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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Writers Land Pilot at ABC

ABC has purchased pilot rights to Family Business, a new half-hour sitcom written by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia writers Sonny Lee and Patrick Walsh....  read more

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Ratatat to Back Kid Cudi on Letterman's Late Show

In its first ever late-night television performance, Ratatat will be backing recent Paste Artist of the Week Kid Cudi at The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday....  read more

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We Need More Cowbell! VH1's Behind the Music Returns, But Who Deserves an Episode?

Were it not for VH1's Behind the Music, a whole generation would never be able to answer the many haunting questions of modern music: Did Milli Vanilli really lip-sync their groundbreaking "Girl You Know It's True?" Why were the guys in Hootie and the Blowfish smiling all the time? And what the hell was with that bumblebee girl in Blind Melon's "No Rain" video?It was with heavy hearts that fans of BtM watched a chapter of their lives end when the show was pulled to semi-retirement in 2002....  read more

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Teen Wolf to Live Again Via MTV

For all those who are still itching, and that's 24 years and counting of itches, to see Michael J. Fox dominate another high school basketball game as a werewolf, MTV is delivering the closest thing we'll see to a Teen Wolf remake. At least for a while....  read more

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Fox Attempts to Spice Up Re-Runs with Twitter

Aiming to make re-runs more interesting, Fox is bringing them into the 21st century. The network's website will feature tweets alongside online re-runs of their hit Fringe and brand new, buzzed-about show Glee....  read more

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A.O. Scott and Michael Philips Take Over At the Movies

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Beauty, brains and thoughtful insight can exist in the same package. But let's face it: That's pretty hard to find. When Disney's ABC Media Productions announced last summer that it was bringing in younger (and coincidentally, prettier) hosts for the long-running At the Movies, it touted the move as one that would usher in "the next generation of the series."...  read more

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It's Official: Mad Men Will be Back for Fourth Season

It’s about time. AMC has confirmed that Mad Men has been picked up for a fourth season as its third go-around shapes up to be the most-watched and -discussed the celebrated series has had so far....  read more

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Reading Rainbow's Final Episode Airs Today

Before it was just a gateway to nostalgia, Reading Rainbow impassioned various generations of youngsters to pick up a book. But no more: The show will air its final episode today, ending a 26-year stretch....  read more

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Dan Savage Filming HBO Pilot Tomorrow in Los Angeles

Are you going to be in L.A. tomorrow (Aug. 27) Want to talk sex? You're in luck! Dan Savage, syndicated sex columnist of "Savage Love," will be taping his "non-airing presentation pilot" for HBO....  read more

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What Will Scrubs' New Characters Mean for the Show Formerly Known as Zach Braff's Kingdom?

With a daunting ninth season on the way, ABC's newly acquired Scrubs is piecing together a freshman crew with a leftover cast, all in hopes to keep itself from being, well, scrubbed. So far the aged, Braff-narrated comedy has endured four Herculean blows at the loss of oft day-dreamy star, J.D. (Zach Braff), an insecure, stricken-to-"frick" Elliot (Sarah Chalke), seasoned "Puerto Rican" nurse, Carla (Judy Reyes) and supposedly sex-addicted Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins)....  read more

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