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• AMERICAN POP

  ON THE EVE OF THE EVE, DICK CLARK STILL WON'T TALK ABOUT IT

  December 10, 2007 - IT is difficult to imagine TV without Dick Clark. And yet, except for his annual New Year's Eve appearances, TV has been virtually Dick Clark-less ever since he suffered the stroke in December...more >

• WORST YEAR EVER

  '1968' CHRONICLES TUMULTUOUS DECADE

  December 9, 2007 - Tom Brokaw not only smoked pot in the '60s, he inhaled too. "I talk about it in my book," the former anchor of "The NBC Nightly News" said on the phone recently, in an...more >

• COURT TV'S NAME CHANGE AIMS FOR TRUTH

  December 9, 2007 - What's in a name? I wondered the same thing when I began seeing the promo spots on Court TV announcing the network's name change to "truTV" on Jan. 1. So I asked Marc Juris...more >

• THE GREAT '68

  IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU DEFINITELY WEREN'T THERE

  December 8, 2007 - WHAT happens in 1968 should stay in 1968. That's a guideline I wish Tom Brokaw had followed in producing this two-hour chronology of the events of 1968. The year was so action-packed that it...more >

• BALTIMORE BLUES

  FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW SEASON OF 'WIRE'

  December 6, 2007 - IF you set your TV show in a newspaper news room, you're asking for trouble from nitpicky TV critics who also work at newspapers. We can't help it. Here's a part of the world we're...more >

• OPRAH'S BIG NIGHT

  OBAMA & CHRISTOPHER, CAN YOU FEEL THE FEELING?

  December 3, 2007 - WHY bother thinking anymore? Oprah Winfrey is here to do it for you. Is it a coincidence that this coming weekend she hits the campaign trail in support of Barack Obama - the same day her first TV...more >

• MERCHANT OF VENOM

  DON RICKLES DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS 40-YEAR CAREER

  December 2, 2007 - Don Rickles had no objections to his old friend John Landis producing a documentary about the comedian's life. But Rickles, 81, balked at Landis' desire to film his live nightclub act -...more >

• ENJOY THIS FUN 'WALK AROUND STATEN ISLAND'

  December 2, 2007 - For TV tour guides David Hartman and Barry Lewis, Staten Island is last, but definitely not least. It is the final borough out of five to get the "walk around" treatment from Hartman and...more >

• 'HELL' OF A GAL

  KATHY GRIFFIN CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HER OWN CELEB BASHING

  November 28, 2007 - NAME-calling was once something for which ill-behaved children got in trouble during lunch-time recess. These days, it is practiced by comedians such as Kathy Griffin, who earn millions from it...more >

• DOLEFUL DOLLY MARIE

  November 27, 2007 - MARIE OSMOND got all dolled up, but went nowhere last night on "Dancing with the Stars." If she was the sentimental favorite to win it all going into last night's final dance-off, then...more >