher' and 'Unforgettable' set for CBS midseason premieres
CBS has set midseason premiere days for the new comedy "Bad Teacher" and returning drama "Unforgettable." "Bad Teacher," based on the 2011 film starring Cameron Diaz, will premiere April 24 at 9:30 p.m. after "The Crazy Ones" finishes its...
TV This Week Sept. 15 - 21: 'Great Performances' on PBS
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Friday TV Highlights: 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham' on Hallmark
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Summer Movie Sneaks complete list
The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks...
Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'The Mindy Project' on Fox.
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Kerry Washington: 'I'm the luckiest broad in Hollywood now'
Kerry Washington is looking pretty enviable on the cover of June's Elle magazine. The "Scandal" star is proclaimed by the fashion mag to be "the hottest woman on TV." The ABC political drama in which she plays White House PR maven Olivia...
Review: 'Peeples' a refreshing and warm romantic comedy
Tyler Perry is credited as a producer on "Peeples," but don't let that scare you away. Written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism, "Peeples" is witty, charming and light, standing apart from the heavy-handed moralizing of so many of Perry's own...
Monday's TV Highlights: 'Revolution' on NBC
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The comedy 'Peeples' marks a turning point for actor, director
First impressions can be tricky. That's one of the lessons painfully and humorously driven home by the upcoming comedy "Peeples," starring Craig Robinson as an ordinary guy who crashes his girlfriend's posh family weekend in the Hamptons...
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The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival returns for its fourth year, featuring screenings, panel discussions, a screenwriting competition, nightly parties and a closing awards ceremony. Gary Anthony Williams guarantees laughs.
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Tony Awards 2012: The complete nominees and winners list
Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted): Play "Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris WINNER "Other Desert Cities," Jon Robin...
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