May 19 2012
When Disney Junior’s animated series “Doc McStuffins” premiered in March, it snared 800,000 adult viewers — setting a record for a preschool cable series launch.
So how did a series revolving around a 6-year-old girl who plays doctor to stuffed animals become a must-see for their parents?
Series creator...
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May 17 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
The return of familiar faces :
“House” (Monday, 9 p.m., Fox)
For the grumpy doc’s final appointment, there’s the standard one-hour retrospective at 8 (which Mama imagines will go something like: “Remember when we solved an obscure...
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May 10 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
Instead of saddling mom with a bunch of dying flowers and sappy cards, treat her to some quality time with you this Mother’s Day. TV is here with plenty of maternal guest stars to help you avoid actually...
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May 03 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
TV shows off its big-screen aspirations this week. What’s worth the extra time :
“Treasure Island” (Saturday,7 p.m., Syfy)
Conveniently, this miniseries starts and ends the same night in back-to-back installments, kicking off early at 7 and...
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Apr 19 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
Mama checks in with tonight’s slew of new dramas that follow the trend of one-word titles:
“Missing” (8 p.m., ABC)
You know what wasn’t Missing from this show: a nondescript love interest for Michael (Nick Eversman...
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Apr 12 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
Mama goes geek this week:
“Game of Thrones” (Sunday, 9 p.m., HBO)
Winter may be coming to this fantasy series, but it brought a boatload of new characters along with it. Mama’s had to tape three extra...
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Apr 05 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
Ignoring that giant boat hogging the spotlight this month, Mama checks out other maiden voyages and sinking ships:
“Magic City” (Friday, 10 p.m., Starz)
The acting on this “Mob Men” is respectable — star Jeffery Dean Morgan looks quite...
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Mar 28 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
No fooling: Your TV card is booked solid Sunday, April 1:
“The Killing” (8 p.m., AMC)
After a couple hours of watching the Season 2 premiere, Mama’s feeling a tad suicidal. Between the gloomy rain, the abject...
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Mar 22 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
Ladies, Don Draper returns this week to make TV a lot easier on the eyes. And as a bonus, the 1960s heartbreaker is drawing out every other past crush-worthy male:
“Whiskey Business” (Sunday, 7 p.m., CMT) Mama can...
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Mar 15 2012
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows
The end is nigh in TV land:
“Pretty Little Liars” (Monday, 8 p.m., ABC Family)
They promised us at the beginning of the year that they’d finally reveal who “A” is. It took 12 weeks, but they...
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