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Cynthia Boris is a pop culture writer. She is the author of the Official Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pop Quiz and TV Toys and the Shows That Inspired Them. Her credits include celebrity interviews for magazines such as Inside Kung Fu, Cult Times, Star Trek UK, and Young Rider and websites such as SFUniverse.com and SheKnows.com She is a television fanatic with a true love for TV from Alias Smith and Jones to Zorro and everything in between. A collector of TV memorabilia (and boxsets) and she's been known to hang around on the set of her favorite TV show, even appearing in front of the camera every now and then.

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Fox Winter 2010 TCA Photos

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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It’s TCA time again and the folks at Fox took the stage today to talk about their new shows.

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NBC Announces Development Slate for 2010-2011

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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It feels weird to write about shows that will air in 2011 but here goes. NBC has announced their development slate for the upcoming season. I can’t say that I’m too thrilled about any of these except maybe “The Event” and “Undercovers” but it’s a little early to tell.
2010-2011 Season

“Prime Suspect” – based on the [...]

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Numb3rs: Scratch

Sunday, January 10, 2010

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Numb3rs returned from their winter break this week with a lottery themed episode called “Scratch.” While many shows have taken a look a the plight of those poor (so to speak) people who hit it big on the lotto, this one had a distinctive Numb3rs twist. Only one problem – the plot was so out [...]

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A-Team Trailer Hits the Web

Friday, January 8, 2010

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This morning a new trailer for the A-Team movie was “leaked” on to the web and promptly removed by the studio – but here’s a copy that’s active (at the moment), it’s pretty poor quality so I don’t know if this is an old bootleg from a movie theater or the shiny new trailer, but [...]

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Last Restaurant Standing Eliminates 2 in Season 3 Opener

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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It seems like more and more of my weekly “must see TV” shows are on BBC America and now that includes the new season of Last Restaurant Standing. In this show, couples are given a chance to run their own restaurant, competing in challenges until only couple is left standing. Running a restaurant in this [...]

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It’s Love, Love Love on ABC Tonight

Monday, January 4, 2010

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The winter TV season has begun (thank heavens) and ABC and NBC are coming out of the gate with a packed night.
ABC has The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love. The guy’s a pilot, so. . wings. . .get it? He’ll have a 2-hour season premiere with former Bachelorette Jillian Harris and her beau helping [...]

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Three Stooges, Twilight Zone and Burn Notice Highlight Holiday Marathons

Monday, December 28, 2009

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With most of the US covered in snow and ice, it’s a great time to stay home and enjoy a marathon on TV.

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Merry Christmas from TV Verdict & The Partridge Family

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Merry Christmas to all the TV Verdict readers out there. We hope your new year is filled with lots of great TV shows and here’s to finding many TV on DVD box sets under the tree.

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Styl’d Gets Schooled with Sean Kingston

Sunday, December 20, 2009

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It’s nearing the end of the trial period for the interns of Styl’d and the worst just keep getting. . .worser?
This week the interns had to do their own pulls with no edits from the senior stylists. Gary, Janna and Tara were working to outfit Disney star Brenda Song for her walk down the Transformers [...]

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TV on DVD: Complete Series or Single Season?

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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I buy a lot of TV shows on DVD. A lot. But there are only a few shows where I buy every season or a complete series set. Sometimes, it’s not my fault. Studios are constantly stopping production on DVD sets in the middle of a show’s run. Look at Simon & Simon! That was [...]

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The CW Time Succeeds with Remakes and Reunions

Monday, November 23, 2009

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If you were to switch on The CW on Tuesday nights, you might think that you skipped a channel and landed on a cable station that thrives on old reruns. It wasn’t enough that the netlet was airing back-to-back remakes of 90210 and Melrose Place, but now even the casting looks familiar.
Last week, Heather Locklear [...]

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