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Tom Shales

Legendary Critic Goes OFF On Kimmel

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 01.14.2013 | Comedy
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Chicago Sun-Times critic Tom Shales left no doubt about his distaste for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" In a nearly 2,000 word review, Shales eviscerated bot...

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Dramatic Secrets Of ESPN To Be Exposed On Film

Posted 09.25.2011 | Entertainment
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The greatest film about a TV network ever produced, Sidney Lumet's "Network," foretold the coming major media spiral into backbiting, betrayal and sen...

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Tom Shales: I'm Leaving Washington Post, Heavily In Debt

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Tom Shales, the Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for the Washington Post, confirmed that he is likely to leave the paper on December 31st, aft...

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Olbermann Blasts Washington Post Critic Over Amanpour Review

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Keith Olbermann blasted Washington Post critic Tom Shales for his critique of Christiane Amanpour in his return to "Countdown" Monday. Shales, who ha...

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Washington Post TV Critic Showcases His Own Bias

Jehmu Greene | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Jehmu Greene

In a perplexing and misguided column in today's Washington Post, the prominent television critic Tom Shales inveighs against the choice of Christiane Amanpour to host This Week.

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Tom Shales Viciously Reviews Christiane Amanpour, ABC Responds

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales' critique of Christiane Amanpour as ABC's choice for "This Week" host is so vicious, the network has chosen to re...

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Critic Regrets 'Clinton's Lap' Crack

Lauren Ashburn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Lauren Ashburn

Among my colleagues in the media business, we are hard pressed to find a female reporter in our orbit who hasn't been on the receiving end of some kind of sexist, lewd, and incomprehensibly inappropriate commentary.

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No Women Featured in NY Comedy Festival! No Joke!

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Beverly Wettenstein

The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.

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Tom Shales Is So Right, Beautiful Women Are Terrible At Comedy

Alex Leo | Posted 12.29.2011 | Comedy
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Alex Leo

As a woman in comedy, I understood his point: Being "classically pretty" works against you. Maybe "Saturday Night Live" will pay me double now that my goitre is almost the size of my head.

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Dear Saturday Night Live, Hire Justin Timberlake!

Etan Bednarsh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Etan Bednarsh

Anyone who has seen him with the cast can tell that on a level of pure enjoyment and fulfillment, a part of Justin Timberlake wants to be performing in comedy sketches.

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