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Alex Moaba is a TV, sports and politics junkie who's written for Urlesque, Asylum, AOL TV and The National Lampoon. His all-time favorite TV character is Stringer Bell.

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'Hatfields And McCoys' Interviews: Kevin Costner And Bill Paxton Preview History Miniseries

(20) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 7:10 PM

Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton star opposite each other in "Hatfields & McCoys" (premieres Mon., May 28 at 9 p.m. ET on HIST), a three-part miniseries that brings the true story of the iconic American family feud to life on the small screen. Set...

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Johnny 'Bananas' Devenanzio Responds To Critics After 'Entourage' Lawsuit Thrown Out Of Court

(26) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 6:54 PM

MTV reality star Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio may have won the last two installments of "The Challenge," but he lost his defamation lawsuit against HBO, Time Warner and "Entourage" creator Doug Ellin, which the New York Superior Court threw out...

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'Girls': Adam, Hannah's 'Boyfriend,' Emerges As TV's Latest Villain

(4) Comments | Posted May 15, 2012 | 3:18 PM

With all of the discussion, controversy and varying opinions that HBO's "Girls" (10:30 p.m. ET on) has inspired since it premiered in April, there is one thing most people who watch the show can agree on: Hannah's weird hook-up buddy Adam is...

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Kurt Sutter Previews 'Outlaw Empires,' Discusses Thematic Similarities To 'Sons Of Anarchy'

(0) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 6:25 PM

If Kurt Sutter's new docuseries "Outlaw Empires" (premieres Mon., May 14 at 10 p.m. ET on Discovery) sounds like a non-fiction adaptation of his hit FX drama "Sons of Anarchy," that's because the two pieces of work share many of the same themes. Talking...

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Howard Stern Talks 'America's Got Talent,' Ripping On Jay Leno And His Reality TV Competition

(22) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 8:00 PM

New "America's Got Talent" judge Howard Stern held court in an hour-long press conference at the New York Friars Club Thursday afternoon, answering an onslaught of questions about his impending return to the cultural mainstream (new season premieres Mon., May 14, 8 p.m. ET on NBC)...

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Bill Paxton Comes Around On The 'Big Love' Finale: 'They Ended It Right'

(3) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 1:57 PM

Bill Paxton is co-starring in the upcoming miniseries "Hatfields and McCoys" (premieres Mon., May 28 at 9 p.m. ET on HIST) opposite Kevin Costner, a project that marks the actor's return to TV after HBO's "Big Love" ended in March 2011.

In the wake of...

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Jon Hamm Is Not Don Draper: 9 Comedic Attempts To Remind You He's Not His 'Mad Men' Character (VIDEO)

(4) Comments | Posted May 9, 2012 | 11:54 AM

Jon Hamm seems very intent on letting people know that he's not actually Don Draper. For Hamm, who emerged from relative Hollywood obscurity in 2007 to completely embody "Mad Men's" leading character, the danger of getting typecast as the slick and vacuous Draper is something he...

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Lena Dunham, 'Girls' Creator, Addresses Race Criticisms On 'Fresh Air'

(1414) Comments | Posted May 7, 2012 | 2:15 PM

In only four weeks since "Girls" premiered on HBO (Sundays at 10:30 p.m. ET), Lena Dunham's half-hour comedy about post-college life in New York City has experienced virtually every phase of the TV hype cycle. Critics praised it as groundbreaking and important before it even premiered,...

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Kevin Costner: How He Decided To Speak At Whitney Houston's Funeral

(194) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 1:20 PM

In an interview about his upcoming History Channel miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys," Kevin Costner briefly spoke about the moving eulogy he gave at Whitney Houston's funeral. He explained that he was initially reluctant to speak publicly in the aftermath of his former "Bodyguard" co-star's death, and...

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Kurt Sutter Reflects On 'Mad Men' Controversy: Beef Was With AMC, Not Matt Weiner

(2) Comments | Posted May 1, 2012 | 5:14 PM

"Sons of Anarchy" showrunner Kurt Sutter is making the media rounds to promote his new Discovery docu-series "Outlaw Empires" (premiering Monday, May 14 at 10 p.m. ET). But in the interest of picking at old scabs, HuffPost TV had to ask the outspoken writer to revisit...

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'Mad Men': Roger And Megan's Mom Hook Up (VIDEO)

(34) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 10:29 AM

"Mad Men" (Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on AMC) has had plenty of wild parties this season, but this past Sunday's episode, "At the Codfish Ball," may have been the most eventful, and deflating.

Megan's feuding parents were visiting from Montreal at the same time Don was...

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Roger Sterling's LSD Adventure In 'Mad Men' And Other Classic TV Drug Trips (VIDEO)

(130) Comments | Posted April 25, 2012 | 8:39 PM

"Mad Men" got psychedelic this week when Roger Sterling tripped on LSD at his wife's psychotherapist's apartment.

"Mad Men" was bound to run into '60s counter-culture at some point, but nobody could have guessed that the set-in-his-ways World War II veteran Sterling would be the one...

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'Mad Men' Is Better Than 'Game Of Thrones'

(28) Comments | Posted April 3, 2012 | 6:55 PM

"Mad Men" and "Game of Thrones" are both Emmy-winning Sunday night dramas; they both majestically portray a bygone era, conveniently glossing over the hardships of the less fortunate citizens of the time; they both feature an impetuous, immature young prince desperately trying to ascend to power...

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Ric Savage, Host Of 'American Digger,' Ousted At 'American Digger Magazine'

(22) Comments | Posted March 30, 2012 | 5:00 PM

Former professional wrestler Ric Savage has reinvented himself as a reality star over the past two weeks on Spike TV's "American Digger." On the show, Savage travels the country excavating, and eventually selling, artifacts from people's backyards. But he's dug himself quite a hole in the...

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'Punk'd': 6 Classic Pranks From Original Version (VIDEO)

(0) Comments | Posted March 29, 2012 | 3:14 PM

The new, rebooted "Punk'd" premieres tonight (Thurs., March 29 at 10 p.m. ET) on MTV, with Justin Bieber serving as the inaugural host in a new format that will feature a rotating cast of celebrity pranksters. Ashton Kutcher is still serving as the prankmaster general, but he's moved...

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'Mad Men' Season 4: A Refresher Crash Course Before Season 5 Premiere (PHOTOS)

(24) Comments | Posted March 22, 2012 | 8:58 PM

It's been a long time since the Season 4 finale of "Mad Men." When Season 5 premieres on Sunday night, the gap between episodes will have reached a staggering 525 days, thanks to a contract dispute between Lionsgate and AMC that delayed the start...

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'Jersey Shore' Season 6 To Film In Summer 2012, Featuring Pregnant Snooki

(45) Comments | Posted March 19, 2012 | 2:26 PM

"Jersey Shore" is coming back for Season 6, with filming set to begin in Summer of 2012, MTV announced Monday. The timing of the new season suggests that the show will feature Snooki in the final stages of her pregnancy.

"America's favorite housemates will all return to their...

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Regis Philbin Pitches Mysterious New Project To CBS, TV Land (VIDEO)

(41) Comments | Posted February 23, 2012 | 4:05 PM

Regis Philbin is officially trying to make a TV comeback, he told "The Talk." After dropping by the talk show on Thursday in the middle of an interview with Tom Arnold, the former "Live!" host revealed that he was in the process of pitching a new,...

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A Eulogy For 'Bored To Death'

(20) Comments | Posted December 21, 2011 | 6:17 AM

"Bored To Death" was canceled Tuesday by HBO, swept out in a holiday housecleaning that also took "How To Make It In America" and "Hung." I can't blame the network for putting "How to Make It" and "Hung" down. While the former improved marginally in its second season,...

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'Dexter' Season 6 Finale Recap: 'This Is The Way The World Ends'

(175) Comments | Posted December 19, 2011 | 12:40 AM

"Dexter" finally put something significant on the table in its Season 6 finale, and not just the Doomsday Killer Travis Marshall. Colin Hank's religious murderer did meet his fate, like so many other 'Dexter' villains before him, but the really pivotal development of the finale was...

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