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TV PREVIEW
'Hung' Is Not Endowed, Alas, With a Funny Bone
HBO is trumpeting its new comedy series "Hung" as a television breakthrough, obviously having forgotten that a show with the same premise popped up roughly three decades ago: "Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute," an uproarious sketch starring Dan Aykroyd that aired during the first five historic seasons...
 

Tom Shales

The Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning critic reviews shows with wit, humor and a quick finger on the remote.

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TV PREVIEW: 'NYC Prep' Offers A Class In Inanity (By Tom Shales, June 23, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEW: 'Secret Life': Soap Bubbles With Charm (By Tom Shales, June 22, 2009)
 
Dis-Enchanted (By Tom Shales, June 20, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEW: '16 & Pregnant' Deftly Plumbs The Parent Trap (By Tom Shales, June 11, 2009)
 
TV Preview: Two Nurse Shows, One Positive Prognosis (By Tom Shales, June 8, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEW: NBC's 'Listener' Shouldn't Be Seen, Let Alone Heard (By Tom Shales, June 4, 2009)
 
TV REVIEW: Too Much Conan, Too Little 'Tonight' (By Tom Shales, June 3, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEWS: In 'Storm' 2, A Churchill Sequel Both Great & Good (By Tom Shales, May 30, 2009)
 
Eagerly, NBC Jester Ascends the Throne (By Tom Shales, May 28, 2009)
 
TV Preview: 'Mental': Watch It? Sorry, You Gotta Be Nuts! (By Tom Shales, May 26, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEW: Sharply, Fox Provides A Reason For 'Glee' (By Tom Shales, May 19, 2009)
 
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'China' Stuns With Power & the Pity (By Tom Shales, May 7, 2009)
 
Obama's Enchanting Quizfest (By Tom Shales, April 30, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEW: Dear, Trusted Uncle Walter And the 'Legacy' Of World War II (By Tom Shales, April 29, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEW: It's 'The End of the World' as We Know It (Yawn) -- All Too Well (By Tom Shales, April 25, 2009)
 
TV PREVIEW: MTV's 'Phone': Hang Up Now (By Tom Shales, April 21, 2009)
 
Fertile 'Gardens' (By Tom Shales, April 18, 2009)
 
'Sit Down': Arrested Development, Indeed (By Tom Shales, April 16, 2009)
 
'Parks and Rec': Poehler Express to Nowhere (By Tom Shales, April 9, 2009)
 
'Harper's Island': A Killer Wedding Party (By Tom Shales, April 9, 2009)
 
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