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Fall Guide to Good TV: The Guild

By Josh Jackson at 6:45 AM on October 14, 2009

WatchTheGuild.comIf fans of The Guild’s creator and star Felicia Day can be considered a cult following, that cult is quickly growing into a full-on religion. Her web series has been streamed more than 25 million times, and she’s already eclipsed the million-followers mark on Twitter. Not bad for a show about a group of online gamers that was considered too niche when the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress originally pitched it to the networks....  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Wainy Days

By Paste Staff at 6:44 AM on October 14, 2009

WainyDays.comIf dating in New York seems daunting, David Wain’s absurdist comedy series Wainy Days may terrify. Wain (writer/director of Role Models) plays himself serial dating his way through Manhattan. His suave pickups (“Champagne usually knots up my colon, but let’s throw caution to the wind!”) somehow always work, but rarely last past the first night....  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Ctrl

By Paste Staff at 6:43 AM on October 14, 2009

NBC.com/Ctrl Arrested Development’s Tony Hale stars in a new NBC web series about a beaten-down office worker with a very literal keyboard—CTRL Z creates a real-life do-over, CTRL B gives him boldness. But these newfound quickly get out of control....  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Alive in Baghdad

By Paste Staff at 6:42 AM on October 14, 2009

AliveInBaghdad.orgIn 2005, Brian Conley launched Alive in Baghdad as a counter-point to the soundbyte-driven news coverage of the American occupation of Iraq. The series features weekly video vignettes about daily life in the country, told from the civilian perspective. As our collective attention has shifted away from the war, funding problems have slowed the series' production to a halt, but the 150+ archived episodes are worth checking out....  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: The Roots on Jimmy Fallon

By Jay Sweet at 6:41 AM on October 14, 2009

Weeknights at 12:35 p.m. on NBCAs the the house band for Jimmy Fallon, the hardest working hip-hop band in the world takes a much deserved break from incessant touring for the comforts of 30 Rockefeller. We talked to the band’s co-founder and drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson on the show’s 100th episode, and here’s what he had to say about his new gig: ...  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Embedded

By Paste Staff at 6:40 AM on October 14, 2009

Check local listings for time and networks, beginning Oct. 14Join Mos Def as he freestyles through the streets of Osaka, Japan; Death Cab For Cutie’s Nick Harmer as he follows his passion for photography; or Amanda Palmer as she goes thrift-store shopping in San Francisco with Lykke Li. This new series aims to peak inside the everyday lives of musicians like Common, Silversun Pickups, Ben Harper, Thievery Corporation, Passion Pit and The Decemberists. ...  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Subterranean

By Paste Staff at 6:39 AM on October 14, 2009

Sundays at 1 a.m. on MTV2The spiritual descendent of 120 Minutes, MTV2’s Subterranean has supplied videos for indie-starved insomniacs since 2003. Longtime host Jim Shearer has moved on, but the show still catches up with underground noisemakers while broadcasting the latest videos from the likes of The Dead Weather, Phoenix, Mason Jennings and Peter Bjorn and John. ...  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Austin City Limits

By Paste Staff at 6:38 AM on October 14, 2009

Check local listings for time, on PBSFor decades, Austin City Limits has been the place for live music on TV. In recent years, the show has moved beyond its classic roots and blues leanings, opting instead for an eclectic mix of artists. The show’s 35th season opens with Dave Matthews Band, and will also feature Sonic Youth, M. Ward, Willie Nelson, Pearl Jam, Okkervil River, Andrew Bird, Ben Harper and Elvis Costello. ...  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: College GameDay

By Paste Staff at 6:37 AM on October 14, 2009

Saturdays at 10 p.m. on ESPNFrom the campus of the day's most interesting match-up, college football's finest analyst Kirk Herbstreit and his cohorts capture both the x's and o's of the game and the tribal passion that surrounds it. It's the kickoff not just to college-football watching, but to the best fall Saturdays....  read more

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Fall Guide to Good TV: Cake Boss

By Paste Staff at 6:36 AM on October 14, 2009

Mondays at 10 p.m. on TLCBuddy Valastro isn’t just the master baker, he’s the head of a 99-year-old Sicilian family business with his mother, four sisters and three brothers-in-law. The drama is worth a chuckle, but the cakes really steal the show. ...  read more

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