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The Mad House
For the props department of Mad Men, the devil is in the Sixties-specific details—and sometimes, so are the historical blunders. Can you guess what’s fact or fiction?
What The Folk!
It’s a simple premise: Two kooky folk singers try to make it big in the city. Why then is Flight of the Conchords being touted as the best new sitcom to emerge in years?
A Whore New World
Secret Diary of a Call Girl was recently described by one critic as “Bridget Jones, but with fisting.” Its creators argue it’s a truthful depiction of one woman’s tale, but doesn’t it simply glamorize the sex industry?
Nearly All About The Benjamins
Following the domestic blueprint of the Hearsts, Rockefellers, and Vanderbilts, Dirty Sexy Money chronicles the high life of the dysfunctional Darling clan, revealing the inner workings of a privileged family with Perez Hilton-esque flourishes.
Sex And The Suburbs
Big Love, the Tom Hanks-produced polygamy drama by HBO, follows a knotty suburban family—a man, his three wives, and their children—and how they struggle to love in the plural tense.
Down and Dirty
From garbage collecting to zoo cage cleaning, Mike Rowe ventures beyond the world of 9-to-5 and gets down with the Dirty Jobs—so you don’t have to.
