The slogan for Season 3 of Boardwalk Empire is “You Can’t Be Half a Gangster” and the series, about gangsters running amok during Prohibition, shows what happens when they go full throttle. And when they do, the results aren''t very pretty...

2012

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LEWIS BLACK: THE ANGRY MAN COMETH By Eric Gould

In his new Comedy Central special, In God We Rust, Lewis Black jokes about descriptions of him "having a comedy style that suggests he's having a mental breakdown." His crisis is our pleasure...

2012

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MCCARTNEY'S 'LIVE KISSES' MAKES COOL JAZZ By Eric Gould

The new PBS Great Performances documentary, Live Kisses, follows the making of Paul McCartney's new album of old standards, Kisses on the Bottom...

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Sep

METH & MILLIONS: MUSINGS ON THE "BREAKING BAD" MID-SEASON FINALE By Eric Gould

Vince Gilligan found masterful ways to reveal more facets of TV's most complex (and increasingly dangerous) character and leave Breaking Bad fans wanting more...

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BOURDAIN WRAPS UP 'NO RESERVATIONS' By Eric Gould

No Reservations kicks off its final season this weekend with a trip to SXSW in Austin, Texas and finds, yes, lots of transcendent barbecue...

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AMC'S GRITTY 'HELL ON WHEELS' CELEBRATES THE ANTI-HERO By Eric Gould

Staying true to its title, the American West of Hell On Wheels isn't an earthly paradise for its residents...

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LATE-NIGHT'S 'TOTALLY BIASED' ANCHOR By Eric Gould

The funniest comedians always are the smartest. Ergo, W. Kamau Bell is a very funny fellow...

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TELEVISION'S MINISTER OF MODERN ART PASSES ON By Eric Gould

Robert Hughes, art critic for Time magazine, passed away on Monday. He authored the definitive documentary on modern art, Shock of the New, for the BBC and PBS in 1980...

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Aug

THIS IS NOT A STORY ABOUT TV... By Eric Gould

...Although, in the manner of its enigmatic subject, film auteur Chris Marker, who passed away July 29, it is...

2012

Aug

WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION? By Eric Gould

The Olympic Committee must convene to meet and ban reporters from asking inane, thoughtless questions...

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