Television
Networks Hope Comedy Will Be King Of TV This Fall
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Pop Culture
Thank The Patron Saint Of Bakers For This Cake Today
()Pictures of Saint Honore or (Saint Honoratus) from church iconography reinforce his baker background. He's holding his wooden peel, often with a few delicious-looking loaves of crusty French bread nearby.
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Monkey See
Long-Term Investments On Shaky Stocks: 'New Girl' And 'Smash' End Their Seasons()
May 14, 2012 Commentator Marc Hirsh considers the viewer investment required to let an uneven pilot develop as a series, and how that process went very differently for two of this season's most hyped shows.
Television
Johnny Carson Gets The 'Masters' Treatment()
May 14, 2012 Monday night on PBS, American Masters presents a two-hour biography of Johnny Carson. Carson retired 20 years ago this month, and vacated a throne that TV critic David Bianculli says no one has managed to claim since.
Your Health
Pounding Away At America's Obesity Epidemic()
May 14, 2012 One-third of Americans today are obese, and another third are overweight. A new HBO documentary series, The Weight of the Nation, explores how our country got this way and what can be done to tackle the growing national health crisis.
Monkey See
NBC Upfronts: Six New Shows, And 'Community' On Fridays()
May 14, 2012 We look at what's ahead on NBC this fall, including another attempt to reboot Matthew Perry and a show taking the position that men raising kids is inherently hilarious.
Television
How TV Brought Gay People Into Our Homes()
May 12, 2012 From Will and Grace to Modern Family, studies show getting to know gay characters on television has changed Americans' attitudes toward homosexuality. One researcher says it's an effect that could snowball.
