Pop & Hiss
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July 14, 2011
Television
TV or not TV. . . .
Sept. 24, 1991
Women deserve better than TV’s murder and mayhem shows
March 3, 2014
Even without Ed Sullivan, Motown’s girl groups and a host of other ‘60s pop music stars long absent from the Billboard charts are hitting it big again in prime time.
Feb. 21, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
A rural general store is the home base for the Big Bag (Cartoon Network, Sunday at 6 a.m.), a one-hour, weekly program designed to show kids how to use their imaginations in problem-solving and social behaviors such as sharing, apologizing and keeping a promise.
June 2, 1996
Super Bowl 2014: ‘Puppy Bowl’ and ‘Puppy Love’ = true love always
Jan. 31, 2014
Critic’s notebook: ‘Big Love’ star Chloe Sevigny may be the best thing about the new series ‘Those Who Kill.’ But it’s disheartening that women aren’t finding meaty roles in shows that don’t involve serial killers.
Company Town
HBO’s highly anticipated finale of “Game of Thrones” on Sunday was the most watched program in the premium cable network’s history, with 19.3 million viewers.
May 20, 2019
Every year, network programmers flit about like skittish party hosts, having spent a lot of the company’s money to throw a big shindig without much certainty whether anyone will show up.
Oct. 10, 2000
TV sets equipped with the V-chip gizmo are now in stores, but there have been no reports of a mad stampede by consumers to snap them up.
Sept. 13, 1999