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July, 2011
“Friday Night Lights” Gets Its Due, Ends Tonight
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It isn’t always that you get to watch an Emmy-nominated episode of a series the night after the nominations come out.
But tonight’s series finale of “Friday Night Lights,” titled “Always,” is one of those rare times and rare episodes. It airs at 8 tonight on Channel ...
Answering Some Critics
Sometimes my readers make me think, sometimes they make me laugh and wonder what they think they are reading.
Some recent comments about my blog are worth addressing in a larger forum than just a comment response.
1) Why do you dislike everyone under 35?
Not guilty.
Some of my favorite people are under ...
“Rescue Me” As Dependable as Jeter
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The FX series “Rescue Me” rescued me over the weekend.
I was sick and felt kind of low, but had seven episodes of the final season to watch to make me laugh, think about death and how crazy life came be.
The final season about the FDNY premieres at 10 p.m. Wednesday on cable’s ...
Balanced Story: McClintick Leaving Ch.4
A year ago, Channel 4 anchor-reporter Lisa Flynn shocked the station by announcing she was leaving the business to spend more time with her young son
Now Channel 4′s Michele McClintick is following a similar script.
The demands of balancing the work schedule of the TV news business with motherhood ...
Some Help Needed for Ch.4′s Kiddie Corps
Channel 4 isn’t doing its Kiddie Corps any favors.
That thought came to mind one night during the 4th of July weekend when I watched the 11 p.m. news.
Of course, hiring young reporters and anchors isn’t anything new.
And with the TV business looking for ways to cut costs, it makes sense for the local ...
HBO’s “Curb” Is LOL Funny
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LOL.
I don’t do it very often.
But the DVD of three episodes of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” had me laughing out loud repeatedly.
The HBO series returns for its eighth season at 10 p.m. Sunday with an episode, “The Divorce,” that wasn’t available for review.
A ...
“Stunning Verdict” Shouldn’t Have Been So Stunning
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Confession time. I didn’t watch one minute of the Casey Anthony coverage over the last three years.
As soon as the “Today Show” or any network or cable news program started its coverage of the then 22-year-old mother accused of killing her daughter, I switched ...
Alan Pergament was the television critic for The Buffalo News for 28 years. He currently is an adjunct professor at Buffalo State College and Medaille College, teaching courses in communications. He also writes a monthly column on the media for Buffalo Spree magazine.



