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Top tens are always so objective – they're colored by one's liking or disliking of specific genres; whether there's substance to the choices; even whether there's diversity. For the season of 2005/6, these are the shows that kept me coming back for more… …in alphabetical order: 24 This year's "day" was the best since the […]

NUMB3RS has quietly carved out a comfortable audience in the Friday Night Timeslot of Death [10/9C] by putting a clever spin on the standard procedural – emphasizing family, and not shying away from tough subjects. This week's episode, Killer Chat, is centered around a serial killer who is targeting pedophiles…   When it comes to […]

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Jimmy Roberts [Dominic Janes, pictured] lets the world walk all over him in The Cartoon Network's Re-Animated [Friday, 8 p.m./7C]. When an accident necessitates his having a brain transplant, even the cartoon characters created by the legendary Milt Appleday begin to take advantage of his good nature… Unlike Jimmy Roberts, Milt Appleday [Fred Willard] was […]

Following on the heels of their success with epic mini-series like Into The West and Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes, TNT is now working with Executive Producers Stephen Spielberg and Kathleen King to adapt the epic fantasy, The Talisman [co-written by King and fellow horror legend Peter Straub] as a mini-series for television. The Talisman […]

When last we saw Flynn Carson, he was off an adventure with his protector/girlfriend, Nicole. That was in December, 2004. Since then, Flynn and Nicole have broken up – but he's still out there, saving the world on at least a quarterly basis. The Librarian: Return To Solomon's Mines [Sunday, 8 p.m./C] finds Flynn receiving […]

One of the smartest moves that NBC has made this season [besides greenlighting Heroes] is creating its Thursday night block of sitcoms. This week, they take that move to the next logical level with the return of Scrubs [9 p.m./8 Central]- one of the most audacious sitcoms of our time. Slotted between The Office [8:30/7:30C] […]

I'm going to just come right out and say it – I'm in love! Her name is PJ Franklin and she's a sportswriter for The Chicago Sun-Times. She's smart, funny, dead cute and loves sports [obviously!]. She also loves the Cubbies! She's the heroine/narrator of the new TBS series, My Boys [Tuesdays, 10 p.m./9 Central], […]

Good Wilt Hunting [Thursday, 7 p.m. ET/PT, check your listings] gives the tall, red, one-armed imaginary friend his own adventure. When his creator fails to show for the latest Creator Reunion, Wilt sets out to find his creator and right what he perceives to be a grievous wrong… Ever since the mid-point of its first […]

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Detective Brett Hopper is about to have a really, really bad day – over and over and over! In a dramatic take on what has come to be known as The Groundhog Day Plot, ABC's Day Break [two-hour premiere Tuesday, 9 p.m./8C] finds Hopper framed for murder and trying to save not only himself, but […]