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Here comes fall TV
A brand-new television season and so much to look forward to. There are a whole slew of promising new shows on the runway.
9/11 on TV review
From documentaries to a feature film, TV will be rife throughout the week with films marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Gang life hurts so good
Launching into its fourth season, FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy" is back and ready to rumble.
'Doctor' is in the house
The latest season of the long-running science-fiction TV series "Doctor Who" begins Saturday. And it's really good.
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Let's Go to the Morgue: Unsung 49ers heroes
In this week's "Let's Go to the Morgue!" Peter Hartlaub looks back at San Francisco 49ers players that made a difference during the team's championship years, although they never became household names. Read more in <...
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Fall buzz
The two networks are generating big buzz with shows both old and new, like the Spielberg-produced "Terra Nova."Stars' loose lips with TV critics
Here are some of the off-handed remarks made by actors, actresses, producers and others during the Television Critics Association summer press tour.Emmys: 'Mad' and 'Mildred'
HBO's potboiler miniseries "Mildred Pierce" and AMC's stalwart "Mad Men" led the pack as nominations for the 63rd annual prime-time Emmy awards were announced in Los Angeles.Goodbye, Oprah
Gallery: We take a look back at "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which ended 25 years after it first aired.You're going to what?
When Tim Goodman saw the list of Fox casualties this week, his initial reaction wasn't shock so much as bewilderment.The royal TV treatment
Nonstop coverage means plenty of repetition, much ado about Diana and a few reminders that, yes, this is the 21st century.The sitcom isn't dead
Despite all the acclaim, the spotlight's not on the superb dramas that have created a renaissance in that genre lately. It's on comedies.Cable news unprepared
The Japanese tsunami, earthquake and nuclear situation have shown that U.S. journalists are unprepared for disaster.TV Reviews
Gellar does double duty
Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to TV with the CW's "Ringer," and it's a show that makes us glad she's back.Silly and boring
MTV's "Ridiculousness" is "America's Funniest Home Videos," except the videos are all amateur undertakings that have gone viral.Stars, strangers swap lives
The concept is obvious in CBS' "Same Name": People with the same name as celebrities get to trade places with them for a few days.Genuine spy thriller
"The Hour," on BBC America, is a textbook example of great British television and is one of the best new fall series this year.Comic's new reality
Only Roseanne Barr could come up with a title for her reality show on Lifetime with double puns - plural - defiantly intended: "Roseanne's Nuts."Your average superheroes
Misfits always make the most interesting superheroes, of course, but SyFy's "Alphas" attempts more realism than usual.Genuine rah-rah
Alexandra Pelosi's documentary "Citizen U.S.A." presents newly naturalized American citizens in all 50 states.A strong effort
The performances and characterizations in Russell T. Davies' "Torchwood" are top-notch, and the action sequences are crisply directed.Totally 'Awkward'
The life of an everyday American high school girl has rarely been rendered with such sly and funny precision as it is in MTV's aptly named new show.Radio Waves
PBS' 'Airplay' gets free-form radio juices flowing
PBS aired "Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio" the other day. It's a...
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