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Modern Family’s Phil is as weird as The Middle’s Brick, in a good way

“Am I driving him to school or is he riding his burro?” – Jay to Gloria about Manny wearing his poncho to school You want to know why the ABC comedies are getting such rave reviews? Because people can relate to them. I just finished watching The Middle, celebrating the weird kid, and then Modern […]

by Debbie McDuffee

Modern Family – Is it really as good as all get out?

Just so you know, I’m not saying that it isn’t. But the hype that the show’s getting, both at CliqueClack and everywhere else I’ve seen … doesn’t hype usually end in disaster, with a lot of tears and a high rate of teen pregnancy (huh?)? For starters, there’s the premise itself: the talking heads definitely add […]

by Aryeh S.

Ratings Clack – Smallville continues to defy the odds

We do often get caught up in the big numbers from the big networks. It is, after all, hard to overlook the fact that NCIS is still growing its audience in the 7th season. There are still some very interesting stories happening on the little network, CW. When it was announced that Vampire Diaries would […]

by Brett Love

Quotation Marks – Ascots, belly buttons, and Crocs

This week’s column is a tribute to the new sitcoms network television has given us this season. Sure, we’ve still got some hour-longs in there (because you know I’m not going to let one of these posts go up with out some Glee love), but we’re mainly highlighting the the half hour comedies this time […]

by Ivey West

Modern Family’s weird kids, gay jokes and sneaky laughs

I’m just going out on a limb and saying it: this was the funniest episode of Modern Family since the pilot. I’ve enjoyed every episode, don’t get me wrong, but this episode was written in the style of the pilot, meaning it left me with the inability to recover from one laugh before they got […]

by Debbie McDuffee

Ratings Clack – Where is FlashForward headed?

FlashForward is one of the more interesting shows of the new season where ratings are concerned. On the one hand, so far it has been a huge upgrade for the 8-9 spot on ABC. And while it has been surpassed by Survivor, it does continue to hold off Bones in the demo. On the other […]

by Brett Love

Quotation Marks – Dockers, Tab-booty calls, and the letter R

Glee [while hugging] “I will destroy you.” – Will “I’m about to vomit down your back.” – Coach Sylvestser “It’s on.” – Will “The independent polling company in my Dockers has confirmed that you’re the hottest girl in this school.” – Jacob Community “The only difference between Senor Chang and Stalin is that I know […]

by Ivey West
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