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ESPN's Fantasy Film is More Silly Than Reality

ESPN is in the middle of a series of documentaries looking at events and issues in sports that have arisen over the networks 30-year history. Most have been fascinating. A new documentary, Silly Little Game, makes its debut Tuesday and it illustrates the difficulty in illustrating fantasy sports—games played on paper by people studying statistics, arguing about trades at tables in... More

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Treme Brings New Life to New Orleans and HBO

Lovers of “quality” television, and especially fans of The Wire, have been eagerly awaiting Treme, the new HBO series from Wire creator David Simon. It’s here at last, with its premiere Sunday night and I’m very happy. Set three months after Hurricane Katrina, the series is blunt about the damage, destruction and death that visited the Crescent City. But more... More

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Searching for Runaways on A&E

Joe Mazzilli emerges as a new super hero in A&E’s new series Runaway Squad, which has its debut Monday. Mazzilli, a former New York City detective, once headed up the pimp squad, busting guys who pushed young women into prostitution. The experience stuck with him and now, as a private investigator, he helps families search for their missing children on a pro bono basis. On the... More

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A&E Offers Hunted's Perspective in Fugitive Chronicles

Continuing on its path away from its roots as an arts channel to one specializing in what its slogan calls “Real Life. Drama,” A&E Thursday launches Fugitive Chronicles. The series takes a look at some of the nation’s most dangerous fugitive hunts. What makes it unique is that the story is partly told from the perspective of the bad guy, the escaped criminal on the... More

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Too Much Kirstie Not a Good Thing

You may have seen Kirstie Alley on David Letterman. Or on the Today show. That means there are two problems: Too much Kirstie on TV. And too much Kirstie. Ms. Alley, who put herself on display in the Showtime show Fat Actress a few years back, has regained weight. Her response: she’s appearing in a reality show on A&E called Kirstie Alley’s Big Life in which she expects to... More