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The End of "The Nanny"
This week, primetime TV says goodbye to the rare sitcom that focuses on Jewish humor, culture, and idiosyncrasies.
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Anything, Anytime, Anywhere – The Goodies
"The Goodies" is described by its fans as the greatest British comedy series of them all - and yet it's curiously forgotten by just about everyone. Except of course, on the World Wide Web.
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Corner Gas, Saskatchewan's Sitcom
Corner Gas is a Canadian sitcom set in Saskatchewan. It's like Seinfeld and Friends without the New York part. Very funny, very real, very Canadian.
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I Married a Space Alien
A space alien and a San Francisco Goth teen make strange bedfellows.
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Lennie Weinrib (1935 - 2006)
Voice actor for Voltron, H.R. Pufnstuf, and Scrappy-Doo passed away at a Chilean hospital.
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Some Men
The comedic antics of some gay Manhattanites are detailed in Eric Mordenn's "Some Men Are Lookers"
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A Salute To TV Dads, Past
This week we pay tribute to television dads past and present. Take a stroll down memory lane as we look at the best tv dads of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.

TV Dads, Past and Present
In honor of Father's Day, a look at tv dads, past and present.
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A Salute to TV Dads, Past and Present
In honor of Father's Day, this week Suite101.Com takes a look at TV dads, past and present.

Helpful Humor for Illness
No matter what your medical condition, you need to use humor to get through the stressful times. Find ways to add a little laughter to lighten your load......
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'Big Trouble'-- Funny, But Not Cast's Best Work
A review of the Touchstone Pictures' comedy, "Big Trouble." The film, which was postponed after the September 11 attacks, was finally released nation-wide April 5. Amongst its all-star cast: Tim Allen, Tom Sizemore, Jason Lee and Janeane Garofalo.
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Baftas, Doctor Who, News Tidbits
News about Doctor Who, John Thaw, the Baftas, Eastenders, UFO,Men Behaving Badly and more
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Baseball Negotiations May Go Into Extra Innings
This week we look at the state of negotiations for the broadcast rights go major league baseball; the top ten internet sites devoted to tv shows; the top ten rated cable networks; this week in television history and my television viewing recommendations for the week.
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Dinosaurs DVD bonuses
Here's what to expect in the second and final installment of The Jim Henson Company's Dinosaurs DVD's.
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DVD Review: Click and Clack As the Wrench Turns
PBS's Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns unsuccessfully tries to bring the Magliozzi Brothers' Car Talk to a sitcom format. 3/10.
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Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers:Arguably the greatest sit-com ever!
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Is The Office Jumping the Shark?
Interest in the US TV show "The Office" has grown as a result of its characters' inability to get together. Will viewing audiences tune in if they manage to get together?
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PBS Series Takes Hard Look At Terrorism In Middle East
The PBS documentary series "Frontline" takes a probing look at terrorism and the Middle East; the Fall Classic returns on FOX; This week is the 50th Anniversary of the premiere of "I Love Lucy"; Enter my trivia contest about "The Simpsons."
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The Good Life (Good Neighbors)
The Good Life - Classic BBC Comedy starring Felicity Kendal
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The Mighty Boosh - Series Three
Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt return with a triumphant third series of the weirdly inventive comedy show The Mighty Boosh. What can we expect from the boys this time?
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What Happened To TV Sitcoms??????
How TV sitcoms have changed over the past ten years. What has happened to all the good ones?
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ABC and CBS Unveil Their New Fall Television Schedules
This week we look at the new fall series planned for ABC and CBS. We also remember SEINFELD in our regular feature, "This week in television history."
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ABC, CBS Announce New Schedules
ABC and CBS have announced their new fall schedules. Here is a look at what is in store for viewers come fall.
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Alternative Venues- a Game Pad World
Alternative venues to write movie/game scripts for. Why your Playstation 2 or X-box may be your break out platform.
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Black History Month Gives Us Reason To Look Back At TV History
This week we take a capsulized look at the contributions of Black Americans in U.S. Television from the 1950s to the present.
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C-SPAN Is Declared The Winner In Election Coverage
When it comes to politics, no network does it like C-SPAN; Will FOX strike out with a subway series?; This week in television history; a reivew of THE DISTRICT; Play the CHARLIE'S ANGELS trivia contest.
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Fall Television Preview 2003
This article discusses crime programs slotted to air in the fall of 2003.
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Networks Start To Think About Next Season
News and notes from the world of television including updates on <i>THIRD WATCH, WEST WING</i> and <i>LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT</i>. Also, my television viewing picks for the week of March 18th.
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PBS Fundraisers Try to Hit the Right Note
Get a preview of some of the outstanding musical programs coming to PBS in March. Our "webb" site of the week features Jack Webb. This week in television history looks back at "Valerie" and "The Hogan Family."
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Television in the Fifties
The start of a series looking at Television over the last five decades as it enters the new millennium - the 1950s brought technological advancement, and a series of 'firsts'.
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The Closet
Review of French comedy, The Closet, directed by Francis Veber
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Thora Hird – A National Treasure
Suite 101 pays tribute to actress and broadcaster Thora Hird, whose regular appearances on TV and radio over six decades turned her into a national treasure.
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TV Series: My Little Margie
Widower Vern Albright (Charles Farrell) has his hands full with headstrong daughter Margie (Gale Storm) in the popular 1950s situation comedy, My Little Margie.
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And Now - Even More Words From Our Sponsor
Commercial breaks are longer than ever; Baseball is back on television; FATHER KNOWS BEST is featured in this week in television history; my television viewing picks for the week.
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Baftas | DVD Wishlists | Changing Rooms | BBC2 Grows Up
TV Bafta winners, DVD Wishlists for comedy and mystery, Changing Rooms,The Wimbleton Poisoner, BB2 grows up.
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Fawlty Towers DVD | Halloween | Black Cab | Mr. Bean Toons
Fawlty Towers on DVD, Halloween on BBC America, Black Cab, Mr. Bean Toons, Time Team
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First Came MTM
MTM Enterprises was a groundbreaking production company that laid the foundations on which much of today's quality TV drama is based. Suite101 examines a broacasting icon.
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Growing Up During the Cold War
A tongue-in-cheek, sometimes sardonic, look at how I grew up during the Cold War.
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History of Britain | BAFTAs | Nyree Dawn Porter | Coupling | DVD
Simon Scham's A History of Britain, new BBC America comedy Coupling, Bafta nominees announced, In Memoriam The Forsyte Saga's Nyree Dawn Porter, Wives and Daughters and Traffik come to DVD
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Lee Evans, Murder in Mind, Gwen Taylor, Top of the Pops
BBC America's new series and specials, reviews of Barbera, Lee Evans' So What Now? and Top of the Pops finally comes to the USA!
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Lysistrata
Abstinence makes the heart take over the Akropolis.
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The bfi TV 100
The British Film Institue chooses the best of British Television
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The Perils of the TV Watcher
TV-Turnoff week takes place at the end of April every year - Suite101 examines if turning off your TV or radio may - or may not - be a good thing.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Hal Roach Presents His Rascals
In celebratrion of The Little Rascals returning to television on American Movie Classics, I present a concise history of the the Our Gang series (aka The Little Rascals).
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Notes From a Local Theatre
Simple Ideas to Make Connections with Audiences
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Television as a Cultural Forum: An Analysis of "Dharma and Greg"
Guest contributor and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Amanda Wilson analyzes <i>Dharma and Greg</i> in terms of Newcomb and Hirsch's notion of television as a "cultural forum."
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