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Snoop Dogg concert nuthin' but an RIT thang
Last Saturday, a bus full of UR students pulled up outside of the Rochester Institute of Technology's Gordon Field House where there was a seemingly endless Disney World-sized line of locals and college students. Who could possibly draw this size of a crowd? Could it be the RIT Tigers, Jessica Simpson, Kris Kringle or Snoop […]
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Fringe' benefits from John Noble's performance
Since the premiere of 'Fringe" in the fall of 2008, John Noble broke out as the man to watch on the show. His interpretation of a man so haunted by his past he was driven to insanity was captivating. Noble immediately won the attention of the audience. Even more so, the father-son relationship between Noble's […]
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Jack Bauer's eighth all-nighter will be his last
After eight excruciatingly long days, it seems that Jack Bauer can finally retire. Mondays on Fox will no longer be marked by the whispers and yells of Bauer, nor will they consist of speculation as to who is the mole in the office. On Friday, March 26, Fox announced that after eight successful seasons, the […]
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Families come together in 'Parenthood' Pilot
Several times throughout the year, my family gets together for the holidays to enjoy the craziness that large family get-togethers seem to bring. There is 'drama" among the adults, tantrums from the children, and my sister and I always get stuck between the kids and adults not quite sure which end of the spectrum we […]
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an irritating TV show
As a television addict that prides herself on watching only quality shows, I think it's time to admit that not everything I watch is up to the high standard that I hold most shows to.This became quite apparent after watching what I believe was an hour of the worst television I have ever sat through. […]
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Ambition of 'Caprica' fails to reel in large audience
I've never been anti-sci-fi. I was never gung ho about the space ships. I'm not a Trekki, and I don't watch 'Star Wars" on repeat. I'm just your average science fiction fan who likes 'Back to the Future" and 'Blade Runner" just as much as the next person.Sometime in the years of my youth, when […]
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"Life Unexpected" adds an edge to the CW lineup
Television has an innate nature to repeat itself. In the past five years or so, shows have sprung out of the seeds planted by older, successful shows of the same genre. Case in point: 'Flash Forward" has been trying to monopolize, with some minor success, on the fan base that 'Lost" generated through its mythology-oriented […]
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?Lost? premiere balances mythology and characters
BEWARE OF SPOILERS. If you haven't yet watched the season six premiere of 'Lost" (which you really should), do not continue. You've been warned.Flashbacks. Check. Flash forwards. That's right. Time travel. No, I'm not kidding. And just when you thought that Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the masterminds behind 'Lost," had showed you all the […]
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Chuck" ends its hiatus with a return to greatness
After nearly seven months that included torment, harassment of NBC and subway sandwich eating followed by excruciating anticipation, on Sunday Jan. 10th, Chuck, Sarah, Casey and the citizens of BuyMoria returned to the airwaves with an awesome bang. Many people were concerned that with the upgraded intersect 2.0, which gave Chuck new kung fu powers, […]
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Best arts of the decade: Television
One decade ago I was 10 years old. If you had asked me what my favorite television show was, I would have probably told you 'Full House' or 'Boy Meets World' or even 'Seventh Heaven.' I was too young to understand the brilliance of shows like 'The Wire' or 'The Sopranos.' Now this does not […]