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question of the day: How can ‘NCIS,’ the most-watched, most-loved TV show in America, be so absent from online fandom?

Thu, May 19, 2011
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Apparently NCIS, the military cop procedural, is the most watched scripted show in the United States. I would not have guessed this if given a million guesses.

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question of the day: Does the world need Seth McFarlane’s ‘Flintstones’ reboot?

Tue, May 17, 2011
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Because, you know, the world has been absolutely clamoring for a Seth McFarlane reboot of The Flintstones. Our long national nightmare of McFarlane-Flintstone-lessness is finally over!

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Doctor’s Wife”

Sun, May 15, 2011
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Thank you. Thank you so much, Neil Gaiman. Like I need this achy void in my gut on a Sunday afternoon. Like I need to be all weepy over a police box and a crazy lonely Time Lord.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Neil Gaiman talks about writing for ‘Doctor Who’

Thu, May 12, 2011
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Gaiman talks about “The Doctor’s Wife” with Den of Geek. No spoilers in my excerpts here…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: don’t spoil ‘Doctor Who’ or Steven Moffat will hate you

Wed, May 11, 2011
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No, really.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘Today’s Meredith Vieira gets to visit the TARDIS even though she doesn’t know a damn thing about the show

Mon, May 09, 2011
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At least she doesn’t actually call the character “Doctor Who”…

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‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Curse of the Black Spot”

Sun, May 08, 2011
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Someone’s been watching Pirates of the Caribbean… No, wait, someone’s been watching The Abyss…

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‘The Shadow Line’ with Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor debuts tomorrow night on BBC Two

Wed, May 04, 2011
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Eccleston and Ejiofor in the same TV thing? I would have been so there even if I hadn’t already had a chance to preview the first episode of this seven-part drama…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: no more ‘Sarah Jane Adventures’

Wed, May 04, 2011
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There had been rumors of the show soldiering on without Sarah Jane and somehow explaining her absence…

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question of the day: Are there too many crime dramas on TV?

Mon, May 02, 2011
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The BBC’s highly rated crime drama Zen, which starred Rufus Sewell as a cop in Italy, was recently cancelled… because the BBC doesn’t want to get overloaded with crime dramas… or with shows focusing on male protagonists. Wow…

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