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Cougar Town’s haircuts, botox and other makeovers

“Do you guys read Cathy?” – Laurie, on how single women have it harder than single men Cougar Town makes me laugh every episode, no exceptions … yet. I don’t really expect there to be, because they’ve got everything working for them: a balanced and talented cast, crazy characters, a nice “vibe,” if you know […]

by Debbie McDuffee

Ratings Clack – Three hours of new scripted? For the week?

What the heck were you watching last week? More than likely, it wasn’t network television. Faced with the coming holiday shenanigans of their viewers, all of the broadcast networks threw in the towel. In fact, there were only three new hours of scripted television last week. Even worse, all three of those hours could be […]

by Brett Love

The twelve (or so) days of Christmas, CliqueClack style

We all wanted to do something festive for the 2009 holiday season, but we didn’t want to do the same thing as we did last year. No, this holiday season we give you our own rendition of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, in our own not-really-twelve and not-at-all-sing-songy way. Enjoy and happy holidays! On the […]

by Keith McDuffee

CliqueClack’s mid-season report card: the networks

Believe it or not, we have reached the mid-point in the 2009-10 television season. Unlike the past few years, this season may turn out to be one of the most successful. Thanks in part to some new and old comedies. After years of shunning comedy scripts for proceurals and serialized dramas, the networks have filled their schedules with some laughs rather than sobs.

by Richard Keller

Is any show as poorly served by their title as Cougar Town?

Hey everybody, remember earlier this year, just before the start of the new television season? The thing that stands out the most to me now, these few months later, is all the hullabaloo that surrounded Cougar Town. The reviews were fairly good, but there were also cries of shenanigans. Some critics accused it of being […]

by Bob Degon

Ratings Clack – January isn’t that far away

The scheduling shenanigans continue as we race toward the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Last week saw more holiday themed specials, and a lot of repeats. Fortunately, there were a few interesting numbers mixed in with all of the seasonal offerings. Things like big gains for The Middle, which is looking much better now that […]

by Brett Love

Andy, king of Cougar Town … last night anyway

“I can’t decide if you’re a really good dad or a really bad one.” – Travis “I am both, and I am neither.” – Andy I’ve always said that Cougar Town is all about the men, and this episode was no exception. I’m taking it one further — Andy ruled the show last night, which […]

by Debbie McDuffee
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