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How is a TV Show Determined to be a Comedy or a Drama at the Emmys? The cast of The Bear

How is a TV Show Determined to be a Comedy or a Drama at the Emmys?

In the latest Pop Culture Questions Answered, Brian explains how the Emmys determine whether a TV show is a comedy or a drama for the sake of the awards
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In ‘The Freezer,’ I Love Lucy Created Another Television Trope Lucy Ricardo is stuck in a freezer

In ‘The Freezer,’ I Love Lucy Created Another Television Trope

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian discusses how the Season 1 episode of I Love Lucy, "The Freezer," saw the show introducing another trope that would become part...
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Silicon Valley Took a Crass Concept and Leaned Into It Beautifully The gang figures out how to handle 800 men at once

Silicon Valley Took a Crass Concept and Leaned Into It Beautifully

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how the Season 1 finale of Silicon Valley took a crass concept, and leaned into it so well that it worked...
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Archie Sundays: EXCLUSIVE New Archie Character, the Anti-Cupid Known as Heartbreaker Archie and Veronica are attacked by Heartbreaker

Archie Sundays: EXCLUSIVE New Archie Character, the Anti-Cupid Known as Heartbreaker

In my weekly Archie news and previews spotlight, see an exclusive first look at a brand-new Archie character, the anti-Cupid known as Heartbreaker
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House, M.D. Told Us More Than We Expected in the Award-Winning ‘Three Stories’ Three different leg injuries have three different results on House, M.D.

House, M.D. Told Us More Than We Expected in the Award-Winning ‘Three Stories’

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how House, M.D.'s award-winning "Three Stories" had House telling us more than expected when teaching a class
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Against All Odds, Frasier’s ‘The Ski Lodge’ Successfully Pulled Off Six Simultaneous Comic Misunderstandings The Frasier gang is at a ski lodge

Against All Odds, Frasier’s ‘The Ski Lodge’ Successfully Pulled Off Six Simultaneous Comic Misunderstandings

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains the high level of difficulty of the classic Frasier episode, "The Ski Lodge"
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Why Jerod Mayo’s Hiring Doesn’t Violate the Rooney Rule

Why Jerod Mayo’s Hiring Doesn’t Violate the Rooney Rule

The NFL requires teams to interview two external minority candidates before hiring a new coach, even if they hire a minority coach, but the Patriots' new hire, Jerod Mayo, falls under an exception to...
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Moonlighting’s Pilot Was an Exceptionally Tight Affair David and Maddie are in trouble

Moonlighting’s Pilot Was an Exceptionally Tight Affair

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how the opening episode of Moonlighting was an exceptionally tightly written debut
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M*A*S*H Struck Its Ideal Balance in Season 1’s ‘Sometimes You Hear the Bullet’ Hawkeye cries over his lost friend

M*A*S*H Struck Its Ideal Balance in Season 1’s ‘Sometimes You Hear the Bullet’

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how the Season 1 episode of M*A*S*H, 'Sometimes You Hear the Bullet' hit the ideal balance between comedy and horror for...
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Nostalgia Proved Deadly for Robert Duvall’s Character in This Classic Naked City Episode Robert Duvall on The Naked City

Nostalgia Proved Deadly for Robert Duvall’s Character in This Classic Naked City Episode

In a feature spotlighting the best pop culture has to offer, Brian explains how nostalgia proves deadly for Robert Duvall's character in a classic episode of The Naked City.
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