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New '24' Season Exemplifies Show's Strengths

The Fox Network’s venerable action-drama series 24, now in its eighth year, has always had to perform a very difficult balancing act: trying to surprise viewers who expect to be surprised, while somehow staying sufficiently connected with reality to sustain

Daily Gut: Stewart vs. O'Reilly

So Bill O’Reilly had Jon Stewart on his program last night, and as expected, tempers flared. Roll Tape. Yep, it was an entertaining spectacle, with Stewart and O’Reilly both scoring legitimate points. However, I take issue with one thing Stewart

Top 5: True-Crime Reality Shows

Other than “The Sopranos,” scripted television and I parted ways many, many years ago, and it was an ugly break up, as well. When someone has only three reasons to live and one of them is prematurely yanked off the

Reinvented Characters Give '24' New Life

One would think that after seven years on the air, audiences would know who Jack Bauer is. Yet, as the new season of “24” began last week, we saw Bauer in a different light. He was not fighting terrorism; he

Unions' Unfair PLAy in California

Some elected leaders in California are coming up on a tough decision: do they do what’s right for taxpayers, or take from the poor and give to rich union officials? The story: Working Americans — taxpayers — have taken it

TRAILER: Oliver Stone's Tired-Looking 'Wall Street 2'

Twenty-three years have passed since the first “Wall Street” and a decade since news of an upcoming Oliver Stone movie elicited anything above the level of an eye roll. A director who once captured and even created a zeitgeist is

Media Matters' Vapid Response to Air America's Crash

Last week, Air America announced its official closure and intention to file Chapter 7. For those who had been following news surrounding the weeping willow of talk radio, this was no surprise. While making a thin-kid splash with pseudo-celebrities back

Golden Globes Open Thread

Partial list of winners: MOTION PICTURES: Picture, Drama: “Avatar” Picture, Musical or Comedy: “The Hangover” Actor, Drama: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” Actress, Drama: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” Director: James Cameron, “Avatar” Actor, Musical or Comedy: Robert Downey Jr., “Sherlock