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Is Mike Judge's The Goode Family Proof that Liberal America Can't Laugh at Itself?

It's no secret: Mike Judge's latest television project The Goode Family may not survive its first season. After lackluster ratings for the debut and second episode, ABC moved the show to Friday, entombing it deep in the summer lineup and making the odds of renewal slim at best....  read more

The 12 Best TV Theme Songs from Current Shows

Next Monday we'll look at the Best TV Theme Songs of All Time. But while we lament the lack of a Cheers or M*A*S*H or Sanford & Son theme song in today's TV landscape, we've picked our 12 favorite theme songs from TV shows that are still in production. In the era of TiVo, the little ditties opening today's shows seem to be littler and dittier than their predecessors (I guess if people are going to fast forward through them anyway, why spend the effort?). But here are 12 that make us put down that remote:[note: Sesame Street would have...  read more

King of the Hill gets repreive from ABC?

It looks as if King of the Hill might have even more endurance than we thought. As we reported previously, Fox decided to cancel the long-running series after next season, but according to Variety, ABC might pick up the show to package it with another animated comedy by Mike Judge, The Goode Family, set to debut next year....  read more

After years of close calls, King of the Hill gets canceled

King of the Hill, the second-longest-running animated series after The Simpsons, was handed its death warrant by Fox recently. The network ordered one more season of the show before it was canceled, with its final episodes set to air in the 2009-2010 season....  read more