You may not know her name, but if you watch enough TV you recognize her face. Christina Chang popped up again Sunday night on “Brothers and Sisters.” She played a med school professor. The Asian-American actress, who radiates a combination of intelligence and sex appeal, has also been on “The Mentalist” and “The Forgotten” this [...]

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“I don’t care about your marriage or your work or any of that, as long as I know that you’re with me.” — Suzanne Farrell
So what are we to make of Don Draper’s affair with the sexy and bold schoolteacher on “Mad Men?”
Don is definitely into Suzanne, a more complex woman than his previous flings, [...]

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January Jones is impossibly beautiful, and a fine actress to boot. This week’s episode of “Mad Men” (”Souvenir”) put the spotlight on Jones and revealed a lot about her character Betty Draper. Mrs. Draper has been an irritating bore this season, an unhappy housewife and a miserable mother. But this week she came alive. First, [...]

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I guess it’s just nice to see a couple on the cover of a magazine that isn’t Jon or Kate. I don’t care if they are fictional.
Read the article accompanying this cover over at EW.
“I don’t think it’s the typical romance you see on TV,” says Steve Carell, who plays Jim and Pam’s extremely unself-aware [...]

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The wait is over. The NFL opens tonight with the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Tennessee Titans (8:30 p.m., NBC). Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, who replaces the retired John Madden, have the call. Tim McGraw and The Black Eyed Peas will perform with activities beginning at 4 p.m. (live TV on [...]

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Back (Happily)
Dollhouse (ABC); Friday Night Lights (NBC); Chuck (NBC); Ugly Betty (ABC); Better Off Ted (ABC); Law and Order (NBC).
Gone (Sadly)
Life (NBC); Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox); Privileged (CW); Reaper (CW); The Unit (CBS); Pushing Daisies (ABC); Eli Stone (ABC).
Promising New Shows
Glee (Fox); Parenthood (NBC); Melrose Place (Fox); Flash Forward (ABC); Modern Family (ABC).
Missed [...]

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“ER” couldn’t say goodbye without visits from George Clooney and Julianna Marguilies, and writer-director John Wells crafted a beautiful episode that brought Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway, the show’s beloved couple who still have that wonderful chemistry, back into the storyline. The emotional episode about transplants, so true to the essence of TV’s best hospital [...]

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