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White Collar

January 19th, 2011 at 9:34 am
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White Collar 2.10 "Burke's Seven" Review

Written By Cory Barker

White Collar is a program that gets a good deal of mileage out of the general likability of its characters and the chemistry the actors have with one another. The

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Golden Globes

January 14th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
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Golden Globes Predictions: Series Categories

Written By Cory Barker

I feel like I probably know the answer to the primary question of this post. We all know that the Golden Globe Awards are a crock, especially when in reference

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Golden Globes

January 13th, 2011 at 10:36 am
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Golden Globes Predictions: Lead Categories

Written By Cory Barker

I feel like I probably know the answer to the primary question of this post. We all know that the Golden Globe Awards are a crock, especially when in reference

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Golden Globes

January 12th, 2011 at 8:50 am
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Golden Globes Predictions: Supporting Categories

Written By Cory Barker

I feel like I probably know the answer to the primary question of this post. We all know that the Golden Globe Awards are a crock, especially when in reference

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Friday Night Lights

January 10th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
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Friday Night Lights 5.08 "Fracture" Review

Written By Cory Barker

Again, my apologies. I don't get around to watching FNL as quickly as I should these days. This is obvious and I also tweeted it when I was watching the

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Cougar Town

January 6th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
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Cougar Town 2.11 "No Reason To Cry" Review

Written By Cory Barker

I have to admit if there was one series that I absolutely missed over the holidays, it was Cougar Town. These people are just wonderful and I want to have

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Friday Night Lights

December 15th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
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Reviewing the last three weeks of Friday Night Lights

Written By Cory Barker

I haven't written about FNL in a while (I think since episode three) because of odd scheduling and general end-of-the-semester busyness and also because I've been a little frustrated with

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Community

December 10th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
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Community 2.11 "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" Review

Written By Cory Barker

As I was watching Community's glorious entry into the claymation Christmas canon last night, I couldn't help from thinking about my essay about the series that discusses Abed's popular culture-tinted

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Cougar Town

December 10th, 2010 at 7:09 am
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Cougar Town 2.10 "The Same Old You" Review

Written By Cory Barker

I haven't seen all of Cougar Town's first season, but one of the biggest concerns of this season has been finding the right balance between Jules, the forceful,, but ultimately

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Community

December 3rd, 2010 at 3:19 pm
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Community 2.10 "Mixology Certification" Review

Written By Cory Barker

I imagine that 'Mixology Certification'is the most divisive episode of Community's second season. It's set outside of the safe Greendale walls, features little pop culture referencing and for the most

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Terriers

December 2nd, 2010 at 10:12 am
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Season Finale -- Terriers 1.13 "Hail Mary" Review

Written By Cory Barker

Even though I suggested it might be fine for Terriers to drive off into the sunset (to Mexico, apparently) after this one great season, I still approached the season finale,

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Community

November 19th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
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Community 2.09 "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" Review

Written By Cory Barker

After last week's epic, but ultimately small-in-scale episode, Community starts to build back upward with an episode that is heavy on the pop culture references, but doesn't explicitly reference certain

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Cougar Town

November 19th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
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Cougar Town 2.08 "Little Girl Blues" Review

Written By Cory Barker

Cougar Town is basically a live-action cartoon, perhaps more so than any other comedy on television. There's probably a nice debate to be had between this series and 30 Rock

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Terriers

November 18th, 2010 at 10:39 am
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Terriers 1.11 "Sins of the Past" Review

Written By Cory Barker

With only three episodes left, critics and fans alike are moving into 'Save Terriers'mode if you missed Sepinwall's piece yesterday, it's a good read and the series is

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House

November 15th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
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Tonal transition: Why House is having a creative resurgence in its seventh season

Written By Cory Barker

In its seventh season, the general consensus on FOX's House is that it is a series way past its prime, one that's a shell of its former self and one

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