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Dramas, comedy return to answer climactic questions

By Patrick Pastrana | July 8, 2013

This summer, TV’s lineup will include popular returning shows like “Breaking Bad” and “Dexter.” Lesser known but equally amazing shows are also making a comeback: “The Newsroom” and “Wilfred.”Wilfred“Wilfred” on the FX Network returned...

Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) is a suburban drug dealer in Weeds, which is in its final season.

Final season breakdown

By Sarah Contreras | August 27, 2012

Sarah Contreras Columnist While most students think of fall as “back to school” time, I look forward to this time of year for a much less academic reason: the fall TV lineup. I’ve taken it upon myself to study fall returns and cancellations like...

Michael C. Hall plays Dexter Morgan on Showtime's "Dexter." Season 5 premieres Sunday on Showtime.

Dexter, the one-trick pony

By Tony Martin | September 16, 2010

The following needs to be prefaced with a "spoiler alert," so if anyone hasn't watched everything up until the end of season 4 of Dexter, they should stop right here. Dexter is the most criminally (see what I did there?) overrated show on television....