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2013
Oct
23
 
 
No one cares about the number of episodes a series produces like the program production company itself, because reaching 100 remains, at least for now, a magic number – the number generally required for a lucrative syndication deal to cable or off-network sales. Streaming venues are changing that a bit, but for now, reaching 100 episodes is still a big deal. And tonight, the Heck family reaches that milestone, with another episode of a comedy that has never gotten its due, but always is wo
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
23
 
 
The Boston Red Sox get home-field advantage for Game 1 against the St. Louis Cardinals. Jon Lester, 15-8, takes the mound for Boston, and Adam Wainwright, 19-9, gets the ball for St. Louis. Given the pitching duels, and pace of play, in the playoffs for these respective teams, set your recorders for extra time if you’re not watching live.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
23
 
 
Nathan Lane returns as Pepper, and he’s only one of many giddy guest stars peppering tonight’s wedding-preparations episode of Modern Family, with Cam and Mitchell (Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson) planning for their official big day.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
23
 
 
This series celebrates episode number 300 tonight, with a plot that has the crew revisiting an unsolved murder from 13 years ago. And that’s when CSI began broadcasting its episodes – which is why it’s especially apt that one of the original cast members, Marg Helgenberger, returns to help solve this very cold case. And reuniting with Jorja Fox as well…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
23
 
 
As we get closer to Halloween, do you need any other reason to tune in to TV’s scariest weekly series? (Well, other than Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.) Tonight, Fiona selects someone else to mentor – and it’s by no means an obvious choice.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
23
 
 
First there was an obit in the local paper and now, a group in Albuquerque is burying Breaking Bad character Walter White. Literally...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
23
 
 
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- if you tunnel your vision through department stores and three holi-dazed cable TV networks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
22
 
 
The fifth episode in this series, premiering tonight, is called “Girl in the Flower Dress” – and here she is. Who she is, and why the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents follow her around the world, is better left a surprise. Especially since, until I see the show, I don’t know the answers to those questions myself.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
22
 
 
The Halloween episodes of this cable series have become a sort of mini-tradition, because the writers always seem to find ways to put the leading ladies into imaginative costumes and dispatch them to parties fraught with dangers. This year, the party they’re crashing, as part of their latest investigation, takes place in a graveyard – and their costumes of choice are perhaps best described as gaudy Edwardian.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2013
Oct
22
 
 
Zooey Deschanel, as Jess, seems to have a preference for dressing up in costumes usually associated with men. Remember the wedding she attended as Elvis? Well, for tonight’s Halloween episode, she takes on a character from the Batman universe. Batgirl? Poison Ivy? Catwoman? Nah. Jess is donning the cowl of the Caped Crusader himself…