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By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) But back to the false claim that Amy Goodman's reported on the CIA more than anyone else. Does Eyal even know what the CIA is? He appears to have confused them with the NSA, the FBI, ICE or Homeland Security. Goodman has featured segments on those agencies. The CIA?

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) Want to guess who it is? The corpse. Who knew? And pseudo-philosophical. They're dead. And that's how The Forgotten plays out: Like a copy of every other Bruckheimer TV show -- a pale copy. A very pale copy. Completely forgettable -- if you don't believe us, check with any ABC exec.

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By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) Eager to assist him in that is the show's resident bitch Diane Lockhart who, in a bit of typecasting, is played by Christine Baranski. Baranski's role in season two will be decided by viewer reaction -- so far she's already pissed off the crew and a good portion of the cast. Regardless of her an...

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) ABC was afraid of offending anyone? Please. Taste has never been a concern at the network which launched T & A TV in the seventies. Running scared, however, has always been ABC's natural fall back position. Some of the people who insist to ABC that they'll never watch again are people who n...

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) Ann: I'm a big fan of Cher and Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and I've seen The Witches of Eastwick multipe times. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the new TV show with a new cast or not and checked with Ava and C.I. with my concerns. They said they thought I'd enjoy it and I really did. It airs o...

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) Currently on new stands, TV Guide and Rolling Stone both explore TV. Which had Jim insisting we needed to do a piece on it. "The fall season!" he hollered at us. "How can you not cover the fall season!" Wally: What Kat said. Plus, I understand it's on Ion now as well.

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) We're not joking. ABC, for those late to the party, was the struggling network that Aaron Spelling and Fred Silverman saved. Silverman in the 70s, Aaron from the late sixties on. With the exception of Desi Arnez productions, ABC had little to show for itself prior. Very little. Onscreen, anywa...

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) Good TV. Not great, but good. Unintentionally, to be sure, but in a weak week, Oprah stood out . . . with blood on her hands. Wrong. JIM LEHRER: Sure. JIM LEHRER: Sure. Doubt us? April 16, 2008 debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack, aired on ABC, moderated by Charlie Gibson and George:

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) So how did it end up struggling last fall when new episodes returned? Because, again, some idiots at NBC thought it was Lost. It is not Lost. It is not a serial. The only episodic element is the will-they-or-won't-they between Chuck and the CIA's Sarah. You do not need a friend sitting by you to pr...

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) It looks like season seven is going to be all about justifying torture." Jack: Yeah. Instead, we've got Jack Bauer defending torture. Jack Bauer using torture. Jack Bauer rationalizing torture. Jack: Yes, sir. Jack: Probably. Jack: I don't think it is, Senator.

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By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) As two who regularly argue broadcast TV is better than cable TV, your silence on the digital switch is telling. I find it amazing that you've yet to address PBS's special with the cast of This Old House on digital TV," writes e-mailer Nikolas in something Ty slid over to us.

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) The week before "psycho" Jennifer hiked up her boobs and went after Jack (Alec Baldwin) and in what Fey must think passes for 'equality,' this week found her her character passed off by Jack to Gavin who would, as Liz bragged, feel up her own boobs. Progress!

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) So it's real cute how SNL flips it from dumb Sarah Palin in their early skits to power hungry Palin. You know, the same bits they used against Hillary. The same bits they use against every woman. A mayor and governor of two years was picked to be the vice presidential nominee of a political party. S...

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) Well then the Democrats and Republicans should nominate a Latino, an Asian-American, an Arab-American, a Native American and every other possible first in order to ensure that the whole nation is on a feel-good vibe for the next few election cycles.

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) Truth is the debut episode was third for the night in its timeslot. Another sad truth is that the show got a little bit higher of rating (.4) than did the pilot episode two years ago. Three years later and that's all the show can brag about?

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) In the summer of 2005, while working on an edition, C.I. shocked us by stating that The Common Ills would go dark in November 2008 and that the illegal war would still be going on. It was the latter point we argued with her about. It was the summer of Cindy Sheehan, it was the summer when even War Hawk...

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By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) tTy (Third Estate Sunday Review): The New Adventures of Old Christine is a sitcom starring Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine or Old Christine. It's been all over the CBS schedule and season four finds it airing in the first half-hour of prime time on Wednesdays. The cast include...

By Third Estate Sunday Review(noreply@blogger.com) This site was up for two years before C.I. would take billing as more than 'special guest star.' The first edition we published took place because Jim went to a campus event and the speaker was C.I. We were all reading The Common Ills and something in the way she spoke told Jim this was C.I. After the sp...