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“When it debuted in 2006, Dexter redefined the genre, by taking the anti-hero to new heights and pushing the boundaries of the television landscape,” said Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc. ” DEXTER paved the way for the next generation of award-winning hit SHOWTIME series, and its cultural impact will be felt for years to come.”
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Original air date: Apr 17, 2013
FK – Sr. Editor
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Every year, I cling to hope SouthLAnd will return again. I’ve written a Goodbye SouthLAnd piece, a thank you to the fans of SouthLAnd for saving the show, a petition to the fans to help save the show and haven’t missed a single minute of the show in hopes that somehow my watching it would keep it on the air. But I’m pretty sure we’ve reached the end of one of the best shows to go unnoticed. Canceled by NBC after one season, TNT picked it up for a six-episode trial run and had three 10-episode seasons after that. Last night was the last episode of the fifth season and most likely, the series.
It resolved a few story lines and left us guessing just a tiny bit on what may or may not happen in the future. It was almost a choose-your-own-adventure at the last minute.
“Most cops manage to stay sane despite the chaos all around them. But in their hearts they know, everyone has a breaking point.”
Opening scene: Sammy is doing a ride along with air patrol. They have cornered one of the men that kidnapped Lucero and Cooper. He shoots at them and fuel begins leaking into the helicopter. They have to make an emergency landing and Sammy starts to freak out.
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Original Air Date: Apr 17, 2013
Patricia Morris Buckley — Sr. Staff Writer
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The show begins with sympathies to the people of Boston. Then it’s zip, zip, zip to the two performances by each of the remaining five contestants. They sang a song from the year they were born and then a diva song.
With five such top-notch singers, no one faltered. I couldn’t help thinking how nice a Larazo-free show is!
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Original Air Date: Apr 17, 2013
Ryan O – Senior Staff Writer
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Dawn is breaking down emotionally. It’s not in the same way as Brandon but it’s still a little unsettling. Will it be enough to get people to turn on her?
In other, bigger news, the most exciting Tribal Council in a long time, possibly ever. I won’t spoil the details here but WOW. Amazing. Everyone involved seemed stunned.
As part of its ongoing commitment to providing a place for original stories and characters that defy expectations, AMC made a number of announcements on the day of its Upfront. The network that currently boasts the most-watched drama series in basic cable history with “The Walking Dead” as well as one of television’s most award-winning series with “Mad Men,” unveiled its second live after show, “Talking Bad,” numerous new projects in development, an overall deal with writer Rolin Jones, Spring and Summer programming premiere dates and several series renewals.
“Six years ago at AMC, we set a goal to create premium television on basic cable and we began to develop and nurture shows that would set us apart,” said Charlie Collier, President and General Manager, AMC. “As we lay out the year ahead for advertisers at our 2013/14 Upfront, it is an honor to have such a breadth of development and programming to share and to be in business with such a high caliber of talent in front of and behind the camera.”
Below are details of today’s announcements:
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Original Air Date: Apr 16, 2013
Colleen – TwoCents Reviewer
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Tonight is the results show for week five and “Dancing Side By Side” with the professionals. As time goes on, we see that the couples with the celebrities are doing so much better (for the most part). It is getting so much harder to tell who will be sent home each week. Who will be sent home tonight? We are about to find out!
We start off tonight’s show with a dance with more of an out of this world feel. It even looked as if they were dancing on another planet, possibly the moon from the look of the dance floor. I have to say I was not a huge fan of the music, the out of this world look or the dancing. What is your take on it? Did you like it? What was your favorite part, if you had one? If you didn’t like it, why not?
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Summerall, one of the iconic voices in NFL broadcast history has died. He was 82.
In 1964, Summerall started calling games at CBS, eventually becoming a play-by-play guy 10 years later. He was also part of CBS’s coverage of the PGA Tour, including the Masters and U.S. Open tennis.When CBS lost its NFL deal after the 1993 season, Summerall switched to Fox and called NFL games with John Madden.
Before heading into the broadcast booth, Summerall played 10 NFL seasons (1952-61) with the Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants.
Rest in peace Mr. Summerall.
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Original Air Date: Apr 15, 2013
Karen – Sr Staff Writer
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This episode is all about Booth and I was OK with that, as we finally get to meet Momma Booth. Joanna Cassidy is our guest star and Booth handles the situation perfectly as we like her, hate her and like her all over again. She shows up at his office and he is happy to see her but not quite as much as I thought he would be.
Booth insists on Mom staying with them at the house and they enjoy a good dinner and talk, until Bones kind of ruins the mood. But all in all we learn that they withstood some beatings and tough times with a drunk of a father. She had to leave.
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Original Air Date: Apr 15, 2013
Dennis – Senior Reviewer
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After another month long hiatus, 90210 returned last night for its last stretch of episodes. If you don’t remember what happened in the last episode, let me give you a mini-recap. Naomi married herself at a 24 hour wedding chapel and find a new business partner, and potential boyfriend, in Jordan Welland, Liam joined the Cronus society so he could found info that would help Navid, Silver hooked up with Mark, and even though Ade says she’s fine with it, she’s not, and Dixon has started to fall for Silver’s surrogate, Michaela.
In last night’s episode, Naomi makes it her mission to find out who Author X is after Jordan hires her to plan the book Undressed’s launch party. During this, Annie tries her hardest to hide the fact that she is Author X from her friends. Meanwhile, Adrianna starts playing mind games with Silver, which causes Mark to intervene. Also, Liam & Navid find the perfect moment to catch the Cronus society cheating, and Liam finds out a shocking secret during the launch party. Read on for this week’s character breakdown!
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Original Air Date: Apr 15, 2013
Karen Belgrad – Senior Editor
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I hope you like your season finales complicated with plenty of twists and a side a closure. Because, if you watched tonight, hoping for mostly satisfying answers, Dallas was handing them out in spades.
Did you want to know what happened to original-Pam Ewing? Who killed J.R.? What was in J.R.’s letter to Bobby? And what was J.R.’s “master plan”? All of these questions were answered tonight in the two hour/two part season finale. The only question we don’t have an answer to is… will there be a third season?
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