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Tube Talk: Conan signs $32.5 million exit deal, his final Tonight Show likely Jan. 22

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer When NBC announced they were canceling Jay Leno’s abysmal nightly primetime series and giving him a half-hour
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January 21, 2010 | Also published in Happening Now> Tube Talk | 1 Comment

Tube Talk: Human Target features many familiar faces

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer When Fox previews its new series, Human Target, Jan. 17, you’ll probably think the lead actor looks
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January 13, 2010 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: Chuck returns after ‘Finale and Footlong’ campaign

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Longtime readers will know that NBC’s comic spy caper Chuck is one of my favorite shows. Following
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January 6, 2010 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: Old and new shows for a New Year

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Along with the New Year come new shows. Some really are new, like Food Network’s Worst Cooks
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December 30, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: Golden Globe’s TV nominees

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer As a big-time Gleek, I’m actually excited that the Hollywood Foreign Press has recognized Fox’s surprise hit,
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December 23, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: Tuning in some holiday spirit

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Now that my halls are decked, and we’re under the first winter storm watch of the season,
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December 9, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: TNT’s smart programming warms up December

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Once again, The Closer returns to TNT in December. This year, it’s with three brand-new episodes wrapping
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December 2, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: USA’s Monk no more

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer It’s almost hard to remember USA Network prior to the 2002 debut of Monk. The series single-handedly
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: New take on daytime stars

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer A few weeks ago, news broke that James Franco—best known for his film roles in Milk, Spider-Man
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November 18, 2009 | Also published in Online Exclusives> Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: News, weather and what?

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Why do so many specialty cable channels feel the need to expand their programming? MTV and VH1
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November 4, 2009 | Also published in Online Exclusives> Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: Celebrate Halloween by dressing up as a TV character

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Halloween is nearly here, which means millions of people are trying to decide what they want to
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October 13, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk> Vibe Entertainment News | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: South Park enters its teens with 13th season

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer If you thought loudmouth bully Eric Cartman couldn’t act any worse, imagine America’s most obnoxious child as
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October 7, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk> Vibe Entertainment News | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: A Week of Discovery

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer The first week of October will be spectacular for area fans of Discovery Channel. Not only does
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September 30, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk> Vibe Entertainment News | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: A different kind of House

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Fans of House will recall seeing our favorite anti-hero, Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), checking himself into
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September 16, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: How can we afford home improvements as seen on TV when property taxes keep going up?

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer I love almost everything about this time of year. For me, the way the angle of the
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September 9, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk> Vibe Entertainment News | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: Be a Gleek

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer Fox tried something unusual when they decided to preview the pilot episode of the new fall musical
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September 2, 2009 | Also published in Online Exclusives> Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Learning the lessons of reality TV

By Paula Hendrickson Contributing Writer I’m not really big into reality shows, but the foodie in me enjoys Bravo’s Top Chef. Well,
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August 19, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | Comments (0)

Tube Talk: Mad about Mad Men

I remember it very clearly. A couple years ago, this package—about the size of a shirt box—was delivered to my
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August 12, 2009 | Also published in Online Exclusives> Tube Talk | 1 Comment

Tube Talk: Late-night wars: O’Brien, Letterman and Kimmel

Now that Conan O’Brien is settling in as the new host of The Tonight Show, it’s time to weigh in
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July 29, 2009 | Also published in Tube Talk | 1 Comment

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