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We don’t usually get serious here on TV With MeeVee, but “Meeting David Wilson” looks too awesome to pass up. David Wilson, a young African-American man living in Newark, New Jersey, explores the history of his family and his community, and of the relationships between Black and White Americans.

One crucial stop is a meeting with someone else named David Wilson, an older white man whose ancestors owned Wilson’s ancestors. They might even be related.

It’s not a comedy. It’s not funny. But once you’ve seen it, you’ll be able to watch “Big Brother” without feeling guilty.

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Yesterday’s news reports of an early 2009 Katie Couric exit from CBS News drew denials from network execs, who swear they’re happy with her shitty ratings newscast. But the Times reports this morning that the whole situation has mushroomed to the point that Couric might split before the presidential election. One exit strategy - taking over Larry King’s CNN gig. Not sure Larry will be happy about that suggestion. Meanwhile, Time’s James Poniewozik explicates Couric’s ratings failure as part of a larger trend, the decline of the network evening newscast. Nobody is worth $15 million a year in the anchor chair anymore, he says. Nobody.
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The partnership between two companies with MixedCase names was obvious from the beginning, so it was only a matter of time until TiVo and MeeVee  joined forces.
As of today, TiVo users can record shows from anywhere by clicking "Record On My TiVo DVR" from any episode listing in the MeeVee guide. No need to be near the TV at all!
Hooray for TiVo!
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But I thought Dick Clark was already dead. Apparently not- he had a stroke in ‘04 but has since recovered admirably, and will be co-hosting his New Year’s Rockin’ Eve thing with Ryan "I’ll Host Anything" Seacrest.
It still seems a little weird to see a man his age up that late. My grandmother goes to bed at about seven. And he looks… creepy. He’s like a friendly, but equally ghoulish, version of Dick Cheney.
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For the next few nights, those of you who share televisions with sports fans will have your shows interrupted by some kind of long-lasting sports event. Do not be afraid. It’s called the World Series, and it will be over soon, we promise.
Fortunately, it’s on Fox, so it’s not going to preempt any shows worth watching, just things like "Back To You" and "Til Death."
The real trouble is that, in contrast to the Super Bowl, the World Series can go on for up to seven nights, and rarely comes with any cool ads to watch during the breaks. Also, if you only watch sports to see chiseled men in tight pants wrestling, you’re not going to find much of that here: the pants aren’t as tight, and some of the guys are a lot less chiseled.
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Jennifer Aniston is in this month’s Harper’s Bazaar, and PopSugar has pix.
"Idol" star Carrie Underwood says she’s not dating Tony Romo, but that she’d try and keep any new relationships quiet as they got started. (Socialite’s Life)
Heidi and Spencer are fighting fires and fleeing for their lives, says People.  Is it uncharitable of me to admit I kind of hoped that at least their careers would catch fire and disappear in a puff of smoke?
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Oh, it’s all fine and dandy to print up signs and make bold statements and laugh about it, but once you end up on a ballot, there are serious rules to follow. Rules you have to have followed from the beginning. Rules like "you can’t get huge amounts of free publicity from Comedy Central."
Turns out that being on the "Colbert Report" as a guest is one thing, but that being the star and host is quite another, and it just might cross a line.
If we start to take this thing seriously, Stephen Colbert might actually become a legitimate politician with his own legitimate scandal!
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Earlier today we mentioned that Stephen Colbert is running for president. Here’s his official announcement video:

I can’t decide whether to be pleased or appalled that not only is he running a campaign, but that he might actually do better than Fred Thompson.
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Tim Goodman says it’s great. The Mercury News says it’s "unique" and "astonishing." Newsday says it "commands attention." It’s Ken Burns’ new documentary, "The War," and it’s on PBS starting Sunday night. You should see it.
I fear that people under the age of sixty won’t want to watch it, because it’s the sort of thing you ought to see, and that just doesn’t have the immediate appeal of something you want to see.  But seriously, it’s gonna be great. There’s plenty of emphasis on WWII’s plethora of sex, violence, profanity, and ass-kicking. Sure, there’s a lot of black-and-white footage, but it’s still the greatest story of the 20th Century.
What grabbed me was that they go into the story of the words "snafu" and "fubar." How often do you get to hear Grandpa swear, anyway?
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I was going to write something up about the latest report from the Parents’ Television Council, which says that prime-time TV has too much sex and violence in it, but I think someone already beat me to it. They’re mostly known for being a porn site, but don’t let it stop you from clicking through and reading the commentary on the Suicide Girls News blog. It begins "The Parents Television Council may be the worst group in existence. I’m
including Nazis, jocks and even people who ‘fist bump’ as a greeting."
I don’t want kids to watch dirty, violent TV any more than the PTC does, but I’m a grownup and I like my dirty, violent TV. I’m capable of distinguishing it from reality and I’m capable of enjoying it without becoming a sexually depraved mass murderer.
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