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2016
Jul
28
 
 
It wasn’t guys with rhymes who started hip-hop. It was guys with turntables, extracting five seconds of the beat from five minutes of a song...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
27
 
 
Netflix is on track to rule the world, says Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. At least the television world... but still won't share viewer numbers...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
27
 
 
The beloved Gilmore Girls will finally return to television on Nov. 25 – and it might not be for the last time...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
27
 
 
Those of us who grew up listening to the Beatles may take a deep breath when we overhear the grandchildren watching the colorful and charming new Netflix series Beat Bugs...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
25
 
 
Jon Stewart arose from TV retirement last week (and from underneath Stephen Colbert’s desk at The Late Show) to let loose one of his trademark rants...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
24
 
 
Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel (FNC) since its launch nearly 20 years ago, resigned in disgrace Thursday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
24
 
 
We are so sorry, but BEST BETS continue to be offline. We will return soon with more picks for your nightly viewing. Thank you for your patience...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
20
 
 
Thinking back on the late Garry Marshall’s work, which is what we do when a valuable artist dies, you become even more impressed when you realize he took the harder road to both comedy and romantic comedy...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
20
 
 
With Garry Marshall’s passing, we fondly recall his contribution to the optimistic side of television writing and directing and how that time may never return. One of Marshall’s shows also contributed to TV lexicography, although obviously, not intentionally..
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jul
20
 
 
Sometimes, when you watch a program is just as telling as whether you chose to watch in the first place...