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October 6th, 2008

Worst Week: 1.02 ‘The Bird’ Recap

Original Air Date: September 29, 2008
I’m sensing possible issues ahead for Worst Week because the second episode is nowhere near as funny as the series pilot. Hopefully, the difference is just a fluke.
Realizing he’ll probably never make any headway with her father, Sam decides to focus all of his energy and charm on Mel’s […]

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September 23rd, 2008

Worst Week: 1.01 ‘Pilot’ Recap

Original Air Date: September 22, 2008
If the premiere episode indicates what’s to come, CBS definitely has a new hit comedy in Worst Week. The best part is the lead character Sam Briggs (Kyle Bornheimer), who is so not the totally clumsy buffoon promos led me to believe he is. Instead, Sam is a […]

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May 16th, 2008

New CBS Sitcom First Look: Worst Week

The single-camera sitcom Worst Week revolves around entertainment magazine editor Sam Briggs (Kyle Bornheimer of Jericho), who tries his hardest to impress Dick (That ’70s Show’s Kurtwood Smith) and Angela (My Name is Earl’s Nancy Lenehan), the parents of his girlfriend Melanie Clayton (Erinn Hayes of Kitchen Confidential and The Winner).
Unfortunately, in addition to being […]

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April 4th, 2008

Larry the Cable Guy: Morning Constitutions on a Saturday Night

Ahhh — another weekend, another Comedy Central special by someone from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.
This Saturday night, it’s Larry the Cable Guy’s turn to simultaneously wow and disgust viewers with his sure to be at least mildly funny tales of his Morning Constitutions.
Does everyone even know what “morning constitutions” are? If you do, […]

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April 4th, 2008

30 Rock, Dexter, and The Colbert Report, Peabody Winners All

Who needs an Emmy when you can have a Peabody Award? Although the first award gets tons more coverage and fanfare in the general entertainment industry and among the general public, it’s the second honor that seems to generate the most respect and admiration among TV-industry insiders.
That fact might have something to do with […]

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March 9th, 2008

Reno 911!: 5.7 ‘Episode 507’ Recap

Original Air Date: February 27, 2008
NOTE: This series and recap contain very mature themes and language.
TRAVIS JUNIOR attempts to rig mailboxes with precision, French-made paint bombs to deter kids who drive around knocking the boxes down with baseball bats. He promptly drops the first bomb when he picks it up, however, unleashing waves of […]

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February 24th, 2008

Cable Comedy Series Post-Strike

ABC Family
Greek

Second half of first season (12 episodes) premieres on March 24
Complete first season will have 22 episodes
RENEWED for a 12-episode second season on February 14

AMC
Breaking Bad

Currently airing its 9-episode first season
Has not been renewed for a second season

Hustle

Currently on hiatus
Completed its fourth season on May 23
Complete fourth season has 6 episodes
Has not been renewed […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Reno 911!: 5.6 ‘Episode 506’ Recap

Original Air Date: February 20, 2008
NOTE: This series and recap contain very mature themes and language.
Every officer in the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department is called to a local high school, where there’s a pipe-bomb scare. Luckily for everyone around, the Sheriff’s Department has a hi-tech bomb robot that was made all the way in […]

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February 17th, 2008

Reno 911!: 5.5 ‘Episode 505’ Recap

Original Air Date: February 13, 2008
NOTE: This series and recap contain very mature themes and language.
All of the deputies are psyched because it’s the day they get to sell delicious Coconut Nut Clusters to help support the Sheriff’s Athletics League. Although DANGLE reminds everyone that the door-to-door sale isn’t a competition, whoever moves the […]

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January 17th, 2008

Reno 911!: 5.1 ‘Episode 501’ Recap

Original Air Date: January 16, 2008
NOTE: This series and recap contain very mature themes and language.
The fifth-season premiere picks up right where the fourth-season finale left off, in WIEGEL’s hospital room after she had the baby and declared she knows who his father is.
It turns out that GARCIA wasn’t stealing DANGLE’s would-be husband. Instead, […]

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