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TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN:   The Wire ranks the currently available Blizzard menu at Dairy Queen .  (Also, did you know that Texas Dairy Queens ha...

DO THE BART, MAN:   Welcome to the marathon . HitFix has Day 1 recommendations ; Joe Reid has a long-term planning guide  (as does Vulture )...

SADLY, IT DOES NOT INVOLVE MALFUNCTIONING LIVESTOCK: Today's "King of Disparate TV Things Mountain" vote over at Previously.TV...

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TELL ME YOUR SECRETS AND ASK ME YOUR QUESTIONS:   The WSJ is reporting that Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Coldplay are the three finalists to p...

ON A LEASH:   With new shows coming soon to our TV screens, and some previews already available ( A to Z  has two really likable leads, but ...