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The Globe's Matthew Gilbert tells you what's up with tonight's shows. Tune in here before you turn on the tube.

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How fall's new TV shows rate
Vampires and cougars, risks and retreads -- Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert gives his report card on 25 new shows for fall.

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Top TV pilots
You can't judge the future of a series by its first episode. To illustrate that TV lesson, here's a countdown of the best pilots of the past 10 years.
Renew these, please
From canceled comedies and dramas, here are the characters we wanted to know better.
- Discuss Strange shows for kids
50 best sci-fi shows
How do "Battlestar Galactica," "Quantum Leap," and "Star Trek" (above) rank? Find out.
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Daytime Emmy Awards
Daytime TV's biggest stars were in attendance -- "Ugly Betty" star Vanessa Williams hosted.
Teen Choice Awards
Teen heartthrobs convened for the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, where "Twilight" won big.
'American Idol' finale
Kris Allen took home the "Idol" title, beating out powerhouse singer Adam Lambert.
- Survey Was Adam robbed?
TV tryouts in the Hub
Hundreds of dancers and wannabe reality TV stars tried out for "So You Think You Can Dance" in Boston.
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Q&A with John Krasinski of NBC's 'The Office'
The Newton native — in town to promote his film "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" — visited our office to answer your questions.

'Sesame Street' turns 40
Four decades after it went on the air, the PBS Kids' show stays relevant by adapting to change.
- Photos Notable Bostonians' favorite 'Sesame' moments
- Video Watch old clips of the show
- Six reasons why Elmo went from being horrible to adorable


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'GBH and Julia
WGBH will begin airing old episodes of Julia Child's "The French Chef" weekly at 12:30 p.m. Ron Bachman, the station's director of programming, recently talked to The Globe about bringing back Julia.


TELEVISION REVIEW
'V' debut makes its sci-fi alluring, mysterious
Like some of the best sci-fi, ABC's "V" is bursting with allegorical possibility.
- It’s high time for TV to embrace sci fi
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On the campaign trail with little new to offer
The new HBO documentary "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" tells us little that we dont already know.

Television review

Len Bias tragedy gets ESPN replay
Brian Tribble, friend of Len Bias, retells what happened that fateful night of June 19, 1986, on ESPNS Without Bias.


In defying labels, millennials are leaving their mark on TV
The simplistic kind of presentation of youth has shown its limits over the decades; easy-to-read stereotypes no longer seem credible. Left: Ed Westwick of "Gossip Girl."

Television review

New questions about an old murder on PBS
"Place of Execution" does a middling job of blending a 40-year-old murder case with the problems of the documentary journalist who's making a movie about it.


PBS documentary recalls a tragic history
"The People v. Leo Frank" is a powerful retelling of the case of Leo Frank, a factory worker accused of murder.


On Bravo, there’s always a moral to the story
People on Bravo, one way or another, always get whats coming to them. Tabathas Salon Takeover is another homily preached in the church of Bravo.


Matthew Gilbert's TV-14
Annoying TV characters
We all come across characters who get on our nerves. Not the ones created to irritate so much as those who offend our personal tastes.
- Discuss Which TV characters do you find most annoying?
- Chat transcript Gilbert and Weiss talked TV
- More TV-14: Top TV pilots, crazy moms, and more

TV and radio news
- Fox NFL pregame show to be aired from Afghanistan (AP, 12:32 p.m.)
- Maine governor: respect marriage vote (AP, 8:08 a.m.)
- Guests for the Sunday TV news shows (AP, 1:21 p.m.)
- CBS goes back to MMA with Fedor, Strikeforce (AP, 11/6/09)
- Guests for the Sunday TV news shows (AP, 11/6/09)
- A&E: Reality show about Jacksons premieres Dec. 13 (AP, 11/6/09)
- CBS' Moonves on Oprah: `We're in dialogue' (AP, 11/5/09)
- Jeter, Pettitte, Posada appear on 'Letterman' (AP, 11/5/09)
- Suicide prevention groups protest `The Office' (AP, 11/5/09)
- No, really: Onion, Comedy Central team on TV pilot (AP, 11/5/09)
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