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Thank television for developing the talents of the late, great Leslie Nielsen

We're told occasionally that what goes around comes around to such a degree that going around again and coming around could be called great American indoor sports. In this corner, the unofficial world heavyweight champion: Leslie Nielsen, who was merely a pretty good actor through most of his car...

The overcrowded late-night circus offers too few clever clowns (By Tom Shales, November 16, 2010)

Nagging ads underscore networks' desperation (By Tom Shales, November 9, 2010)

'Great Migrations': Incredible journeys (By Tom Shales, November 7, 2010)

Spice girls: A risque retrospective showcases 'SNL' women (By Tom Shales, November 1, 2010)

TOM SHALES (Post, November 1, 2010)

'The Larry Sanders Show,' boxed and twisted (By Tom Shales, October 26, 2010)

From female anatomy to Botox, 'The Talk' unfortunately keeps it light (By Tom Shales, October 19, 2010)

Making a mess of sex on the airwaves (By Tom Shales, October 12, 2010)

Changing channels: Click. Ick. Click. Ick. (By Tom Shales, October 6, 2010)

Back for a 'Tenth Inning' on baseball, Ken Burns gets it right -- almost (By Tom Shales, September 28, 2010)

TV REVIEW: 'Saturday Night Live,' still funny after all these years (By Tom Shales, September 27, 2010)

Worn badges: 'Detroit 1-8-7' and 'Blue Bloods' (Post, September 21, 2010)

Not enough meat at MTV's VMAs (By Tom Shales, September 14, 2010)

On TV: As Jerry Lewis and his telethon age, the antics and drama also grow (By Tom Shales, September 8, 2010)

TV PREVIEW: 'March of Time' newsreels: A gripping record of history (By Tom Shales, September 4, 2010)

A host of reasons for Emmy show's winning ways (By Tom Shales, August 31, 2010)

Reality TV revolution has done a number on Emmys night (By Tom Shales, August 24, 2010)

Heeeere's . . . looking at you, Johnny (By Tom Shales, August 17, 2010)

Christiane Amanpour, foreign to 'This Week' (By Tom Shales, August 2, 2010)

Sorry, Tony. Your prime-time 'Breakthrough' has a much bigger problem to fix. (By Tom Shales, July 27, 2010)

Television: 'Pillars' has blood and gore, but it doesn't score (By Tom Shales, July 23, 2010)

TV PREVIEW: 'Harvest' workers, on the move and still getting nowhere fast (By Tom Shales, July 17, 2010)

Tackling the reality of misleading credit card ads (By Tom Shales, July 13, 2010)

After King's mannerly CNN reign, barbarians might storm the gates (By Tom Shales, July 6, 2010)

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