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Did Ed O’Neill Make His Acting Debut in Deliverance?

Did Ed O’Neill Make His Acting Debut in Deliverance?

In a new Movie Legends Revealed, learn whether or not Ed O'Neill really made his acting debut in Deliverance.
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The Rookie Failed to Properly Hang a Lampshade on the ‘Chenford’ Romance

The Rookie Failed to Properly Hang a Lampshade on the ‘Chenford’ Romance

Today, I explain how The Rookie tried to hang a lampshade on the "Chenford" romance, but failed to do so.
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When Did The X-Files Jump the Shark?

When Did The X-Files Jump the Shark?

In a feature looking at if or when a TV series "jumped the shark," Brian asks you all to determine when (or if) The X-Files jumped the shark.
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Picket Fences Points Out That Their Fights Are Usually Resolved by 11 PM

Picket Fences Points Out That Their Fights Are Usually Resolved by 11 PM

In the latest Meta-Messsages, see how Picket Fences poked fun at the conventions of dramas always resolving by the ends of episodes
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When Did Happy Days Jump the Shark?

When Did Happy Days Jump the Shark?

In a feature looking at if or when a TV series "jumped the shark," Brian asks you all to determine when (or if) Happy Days jumped the shark.
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The Danger You Put Your Characters Into Has to Be Reasonable

The Danger You Put Your Characters Into Has to Be Reasonable

Brian explains why it is important for the danger you put the characters into on your TV drama to be reasonable
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The Times Friends Poked Fun at How They Never Locked Their Doors

The Times Friends Poked Fun at How They Never Locked Their Doors

In the latest Meta-Messsages, see how Friends poked fun at themselves a few times for the fact that the characters never locked their doors
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Did Freema Agyeman Really Return to Film the Latest Episode of New Amsterdam?

Did Freema Agyeman Really Return to Film the Latest Episode of New Amsterdam?

In the latest Pop Culture Questions Answered, Brian tries to figure out whether Freema Agyeman really returned to film the latest episode of New Amsterdam.
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That Time Murder, She Wrote Put Its Own Past Episodes on Trial

That Time Murder, She Wrote Put Its Own Past Episodes on Trial

In the latest Meta-Messsages, see how Murder, She Wrote poked fun at its own outlandish plot history in a Season 4 episode.
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What Was the Song From the Latest Quantum Leap Episode, ‘Fellow Travelers’?

What Was the Song From the Latest Quantum Leap Episode, ‘Fellow Travelers’?

In the latest Pop Culture Questions Answered, Brian reveals what the song at the end of the latest episode of Quantum Leap, "Fellow Travelers," was and who performed it.
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