Elena Wandzilak

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The Muppets make it to late night and return to primetime

If you are thinking, “I could really use a mockumentary-style show detailing the romantic entanglements and careers of the Muppets,” then ABC’s “The Muppets” is the show for you. If you are like the rest of America, however, you may be a bit apprehensive about this half-hour scripted comedy about puppets. Luckily for everyone, I watched it, and I have thoughts.

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TV review: ‘The Mindy Project’

The saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but what about when your network cancels your show and you move to Hulu? Was “The Mindy Project” “broke”? Should they have fixed it?

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‘Late Show’ Colbert still plays character

Comedy super-fans and self-appointed late-night talk show critics Elena Wandzilak and Katharine Jaruzelski sat down to analyze the first week of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

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‘The Newsroom’ returns to our screens this Sunday

“The Newsroom” is back! “The Newsroom” is back! Well, as of Sunday. Nov. 9 marks the premiere of the final season of Aaron Sorkin’s beloved (or hated, depending on who you are) cable-news drama and let me tell you guys, I am feeling emotional. Maybe it’s just the results of the midterm elections or maybe it’s the use of the recent past, but “The Newsroom” always manages to help me reflect back on earlier times.

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‘Skeleton Twins’ strikes a perfect balance

Let’s go ahead and just fast forward to the inevitable ending of this article: the ending of “Skeleton Twins” was a little unrealistic. Okay. Moving on, because the majority of the 92-minute film was a well-written and beautiful depiction of depression, loneliness and the unbreakable tie of being a sibling.

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