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CBS' Christmas Gift To You Is Two I Love Lucy Episodes In Color

After years of stealing all the presents from the children of Whoville (or, well, carriage fees from Time Warner Cable and storylines from The Good Wife), network television Grinch CBS' heart is growing, just in time for the holiday season. The network will be airing two back-to-back episodes of I Love Lucy, remastered … Read… 10/22/13 5:09pm Today 5:09pm

Read… 10/22/13 5:09pm Today 5:09pm

Sarah Silverman's No Good Very Bad Failed NBC Pilot Is Now On YouTube

The only thing better than watching the fall TV season's rodeo of failures is getting your hands on failed network pilots—the first episodes of the shows that didn't quite make it to air. Comedian Sarah Silverman just released her failed NBC pilot, Susan 313, and given that this pilot was beat out by a show about a veterinarian and his pet monkey that lasted six episodes should tell you all you need to know about just how abysmal it was. Read… 10/22/13 1:11pm Today 1:11pm

Read… 10/22/13 1:11pm Today 1:11pm

What Good Wife Storyline Did CBS Kill to Avoid Pissing Off the NFL?

It's no secret that the NFL wields power far and wide, especially over the networks that are lucky enough to air games and lock down those almost-$600,000 per commercial checks. But is it getting networks to alter shows entirely, just to make the NFL look good? Read… 10/21/13 3:30pm Yesterday 3:30pm

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12 Years a Slave: Can a Movie Actually Show the Horror of Slavery?

After Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave made its Toronto Film Festival debut last month, Vulture's Kyle Buchanan proclaimed, in a headline accompanying a gushing review, “Your Best Picture Winner Will Be 12 Years a Slave." I read that and wondered why a writer would set expectations so high for something he loved… Read on Gawker 10/18/13 3:37pm Friday 3:37pm

Read on Gawker 10/18/13 3:37pm Friday 3:37pm

Breakdowns: George Lucas' First Directing Paycheck Was Just $2500

George Lucas' first directing paycheck is almost a tenth of a percent of his current one; Bryan Cranston is funny in a "you had to be there" kind of way; Paula Deen's portrait was hung at a Food Network event last night, and not just to be burned in effigy; Dreamworks is taking a page out of the Universal playbook and… Read… 10/18/13 1:01pm Friday 1:01pm

Read… 10/18/13 1:01pm Friday 1:01pm

Hollywood's Walk Of Fame Throws Some Serious Shade At Kim Kardashian

Kanye West, in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel that you might have missed last week, talked about how it was ludicrous that his baby mama Kim Kardashian did not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. How did the Walk of Fame team respond? With a big resounding "Fuck thaaaat." Read… 10/17/13 6:51pm Thursday 6:51pm

Read… 10/17/13 6:51pm Thursday 6:51pm

SNL Tries To Duck Casting Controversy With Kerry Washington To Host

SNL quickly releases host announcements to refute lack of diversity claims; Charlie Hunnam seemingly overstepped his boundaries before departing 50 Shades; Alexis Bledel is trying to play half her age in a new movie; and India has a new superhero, thanks to Marvel. Read… 10/16/13 11:50am 10/16/13 11:50am

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Kenan Thompson Thinks Black Women Aren't Funny Enough for SNL

Two point nine percent. In 38 years, a mere 2.9% of Saturday Night Live's cast has been both female and black. But according to a man who played Pierre Escargot on national television for half a decade, the reason Saturday Night Live has no black women on air is because black women aren't good enough to be on SNL. Read… 10/15/13 4:17pm 10/15/13 4:17pm

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