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Fugs and Fabs: ABC Upfronts
These Upfronts are REALLY making my life easier. Thank you, Networks, for giving us material — both for this space, and for my DVR. That being said, this particular Upfront wasn’t as extensively...
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Fug and Fab the Upfronts: The CW
Listen. We may say a lot of things about Zoe Hart’s habit of practicing medicine in formal shorts, or about our theory that Lemon Breeland walked through a warp hole in 1940 and decided to stay in...
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Fub and Fab the Upfronts: CBS
I’ve always wondered why Lucy Liu isn’t a bigger deal. She’s SO PRETTY, and she doesn’t age, ever, and she’s usually adds a welcome spark to any show she joins (like Dirty Sexy Money, or Southland,...
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Fugs and Fabs: The E! Upfront
So, they had a red carpet — complete with fans! — at the E! upfronts, and yet Giuliana and Seacrest were walking the carpet rather than working it. I can’t deal with that level of...
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Fugs and Fabs: The A&E Upfronts
Chloe Sevigny being on TV has been the best thing ever, because there are so many varied events for that genre that she otherwise wouldn’t bother with, and THAT always means a trove of interesting...
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Fugs and Fabs: The NBC Upfronts
If NBC had canceled Parenthood or Parks and Rec for any of the shows on display at upfronts, I would have GONE INSANE FROM RAGE. The Michael J. Fox comedy might be okay, maybe; the others seem...
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Fugs and Fabs: The FOX Upfronts
We need to talk about the FOX shows. Well, I haven’t watched the comedy clips yet, but the dramas… I can’t tell if they’re a steaming pile of awful or secretly so hate-watchably amazing that it...
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Fugs and Fabs: The ABC Upfronts
I know this is sacrilege, but y’all, I was really super bored by the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. clip from upfronts. The Once Upon A Time spinoff even looked better, and that — while potentially...
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Fugs and Fabs: The CW Upfront
All hail the unexpected return of The Carrie Diaries! Between that and Hart of Dixie, The CW is thoughtfully keeping our fugcapping racket in business. However, the network also has a show about...
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Fugs and Fabs: The F/X Upfronts
As usual, the dress code for this looks like, “none of these people are exactly sure what to wear to this party.” Read More ...
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Fugs and Fabs: The Hulu Upfronts
I don’t understand why people need to attend upfronts for Hulu when they are on a show that just simply happens to be ON Hulu, but no one asks me these things, and god knows I am always happy when...
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Not So Casual Fugs and Fabserday: The A&E Upfronts
Spoke #45 in the Neverending Wheel of Upfronts. This portion of the pie — I’m just mixing metaphors like I’m baking a cake up in here — does have Susan Lucci, though. Read More ...
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Fugs and Fabs: The NBC Upfronts
I call this The Season NBC Has Decided Women Are Surprisingly Competent Freaky-Ass Messes. You can watch the promo reels here. Also: I thought it would be a fight to see whether Debra Messing or...
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Fugs and Fabs: FOX Upfronts
Mindy, NO. SOMEONE IS PUNKING YOU. As for the shows, which you can watch here: It’s a lot of high-concept stuff and then some retreads. Wayward Pines: This is a limited-run M. Night Shyamalan show...
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Fugs and Fabs: The ABC Upfronts
So, ABC has three new comedies that are directly pegged to race, two shows about people investigating a MUUUURDER, Scandal If Olivia Pope Were A Lawyer, a show called Selfie that is less...
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Fugs and Fabs: The CW Upfronts
Apparently, when Prince Harry came to the States for the wedding and stopped first in Miami, he met Katie Cassidy. And clearly it scrambled her brains, because now she has these pants. The CW hasn’t...
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Fugs and Fabs: CBS Upfronts
Halle Berry just out-dueled Katie Cassidy for Worst Pants. As for what’s on the network, it’s all MYSTERIES all the time. Extant: This is a summer show. Halle Berry gets pregnant on a solo mission...
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Fugs and Fabs: NBC Universal and TNT/TBS Upfronts
Upfronts and Cannes happening at the same time makes for tired fingers. Read More ...
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Fugs and Fabs: The NBC Upfronts
Can we talk about the fact that NBC renewed Mysteries of Laura? Although…perhaps I should not complain about something that sets Debra Messing onto red carpets on the regular. Read More ...
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Fugs and Fabs: The FOX Upfronts
The big news is, of course, American Idol being put to death. They had better get Simon back for one episode or else that’s a total waste of an exit. And The X-Files will be back in January for its...
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