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Hoda Kotb, left, and Kathie Lee Gifford are co-hosts of the fourth hour of the “Today” show — the “pink slime of news and information,” according to AP TV critic Frazier Moore. (AP/NBC Universal file)

How to find joy in watching TV you hate

All this time I've been hate-watching and I never even knew it. Turns out, "hate-watch" is a fancy term for watching shows you don't like but get perverse satisfaction from.
May 24, 2012 12:05 AM
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, center, stands with "Saturday Night Live" cast member Andy Samberg, right, and singer Rihanna during a taping for promos for the upcoming "Saturday Night Live" show May 5. (AP | NBC/Dana Edelson)

As 'SNL' season ends, signs of change

How can "Saturday Night Live" possibly replace (fill in the blank)? How many times have we asked that question across nearly four decades?
May 18, 2012 12:05 AM
Marcia Cross, left, and Scott Bakula are shown with, from right, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman and Teri Hatcher in a scene from the series finale of "Desperate Housewives." (AP/ABC)

'Housewives' says farewell with grace and humor

There was nothing desperate about this finale. ABC's "Desperate Housewives" concluded its rocky, racy and macabre eight-season run with a tidy, affectionate send-off.
May 14, 2012 10:47 AM
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TV viewing is no longer a solitary act in the age of computers and social media

No more can TV-watching be contained by the TV or any other gadget. A companion screen -- be it computer, tablet or smartphone -- has been brought into the act. Never again need TV be experienced as TV alone. Nor need any member of the audience experience TV while being alone.
May 13, 2012 12:05 AM
Maria Catania watches DogTV with Bleu, her French bulldog, at her apartment in San Diego. (AP photo)

Cable television has literally gone to the dogs

Filmmakers are calling DogTV a new breed of television -- an eight-hour block of on-demand cable TV programming designed to keep your dog relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you are at work.
April 19, 2012 12:05 AM

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